Modern India

Core modules:

• Modern India I. Political Power and Social Order in Historical Perspective;
• Modern India II. State, Society, and Economy since 1947;
• Dissertation (10,000 words).

Compulsory modules:
At least 40 credits must be taken from modules within one of the thematic strands outlined below. Modules listed are for illustration only: the precise courses offered will be confirmed each Spring.

1. Business and Political Economy
• India in the Global Economy;
• Reforming India's Political Economy;
• Economic Growth and Social Change;
• The Politics of Land in Modern India.
2. History, Society and Culture
• Narrating India's Nations
• India in the World: Anthropological Perspectives on Modern India
• Law, Politics and Social Change in Modern India
• State Power in Postcolonial India
• Music and Empire
• Religion and Politics in South Asia
• Caste, Region and Religion in Modern India
• Contemporary South Asian Women’s Writing
3. Strategy and Security Studies
• Themes in Indian Defence Policy
• Afghan and South Asian Security
• Nuclear India
• India and the Great Powers, 1947-2010
4. Science and Environment Policy
• Nuclear India
• Science and the State in Modern India
• Health Policy in India
• Development and Environmentalism in the 'South'
5. Reporting India. Journalism and Non-Fiction Writing
• India in the Media: Historical Perspectives
• Making the News in India
• Reporting India
6. Urban Studies
• Urban Policy in a Globalizing World
• The Politics of Indian Cities.

A further 40 credits can also be taken from the list above, but may include a graduate language module (Hindi, Panjabi or Urdu) or 20 credits from MA modules across the Schools of Arts & Humanities and Social Science & Public Policy (full list of options to be confirmed).
The programme consists of 180 credits: a 60 credit dissertation, 40 credits of taught compulsory modules, 40 credits within one thematic strand, and 40 credits of optional modules which may include a language module. The core courses are assessed by essays.