Monday, December 14, 2015

HSEE 2016: IMPORTANT DATES

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) invited applications for admission in Master of Arts Programme (M.A.) through Humanities and Social Science Entrance Examination (HSEE). 
IMPORTANT DATES
Online Application process (HSEE website) - StartsDecember 16, 2015
Payment of examination fee through Indian Bank challan /
Net Banking / Credit Card / Debit Card - Starts
December 16, 2015
Payment of examination fee through Indian Bank challan /
Net Banking / Credit Card / Debit Card - Ends
January 25, 2016
Last date for submission of online applicationJanuary 25, 2016
Last date for submission of hard copy of the self-attested
certificate of respective category [OBC(NCL) / SC / ST] /
Medical Certificate (PwD) as applicable from the candidate
by registered or speed post
January 25, 2016
Application status check on the websiteFebruary 16, 2016
Admit Card availability for download from the HSEE website
by candidates - Starts
March 14, 2016
Admit Card availability for download from the HSEE website
by candidate - Ends
April 16, 2016
HSEE-2016 ExaminationApril 17, 2016
Declaration of result on HSEE websiteMay 11, 2016
Offer Letters to Candidates - StartsMay 12, 2016

ABOUT THE COURSES

Excellence in higher education in the humanities and social sciences is evidently of growing importance around the world. By imparting quality education through this programme the Institute aims at producing well-rounded indvidiuals with sound training in thehumanities and social sciences to answer the needs of universities, research institutes and commercial and public sector enterprises. The programme draws its strength from the unique mix of streams. 

STREAMS OFFERED

Integrated M.A. in Development Studies 
Integrated M.A. in English Studies 

A brief description of each stream of the programme is given below.

Development Studies: 

This stream addresses questions of “order and change” in a globalizing world and aims to explore available approaches to fostering development, understood broadly as the goal of providing people the freedom to make their lives better. This will entail studying the web of relationships humans have with each other and the physical world, which can serve both as a constraint and a source of enormous creativity and ingenuity for achieving sustainable development. 

How to analyse and address these issues therefore requires knowledge and skills from across the social sciences, which is what the inter-disciplinary area of Development Studies seeks to do. It covers such topics as economic development, the role of the state and markets, globalization, inequality, poverty, gender relations, environment, conflict, new social movements, politics and institutions, and so on. Courses include those in economics, urbanization, gender studies and science and technology studies as well as advanced topics in political philosophy and social theory. Graduates have career opportunities in government, academia, research organisations and industry. 

English Studies:

The English Studies stream has been designed for students with sensitivity for literary and linguistic analyses. It provides an understanding of literatures in English from around the world with special emphasis on current debates in literary theory, lesser-known literatures and the importance of an interdisciplinary approach. It aims to introduce students to language, literary and cultural studies, with an emphasis on critical reading skills that would stand a student in good stead whatever s/he may eventually do in lifeStarting with introductory courses in the basics of language and literature, the stream covers the masters of English literary tradition, as well as major writers from other traditions – Asian, African, Latin American and Continental. A range of genre-based, author-based and period-based courses are offered so that students appreciate different kinds of literature in English in different periods of its history.

Courses in linguistics and the structure and function of natural languages as a system of cognition and communication are parts of this stream. Students are exposed to other Streams such as Economics, Sociology, History, and Philosophy so that they can have a range of career options from academics and editing to journalism and language training.

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