About the Programme
M.A. in Modern History course offers a blend of Modern Indian History along with contemporary global History. The Modern Indian History includes Indian Nationalism, contemporary India along with focusing on relatively modern streams of study such as Gender Studies, Subaltern Studies, and Gandhian studies. It also enriches the students with a sense of time, space, culture, society, economy and polity in various eras. Apart from learning these aspects of Modern Indian History, students get to know about contemporary world as well, ranging from the history of eastern to western countries to the significant global episodes.
Thus, this course not only enlighten the student with historical analysis of the past but also enhance their understating of the international events through contemporary History. It also aims to broaden the methodology and understanding of historical research and enables them to decode the hidden narrative and agendas in historical writings.
Programme Educational Objectives (PEO):
- PEO1: To have research orientation and interdisciplinary understanding for higher education.
- PEO2: To have a detailed understanding of the concepts, theories and events related to Modern India and Contemporary World.
- PEO3: To be able to apply an independent and interdisciplinary approach to address various issues related to the subject by using appropriate theories and methodologies.
- PEO4: To develop personal and professional skills to ensure their creative participation in workplace, community and personal life
Program Outcomes (PO):
- PO1: Knowledge: To be familiar with a range of Indian and global historical issues.
- PO2: Research Skills: To understand interaction between different cultures, groups, societies, countries and nations in the past and its impact on contemporary ties.
- PO3: Problem Analysis: Learn to evaluate and analyse past narratives and events to recognize and compare differences in methods and theories of historians and relate it with current issues.
- PO4: Critical Evaluation skills: Practice methods of historical research, including development of research topics, gathering and evaluation of evidence, analysis and presentation of research findings.
- PO5: Creation: To be able to place historical arguments and knowledge into larger interdisciplinary narratives and apply it on their respective employment domains.
- PO6: Representation: Present historical and critical arguments in projects, discussions, research and assignments.
- PO7: Implementation & Employability: To be able to use historical skills and methods outside traditional academic realm and create platforms for academic and industrial interaction and exchanges.
- PO8: Life-long learning & Individual Development: Function effectively as an individual, and a responsible member of society in multidisciplinary settings
Program Specific Outcomes
- PSO1: Build students capacity to explain regional conflicts among Asian nations rooted in history and explore possibilities of inter-regional cooperation in context of contemporary dynamics.
- PSO2: Learn to apply historical methods and critical analysis to assess and interpret socio-economic, political, cultural and gender related aspects of pre and post-independence India.
- PSO3: Develop student’s competency in skills of historical explanation and gain knowledge of colonial and post-colonial developments in India and world post-world war.