DEPARTMENT OF STUDIES

1.        Definition: - A “Department of Study” shall mean a branch of knowledge for the teaching of which or for the conduct of research in which, provision has been made in the Laws of the University.

2.        Departments comprised in each Faculty:- The following shall be the departments of study comprised in each of the Faculties:-

(1)     Faculty of  Arts:

(i)English

(ii)        Philosophy

(iii)       *

(iv)      Library Science

(v)        Journalism

(vi)      European Languages other than English

          (2)     Faculty of Social Sciences

(i)      History

(ii)    Political Science **

(iii)   Economics

(iv)  Psychology

(v)    Islamic Studies

(vi)  Sociology

(vii) Social Work

(viii)           Archaeology ***

          (3)     Faculty of Science

(i)    Mathematics

(ii)  Physics

(iii) Chemistry

(iv)Bio-Chemistry

(v)  Botany

(vi)Zoology

(vii)             Aquatic Biology and Fisheries

(viii)           Statistics

          *   Deleted Vide Amendment No.111

       **    Substituted for ‘Politics’ vide Amendment No.165

   ***    Introduced vide Amendment No.122

 

(ix)    Geology

                   (x)     Home Science

(xi)         Demography

(xii)             Geography *

          (4)     Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Engineering

(5)     Faculty of Oriental Studies

(i)                  Sanskrit

(ii)                Malayalam

(iii)               Tamil

(iv)              Hindi

(v)                Hebrew and Syriac

(vi)              Arabic

(vii)             Bengali

(viii)           Linguistics

(6)     Faculty of Fine Arts

(i)            Music

(ii)           Visual Arts **  

(7)     Faculty of Commerce

(i)                  Commerce

(ii)                Vocational subjects (like Insurance, Salesmanship, Tourism, Hoteliering, Banking and  Secretarial Practice)

(8)     Faculty of Medicine

(i)                  Medicine

(ii)                Nursing

(iii)               Pharmacy

(9)     Faculty of Ayurveda

Ayurveda

(10)    Faculty of Law

                      Law

(11)    Faculty of Education

                            Education

          *   Introduced vide Amendment No. 112

       **    Introduced vide Amendment No.124

(12)    Faculty of Dentistry *1

                            Dentistry *2

(13)    Faculty of Homoeopathy*3

                      Homoeopathy

(14)    Faculty of Management Studies *3

         Business Management

(15)    Faculty of Physical Education  *4

                Physical Education

(16)    Faculty of Applied Sciences *5

(i)            Computer Science

(ii)           Electronic Science & Instrumentation

(iii)         Futures Study

(iv)         Bio-Technology

(v)          Opto Electronics *6

(vi)         Environmental Sciences *7

    

    

     *1      Faculty of  “Dental Science” renamed as “Dentistry” vide Amendment No. 54

       *2      Dept. of  “Dental Surgery” amended as “Dentistry  vide amendment No.54

       *3      Introduced vide Amendment No. 55

       *4      Introduced vide Amendment No. 58

       *5      Vide amendment No.64, in the University Notification the heading ‘Faculty of Applied Sciences’ was ‘… Job Oriented Subjects…’. This was substituted vide amendment No.95.

       *6      Introduced vide Amendment No. 121

            *7         Introduced vide Amendment No. 123