M.A. History (Semester System)

The Guru Nanak Dev University's Faculty of Arts and Social Science offers M.A. History (Semester System) course to its students. The course structure for it is as follows:

SEMESTER-I:

1. Political Processes and Structures in India upto 1200 A.D.
2. (a) Society and Culture in India upto 1200 A.D.
(b) Polity and Economy of India 1200-1526 A.D.
3. Polity and Economy of India 1526-1750 A.D.
4. Political Ideas and Institutions in India: 1757-1947 A.D.
5. History of the Punjab : 1450-1708 A.D.

SEMESTER-II:

1. Urban and Agrarian Economy in India upto 1200 A.D.
2. ( Opt a)Society and Culture of India: 1200-1750 A.D.
(Opt b) Art, Architecture and Literature 1200-1750 A.D
3. (Opt a): Eighteenth Century Punjab
(Opt b): Polity, Economy and Society in the Punjab : 1799-1849 A.D.
4. Modern World 1500-1900 A.D. : Major Trends
5. Economic History of India 1757-1857 A.D.

SEMESTER-III:

1. (Opt a) :Socio-Cultural History of India: 1757-1857 A.D.
(Opt b): Socio-Cultural History of India 1858-1947 A.D.
2. Emergence of Indian Nationalism : 1857-1919 A.D.
3. Punjab Under Colonial Rule : 1849-1947 A.D.
4. Twentieth Century World (1901-2000 A.D.)
5. Historical Thought and Historiography

SEMESTER-IV:

1. Economic History of Modern India: 1858-1947 A.D.
2. The National Movement: 1920-1947 A.D.
3. (Opt a) Contemporary India: 1947-2004 A.D.
(Opt b) Contemporary Punjab
4. Indian Historiography
5. (Opt a) History of Ideas
(Opt b) Science and Technology : Colonial India
(Opt c) Women in Modern India 1858 – 1947 A.D.