Post-Graduate

The MA Programme

The MA History programme is a two-year course divided into four semesters. A student is required to complete 80 credits/1000 marks for the completion of the course and the award of the degree.

Semester (Odd Semester)

Semester (Even Semester)

Part-I

First Year

Semester I

Semester II

Part-II

Second Year

Semester III

Semester IV

About the programme

The M.A. History Programme has greatly expanded in terms of the number of courses on offer and the number of options available. The expansion in our courses reflects the new discipline of history where its association with the state and hegemonic power structures are no longer the major subjects of instruction. While we are still interested in state formations the enlarged understanding of politics to fields of power relations has meant that social, cultural, literary, religion, art and architectural fields are present with varying degrees of emphasis in these and all courses. The courses are organised in a thematic manner, ranging from prehistory to contemporary history, and from Indian to global/world history.

Students are required to take fourCore Courses (one in each of the four semesters), twelve Elective Courses (three in each of the four semesters) and four Mandatory Sessional Courses (one in each of the four semesters) of the programme from a wide range of choices. The courses offered by the department reflect the great diversity and variety of the research interests of its faculty, which include History of Art & Architecture, History of Religion, History of Science & Technology, Economic History, Intellectual History, Environmental History, Regional History, Jewish History, Interfaith Relations, Genocide Studies, South Asian History, World/Global History, etc.

Course Structure

Semester

Core Courses

Elective Course

Mandatory Sessional

Total Credits

No. of papers

Credits

Total Credits

No. of papers

Credits

Total Credits

No. of papers

Credits

Total Credits

I

1

4

4

3

4

12

1

4

4

20

II

1

4

4

3

4

12

1

4

4

20

III

1

4

4

3

4

12

1

4

4

20

IV

1

4

4

3

4

12

1

4

4

20

Total Credits for the Course

4

16

12

48

4

16

80

Assessment of Students’ Performance and Scheme of Examinations

Assessment of students’ performance shall consist of:

a) All Theory Papers- Core, and Elective will have an end of term examination worth 70% marks.

b) All Mid-term/Continuous assessments will be worth 30%. These can be in the form of one or two research papers/mid-term examinations/internal assignments/presentations/any combination of these. The details of the forms of assessment are included with each paper and all assessments will be based on Learning Outcomes for the course.

c) All Mandatory Sessional (Taught) papers will have no Mid-Term assessment, but the usual 50 marks end-term examination value. The assessment will comprise two term papers/research papers of 25 marks each.

d) All Dissertations (Part I & Part II) will have no Mid-term assessment, but the usual 50 marks End-term examination value. The assessment will comprise of written assignment (25 marks) and an oral examination (25 marks) as per the Departmental Dissertation Guidelines.

PG COURSES – Curriculum & Full Syllabus

PG COURSES – Semester I ; Semester II ; Semester III and Semester IV

MA List of Papers for Even Semester [Semester II & Semester IV]

MA List of Papers for Odd Semester [Semester I & Semester III]

MA List of Papers for Even Semester (Semester II & Semester IV)

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