MSc in Business Economics (Women’s Studies)

Women’s Studies take an interdisciplinary approach to the field of gender. The students, who specialize in this specialization area, in the course of their inquiry, will learn the ways that women function as a key organizing element in all societies and cultures. They will learn not only to view gender as a category of investigation, but also reflect on the different manifestations of gender in their own day-to-day lives. The Women’s Studies course will keep the students informed about, and sensitive to, issues concerning women, women in the work place, and issues that one faces in their day to day lives. These courses will help the students to understand them; understand how knowledge and value take multiplicity of forms depending on a variety of social variables. The programme is specially designed for women, however, men, who recognise the importance of women in today’s economy, are thus encouraged to apply.

Programme Structure for the specialization area; Women’s Studies (Option A)

Course Code

Course Title

Course Status

Contact Hours

Credit Hours

Year I –Semester I

Students are required to complete three core course units and select two elective courses from the list provided in the table below. When choosing electives, they must ensure that at least one course unit is selected from the recommended electives in the table below.

 

MBE50320

Advanced Microeconomics

Core

45

03

MBE50321

Research Methods

Core

45

03

MBE50322

Applied Econometrics

Core

45

03

 

Elective Course Unit

Elective

45

03

 

Elective Course Unit

Elective

45

03

Total No. of Credits – Semester I

15

Year I –Semester II

Students must complete two core course units and three elective course units from the list in the table below. When selecting electives, they must ensure that at least two course units are selected from the recommended electives in the table below.

MBE50323

Strategic Management

Core

45

03

MBE50324

Advanced Macroeconomics

Core

45

03

 

Elective Course Unit

Elective

45

03

 

 Elective Course Unit

Elective

45

03

 

 Elective Course Unit

Elective

45

03

Total No. of Credits – Semester II

15

Year II –Semester I

MBE 60323

Feminist Economics

Core

45

03

MBE 60324

Women in Asian Culture

Core

45

03

Total No. of Credits – Semester I

06

Throughout Year II

MBEC62431

Dissertation and viva *

Core

360

24

Total No. of Credits – Semester II

24

             

*Note: The Dissertation related work will begin in Year II semester I