Programme Details

Master of Arts in Development Studies

Location: Mumbai

School: School of Development Studies

Intake: 65

Description

Summary of the Programme:

The Development Studies programme focuses on a critical engagement with the social sciences from interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives to inform systematic understandings of the concepts and experiences of development. While activities in the programme draw from evidence from the larger developing world, the focus is primarily on the Indian case. The objective is to contribute significantly to developing a research and analysis body and train many students and researchers to form a unique academic community working on developmental issues. The School currently offers master’s and PhD programmes in Development Studies–among the best courses in India.

Programme Objectives :

To train students in the varying historical experiences across the world in the field of development and critically absorbing the learning and unlearning from these experiences;
To inform students of the multiple perspectives adopted by the practitioners of disciplines like economics, sociology, anthropology, political science and history, open the doors to a synthesis of these perspectives towards a unified vision of social sciences;
To equip students with the most modern and cutting-edge research methodologies, tools and techniques to study and analyse society and issues in development;
To impart a grounded experience of the practice and challenges of development through intensive fieldwork and internships;
To ensure that students of development studies remain committed to the agendas of constitutionality, social justice and sustainability in their practice.

Programme Outcomes :

The master’s programme in Development Studies is designed to:

equip students with conceptual and empirical knowledge and tools to prepare them to face the complex global, regional, and local challenges in development.

familiarize students in historical and differentiated experiences in development, emerging developmental dilemmas, contemporary policy innovations, research methodologies with a keen eye on constitutionality, social justice and sustainability.

prepare a cadre of development practitioners, equipped with theoretical and empirical knowledge, holistic learning modules on skill acquisition, blended learning, Indian Knowledge systems and research programmes that will enable them to meet new challenges in the field of development.

Semesterwise Courses:

Semester	Course Code Number	Course Title	Credits
1	FC-I	Ideas of India	2
	FC-II	India’s Development Challenges	2
	DS01	Introduction to Development Studies*	2
	DS02	The Political Economy of Development	2
	DS03	State and Democracy	2
	DS04	Public Policy: Concepts, Theories and Practice	2
	DS05	Social Sector and Development	2
	DS06	Contemporary Indian Economy	2
	DS07	Data Analytics: Qualitative	2
	DS08	Data Analytics: Quantitative	2
	DS09	Fieldwork*	4
Total Credits			24

Semester	Course Code Number	Course Title	Credits
2	DS10	Gender and Development	2
	DS11	Justice in India: Contexts, Practices and Theories	4
	DS12	Inequality, Poverty and Human Development	2
	DS13	Development Economics	2
	DS14	Anthropology and Development	2
	DS15	Environment, Climate Change and Development	2
	DS16	Project Management & Evaluation Methodologies	2
	DS17	Internship*	4
	Two electives to be chosen out of the following six courses
	DS18	Principles of Macroeconomics^#	4
	DS19	Principles of Microeconomics^#
	CBCS-I	Institute Level Choice Based Courses
	CBCS-II	Institute Level Choice Based Courses
	SWAYAM-I	Programme Specific Course from SWAYAM Platform
	SWAYAM-II	Programme Specific Course from SWAYAM Platform
Total Credits			24

Semester	Course Code Number	Course Title	Credits
3	DS20	Effective Academic Writing	2
	DS21	Dissertation (Proposal)	2
	DS22	Food Security and Development	2
	DS23	Rethinking Indian Knowledge System*	2
	Five electives to be chosen out of the following ten courses
	DS24	Public Finance	10
	DS25	Industrialization, Globalization and Labour
	DS26	Cities and Development
	DS27	Geopolitics and Development
	DS28	Agrarian Relations, Agriculture and Rural Development in India
	DS29	Population Ageing and Development
	DS30	Sociology of Economic Life
	DS31	Contemporary Political Economy of International Development
	DS32	Histories of Economic Thought*
	One elective to be chosen out of the following two courses
	DS33	Advanced Qualitative Research	2
	DS34	Advanced Quantitative Research	2
Total Credits			20

Semester	Course Code Number	Course Title	Credits
4	DS21	Dissertation (Process and Product)	18
4	DS35	GIS and Spatial Econometrics in Development Research	2
Total Credits			20

Non-Credited Compulsory Value-Added Courses (One elective to chosen out of the following three courses)

Sl. No	Course Code Number	Course Name	Hours
1	DS36	Indian Education System	30
2	DS37	Corporate Social Responsibility and Development
3	DS38	Gender, Livelihoods and Development
Total Hours			30

(Note: * subject to change and ^#subject to relocation to a different semester)

Fee Structure:

Components		M.A. In Development Studies
Fees		Sem I	Sem II	Sem III	Sem IV
FEE	Tuition Fee	16,000	16,000	16,000	16,000
FEE	Examination Fee	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
CHARGES	Field Education / Internship / Experiential Learning Charges	0	0	0	0
	IT Charges	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000
	Library Charges	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500
	Other Charges( ID Card, Convocation & Misc.) *	2,500	0	0	0
FUNDS	Students' Competency Fund	0	0	0	0
	Lab / Studio Fund	0	0	0	0
	Development Fund	10,000	0	10,000	0
	Students' Union Fund *	500	500	500	500
	Alumni Fund *	0	500	0	0
	Health Care Fund*	2,000	0	2,000	0
DEPOSITS	Caution Deposits (Refundable at the time of exit from programme on submission of No Dues Certificate)	10,000	0
	Semester wise Course Fee	45,500	21,500	33,000	21,000
	Yearly Fees	67,000		54,000
	Total Course Fee	1,21,000
Institute reserves the right to revise the Fee Structure of programmes if necessary.
Expenses related to Practicum / Study tour / Rural field work / Urban field work/Winter Institute, if any, will have to be met by the students themselves at the time of the activity.
No fee concession is available for self-finanaced programmes.

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