The curriculum of the BA course includes a variety of combinations and depends on the institutes or colleges or universities that the aspirant wishes to gain admission to. BA course students are open to studying 5 subjects that come under social science and humanities. Out of these 5 subjects, 2 are language papers. Students have the option to select their subjects from a wide array of subjects on offer.
The course syllabi included in the curriculum of some of the most essential and popular BA courses are tabulated below. The crux of the syllabus is maintained throughout in most colleges across the nation although minor deviations may be observed for a few colleges.
| Sl.No | BA English Syllabus |
|---|---|
| 1 | English Literature I |
| 2 | Twentieth-Century Indian Writing I |
| 3 | Concurrent - Qualifying Language |
| 4 | English Literature II |
| 5 | Twentieth-Century Indian Writing II |
| 6 | English Literature III |
| 7 | Concurrent - Credit Language |
| 8 | English Literature IV |
| 9 | English Literature V |
| 10 | Nineteenth-Century European Realism I/ Classical Literature I/ Forms of Popular Fiction I |
| 11 | Concurrent - Interdisciplinary |
| 12 | English Literature VI |
| 13 | English Literature VII |
| 14 | Nineteenth-Century European Realism II/ Classical Literature II/ Forms of Popular Fiction II |
| 15 | Concurrent - Discipline Centered I |
| 16 | English Literature VIII |
| 17 | English Literature IX |
| 18 | Contemporary Literature I |
| 19 | Anglo-American Writing from 1930 I/ Literary Theory I/ Women’s Writing of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries I/ Modern European Drama I |
| 20 | English Literature X |
| 21 | Contemporary Literature II |
| 22 | Anglo-American Writing from 1930 II/ Literary Theory II/ Women’s Writing of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries II/ Modern European Drama II |
| 23 | Concurrent - Discipline Centered II |
| Sl.No | BA Political Science Syllabus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Language - MIL/ English Environmental Science |
| 2 | Understanding Political Theory |
| 3 | Constitutional Government and Democracy in India |
| 4 | Generic Elective-I |
| 5 | Environmental Science Language - MIL/ English |
| 6 | Political Theory-Concepts and Debates |
| 7 | Political Process in India |
| 8 | Generic Elective-II |
| 9 | Introduction to Comparative Government & Politics |
| 10 | Perspectives on Public Administration |
| 11 | Perspectives on International Relations |
| 12 | Generic Elective-III |
| 13 | Ability Enhancement Course-I |
| 14 | Pol. Process & Inst. in Comparative Perspective |
| 15 | Public Policy and Administration in India |
| 16 | Global Politics |
| 17 | Generic Elective-IV |
| 18 | Ability Enhancement Course-II |
| 19 | Classical Political Philosophy |
| 20 | Modern Indian Political Thought-I |
| 21 | Discipline-Specific Elective-I |
| 22 | Discipline-Specific Elective-II |
| 23 | Modern Political Philosophy |
| 24 | Indian Political Thought-II |
| 25 | Discipline-Specific Elective-III |
| 26 | Discipline-Specific Elective-IV |
| Sl.No | BA History Syllabus |
|---|---|
| 1 | History of India-I |
| 2 | Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Ancient World |
| 3 | History of India-II |
| 4 | Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Medieval World |
| 5 | History of India-III (c. 750-1206) |
| 6 | Rise of Modern West-I |
| 7 | History of India IV (c.1206-1550) |
| 8 | Rise of Modern West -11 |
| 9 | History of India-V (c. 1550-1605) |
| 10 | History of India-VI (c. 1750-1857 |
| 11 | History of Modern Europe-I (c. 1780-1939) |
| 12 | History of India-VII (c. 1605-1750) |
| 13 | History of India-VIII (c. 1857-1950) |
| 14 | History of Modern Europe-II (1780-1939) |
| 15 | History Of Southeast Asia-The 19TH Century |
| 16 | History Of Southeast Asia-The 20TH Century |
| 17 | History of Modern East Asia-I(c.1840-1919) |
| 18 | History of Modern East Asia-1I (c. 1868-1945) |
| Generic Elective (Interdisciplinary Any Four) | |
| 19 | Environmental Issues In India |
| 20 | Research Methodology in History |
| 21 | Making of Contemporary India |
| 22 | Delhi: Ancient |
| 23 | Delhi: Medieval |
| 24 | Delhi: Modern |
| 25 | Issues in the Contemporary World |
| Any Two: Understanding Heritage/ Art Appreciation: An Introduction to Indian Art/ Archives and museums/ Understanding Popular Culture | |
| Discipline-Specific Elective (Any Four) | |
| 26 | History Of United States Of America-1(C. 1776 -1945) |
| 27 | History Of United States Of America-I1(C. 1776 - 1945) |
| 28 | History Of The USSR-I (c. 1917- 1964) |
| 29 | History Of The USSR-II (c. 1917- 1964) |
| 30 | History Of Africa (c. 1500 - 1960s) |
| Sl.No | BA Psychology Syllabus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Psychology |
| 2 | Statistical Methods for Psychological Research-I |
| 3 | Environmental Science |
| 4 | General Psychology |
| 5 | Biopsychology |
| 6 | Psychology of Individual Differences |
| 7 | English Communication |
| 8 | Youth, Gender and Identity |
| 9 | Development of Psychological |
| 10 | Psychological Research |
| 11 | Social Psychology |
| 12 | Emotional Intelligence |
| 13 | Psychology for Health and Well-being |
| 14 | Understanding Psychological Disorders |
| 15 | Statistical Methods for Psychological Research-II |
| 16 | Applied Social Psychology |
| 17 | Stress Management |
| 18 | Psychology at Work |
| 19 | Dealing with Psychological Disorders |
| 20 | Developmental Psychology |
| 21 | Positive Psychology |
| 22 | Human Resource Management |
| 23 | Organisational Behavior |
| 24 | Counselling Psychology |
| 25 | Health Psychology |
| 26 | Community Psychology |
| Sl.No | BA Philosophy Syllabus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Indian Philosophy |
| 2 | Logic |
| 3 | Greek Philosophy |
| 4 | Ethics |
| 5 | Western Philosophy: Descartes to Kant |
| 6 | Social & Political Philosophy: Indian and Western |
| 7 | Applied Ethics |
| 8 | Text of Indian Philosophy |
| 9 | Text of Western Philosophy |
| 10 | Truth-Functional Logic |
| 11 | Analytic Philosophy |
| 12 | Continental Philosophy |
| 13 | Philosophy of Religion (Indian & Western) |
| 14 | Philosophy of Language (Indian & Western) |
| 15 | Discipline-Specific Elective-4 (DSE) Subject Centric (Any Four) |
| 16 | Philosophy of Mind |
| 17 | Philosophy of Science |
| 18 | Philosophy of Logic |
| 19 | Knowledge and Scepticism |
| 20 | Aesthetics |
| 21 | Indian Theories of Consciousness |
| 22 | Philosophy of Law |
| 23 | Indian Materialism |
| 24 | Generic Elective (GE)- 4 (Inter-Disciplinary) |
| 25 | Ethics In Public Domain |
| 26 | Formal Logic |
| 27 | Feminism |
| 28 | Bio-Ethics |
| 29 | Skill Enhancement Course (SEC)-2 |
| 30 | Critical Thinking |
| 31 | Art And Film Appreciation |
| Sl.No | BA Social Work Syllabus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Beginnings of Social Work |
| 2 | Fundamentals of Social Work |
| 3 | Sociology for Social Work |
| 4 | Concurrent Field Work |
| 5 | Concurrent- Qualifying Language |
| 6 | Basic Concepts in Psychology |
| 7 | Contemporary Social Concerns |
| 8 | Social Psychology |
| 9 | Concurrent - Credit Language |
| 10 | Working with Individuals |
| 11 | Working with Groups |
| 12 | Social Deviance and Social Problems |
| 13 | Community Organisation |
| 14 | Communication and Development |
| 15 | Physical, Mental and Community Health |
| 16 | Social Policy and Social Development |
| 17 | Social Legislation and Human Rights |
| 18 | Social Action and Movements |
| 19 | Social Welfare and Administration |
| 20 | Research in Social Work |
| 21 | Areas of Social Work Practice II |
| 22 | NGO Movement |
| Sl.No | BA Economics Syllabus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introductory Microeconomics |
| 2 | Mathematical Methods for Economics-I |
| 3 | Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course-I |
| 4 | Generic Elective-I |
| 5 | Introductory Macroeconomics |
| 6 | Mathematical Methods for Economics-II |
| 7 | Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course-II |
| 8 | Generic Elective-II |
| 9 | Intermediate Microeconomics-I |
| 10 | Intermediate Macroeconomics-I |
| 11 | Statistical Methods for Economics |
| 12 | Skill Enhancement Course-I |
| 13 | Generic Elective-III |
| 14 | Intermediate Microeconomics-II |
| 15 | Intermediate Macroeconomics-II |
| 16 | Introductory Econometrics |
| 17 | Skill Enhancement Course-II |
| 18 | Generic Elective-IV |
| 19 | Indian Economy-I |
| 20 | Development Economics-I |
| 21 | Discipline-Specific Elective-I |
| 22 | Discipline-Specific Elective - II |
| 23 | Indian Economy - II |
| 24 | Development Economics-II |
| 25 | Discipline-Specific Elective-III |
| 26 | Discipline-Specific Elective-IV |
| Sl.No | BA Archaeology Syllabus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Methodology and Perspectives of Social Science |
| 2 | History of Art and Architecture in India |
| 3 | Basics of Archaeology |
| 4 | Introduction to Sociology |
| 5 | Cultural Transition in Pre-Modern India |
| 6 | Methods of Archaeology |
| 7 | History of Folklore |
| 8 | Development of Sociological Theory |
| 9 | Making of Modern India |
| 10 | Informatics |
| 11 | Basics of Indian Numismatics |
| 12 | Introduction to Political Science |
| 13 | Understanding the Past |
| 14 | Early Societies in India |
| 15 | Development of Numismatics in India |
| 16 | Governmental Machinery and Processes |
| 17 | Growth of Indian Archaeology |
| 18 | Introduction to Archives and Records |
| 19 | Environmental History |
| 20 | Archaeological Sites and Monuments in India |
| 21 | Archival Conservation and Reprography |
| Sl.No | BA Sociology Syllabus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Sociology |
| 2 | Sociology of India |
| 3 | Sociological Theories |
| 4 | Methods of Sociological Enquiry |
| 5 | Religion and Society |
| 6 | Marriage, Family and Kinship |
| 7 | Social Stratification |
| 8 | Gender and Sexuality |
| 9 | Polity and Society in India |
| 10 | Economy and Society |
| 11 | Techniques of Social Research |
| 12 | Gender Sensitisation |
| 13 | Society through the Visual |
| Sl.No | BA Geography Syllabus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Geomorphology |
| 2 | Climatology |
| 3 | Cartographic Techniques |
| 4 | Geography of Population |
| 5 | Concurrent - Qualifying Language |
| 6 | Analytical Physical Geography |
| 7 | Oceanography |
| 8 | Thematic Cartography (Practical) |
| 9 | Geography of Settlements |
| 10 | Concurrent - Credit Language |
| 11 | Economic Geography |
| 12 | Environmental Geography |
| 13 | Remote Sensing (Practical) |
| 14 | Urban Geography |
| 15 | Concurrent - Interdisciplinary |
| 16 | Geography of Natural Resources |
| 17 | Spatial Dimensions of Development |
| 18 | Statistical Methods in Geography |
| 19 | Geography of India |
| 20 | Concurrent - Discipline Centered I |
| 21 | Evolution of Geographical Thought |
| 22 | Social Geography |
| 23 | Field Techniques |
| 24 | Agricultural Geography* (Optional) |
| 25 | BioGeography* (Optional) |
| 26 | Political Geography* (Optional) |
| 27 | Disaster Management |
| 28 | Regional Planning: Case Studies |
| 29 | Geographical Information System |
| 30 | Geography of Tourism* (Optional) |
| 31 | Contemporary Environmental Issues* (Optional) |
| 32 | Rural Development* (Optional) |
| Sl.No | BA Anthropology Syllabus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Social Anthropology |
| 2 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
| 3 | Archaeological Anthropology-I |
| 4 | Technical Writing & Communication in English/ Computational Skills |
| 5 | Archaeological Anthropology-II |
| 6 | Anthropology of Kinship |
| 7 | Biostatistics and Data Analysis |
| 8 | Theories of Culture and Society |
| 9 | Human Genetics |
| 10 | Primate Biology / Cell Biology-I |
| 11 | Molecular Biology-I |
| 12 | Tribes and Peasants in India |
| 13 | Anthropology of Religion, Politics & Economy |
| 14 | Biodiversity & Indigenous Knowledge / Cell Biology-II |
| 15 | Anthropology of India / Molecular Biology-II |
| 16 | Human Ecology: Biological Dimensions |
| 17 | Biological Diversity in Human Populations |
| 18 | Human Ecology: Social and Cultural Dimensions |
| 19 | Genetics & Genomics-I |
| 20 | Fieldwork Dissertation |
| 21 | Fundamental of Human Origins and Evolution |
| 22 | Genomic Diversity in Human Populations |
| 23 | Anthropology In Practice / Genetics & Genomics-II |
| Sl.No | BA Linguistics Syllabus |
|---|---|
| Core Courses-Discipline - Specific Course (DSC)-4 | |
| 1 | Introduction to Language |
| 2 | Elementary Phonetics and Phonology |
| 3 | Morphosyntactic Processes |
| 4 | Language, Mind and Brain |
| Discipline-Specific Elective (DSE) Any Two | |
| 5 | Language, Society and Language change |
| 6 | Linguistic Tradition and Historical Linguistics. |
| Generic Elective (Inter-Disciplinary) Any Two | |
| 7 | Issues in Applied Linguistics-I |
| 8 | Issues in Applied Linguistics-II |
| or | |
| 9 | GE-2(ii): Language Interfaces |
| Skill Enhancement Course [SEC] | |
| 10 | Understanding Human Language |
| 11 | Understanding Hindi as a Foreign Language |
| 12 | Understanding Concepts of Translation |
| 13 | Understanding Concepts of Language Acquisition and Intervention. |
Among the vast variety of subject combinations available to aspirants pursuing BA Course, the following are the most noteworthy:
| Sl.No | BA Subjects |
|---|---|
| 1 | Anthropology |
| 2 | Archaeology |
| 3 | Education |
| 4 | Economics |
| 5 | English |
| 6 | French |
| 7 | Geography |
| 8 | German |
| 9 | Hindi |
| 10 | History |
| 11 | Library Science |
| 12 | Literature |
| 13 | Mathematics |
| 14 | Philosophy |
| 15 | Political Science |
| 16 | Public Administration |
| 17 | Psychology |
| 18 | Sanskrit |
| 19 | Sociology |
Some of the popular specialisation options available to the aspirants of BA course are listed as under:
| Sl.No | Specialisations |
|---|---|
| 1 | BA Geography |
| 2 | BA Anthropology |
| 3 | BA Linguistics |
| 4 | BA Rural Studies |
| 5 | BA Hindi |
| 6 | BA Bengali |
| 7 | BA Tamil |
| 8 | BA Marathi |
| 9 | BA Telugu |
| 10 | BA Kannada |
| 11 | BA Malayalam |
| 12 | BA Assamese |
| 13 | BA Bihari |
| 14 | BA Odiya |
| 15 | BA Journalism |
| 16 | BA Psychology |
| 17 | BA German |
| 18 | BA French |
| 19 | BA Italian |
| 20 | BA Hebrew |
| 21 | BA Spanish |
| 22 | BA Russian |
| 23 | BA Chinese |
| 24 | BA Japanese |
| 25 | BA Photography |
| 26 | BA Korean |
| 27 | BA Agro Sciences |
| 28 | BA Airlines, Hospitality and Customer Care |
| 29 | BA Ancient History |
| 30 | BA Ancient Indian Culture |
| 31 | BA Arabic |
| 32 | BA Cinematography |
| 33 | BA Corporate Secretaryship |
| 34 | BA Comparative Religion |
| 35 | BA Criminology |
| 36 | BA Culinary Art |
| 37 | BA Defence and Strategic Studies |
| 38 | BA Drawing and Painting |
| 39 | BA Education |
| 40 | BA Punjabi |
| 41 | BA Gujarati |
⭐Which is a better degree BA or BSc?
Bachelor of Arts degree is a liberal arts degree which means that it emphasizes on social science, languages, and humanities. Conversely, a Bachelor of Science degree [BSc] is a more specialized degree that is reserved for more technical or science-related fields.
⭐What should I do after BA?
An aspirant who has just finished his or BA course may opt for any of the following for higher studies: Master of Arts [MA], Bachelor in Education [B.Ed], Diploma Courses, Master of Business Administration [MBA], among others.
⭐Can I do LLB after BA?
Yes, you can study LLB after completing the BA. completing your 12th standard, you can directly research or apply for LLB (5 years course) accompanying any degree like, BA LLB,B.com LLB,BBA LLB.
