Establishment:
The Department of History, which began its journey in 1970-71 academic year, is one of the fourteen under-graduate departments of the college to impart education among the students of Durgapur and adjoining areas. The department is one of the largest departments of the college in terms of number of applicants every year.
Programmes Offered
The Department presently offers the following programmes under the affiliation of Kazi Nazrul University:
Add on Courses
The Department has also started offering Add on Courses for students of all Departments since the academic session 2024-2025.
Teaching, Learning and Evaluation
The department takes two-pronged approaches to improve the academic environ: (a) The regular method of imparting knowledge within the curricular framework is substantiated by (b) occasional visits to the places of historical interest. The conventional way of ‘chalk and talk’ method is adopted in the lecture halls to introduce the subject to the students. However, efforts to introduce modern methods like use of laptop and LCD projector for audio-visual delivery have been adopted. Beyond the curriculum, the department takes lead in organizing educational tours for the faculty and the students. These tours strengthen the bonding between the students and faculty members beyond the usual confines of the college campus. The departmental students actively take part in the intra-college annual exhibition, where they showcase a historical era, event, place or personality, thereby improving their understanding of history. The departmental seminar library has a rich collection of books to cater to the students’ needs.