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  • About
    Seats
    63
    Duration
    3 Years

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have passed the class XII examination with at least 50% marks from CBSE or any re

    The BA in Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in Karampura Campus is conceived as an innovative programme offered along with three other BA programmes in the campus, i.e. BA in Law and Politics, BA in Global Studies, and BA in Sustainable Urbanism. The BA-SSH programme is structured and complemented by the orientation of the other three BA programmes that seek to craft their own respective niche through an interdisciplinary route. We are then looking at the SSH programme as the site where a critical blending of the thrust of the three BA programmes – Law and Politics, Urbanism and Globality - can be envisioned.

    The programme takes cognizance of the diverse interests and needs of the students pursuing undergraduate education. Through creative designing of courses, pedagogical models, and programme structure, the SSH programme would introduce students to new learning paradigm while facilitating certain continuity with their school education. These twin aspirations are sought to be inculcated by way of imparting training in skill-based abilities and knowledge-oriented components. Students of SSH aiming to pursue MA programmes at AUD and other institutions or seeking employment opportunities after the completion of their degree will be accordingly equipped with the necessary knowledge and skill capacity to compete in the charted fields.

  • Programme Structure
    Seats
    63
    Duration
    3 Years

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have passed the class XII examination with at least 50% marks from CBSE or any re

    Core courses: BA SSH students will take four courses (16 credits) each from the designated core courses of BA Global Studies, BA Sustainable Urbanism, BA Law and Politics.

    Fixed Combinations / Trajectories: Students will have the possibility of choosing one of the following four combinations built around the areas of knowledge offered by the other three BA programmes:

    • Combination 1 (Global Humanities; Chinese Language; Literary Humanities)
    • Combination 2 (Global Humanities; French Language; Literary Humanities)
    • Combination 3 (Law; Urbanisation; Global Political Economy)
    • Combination 4 (Politics; Urbanisation ; Global Political Economy)

    Foundation courses: 24 credits have to be earned through the Foundation Core courses (English Language 1 & 2, and Environment) and Foundation Electives, one each from three distinct baskets viz., Ways of Knowing; Justice and Democracy, and South Asia in the World.

    Electives: Remaining 24 credits can be earned through electives.

    A tentative list of available elective includes: Cartography and Topography • Infrastructure and Transportation • Methodology and Genre • Science and Technology • Climate and Environment • Sports and Games • Electoral Systems • Historio-Graphical Novels • Introduction to feminist: Theory and Practise • The Great Transformations • Language Society and Culture • Sociological Imagination • Anti Colonialism and Postcolonial Futures • Right based Political Movements in Contemporary India • The Legal Imagination • Reading cities via neighbourhoods: Urban Ecology • Urban health and well-being • Big-data analytics for urban development • Reading Cities through Neighbourhoods • Essentials of Economics

    Semester

    Foundation course

    Core - to choose one stream

    Electives

    Credits

    Stream 1

    Stream 2

    Stream 3

    Stream 4

    I

    English Proficiency Course/English for Academic Purposes

    South Asia in the World#

    Justice and Democracy#

    Chinese 1

    French 1

    UG1

    Politics 1

     

    16

    II

    Ways of Knowing#

    Chinese 2

    French 2

    Law 1

    TE1

    Elective

     

    Elective

    16

    III

    English for Academic Purposes 2

    Chinese 3

    GH1

    French 3

    GH1

    UG2

    GPE1

    Politics 2

    GPE1

    Elective

    16

    IV

    Environment

    Chinese 4

    LH1

    French 4

    LH1

    Law 2

    GPE2

    TE2

    GPE2

    Elective

    16

    V

     

    GH2

    GH3

    LH2

    GH2

    GH3

    LH2

    Law 3

    UG3

    GPE3

    Politics 3

    TE2

    GPE3

    Elective

    16

    VI

     

    GH4

    LH3

    LH4

    GH4

    LH3

    LH4

    Law 4

    UG4

    GPE4

    Politics 4

    TE4

    GPE4

    Elective

    16

     

    24

    48

    24

    96

    # - One course each from any two of these baskets have to be chosen over the first two semesters

    GH – Global Humanities; LH – Literary Humanities; GPE – Global Political Economy; UG – Urban Governance; TE – Technology & Environment

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have passed the class XII examination with at least 50% marks from CBSE or any recognised Board. (Relaxation of 5% marks for SC/ST/PwBD/DOBC(NCL)/Defence/KM).

    Admission Procedure

    The selection will be based on merit on the basis of the marks obtained in class XII. Merit will be calculated on the basis of the best four subjects and will not include any vocational subjects as listed by CBSE.

    Total number of seats: 63

  • Programme Outcomes
    Seats
    63
    Duration
    3 Years

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have passed the class XII examination with at least 50% marks from CBSE or any re

    On successful completion of the programme a student will be able to:

    • demonstrate awareness of both disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives and critically analyse the rapidly changing realities such as urbanisation, globalisation, political and social change.
    • Demonstrate knowledge about various paradigms, recognise patterns and categorise ideas
    • appreciate diversity and one’s positionality
    • develop critical sensibility to lived experiences, with self - awareness and reflexivity of both self and society in a globalised world.
    • develop competence to move beyond confines of conventional knowledge paradigm, and identify interconnections between various aspects of problem solving.
  • FAQ
    Seats
    63
    Duration
    3 Years

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have passed the class XII examination with at least 50% marks from CBSE or any re

  • Courses
    Seats
    63
    Duration
    3 Years

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have passed the class XII examination with at least 50% marks from CBSE or any re

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  • Faculty
    Seats
    63
    Duration
    3 Years

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have passed the class XII examination with at least 50% marks from CBSE or any re