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MA in Liberal Arts:
The Master of Liberal Arts is a multi-disciplinary programme initiated in 2022. The programme offers a unique combination of training in theoretical analysis and abstract thinking with the practical application of these skills through rigorous coursework and mentored projects.

Admission:
The programme has a maximum of 30 seats, with reservation norms as per government rules.

Information about eligibility and other relevant details about the admissions process will be announced here and on the Institute's Admission page.

Institute Silver Medal
Institute Silver Medals for Master of Arts (MA) programmes of the Institute will be awarded to each year to the student who ranks first, obtaining the highest Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) among all graduating students in his/her discipline in that year. In case of a tie in the CPI, the medal will be awarded to the student who has earned the highest number of credits with 10 grade points.

New Curriculum MA in Liberal Arts w.e.f. July 2023

N.B. Numerals in column 2 indicate L(ectures/week)-T(utorials/week)-P(racticals/week)-C(redits total per course)

Semester I			Semester II
Core 1	3-1-0-8	HS 555: Introduction to Liberal Arts	Core 4	3-1-0-8	HS 556: Introduction to Literary Studies
Core 2	3-1-0-8	HS 501: Essentials of Political Theory	Core 5	3-1-0-8	HS 551: Foundational Linguistics
Core 3	3-1-0-8	HS 554: Theories and Thinkers: The Concept of Culture	Core 6	3-1-0-8	HS 561: Historical Studies¹
Elective 1	3-0-0-6		Elective 3	3-0-0-6
Elective 2	3-0-0-6		Elective 4	3-0-0-6
Total Credits: 36			Total Credits: 36
Semester III			Semester IV
Core 7	3-1-0-8	HS 566 Debates in Philosophy	Core 9	3-1-0-8	HS 562: International Relations and Diplomacy
Core 8	3-0-2-8	HS 568 Digital Humanities: Theories in Practice	Core 10	3-1-0-8	HS 567: Cultural Studies: Key Theories and Concepts
Elective 5	3-0-0-6		Elective 7	3-0-0-6
Elective 6	3-0-0-6		Elective 8	3-0-0-6
Project	0-0-16-16	HS 696 Project I	Project	0-0-16-16	HS 697 Project II
Total Credits: 44			Total Credits: 44
Total Programme Credits: 160

Master Of Liberal Arts

Semester I

Code	Course Name	L–T-P	Credits
HS 501	Essentials of Political Theory	3-1-0	8
HS 554	Theories and Thinkers: The Concept of Culture	3-1-0	8
HS 555	Introduction to Liberal Studies	3-1-0	8

Semester II

Code	Course Name	L–T-P	Credits
HS 551	Foundational linguistics	3-1-0	8
HS 556	Introduction to literary studies	3-1-0	8
HS 561	Historical studies	3-1-0	8

Semester III

Code	Course Name	L–T-P	Credits
HS 566	Debates in philosophy	3-1-0	8
HS 568	Digital humanities: theories in practice	3-0-2	8
HS 696	Project I	0-0-16	16

Semester IV

Code	Course Name	L–T-P	Credits
HS 562	International relations and diplomacy	3-1-0	8
HS 567	Cultural studies: key concepts and theories	3-1-0	8
HS 697	Project II	0-0-16	16

Electives

*Kindly note that all electives are not offered every year. Depending on the number of electives offered in a particular semester, a changing set of electives are offered from the pool below:

SL.No	Code	Course Name
1	HS 552	Critical Reasoning
2	HS 553	History and philosophy of science
3	HS 557	Language, rhythm and prosody
4	HS 558	Between History and Memory: Genres of Life-Writing
5	HS 559	Indian literary theory
6	HS 560	Race and the Novel
7	HS 564	Psychoanalysis and the social bond
8	HS 565	Social meta-theory
9	HS 569	Language, mind and thought
10	HS 570	Paths to policymaking in india
11	HS 571	Sounds of the world's languages: an experimental approach

Master Of Liberal Arts

Code	Semester	Stream	Course Name	L-T-P-C	Faculty
HS 501	I	Philosophy	Essentials of Political Theory	3-1-0-8	Prabhu Venkataraman
HS 554	I		Theories and Thinkers: The Concept of Culture	3-1-0-8	Sukanya Sharma
HS 555	I		Introduction to Liberal Studies	3-1-0-8	Mithilesh Kumar Jha Shakuntala Mahanta Vipul Dutta Abhishek Kashyap Liza Das
HS 558	I		Between history and memory: genres of life writing	3-0-0-6	Rohini Mokashi-Punekar
HS 560	I		Race and the Novel	3-0-0-6	Kiran Keshavamurthy
HS 570	I		Paths to policymaking in india	3-0-0-6	Pahi Saikia
HS 506	III	Sociology	Interrogating Modernity	3-0-0-6	Ngamjahao Kipgen Sambit Mallick
HS 513	III	Political Science	Transnationalism and Migration: Issues of Development	3-1-0-8	Sukanya Sharma
HS 553	III		History and philosophy of science		Abhishek Kashyap
HS 566	III		Debates in philosophy	3-1-0-8	Abhishek Kashyap
HS 568	III		Digital humanities: theories in practice	3-0-2-8	Debapriya Basu

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Electives

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