Doctoral Program
The School of Liberal Arts offers a Ph.D. Programme in diverse disciplines including Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Film Studies, Literary Studies, Linguistics, Cultural Studies, Public Health and other interdisciplinary areas.The research undertaken by our scholars represents a rich exploration of various critical questions in the areas of the social sciences and humanities.
PhD Students, 2022
Students who are part of the PhD program are enabled to take a diversity of elective courses in the following disciplines, Philosophy, Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Literature, Linguistics and Cultural/Film Studies.
Philosophy
Courses |
History and Philosophy of Science |
Foundations of Sustainability |
Climate Change and Society |
Bioethics |
Aesthetics |
Consciousness |
Philosophy of Mind |
Language and Cognition |
Twentieth century Analytic Philosophy |
Ethical Theories and Moral Practices |
Economics
Industrial Organization |
Social and Economic Networks |
Health, Policy Systems and Financing |
Global Health |
Indian Economic Development and Policy |
Political and Institutional Economics of Development |
Behavioral Economics and Decision Theory |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
Economic Challenges and Data-driven Approach |
Psychology
Principles of Psychology (OE) |
Basics of Leadership (OE) |
Life and Professional Skill Development (OE) |
Positive Psychology and Wellbeing (OE) |
Theories of Intelligence (CBSA, AIDE) (OE) |
Advance Cognitive Processes ((CBSA, AIDE)) (OE) |
Engineering Psychology (OE) |
Cognitive Psychology (OE) |
Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience (OE) |
Qualitative and Quantitative Methodology |
Mental Illness and Mental Health |
Biases and Human Decision Making |
Sociology
Sociology of Science and Technology |
Poltics of Water Governace |
Gender and Society |
Climate change and Society |
Globalization and culture |
Understanding Social Realities |
Perspectives in Computational Sociology |
Sociology in the Digital era |
New Forms of Socialization |
Sociology of Media |
Work and Modern Organizations |
Political Anthropology in the Digital era |
Video Games and Society |
Commodities in the Digital Era |
Literature, Linguistics and Cultural/Film Studies
Popular classics |
Introduction to Film Studies |
Dalit Movement and Literature |
Cine-politics under the National emergency |
Introduction to Editing and Publishing |
Indian Cinemas: Many Histories |
Introduction to Literatures from India’s Northeast |
Introduction to Contemporary Arts |
Introduction to Performance Studies |
Modern Indian Theatre |
Asian American Literature |
World Literature and Global Cinema |
Network Cultures |
Masculinities in/and the Global South |
Energy Humanities |
Introduction to Cultural Studies |
Consumer Culture and Commodities |
Nature Writings in American Literature |
Literature and Environment |
