Development Studies at TISS

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Course Content

Foundation courses

Understanding Society 

Introduction to Basic Economics 

Human Behaviour

Identity, Culture and Media

India’s Development Approach and Experience

State, Democracy, Politics and Social Conflicts

 
Theoretical perspectives

Development Theories 

Development Economics 

Political Economy of Urbanisation, Space and Development 

Institutions, Governance and Policies   
 

Theme-based perspectives

Political Economy of Development 

Population Dynamics and Development 

Civil society groups and development

Psychological Aspects of Social Change and Development 

Media and Development 

Project Planning and Evaluation   
 

Research methodology

Qualitative research methods,

Quantitaive analysis and computer applications

philo. and methodological foundations of dev. research)  

 

Electives: 

 

Work, Welfare and Development Planning

Work, Labour and Development 

Agriculture and Development 

Public Economics: Theory and Practice 

Urban and Regional Planning   

   

Gender and Development

Women, History and Society: Feminist Theory and Perspectives 

Women and Work: From Archives to the Globalised World 

Gender and International Development 

Women’s Rights and Advocacy 

 

Human Ecology and Development 

Self, Culture and Identity 

Contextualising Human Development 

Food Security, Nutrition and Health 

Family, Social Change and Development   

 

Diversity, Exclusion and Development of Marginalised   

Understanding Diversity, Exclusion and the Marginalised

Globalisation and the Marginalised 

Dealing with Development Impact