Overview

The Department of Geopolitics and 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Relations offers an MA programme in?Geopolitics and 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Relations (MA GIR).?The MA GIR programme intends to prepare the young minds of India, who are keen to know about what is happening in the world and the nation’s role in it, to decipher the intricacies of world politics from India’s standpoint. The programme is? designed in such a way so as to expose the students to the current geopolitical developments through a holistic and critical perspective. The programme features a rigorous study of several dimensions of geopolitics and international relations with an updated curricula. The focus is on providing theoretical and practical research skills on geopolitical issues for the next generation of strategic analysts.

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The curriculum includes?

  • Case study based teaching
  • Academic and policy oriented research training
  • Special lectures by eminent scholars from within & outside India
  • Internship experience
  • Student research projects
  • Simulation and war gaming experience
  • Field visits
  • Student led?discussions, workshops, symposiums and seminars?

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Career opportunities

  • Teaching/research in academic institutions
  • 亚洲通_亚洲通官网/strategic analysis in think tanks
  • Risk analysis in corporate firms
  • Governmental and intergovernmental organizations?
  • Media

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Assessment of courses and dissertation

  • Continuous evaluation with mid-semester examination
  • End-semester examination
  • Submission and presentation of term paper
  • Submission and presentation of dissertation, evaluated by external experts

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Course Structure

MA in Geopolitics and 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Relations, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Academy of Higher Education

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PROGRAMME OUTLINE AND COURSE STRUCTURE

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SEMESTER ONE: FIVE COURSES (18 CREDITS)

Course

Code

Title

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C

GEO501

Understanding Geopolitics (Core Course)

3

1

0

4

GEO502

Theories of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Relations (Core Course)

3

1

0

4

GEO503

Ethics and Foundations of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Methodology (Core Course)

1

1

0

2

GEO505

War and Peace in Geopolitics (Core Course)

3

1

0

4

GEO507

India’s Foreign Policy (Core Course)

3

1

0

4

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SEMESTER TWO: FIVE COURSES (20 CREDITS)

Course Code

Title

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T

P

C

GEO504

India’s National Security and Defense Management (Core Course)

3

1

0

4

GEO508

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Comparative Politics and Governance with Special Reference to UK, USA, Russia and China (Core Course)

3

1

0

4

GEO514

Globalization, Geo-economics and World Order (Core Course)

3

1

0

4

GEO510

India and Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean (Optional)

3

1

0

4

GEO511

Regionalism and Multilateralism in the 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 System (Optional)

3

1

0

4

GEO513

US Foreign Policy (Optional)

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3

1

0

4

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SEMESTER THREE: SIX COURSES (22 CREDITS)

Course Code

Title

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T

P

C

GEO603

Science, Technology and Geopolitics (Core Course)

3

1

0

4

GEO607

Arms Control, Nuclear Disarmament and Nuclear Futures (Core Course)

3

1

0

4

GEO609

Strategies and Negotiations in 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Treaties (Core Course)

3

1

0

4

GEO614

Advanced 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Methodology (Core Course)

1

1

0

2

GEO509

Indian Politics and Government (Optional)

3

1

0

4

GEO605

Geopolitics, Security and Environmental Change (Optional)

3

1

0

4

GEO611

Media and Public Diplomacy (Optional)

3

1

0

4

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SEMESTER FOUR: ONE COURSE + DISSERTATION (20 CREDITS)

Course Code

Title

L

T

P

C

GEO602

India and the Major Powers in the Indo-Pacific (Optional)

3

1

0

4

GEO612

China and the World in the Twenty first Century (Optional)

3

1

0

4

GEO613

亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Relations of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网ern Asia (Optional)

3

1

0

4

GEO610

Dissertation (Mandatory)

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16

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Duration

2 years (4 semesters)

Key Dates & Deadlines

15

Mar 15 25

Mar ' 25

Last date to Apply

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Tentative Course Commencement Date

Facilties

Libraries
The Centre houses three library halls, which provide accesses to books, journals, magazines, newspapers and online databases

Student Housing
Student hostels are their homes away from homes

Innovation Centre
State-of-the-art Innovation Centre facilitates multi-disciplinary research

Sports & Fitness
Marena has world-class facilities with courts for badminton, tennis, soccer & squash, as well as a well-equipped gymnasium

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