Facilities

Library

In addition to the 5000 plus books and 20 journals in Economics available at the Main Library, the department has an in-house library of around 1000 books freely accessible to the students at anytimeThe department received financial support from the World Bank (Capacity Building Program in Environmental Economics) for the library.
 

Reading Club

Upholding the mission of the department- ‘Formation through Information’ the faculty of the department has put forth a collection of about 500 books that range from general reading to personality development, competitive examinations etc.
 

Business Line

A unique feature of the department is the facility available to the students to subscribe to a copy of ‘Business Line’, the business daily of The Hindu, at a minimal rate of Rs. 1.50 per day.
 

BusiNews

The department has been publishing an Economics Newsletter -’BusiNews’ since 2006, in every term. Selected students are assigned the task of collecting and preparing the Newsletter.
 

Association

With a massive strength of around 225 students, the Economics Department Association is the largest student community in the college and the weekly Association meeting is one of the occasions that display this strength. Held during the last hour on all Tuesdays /Day 2, the meetings are organized by each class with activities like news reading, quiz, debate, book review, economics digest (introduce concepts, economists etc), infotainment, games, talent show etc.
 

Remedial Coaching

Understanding the intellectual diversity and special academic needs of the students, the faculty conducts remedial coaching classes in specific subjects on a weekly basis for a selected number of students.
 

Tutorial Sessions

One of the specialties of Union Christian College is the extensive care taken to lessen the gap between the students and the faculty. The tutorial sessions conducted once every week is a conscious effort to provide a platform beyond the classroom for their interaction at a personal level. Each faculty of the department is assigned a group of 20 students from the batch that they engage the most.
 

Infrastructure

Computer with high speed internet connection, Printers, Photostat cum Scanning machine, LCD Projector, OHP