Department of Humanities & Social Sciences

Courses – Doctoral Programme

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First Semester

HS 800  Research Methods in Social Sciences                                        3 0 0 6

HS 801  Statistical Methods                                                                  3 0 0 6

HS 805  Theory of Knowledge                                                             3 0 0 6

HS 809  Practice and Theory of Literary Research                                   3 0 0 6

HS 811  Literary Theory                                                                      3 0 0 6

HS 813: Structure of language and its applications:

 Morphophonology and ELT                                                      3 0 0 6

HS 821  Applied Econometrics                                                            3 0 0 6

HS 823  Logic: Formal and Philosophical                                              3 0 0 6

HSS 801  Seminar I                                                                            0 0 0 4

Second Semester                                         

HS 802  Advanced Economic Theory                                                  3 0 0 6

HS 803  Advanced Psychological Theory                                             3 0 0 6

HS 804  Advanced Theory of Society                                                  3 0 0 6

HS 806  Contemporary Trends in Philosophical Analysis                       3 0 0 6

HS 810  A Survey of Modern and Post-modern Literature                     3 0 0 6

HS 814 Architecture of grammar and its applications: 

               Syntax, Semantics and Sociolinguistics                                 3 0 0 6

HS 820  Research Methods in Economics                                           3 0 0 6

HS 828 Philosophical Points of View and Major Thinkers                     3 0 0 6

HSS802  Seminar II                                                                          0 0 0 4

Ph.D. Electives

HS 807 Phenomenology and Existentialism                                          3 0 0 6

HS 808 Philosophy of Language                                                         3 0 0 6

HS 812 Mathematical Economics                                                        3 0 0 6

HS 815 Language in Cognitive Science                                                3 0 0 6

HS 816 Fieldwork Techniques                                                           3 0 0 6

HS 817 Financial Institutions and Markets                                           3 0 0 6

HS 818 Sociology of Social Stratification in India                                 3 0 0 6

HS 819 Rural Development                                                              3 0 0 6

HS 822 The Study of one Major Indian Writer in English                     3 0 0 6

HS 823 Logic: Formal and Philosophical                                            3 0 0 6

HS 824 Cultural Studies                                                                   3 0 0 6

HS 825 Gender Studies                                                                    3 0 0 6

HS 826 Advanced Econometrics                                                       3 0 0 6

HS 827 Technology, Industry and Trade                                            3 0 0 6

HS 829 Organizational Stress                                                            3 0 0 6

HS 830 Ethnicity and Nationalism                                                     3 0 0 6

HS 831 Urban Sociology                                                                  3 0 0 6

HS 832 Theories of the Novel                                                          3 0 0 6

HS 833 Community Psychology and its Social Impact                          3 0 0 6

HS 834 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literary Research                    3 0 0 6

HS 835 Performance Theory and Praxis                                             3 0 0 6

HS 836 Linguistics and Literary Analysis                                            3 0 0 6

HS 837 Aesthetics and Criticism                                                        3 0 0 6

HS 838 Existential Psychoanalysis                                                     3 0 0 6

HS 839 Major Issues in Economic Development                                3 0 0 6

HS 840 Paninian Grammar                                                                3 0 0 6

HS 841 Buddhist Mah�y�na Philosophy                                           3 0 0 6

HS 842 Philosophy of Language in Sanskrit Literature                          3 0 0 6

HS 843 Vedanta Philosophy                                                              3 0 0 6

HS 845 Indian Logic                                                                         3 0 0 6

HS 847 Algorithms in Indian Astronomy                                             3 0 0 6

a) The credit requirements for students having M.Sc. or equivalent qualification admitted to Science Department shall be 34 to 46 credits.

b) Credits acquired through PG level courses shall be 24 or more (minimum 4 courses)

c) The students may earn upto a maximum of 8 credits through Seminars which should be spread over two semesters.