Master of Arts in (Labour Studies and Practice)
Location: Mumbai
School: School of Management and Labour Studies
Intake: 26
Description
The Master of Arts (Labour Studies and Practice) is aimed at strengthening capabilities of those working in membership-based organisations, and the informal sector of the economy. These include trade unions, organisations such as co-operatives, self-help groups etc. Bright young graduates or post graduates who do not fall in the above categories but are interested in working in such organisations, or would be engaged in labour research, are also included. It is important to understand that this is not a management programme.
The course provides a framework to understand the diversity of experiences of globalisation and its impact onwork and labour in the informal sector. As the formal sector is increasingly externalising social, economic and environmental costs of production to the unor-ganised/informal sector, there is a need to organise and strengthen capabilities of the workers in this sector to articulate and claim their right to dignified life. There will be an emphasis on comprehending the implications of globalisation and labour on economically and socially marginalised sections, and bringing out the complexities of the same in forms of mobilisation, protest and resistance. The course content will provide both theoretical analyses as well as empirical studies.
TISS is part of the Global Labour University network in partnership with the International Labour Organisation. Other partners of GLU offering similar programmes include: Germany (Kassel/Berlin) at the University of Kassel and the Berlin School of Economics and Law, South Africa (Johannesburg) at the University of Witwatersrand (WITS), Brazil (Campinas, the State of Sao Paulo) at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and Penn State University, State College, PA, USA.
Distribution of Credit Hours:
| Year | Detail | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Union Students | Regular Students | ||
| I | Core Courses | 46 | 46 |
| Dissertation | 02 | 02 | |
| Choice Based Credit System (Open Elective) | 02 | 02 | |
| Choice Based Credit System (Elective Foundation) | 02 | 02 | |
| II |
Internship | 22 | 12 |
| Dissertation | 06 | 06 | |
| Core Courses | 0 | 10 | |
| Choice Based Credit Courses | 0 | 04 | |
| TOTAL | 80 | 84 | |
Semesterwise Courses:
| Semester | Course No. | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | FC 01 | Foundation Courses -1 | 2 |
| FC 02 | Foundation Courses -2 | 2 | |
| LS 01 | Foundation Course in Sociology of Work | 2 | |
| LS 02 | Elements of Micro Economics | 2 | |
| LS 03 | Micro Economic Foundation for Labour studies | 2 | |
| LS 04 | Globalisation and Informal Economy | 2 | |
| LS 05 | Social Protection and the State | 2 | |
| LS 06 |
Labour and Formal Organisation
|
2 | |
| LS 07 |
State Intervention in Labour Markest - I (Includes Normative Legislation, Labour, Administration, and Emerging Labour Course)
|
2 | |
| LS 08 |
Industrial Relation and Jurisprudence
|
2 | |
| LS 09 |
Research Methodology - I (Quantitative approach)
|
2 | |
| II | LS 10 |
Organising Informal Labour
|
2 |
| LS 11 |
Trade Union Strategy in a Global Economy
|
2 | |
| LS 12 | Conflict Management and Negotiation Skills |
2
|
|
| LS 13 | Leadership for Trade Unions |
CNE
|
|
| LS 14 |
International Labour Standards, Decent Work and Social Dialogue
|
2
|
|
| LS 15 |
Research Methodology - II (Qualitative Approach)
|
2
|
|
| LS 15.1 |
Field Research
|
4 | |
| LS 16 |
Data Analytics for Labour Studies
|
2 | |
| LS 17 |
State Intervention in Labour Market - II (Legislation for Social Security, Welfare and Occupational Health and Safety and Implementation
|
4 | |
| LS 18 |
Governance and Public Policy
|
2 | |
| LS 19 |
Core Ideas in Labour Studies (Seminar Presentation)
|
2
|
|
| CBCS |
Open Elective
|
2
|
|
| CBCS |
Elective Foundation Course
|
2
|
|
| LS 20 |
Online course on Global Workers Right and International Labour Standards
|
CNF
|
|
| Dissertation |
Research Proposal (Research Design, Literature review, and presentation) Field visit 2, Trade union and organisations in informal section in rural areas
|
2
|
|
| III | Internship* | Trade Union Students (6 months) | 22 |
| Regular Students (2 months) | 8 | ||
| Dissertation |
Progress Seminar (Data Collection and Presentation of Preliminary Results)
|
2 | |
|
LS 21
|
Advanced Theories in Labour Studies
|
2 | |
|
LS 22
|
International Institution, Trade Policies, and Labour Markets
|
2 | |
| LS 23 |
Women, Work, and Diversity
|
2 | |
| IV | Dissertation** |
Final Dissertation Submission and Presentation
|
4 |
|
Block Internship in Trade Unions (1 Month)
|
4 | ||
| LS 24 |
Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Audit
|
2 | |
| LS 25 |
Green Economy and Labour
|
2 | |
|
Disciplinary Elective (Only for non-Trade Union Students)
|
4 |
Fee Structure:
| Components | M.A. In (Labour Studies and Practices) | ||||
| Fees | Sem I | Sem II |
Sem III | Sem IV |
|
| FEE | Tuition Fee | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Examination Fee | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | |
| CHARGES |
Field Education / Internship / Experiential Learning Charges | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 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 | 51,500 | 27,500 | 39,000 | 27,000 | |
| Yearly Fees | 79,000 | 66,000 | |||
| Total Course Fee | 1,45,000 | ||||
| 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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