Course Outline

There are more than 30 courses offered in this programme along with research and dissertation. The credits of the programme are divided into: Foundation, Core, Rudimentary Tools, Electives and Research. Spread over four semesters, the programme has a total of 80 credits that covers contact teaching, tutorials, research and dissertation and other modes of learning. The programme offers core, tools, interdisciplinary and elective courses. Four tool courses spread across semester one and two will engage learners through skill development. In these four courses, learners will engage hands-on with writing, filmmaking, non-textual ways of knowing and learning and mathematics.

All courses have been designed by academic and industry experts who are themselves working at the intersections of various disciplines.

Semester 1 (20 credits)

Core Courses and Tool Courses

• Philosophical Method
• Literary Method
• Social Science Method
• Scientific Method
• Discursive Writing
• Mathematical Reasoning

Semester 2 (20 credits)

Core Courses and Tool Courses

• Development Studies
• Cultural Studies
• Women and Gender Studies
• Science, Technology and Society Studies
• Audio Visual
• Representation of Knowledge

Semester 3 (20 credits)

Interdisciplanary Studies (4 credits each)

• Environmental Studies
• Media Studies

Elective (4 credits, choose one)

• Design Studies
• Medical Studies
• Legal Studies

Research Proposal (4 credits)

Semester 4 (20 credits)

Elective (4 credits each, any two)

• Local, Regional, Global
• Ability, Mind and Cognition
• Law, Citizenship and Rights
• Real, Virtual, True, Fake
• Indigeneity, tribes and nativism
• Religion, Communalism and Secularism

Dissertation (12 credits)