M.A. (Development Studies)

Program Code 10115

Campus Noida

Institute Amity Institute of Social Sciences

University Amity University Uttar Pradesh

Eligibility Graduation

Duration 2 Years

Selection Process Personal Interview

  • Program Fee (Rs. in Lacs)
  • 1st Year Non Sponsored Semester 0.58
  • 1st Year Sponsored Semester Fee 0.87
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Course Structure

  • 1st Year
  • 2nd Year

Semester – 1

    Core Courses
  • Society & Development
  • Sustainability & Development
  • Development in India: Trajectories, Discourses and (Dis)contents
  • Evolving Paradigms of Development
    Employability & Skill Enhancement Courses
  • Quantitative Analysis
    Common Curriculum Courses
  • Foreign Business Language - I (Arabic/Chinese/French/German/Japanese/Russian/Sanskrit/Spanish)
  • Professional & Business Communication

Semester – 2

    Core Courses
  • Participatory Development, Community Organization and Social Action
  • Political Economy of Development
  • Qualitative Research for Development
  • Development Planning
    Common Curriculum Courses
  • Foreign Business Language - II (Arabic/Chinese/French/German/Japanese/Russian/Sanskrit/Spanish)
  • Cognitive Analytics & Social Skills for Professional Development
  • Social Responsibility & Community Engagement
    Non-Teaching Credit Courses
  • Field Based Learning

Semester – 3

    Core Courses
  • Agrarian Change and Development
    Specialisation Elective Courses
  • Rural Credit
  • Labour Industrialization & Globalization
  • Gender & Development
  • Public Health & Development
  • Land Question in Development
  • Humanitarian and Development Aid
  • Globalization and Development
  • Social Work in Corporate Sector
    Common Curriculum Courses
  • Foreign Business Language - III (Arabic/Chinese/French/German/Japanese/Russian/Sanskrit/Spanish)
  • Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility for Sustainability
    Non-Teaching Credit Courses
  • Summer Internship

Semester – 4

    Specialisation Elective Courses
  • Urban India: Trajectories of Development
  • Theory and Practice of Public Administration - II
  • International Organizations and World Order
  • Social Demography and Migration
  • Rural Community Issues and Responses
  • Public Policy and Social Development
    Common Curriculum Courses
  • Foreign Business Language - IV (Arabic/Chinese/French/German/Japanese/Russian/Sanskrit/Spanish)
    Non-Teaching Credit Courses
  • Dissertation