MA Liberal Studies at Ashoka University, Sonepat Offline Course

The Master of Arts (MA) in Liberal Studies at Ashoka University is a 32-credit, one-year programme taken by students who have graduated with a diploma in Liberal Studies from the Young India Fellowship, and have been accepted by an Ashoka University faculty mentor to work on a specific research project as a graduate assistant. The programme is highly interdisciplinary and entails coursework from a variety of disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, behavioural sciences and the natural sciences.

The purpose of a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies is to train students to think critically about their disciplines of interest, while deriving insights from other disciplines. It also aims to help students who wish to pursue graduate studies to ground themselves in their discipline(s) of choice and to prepare their graduate application.

Students design their own curriculum, in consultation with their supervisor, and often choose to work on projects across two or more disciplines. The focus is on nurturing curiosity for intellectual challenges and building skills for research.

In addition to the coursework and assistantship, students are required to work on a research-intensive capstone project, which is expected to culminate in a traditional Masters’ thesis or a creative project like a novel or a film.