MSc Contemporary India Studies

SOAS, University of London
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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: September
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The MSc Contemporary India Studies degree offers a critical, cutting edge study of present day India. The programme takes an interdisciplinary approach and provides analytical training.
Students have the opportunity to choose to study contemporary India topics, issues and challenges in the following subjects: anthropology, cinema, culture, development studies, history, law, literature, politics, study of religions and languages.
The MSc Contemporary India Studies programme:
introduces students to recent topics, methods and debates in the study of India
prepares students at an advanced level to pursue research interests
allows students to opt in for language training in Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, Panjabi and Urdu
The MSc Contemporary India Studies is based in the South Asia Institute which has an active schedule of events and seminars throughout the year and attracts renowned speakers and scholars not only from India but also internationally.
Placements opportunity
The MSc Contemporary India Studies degree offers students the opportunity to take up a 2-4 week placement in India or with a London-based organisation during the course of their studies. This is an optional and self-funded opportunity.
Opportunities for placements fall within three broad areas: NGOs and development; business and economics; and media and journalism.
The MSc Contemporary India Studies is designed to appeal to those interested in understanding current events and developments in India and who want to gain a deeper understanding for academic or commercial purposes such as business, industry, government departments or NGOs.
Convenors
Navtej K Purewal

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Subjects

  • Law
  • Hindi
  • Politics
  • IT Law
  • IT
  • Office IT
  • Cinema
  • Ms Office
  • IT Development
  • Religions
  • Development
  • India
  • Contemporary India Studies
  • India Studies
  • Contemporary India
  • Indian Cinema
  • Global Religion
  • Contemporary Punjab
  • Development practice

Course programme

Students take 180 credits, 60 of which are a dissertation and a 120 from taught modules. Of the taught modules, students must take the core module Contemporary India: Issues, Methods and Approaches (30 credits) and a further 90 credits are chosen from a list of approved optional modules.

In addition, students write a 10,000-word dissertation on Contemporary India. The dissertation will include the option of undertaking a 2-4 week internship during the summer months either arranged by students to be approved by the course director or through the Careers Office who have a database of organisations offering internship positions in India as well as the UK in terms of diaspora activities.

Core Module
  • Contemporary India: Issues, Methods and Approaches
Optional ModulesAnthropology and Sociology Department
  • Religions on the move: New Currents and Emerging Trends in Global Religion
Cinema
  • Indian Cinema: Its History and Social Context
  • Indian Cinema: Key Issues
Culture
  • Contemporary Punjab: Society and Culture across Borders
  • Agrarian Development, Food Policy and Rural Poverty
  • Aid and Development
  • Borders and Development
  • Civil society, social movements and the development process
  • Development Practice
  • Environment, Governance and Development
  • Gender and Development
  • Global Commodity Chains, Production Networks and Informal Work
  • Global Health and Development
  • Issues in Forced Migration
  • Migration and Policy
  • Natural resources, development and change: putting critical analysis into practice
  • Neoliberalism, Democracy and Global Development
  • The Working Poor and Development
  • Understanding Economic Migration: Theories, Patterns and Policies
  • Water and Development:Conflict and Governance
History
  • Gender, law and the family in the history of modern South Asia
LawLiterature
  • Literature & Colonialism in North India (Masters)
  • Narratives of Mobility in Contemporary Hindi Literature (Masters)
Politics
  • Government and politics of modern South Asia
  • The Indian Ocean in World Politics
Study of Religions
  • Religions and Development
  • Bengali Language 1 (PG)
  • Nepali Language 1 (PG)
  • Punjabi Language 1
  • Urdu Language 1 (PG)

This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants

If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.

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