Guwahati, Feb 16: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is launching a Master's programme in Liberal Arts. It will be offered by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati from the academic year 2022-2023.
The first batch of 30 students will be admitted from the upcoming July 2022 semester based on specific admission criteria to 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.
IIT Guwahati director TG Sitharam emphasized that the main motive of this liberal arts programme 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 courses have been prudently designed keeping in mind the new developments in academia such as thinking across disciplines and including Liberal Arts philosophy in enhancing life skills. The range of courses comprising cores and electives is geared towards 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.
Self-learning projects in each semester will be the unique highlight of the academic project work. This will inculcate leadership qualities in students and make them front runners and policymakers of the future.
The course on Master's in Liberal Arts programme will be crucial in securing a place for the institute in the liberal arts higher education map.
