Courses Scheme for the M. A./M. Sc. Anthropology : There shall be 20 papers with a total of 80 Credit Hours (hereafter CH) in the Post-Graduate Course in Anthropology. The courses have been spread over four semesters within an academic period of two years. Each semester consisting of five to six papers shall have maximum 20 CH. 50% papers shall be evaluated by external examiners. Fieldwork shall be evaluated only by the concerned supervising teacher. During the third and fourth semesters, each student shall opt for a specialization i.e. Social Anthropology (AN-SA) or Physical/Biological Anthropology (AN-BA) with two elective/special courses. The total teaching hours in a semester shall be 35 hours per week. The credit component includes 28 teaching hours (Theory-16 and Practical-12) and the noncredit component includes 11 hours (Tutorial-4, Proctorial-4 and Seminar-3) per week. The distribution of the total 80 CH over four semesters has been presented below.
FIRST SEMESTER (20 CH)
AN.C. 411 (4 CH) Society and Culture: Continuity and Change
AN.C. 412 (4 CH) Gender and Society
AN.C. 413 (4 CH) Research Methodology
AN.C. 414 (4 CH) Application of Statistics in Bio-Social Research
AN.C. 415 (2 CH) Practical: Research Methods
AN.C. 416 (2 CH) Term Paper and Seminar Presentation
SECOND SEMESTER (20 CH)
AN.C. 421 (4 CH) Social/Cultural Anthropology
AN.C. 422 (4 CH) Physical/Biological Anthropology
AN.C. 423 (4 CH) Palaeoanthropology
AN.C. 424 (4 CH) Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy
AN.C. 425 (2 CH) Practical: Physical Anthropology
AN.C. 426 (2 CH) Practical: Palaeoanthropology
THIRD SEMESTER (20 CH)
Specialization Course: A. Social Anthropology (AN-SA)
Compulsory Courses
AN-SA.C. 511 (4 CH) Tribal Studies-I
AN-SA.C. 512 (4 CH) Theory and Method in Social-cultural Anthropology-I
AN-SA.C. 513 (4 CH) Fieldwork
Elective Courses
AN-SA.E. 514 (4 CH)
AN-SA.E. 515 (4 CH)
Specialization Course: B. Physical/Biological Anthropology (AN-BA)
Compulsory Courses
AN-BA.C. 511 (4 CH) Fundamentals of Human Genetics
AN-BA.C. 512 (4 CH) Human Biology
AN-BA.C. 513 (4 CH) Fieldwork
Elective Courses
AN-SA.E. 514 (4 CH)
AN-BA.E. 515 (4 CH)
FOURTH SEMESTER (20 CH)
Specialization Course: A. Social Anthropology (AN-SA)
Compulsory Courses
AN-SA.C. 521 (4 CH) Tribal Studies-II
AN-SA.C. 522 (4 CH) Theory and Method in Social Anthropology -II
AN-SA.C. 523 (4 CH) Dissertation and Viva Voce
Elective Courses
AN-SA.E. 524 (4 CH)
AN-SA.E. 525 (4 CH)
Specialization Course: B. Physical/Biological Anthropology (AN-BA)
Compulsory Courses
AN-BA.C. 521 (4 CH) Human Population Genetics
AN-BA.C. 522-a (2 CH) Laboratory Based Practical-I
AN-BA.C. 522-b (2 CH) Laboratory Based Practical-II
AN-BA.C. 523 4 CH) Dissertation and Viva Voce
Elective Courses
AN-BA.E. 524 (4 CH)
AN-BA.E. 525 (4 CH)
A student opting for Social Anthropology specialization has to select any two of the following elective (E) courses for course number AN-SA.E.514 and AN-SA.E.515 during the third semester and similarly two more elective courses for course number AN-SA.E.524 and AN-SA.E.525 during the fourth semester.
E1. Anthropology of Children and Childhood-I
E2. Anthropology of Children and Childhood-II
E3. Stratification and Change in Indian Society-I
E4. Stratification and Change in Indian Society-II
E5. Displacement and Disaster Management-I
E6. Displacement and Disaster Management-II
A student opting for Biological Anthropology specialization has to select any two of the following elective (E) courses for course number AN-BA.E.514 and AN-BA.E.515 during the third semester and similarly two more elective courses for course number AN-BA.E.524 and AN-BA.E.525 during the fourth semester.
E1. Medical Anthropology-I
E2. Medical Anthropology-II
E3. Child Development
E4. Growth and Nutrition
E5. Applied Biological Anthropology-I
E6. Applied Biological Anthropology-II