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M.A. (Development Economics)

 

Semester-I
[All compulsory courses of 4 credits each]

  1. Micro-Economics-I                                                     
  2. Macro-Economics-I
  3. Development Economics-I
  4. Quantitative Methods in Economics
Semester-II
[All  compulsory courses of 4 credits each]
  1. Microeconomics-II
  2. Macroeconomics-II
  3. Econometrics -I
  4. Development Economics-II

Semester-III
[One compulsory and two optional courses of 4 credits each and 4 dissertation credits]

  1. South Asian Economic Development  (Compulsory course)

Semester-IV
[Two optional courses of 4 credits each and 8 credits of dissertation]

 

Optional Courses

Optional courses in third and fourth semesters will be offered from, but not restricted to, the following list based on faculty availability and expertise. 

  1. Agricultural and Development
  2. Industrial Development
  3. Urbanization, Migration and Regional Development
  4. Poverty and Inequality
  5. International Finance
  6. Human Development
  7. Gender and Development
  8. Governance, Human Security and Development
  9. Regional Cooperation and Development
  10. Globalization and Developing Economies
  11. Economic Development in China and India:  A Comparative View
  12. Economics of Discrimination and Social Exclusion
  13. Public Economics
  14. International Trade
  15. Labor Economics
  16. Environmental and Resource Economics
  17. Economics of Institutions
  18. Industrial Organization Theory
  19. Game Theory
  20. Economics and Law
  21. Econometrics -II
  22. Population Economics
  23. Classical Political Economy
  24. Regional Economic Analysis
  25. Economics of Education
  26. Health Economics
  27. Money and Banking
  28. Growth and Development

Dissertation: [12 Credits spread over III and IV Semester]
During the third semester, each student will be allocated a supervisor for the dissertation.  The topic of the dissertation must be formally approved by the Faculty by the end of third Semester.  During the third semester the student will meet the supervisor to discuss and finalize an outline of the topic, a bibliography, the use of appropriate data and methods of analysis, and a draft of the dissertation.