BA History Programme – Azim Premji University
Duration is 3 years (full-time)
We now have postgraduate degrees in Education, Development, Public Policy & Governance, Economics and an LLM in Law and Development. We offer undergraduate degrees in social science (Economics), science (Mathematics, Physics and Biology) and the Humanities (Language and Literature, History, and Philosophy). We offer a dual degree in science and teacher education.
We conduct more than 150 short courses for professionals every year, in the fields of education, development, policy and governance across the country. We have conducted more than 1000workshops for working professionals – teachers, teacher educators, development professionals and researchers alike. Our students come from diverse social backgrounds and are supported through our efforts to make education accessible.
India needs trained professionals in social sectors in the fields of education, development and allied areas. The scale and complexity of issues in the country need a wide range of competence and ability.
It is our mission to contribute to gaps in the social sector. We help you become motivated, socially committed professionals who can work in the spirit of social change.
BA in History
Engaging with India’s myriad pasts to understand ourselves in relationship with the world.
Introduction
The study of history teaches us that the past is always contested by those of us in the present. In India and the Indian subcontinent, we encounter these contested, myriad pasts in our everyday lives.
Our programme hopes to help you develop a historical consciousness with which you can examine the past in a clear and comprehensive manner. Our courses will help you examine arguments and claims to independently assess their authenticity, and to understand different periods and themes. Our focus is to help you learn how to communicate our knowledge of history into diverse contexts, and to speak to history from your own experiences.
We hope this programme will help you practice history in everyday and institutional contexts, and to bring your understanding of the historical transformations of the past into possible ways forward into the future.
Course structure
In our classrooms, we train you to grow familiar with different kinds of archives and primary sources that make up the practice of history. We will explore different theoretical and empirical fields of enquiry within the discipline. We believe that it is important to understand the past as an active part of material and discursive lives.
We bring in opportunities for practicing history with some archaeology, oral history, heritage and folklore. Our courses have an interdisciplinary openness, bringing in sociology, economics, environmental science, political science, cultural studies and literature into our examination of history. You will learn about different historical periods across specific topics that examine society, culture, politics, religion and ecology. We will study different times and spaces and take a close look at the lives of marginalised communities. These courses will train you to think historically, working with facts to analyse and critically evaluate the past in relation to the present.
We will train you to read, write and think critically, and to examine ideas of ethical responsibility and action. Reading and writing matter not only for your study of history but for future careers, and written and oral communication across a range of platforms are an important part of this programme.
BA in History (84 credits)
This is elementary for the undergraduate degree with a Major in History.
BA in History with Honours (96 credits)
We offer you the opportunity to take up an additional research project around a topic and work closely with a member of the faculty to write a thesis.
