Mumbai, 11 April 2022: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is introducing a new and innovative programme, Master of Arts by Research (M.A. Res). This programme, offered by the Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, will emphasise what are broadly called ‘research’ skills that are important not only in academia, but also in the workplace.
Students will learn to integrate diverse sources of information, learn to read, think and write critically, and learn to apply conceptual, analytical and methodological frameworks. The programme will provide students with a wide choice of courses after common courses in the first semester, to enable a more student-driven approach to learning and to support disciplinary crossovers. The two-year programme has a sanctioned strength of 20 seats and will begin in July 2022 with three broad specialisations: (a) Human Sciences; (b) Linguistics, Literature and Performance; and (c) Sociology.
Admissions will be based on scores of the recently introduced GATE-XH paper as well as an admissions test (MAAT) and interview.
Talking about the new academic programme, the Director of IIT Bombay Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri said, “IIT Bombay emphasises strong analytical skill development among students in all academic programmes. The proposed M.A.Res. will additionally strengthen the learning-by-doing concept amongst the entrants in the new programme”. The Head of the HSS Department Prof. Kushal Deb said, “The Department is looking forward to the new programme especially given its potential for interdisciplinary teaching and the opportunity to train a new cohort of students in research.”
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