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Degree Programme Table: South Asian Studies (MSc by Research) (Full-time) (PRMSCSASST1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September


COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PGSP11119 South Asian studies: conceptual and theoretical underpinnings As available 20
PGSP11118 Contemporary South Asian Issues and Debates As available 20
PGSP11016 Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection As available 20
SCIL11009 Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2 As available 20
PGSP11208 Research Design As available 20
PGSP11122 Dissertation MSc by Research (South Asian Studies) As available 60




COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


Overarching rule collection group: A  
Select exactly 20 credits from these collections:  


Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
Code   Course Name   Credits
PGSP11188    Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork   20  
SCIL11017    South Asia: Culture, Politics & Economy   20  
PGHC11330    The Politics of Historiography in Post-Colonial South Asia   20  
SAST11002    South Asia: Roots of Poverty and Development   20  
PGSP11050    The Politics of Identity in South Asia   20  
PGSP11290    Keywords in South Asian Public Culture   20  
PGSP11225    Gender and Development   20  
PGSP11243    Religion and Global Society   20  
PGSP11147    Himalayan Ethnography   20  
PGSP11044    Southeast Asia   20  
PGHC11303    Approaches to Diaspora and Migration History   20  
ENLI11007    Postcolonial Writing   20  
ENLI11137    Neo-imperialisms   20  
SCAN11008    The Invention of History   20  
PGSP11287    Foundations of Science, Technology and Development   20  
GEGR11001    Political Ecology   20  
PGGE11161    Environmental Governance   20  
IMES11009    Mystical Islam   20  
PGHC11210    Gender and Empire: Contested Meanings and Divergent Practices   20  
CLLC11004    Research Methods and Problems   20  
PGSP11017    Explanation and Understanding in Social and Political Research   20  
GEGR09011    Research Design in Geography   10  
PGSP11302    The Documents of Life   20  
PGSP11110    Analysing Qualitative Data   20  
PGHC11358    Cinema and Society in South Asia, 1947-Present   20  
REST11018    Hindu Traditions: Critical Investigations   20  
PGSP11375    Indian Politics and Society   20  
PGSP11379    Anthropology of Global Health   20  

 

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules E and J, as available

Notes:Courses appropriate to the student's research area selected by the student and the Programme Director.
 



Overarching rule collection group: B  
Select a minimum of 80 credits and a maximum of 100 credits from these collections:  

Select a minimum of 80 credits and maximum of 100 credits from the following list of courses, as available
Code   Course Name   Credits
PGSP11123    Dissertation MSc by Research (South Asian Studies)   80  
PGSP11124    Dissertation MSc by Research (South Asian Studies) 100 credit   100  

Notes:In exceptional cases, and with the Programme Director's approval, it may be possible to take an 80 or 100 credit Dissertation and correspondingly fewer courses.
 



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