What can a course in Interdisciplinary Humanities offer for today’s careers?

3 mins readUpdated on Jun 16, 2022 11:43 IST

The Humanities, described in the classical sense as the study of human experience, expressions thereof, and the evolution of human society, are distinguished by an emphasis on interdisciplinarity and critical thinking.

Arguably, the most prominent humanities fields are history and the arts, while Philosophy, languages, and law - although they overlap with the Social Sciences in many respects - are the rest. We live in the information age in which narratives, or public discourses, very often, are the power shifters – they determine how political and cultural scripts might play out in a social context. This makes a humanities education particularly empowering as it lends one the skills required to intervene in or shape narratives and public discourses. Primarily, one might associate the following competencies with a humanities education:

Nuanced Sensemaking

Studying the humanities trains one to deal critically with subjective, complex, and imperfect information. With a multidisciplinary and comparativist exposure to the study of the human subject through literature, philosophy and history, the humanities student learns to examine evidence sceptically and investigate an issue from multiple perspectives. Humanities are all about a nuanced consideration of questions avoiding all simplistic conclusions.

Q:   Which is the top courses of Rishihood University?

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Rishihood University offers a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across different schools. According to the data available, the top courses offered by Rishihood University are Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. However, the university's curriculum is based on a multidisciplinary approach, which allows students to explore different disciplines and find solutions that apply to every field. The university offers undergraduate programs such as BBA, B.Des, B.Sc, B.Com (Hons), and BA (Hons) and postgraduate programs such as MBA and M.Des. The university also offers a unique programme called Makers Undergrad - BBA, which focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation

Q:   What are the courses offered at Rishihood University?

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Rishihood University offers 11 major degrees at UG, PG, doctoral and Diploma levels. The courses include BBA, MBA, PG Diploma in Public Leadership, MDes, BBA, PhD, etc. Rishihood University offers admission either based on merit or entrance exam scores. The university conducts Rishihood Scholarship and Admission Test for shortlisting candidates for admission. Apart from RSAT, the university also accepts CUET, SAT India, etc. for admission.

Q:   What are the specialisations offered for the MBA programme at Rishihood University?

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Rishihood University offers a two-year residential CUET/ programme. Candidates pursuing the programme can choose two specialisations, which opens more career opportunities for them. Students can choose from specialisation:

1.       Marketing

2.       Finance

3.       Human Resource

4.       International Business

5.       Entrepreneurship

Candidates, who have a graduation degree from any recognised university and have a valid score in any of the exam from RSAT/ SAT/ ACT/ CUET/ NIFT/ NID, are eligible to apply for the programme.

Strong Communication Skills

Communication entails the transfer of information for producing amplified understanding. A student of the humanities is bound to build skills in writing and critical reading, often in multiple languages, as s/he gets to interpret a large volume of literary, visual, and audio-visual material as part of their academic training.

Writing analytical essays, discovering polemical vantage points for building legitimate arguments, understanding narrative devices - tropes, metaphors, and symbols in everyday speech - and a study of literary theory, enable humanities students to develop an intuition for both verbal as well non-verbal (including gestural or visual) communication.

Creative Problem Solving

Studying the humanities opens up a universe beyond reality as we know it, especially with the students’ introduction to the realm of fiction, art, and fantasy. Such an exposure inspires a counterfactual, constraint-less thought process. When faced with situations where conventional problem-solving approaches prove way off the mark, such a mode of creative thinking helps one overcome static, laborious, and predictable loops of mental activity.

Research Capacity

Research is the central pillar of any academic discipline and the humanities are no exception. the humanities ideally should adopt a flipped classroom model wherein students would attend faculty lectures after having read and formed an idea of their own on a given text or topic and utilise classroom time only to explore new threads of deeper research. The humanities student is trained for methodical surfing of large volumes of cultural texts and records, archival material, art works, and even museum exhibits. They also receive a fair introduction to Digital Humanities - a discipline that lies at the intersection of computation and humanities. Students in this field receive continuous encouragement for producing original research output in the form of term papers, dissertations, academic presentations, and field study.

The role of humanities is unparalleled in fostering knowledge societies of the world since times immemorial and remains relevant to date. From completing a PhD and venturing into higher academia, to finding roles in broadcasting or print media, think tanks, and organisations of the social sector - career opportunities for the humanities graduate are manifold and their horizons ever expanding.

Further, since the humanities generally lend one good language skills and eclectic intellectual interests, publishing is a very relevant career field for those with degrees in the humanities.

About the author

Dr. Saumya Dey, Professor at Rishihood University, offers courses in the MA in Interdisciplinary Humanities programme at Rashtram School of Public Leadership - a constituent school of Rishihood University. He has done a PhD at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. His primary research interests are intellectual and cultural history. He has till date authored three books – Becoming Hindus and Muslims. Reading the Cultural Encounter in Bengal. 1342-1905 (Munshiram Manoharlal, 2015), The Cultural Landscape of Hindutva and other Essays. Historical Legitimacy of an Idea (Shubhi Publications, 2019), and Narrativizing Bhāratvarṣa & Other Essays (Shubhi Publications, 2021).

 

 

Note: The views expressed in this article are solely author’s own and do not reflect/represent those of Shiksha

 

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Answered a month ago

Rishihood University admission 2024 is currently open. The university offers courses, such as BTech, BDes, MDes, MBA, etc., at the UG and PG level. Students can check course-wise total tuition fee from the table presented below:

Course NameTotal Tuition Fee
BBAINR 16.8 lakh
MBAINR 7 lakh
BDesINR 12.8 lakh
MDesINR 5 lakh

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In order to get admission at Rishihood University, candidates must sit and appear for entrance exam as per respective courses. Students can check the table below for few of a top courses to know the entrance exam:

Course NameSelection Criteria
BBA

RSAT/SAT India/ACT/CUET/UCEED + Aptitude Test + Aptitude Test, Past Academic Records Aptitude Test, SOP, Academic and Extracurricular Achievements, Personal Interview

MBAMAT/ XAT/ CAT/ NMAT/ CMAT/ RSAT + Aptitude Test + Aptitude Test, Past Academic Records Aptitude Test, SOP, Academic and Extracurricular Achievements, Personal Interview
BDesNIFT/ NID/ RSAT/ SAT/ ACT/ CUET + Aptitude Test + Aptitude Test, Past Academic Records Aptitude Test, SOP, Academic and Extracurricular Achievements, Personal Interview
MDesRSAT/UCEED/CEED+ PI

BTech in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

NSAT (application fee is INR 1,200, PI and GD)

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Via its own placement unit, Rishihood University seeks to give its students excellent placement service. The university does not, however, promise that every student will be placed at 100%. The placement cell works closely with a range of businesses and associations to provide internships and employ

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In order to get admission at Rishihood University, candidates must sit and appear for entrance exam as per respective courses. However, candidates have to meet the last educational qualification set by the university. Students can check the eligibility and selection criteria for few courses:

Course NameCommon EligibilitySelection Criteria
BBAClass 12 or equivalent qualifying examination with at least 50% aggregate or 5 CGPA

RSAT/SAT India/ACT/CUET/UCEED + Aptitude Test + Aptitude Test, Past Academic Records Aptitude Test, SOP, Academic and Extracurricular Achievements, Personal Interview

MBAGraduation from any UGC-recognised university with at least 50% aggregateMAT/ XAT/ CAT/ NMAT/ CMAT/ RSAT + Aptitude Test + Aptitude Test, Past Academic Records Aptitude Test, SOP, Academic and Extracurricular Achievements, Personal Interview
BDesClass 12 or equivalent qualifying examination with at least 50% aggregate or 5 CGPANIFT/ NID/ RSAT/ SAT/ ACT/ CUET + Aptitude Test + Aptitude Test, Past Academic Records Aptitude Test, SOP, Academic and Extracurricular Achievements, Personal Interview
MDesBachelor's degree in Design, Architecture/ Engineering or BBA with at least 50% aggregate and aboveRSAT/UCEED/CEED+ PI

BTech in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

Class 12 PCM in 2022, 2023, 2024

NSAT (application fee is INR 1,200, PI and GD)

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Answered 4 months ago

MBA course is a two-year postgraduate level degree program focusing on Management, Business, and Entrepreneurial concepts. Students can check the list of career options available after completing MBA from Rishihood University:

Job ProfilesDescriptionAverage Salary (in INR)
Business AnalystA Business Analyst is a professional who works within an organisation to analyze, understand, and document the business processes and systems. 9.5 LPA
Investment BankerAn Investment Banker is a finance professional who works within an investment bank or a financial institution, specializing in providing financial advisory services and raising capital for corporations, governments, and other entities. 5 LPA
Chief Financial OfficerThe CFO is a high-level executive responsible for managing an organization's financial actions, strategies, and operations. 47.1 LPA

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Answered 4 months ago

Yes, MBA course is available at Rishihood University. The eligibility criteria for this course is Graduation from any UGC-recognised university with at least 50% aggregate. Apart from the eligibility, students are selected based on MAT/ XAT/ CAT/ NMAT/ CMAT/ RSAT + Aptitude Test + Aptitude Test, Pas

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The fee structure at Rishihood University is different for various courses. Students can check some of the course-wise fee structure from the table presented below:

Course NameTotal Tuition Fee
BBAINR 16.8 lakh
MBAINR 7 lakh
BDesINR 12.8 lakh
MDesINR 5 lakh

BSc

INR 12.8 Lacs to INR 14.8 lakh

Note: This information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change.

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The total tuition fees of BBA is INR 16.8 lakh. Candidates are required to pay the course fee after completion of all the selection rounds to confirm their seats. In case, a candidate is unable to pay the fee within the specified time, his or her admission will stand cancelled. Candidates will also

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