Guwahati: The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, is launching a Master’s programme in Liberal Arts. The programme is being offered by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences from the academic year 2022-2023.
The institute will take in its first batch of 30 students from the upcoming July 2022 semester based on specific admission criteria which will be announced soon.
The programme aims to offer cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary training to students and hone their ability to think critically and creatively about social, political, and aesthetic issues that concern our world today and would align with the NEP2020.
Through this programme, students will be able to make meaningful cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary conversations, and will learn to make informed judgments and choices, while also remaining aware of their ethical implications.
In addition, the programme will offer opportunities for interested learners to engage with digital technology and methodology, think critically about technological paradigms, and apply digital tools in critical humanities research in praxis-based projects.
Speaking about the launch of this degree programme, Prof. T. G. Sitharam, Director IIT Guwahati, emphasized that the main motive of this liberal arts program is to promote a multidisciplinary approach in all aspects of higher education so that the youth are exposed to critical thinking, analytical reasoning, encourage creativity, multi-lingual and traditional knowledge while they prepare for complex and wide-ranging jobs.
The programme will comprise a range of courses comprising cores and electives in the orientation of Liberal Arts concepts like Geo- Spatial Analytics, Digital Humanities, International Relations, and Diplomacy, Study of vernacular literature and languages and Area Studies, among others.
The programme further aims to inculcate leadership qualities in students and make them front runners and policymakers of the future.
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