HATIM

About the department

The three-year Bachelor’s Degree in History follows the Draft Reulations Governing the Choice Based Credit Sysrem (CBCS) and Grading in Undergraduate Programmes (Constituent and Affilated Colleges) of Mizoram University and comprises of a total of 140 Credits.

Learning Outcomes: The course is designed to familiarize students with the Pre-Colonial era upto the 1960s in Mizoram, socio-economic, religious, political and cultural developments in India and the world as well as the role of an individual in the society from time immemorial to modern times. The subject is very useful and important for various competitive examinations. It also helps the students become better readers, thinkers and good citizens.

Although History subject is offered as an Elective Paper since 2011–2012 academic session, the Department became full-fledged to have a Core/Honors Students since 2020-2021 academic session only where no students opted for their Core paper.

In the Academic session of 2021-2022, there are 15 History Core/Honors students to be the First Batch for the Department since its inception.

STUDENTS: The number of students taken History as an Elective and Core/Honors papers in the academic year (2021-22) are as follows:

Year / Class	Elective / Core Paper	No. of students
1^st Year (I & II Semester)	Elective	59
2^nd Year (III & IV Semester)	Elective	36
3^rd Year (V & VI Semester)	Core/Honors	15

ACTIVITIES: Faculty Exchange Programme for two days, i.e., 12^th & 13^th April, 2022 with the Department of History, Gov’t. J.Buana College, Lunglei, was organised successfully.

MODE OF CLASS: Most of the classes for the academic session, 2021-22 were taken through online mode due to pandemic. The normal/offline class was opened only for the final year students on 16^thMarch, 2022 (Wed) while the other semesters still continued with online.

BOOKS FOR HISTORY: Presently, there are 455 books related to History subject in the College Library.

FUTURE PLAN: Although a young Department (to have a Core/Honors students), the department chalked out various plans, amongst them are: Awarding the 1^st position and top ten students in History subject in the University Examination; Preparing Museum/Archives Room; Study tour for the final year students; organising ‘Departmental Day / History Day’ every year.