M.A. Admissions
Master of Arts (Development Studies)
Location: Hyderabad
School: School of Livelihoods and Development
Intake: 34
Description
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The Master of Arts (Development Studies) is being offered from the TISS Hyderabad campus from the academic year 2014-15. This programme is anchored by the School of Livelihoods and Development Studies.
Master of Arts (Development Studies) as a subject of study seeks to analyse the dynamics of development, understood broadly as the socio-cultural, economic, political and technological aspects underlying societal change. To do so, it employs the interdisciplinary approach: draws upon the theories and analytical tools from various social science disciplines and tries to integrate them to arrive at a broader picture. Additionally, given its primary engagement with the analysis of the process of development and its varying impacts, its orientation is twofold: informing towards better policy-making and inculcating a concern and commitment about social justice and sustainable development.
The Master of Arts (Development Studies) programme offered by TISS, Hyderabad campus aims to impart students a broad-based understanding of the perspectives, practices and processes of development and their varying implications on the society and environment. To do so, it strives to integrate insights drawn from different disciplines so as to both respect competing viewpoints and to form an informed perspective. Specifically, it aims to guide the students towards a grounded and broad-based learning, develop competency in skills of data analysis and assessment and provide opportunities to use them to assess development practice through experiential learning and research. It is hoped that this course would attract outstanding students from varying educational and social backgrounds who commonly share a concern for development and nourish their potentials so as to enable them to make critical contribution in the field of their choice.
Objectives
Spread over two years (for four semesters), the students are offered a wide range of courses, both basic and elective, and a research project experience. This programme attempts:
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To equip students in developing critical perspectives in examining developmental experiences and their consequences for the society, especially on vulnerable, disadvantaged and the marginalised sections, and the natural environment.
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To introduce the students to models of development; creates an understanding of participatory, self-sustaining and people-centred public policies and development; and
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develops their expertise in methodologies and skills for development research, and programme planning and management.
Employment Opportunities
Students who graduate with this degree can find their professional career in academic institutions pursuing inter-disciplinary research and teaching in development studies; in civil and allied administrative services; development facilitating organisations; the corporate sector; and in research consultancy firms.
Programme
For details of the programme, Faculty profile and experience of students visit www.campus.tiss.edu/hyderabad
Distribution of Credit Hours:
| Year | Types of Courses | Credits |
First |
Compulsory Courses | 26 |
| Electives | 2 | |
| Experiential Learning | 8 | |
| Second |
Compulsory courses | 18 |
| Electives | 4 | |
| Dissertation | 8 | |
| Total Credits | 68 | |
Note: 1 credit = 15 hours classroom teaching or 30 hours lab/field experience/workshop/self study
Semesterwise Courses:
| Semester | Course Code | Course Titles | Credits |
| I |
FC 1 | Understanding Society | 2 |
| FC 2 | Understanding Economy | 2 | |
| FC 3 | Understanding Politics | 2 | |
| CoM 1 | Philosophy and Methods of Social Research - 1 | 2 | |
| DS 1 | Introduction to Development Studies | 2 | |
| DS 2 | State and Development | 2 | |
| EL 1 | Understanding Rural Society | 4 | |
| II |
CoM 2 | Philosophy and Methods of Social Research - 2 | 2 |
| DS 3 | Development Economics | 3 | |
| DS 4 | Theories of Development | 2 | |
| DS 5 | Social Justice and Social Exclusion | 3 | |
| DS 6 | Welfare Regimes | 2 | |
| CoM 3 | Contemporary Indian Economy | 2 | |
| DS 7 | Foundations of Data Analysis | 2 | |
| EL 2 | Internship | 4 | |
| DSEC 1 | Elective 1 | 2 | |
| III | RDG 7 | Political Economy of Agriculture, Land and Labour | 2 |
| DS 8 | Poverty and Inequality: Approaches and Mearsurement | 2 | |
| DS 9 | Gender Development Practice | 2 | |
| DS 10 | Urbanisation ad Developement | 2 | |
| DS 11 | Human Rights,Social Movements and Development | 2 | |
| DS 12 | Environment and Development | 2 | |
| RDG 10 | Project Management | 2 | |
| DS 13 | Impact Evaluation | 2 | |
| WS | Workshop Understanding Budgets | 0 | |
| DSEC 2 | Elective 2 | 2 | |
| IV | Dissertation | 8 | |
| DS 14 | Industrialisation, Globalisation and Labour | 2 | |
| DSEC 3 | Eletive 3 | 2 |
Note: The Total number of credits, list of CBCS courses and semester - wise listing of courses is provisional, and may undergo some changes. Due to current pandemic situation courses may be shifted or taught acorss semesters.
Fee Structure:
| Component | M.A. In Development Studies (DS) |
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| Semester | |||||
| I | II | III | IV | ||
| FEE | Tuition Fee | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| Examination Fee | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | |
| Health Centre Charges |
100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CHARGES | Field Work Charges | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| IT Charges | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | |
| Convocation Charges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | |
| ID Card charges | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FUNDS | Students’ Competency Fund | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| Internship Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lab Charges / Studio Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Development Fund | 8,000 | 8,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Students' Union Fund | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Medical Insurance Fund | 1,500 | 0 | 1,500 | 0 | |
| DEPOSITS | Caution Deposit (Refundable at the time of exit from programme on submission of No Dues Certificate) | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Course Fee | 38,200 | 26,300 | 19,800 | 20,300 | |
| Hostel and Dining Hall Charges: | |||||
| OTHER CHARGES |
Dining Hall (Advance) Charges | To be paid to the service provider directly by the students who avail the facility. | |||
| Hostel & Electricity Charges | |||||
| Total Charges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| *Details under School | |||||
| Institute reserves the right to revise the Fee Structure of programmes if necessary. | |||||
| Some Schools will organise Practicum / Study tour / Rural field work / Urban field work/Winter Institute, expenses for these are not shown in the above table. These expenses will have to be met by the students themselves at the time of the activity. | |||||
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