Humanities
Humanities is a broad academic field under which students study
various types of human interactions, using methods that are largely analytical, critical or
exploratory.
But Humanities Honor?s is an interdisciplinary major drawing from literature,
foreign languages, history, philosophy, visual art and music alongwith a tactic for
the study of cultural and intellectual history. Humanities contains something explicit
to explore in itself. As it serves several disciplines where human beings and the society
focus on different kinds of studies.Humanities is also referred to ?Integrated Humanities?
which states this stream as the study of History and Geography with Religious Education,
Sociology, Psychology, Government and Politics and sometimes Law.
It is also regarded as the subject where many humanities courses are taught in
lectures and seminars.Humanities Honors make the student pursue further graduation
work in the humanity disciplines for teaching in public and private schools, government,
technology, tourism and civil or foreign service. On the other hand thinking about the
Humanities Department as a whole, it offers classes that expand students awareness to
the human condition.
Educational structure in India
Humanities in INDIA is taught at the school level as intermediate
(10+2), College level as Bachelors and at the universities it?s taught to
award Master degree and PhD. Apart from universities India has various
institutes catering to any specific area of Humanities as well.
School Level: Humanities in Intermediate level (10+2) is studied
under Arts as a stream. Major subjects taught during intermediate are ,
political science, Hindi ( depending upon the board ), history, geography, English, sociology, etc.
Undergraduate level:Humanities as a subject is studied for 3 years
maximum in India during the college education leading to award the student a Degree.
Post graduate level: it is studied for two years for the master?s degree in Universities.
Research (M Phil &PhD) level:
There are several Universities across India which offers several specialization.Universities.
History
Political Science
English
Economics
