IGNOU MA History Syllabus

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Aayushi Madavi
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Check out the complete, year-wise syllabus of the MA History programme at IGNOU on this page. 

IGNOU MA History Syllabus

IGNOU MA History Syllabus - Students who wish to further their education in History often opt for an MA in History programme. One of the best choices of an institute to pursue this course is the Indira Gandhi National Open University, or IGNOU. An MA History programme at IGNOU allows students to learn flexibly, at their own pace and from anywhere. IGNOU’s MA History distance learning programme is the ideal opportunity to gain a degree while you are occupied with a job or other responsibilities. Before registering for the programme, students often wish to learn what the course entails. In this article, we will take a look at the detailed IGNOU MA History syllabus. Check out the year-wise courses/ subjects and the credits allotted to them in the article below. 

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Table of content
  • IGNOU MA History - Course Highlights
  • IGNOU MA History Year I Course Names, Course Codes, and Credits
  • IGNOU MA History Syllabus - Year I
  • IGNOU MA History Year II Course Names, Course Codes, and Credits
  • IGNOU MA History Syllabus - Year II

IGNOU MA History - Course Highlights

Before getting into the IGNOU MA History syllabus, check out some details about the programme in the table below. 

Particulars

Details

University Name

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Course Name

Master of Arts in History

Course Duration 

2 years (4 semesters) 

Mode of the Programme

Open Distance Learning

School 

School of Social Sciences

Approvals and Accreditations

UGC-DEB, AICTE, NAAC with A++ Grade

Age Criterion

No Age Limit

Medium 

English

Tuition Fee

INR 16,000 (excluding forms, exam fees, etc.)

IGNOU MA History Year I Course Names, Course Codes, and Credits 

The various courses or subjects taught in the first year of the MA History programme at IGNOU are listed in the table below, along with their allotted credits. 

Course Code 

Course Name 

Credits 

MHI 1

Ancient and Medieval Societies 

8

MHI 2

Modern World 

8

MHI 4

Political Structures in India 

8

MHI 5

History of the Indian Economy 

8

IGNOU MA History Syllabus - Year I

The blocks and units included in the IGNOU MA History syllabus for each course/ subject in the first year of the programme are provided in the tables below.  

MHI 1 - Ancient and Medieval Societies 

Blocks 

Units 

Block 1: Early Human Societies

1: Hunting and Gathering

2: Pastoral Nomadism

3: Transition to Agriculture

4: The Neolithic Revolution

5: Implications for the World

Block 2: Bronze Age Civilisations

6: Cultural and Natural Settings of the Early Civilisations

7: Technological Foundations and Socio-Economic Parameters

8: Writing and Artistic Expression

9: The Social Structure Reconstructed

Block 3: Formation of States and Empires

10: Formation of States and Empires: A General Introduction

11: The Persian Empire

12: Ancient Greece

13: The Roman Empire

Block 4: Alternative Social Formations

14: Latin America

15: Africa

16: Nomadic Empires

Block 5: Religion, State and Society

17: The Late Roman World

18: The Arab World

19: China

Block 6: Feudalism

20: Debates on Feudalism

21: Feudalism: Forms and Structures

22: Phases of Feudalism

23: Trade and the Decline of Feudalism

Block 7: Trade and Commerce in the Medieval World

24: Oceanic Trade

25: Business Communities

26: Commercial Practices

27: Craft Production

Block 8: Medieval World in Transition

28: Science and Technologies and Expansion of Knowledge

29: Literature and Institutions of Learning

30: Religious Establishment

31: Transition to Modern World

Block 9: Pre-modern World: An Overview

32: Trends and Transition in Population

33: Urbanism

34: Technologies of Warfare and Communication

35: Kinship Patterns and Family Structure

 

MHI 2 - Modern World 

Blocks 

Units 

Block 1: Theories of the Modern World

1: Renaissance and the Idea of the Individual

2: The Enlightenment

3: Critiques of Enlightenment

Block 2: Modern World: Essential Components

4: Theories of the State

5: Capitalist Economy and Its Critique

6: The Social Structure

Block 3: The Modern State and Politics

7: Bureaucratisation

8: Democratic Politics

9: Modern State and Welfare

10: Nationalism

Block 4: Capitalism and Industrialisation

11: Commercial Capitalism

12: Capitalist Industrialisation

13: Socialist Industrialisation

14: Underdevelopment

Block 5: Expansion of Europe

15: Conquest and Appropriation

16: Migrations and Settlements

17: Imperialism

18: Colonialism

19: Decolonisation

Block 6: International Relations

20: Nation-State System

21: International Rivalries of the Twentieth Century

22: The Unipolar World and Counter-Currents

Block 7: Revolutions

23: Political Revolution: France

24: Political Revolution: Russia

25: Knowledge Revolution: Printing and Informatics

26: Technological Revolution: Communications and Medical

Block 8: Violence and Repression

27: Modern Warfare

28: Total War

29: Violence by Non-State Actors

Block 9: Dilemmas of Development

30: Demography

31: Ecology

32: Consumerism

 

MIH 4 - Political Structures in India 

Blocks 

Units

Block 1: Early State Formation

1: Pre-State to State

2: Territorial States to Empire

3: Polities from 2nd B.C. to 3rd A.D.

4: Polities from 3rd A.D. to 6th A.D.

Block 2: State in Early Medieval India

5: Early Medieval Polities in North India 7th to 12th A.D.

6: Early Medieval Polities in Peninsular India 6th to 8th A.D.

7: Early Medieval Polities in Peninsular India between 8th to 12th A.D.

Block 3: State in Medieval Times

8: State under the Delhi Sultanate

9: Vijayanagar, Bahamani and other Kingdoms

10: The Mughal State

11: 18th Century Successor States

Block 4: Colonisation (Part I)

12: The Eighteenth Century Polities

13: Colonial Powers – Portuguese, French, Dutch

14: The British Colonial State

15: Princely States

Block 5: Administrative and Institutional Structures

16: Administrative and Institutional Structures in Peninsular India

17: Administrative and Institutional Systems in North India

18: Law and Judicial Systems

Block 6: Administrative and Institutional Structures

19: The Delhi Sultanate

20: Vijayanagar, Bahamani and other Kingdoms

21: The Mughal Empire

22: 18th Century Successor States

Block 7: Colonisation (Part II)

23: Ideologies of the Raj

24: Activities

25: Resources

26: Extent of Colonial Intervention: Education and Society

27: End of the Colonial State – Establishment of Democratic Polity

 

MIH 5 - History of the Indian Economy

Blocks 

Units

Block 1: Historiography, Environment and Economy

1: Historiography of the Pre-Colonial Economy – Ancient

2: Historiography of the Pre-Colonial Economy – Medieval

3: Historiography of the Colonial Economy

4: Environmental Zones and Indian Economic History

Block 2: Emergence and Structure of Complex Economy

5: Origins of Agriculture, Animal Domestication, Craft Production to Urbanisation (case of the Harappan Civilisation)

6: Archaeology and Geography of Agricultural and Pastoral Communities of the Subcontinent to the Middle of the First Millennium B.C.

7: Comparative Structures of Economies in Some Early States (Maurya, Kushana, Satavahana, Gupta)

8: Patterns of Trade, Urbanisation and Linkages: North India (C. 600 BC-300 AD)

9: Patterns of Trade, Urbanisation and Linkages: Peninsular India (C. 300 BC to AD 300)

Block 3: Early Medieval Economy and Its Continuities

10: The Feudalism Debate in Indian History

11: Organisation of Agricultural and Crafts Production: North India, c. AD 550 – c. AD 1300

12: Nature of Stratification and Regional Profiles of Agrarian Society in Early Medieval North India, c. AD 550 – c. AD 1300

13: Organisation of Agricultural and Crafts Production, Regional Profiles of Agrarian

Society and Nature of Stratification: South India

14: Trade, Trading Networks and Urbanisation: North India, c.AD 300 – c.AD 1300

15: Exchange Networks, Merchant Organisation and Urbanisation: South India

Block 4: Expansion and Growth of Medieval Economy-1

16: Agricultural Production

17: Agrarian Structure: Relations

18: Non-Agricultural Production

19: Taxation

20: Urban Centres in Medieval India

Block 5: Expansion and Growth of Medieval Economy-2

21: Inland and Maritime Trade

22: Business Practices and Monetary History

23: Technology and Economy

24: Transport and Communication

25: 18th Century in Indian History

Block 6: Trade and Markets

26: Merchants and Markets: 1757-1857

27: Colonialism and Trade: 1857-1947

Block 7: The Rural Economy

28: Agrarian Policy and Land Rights

29: Patterns of Commercialisation

30: Forest Economies in Colonial India

31: Demographic Change and Agrarian Society in Colonial India

32: Tribal Society and Colonial Economy

33: The Question of Agrarian Growth and Stagnation

Block 8: Craft Production, Technological Change and Industrialisation

34: The De-Industrialisation Debate

35: Crafts Industries and Small-Scale Production

36: Patterns of Industrialisation

37: Technology, Science and Empire

38: From Planned Economy to Globalisation

39: The Political Economy of Liberalisation

IGNOU MA History Year II Course Names, Course Codes, and Credits

The course names, codes and the credits allotted to them in the second year of an MA History programme at IGNOU are mentioned in the table below. 

Q:   What all specialisations are available under the BSc programme at IGNOU?
A:

Indira Gandhi National Open University offers BSc and BSc (Hons) course across different durations. The course duration range from three to four years. Check out all specialisations available under BSc in the following table:

BSc Specialisations

General

Anthropology

Geography

Biochemistry

Applied Science-Energy

Physics

Food Safety & Quality Management

Mathematics

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In addition to BSc, IGNOU also offers a UG BSc (Hons) programme across two specialisations, namely Anthropology and Biochemistry. 

Q:   What are the top 5 courses in IGNOU?
A:

One of the leading universities in India, IGNOU offers over 200 UG, PG, diploma, certificate and doctoral courses via open and distance learning (ODL) mode. Candidates interested in IGNOU admission can apply through the online admission portal for ODL programmes, i.e. ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in. In addition, the university launched an Online Education portal under its umbrella and now, it offers more than 40 UG, PG, Diploma and Certificate courses via the same. 

Out of all these courses, some of the popular ones are listed below:

  • BA
  • BCom
  • BSc
  • MBA
  • B.Ed

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Q:   Can I pursue 2 courses from IGNOU at the same time?
A:

As per the official brochure released, a student is allowed to pursue two academic programmes simultaneously through ODL / Online mode, as per the illustration given below.

CourseDetails
One certificate programme with any
other Programme
Admission in both programmes can be taken in the same
admission cycle
One UG + One PG ProgrammeAdmission has to be taken in two different
admission cycles
*Admission can be taken only in specified courses. Details
are available on IGNOU website
Two UG Programmes
Two PG Programmes

Certain programmes are not allowed under the simultaneous registration. Students are advised to visit
the official prospectus for the same. Additionally, there will be no change in the counseling/ assignment submission/ examination schedule in case dates for the above clash for the courses in which a student has taken admission.

Course Codes

Course Names

Credits

Compulsory Course 

MHI 3

Historiography 

8

Optional Courses (Students must choose courses whose credits sum up to 24)

MPSE 3

Western Political Thought

4

MPSE 4 

Social and Political Thought in Modern India 

4

MHI 6

Evolution of Social Structures in India through the Ages 

8

MHI 8

History of Ecology & Environment: India 

8

MHI 9 

Indian National Movement

8

MHI 10

Urbanisation in India

8

IGNOU MA History Syllabus - Year II

The blocks and units that make up the second-year subjects mentioned above are provided in the tables below. 

MHI 3 - Historiography 

Blocks 

Units 

Block 1: Understanding History

1: Generalisation

2: Causation

3: Objectivity and Interpretation

4: History, Ideology and Society

Block 2: Pre-Modern Traditions-1

5: Greco-Roman Tradition

6: Traditional Chinese Historiography

7: Historiographical Traditions in Early India

Block 3: Pre-Modern Traditions-2

8: Medieval Historiography – Western

9: Medieval Historiography – Arabic and Persian

10: Medieval Historiography – Indo-Persian

11: Local History

Block 4: Approaches to History in Modern Times-1

12: Positivist Tradition

13: Classical Marxist Tradition

14: The Annales School

Block 5: Approaches to History in Modern Times-2

15: Recent Marxist Approaches

16: Post-Modernist Intervention

17: Gender in History

18: Race in History

Block 6: Approaches and Themes in Indian Historiography–1

19: Colonialist Historiography

20: Nationalist Approach

21: Communalist Trends

22: Marxist Approach

23: The Cambridge School

Block 7: Approaches and Themes in Indian Historiography–2

24: History from Below

25: ‘Subaltern Studies’

26: Economic History

27: Peasantry and Working Classes

28: Castes, Tribes and Gender

29: Religion and Culture

30: Environment, Science and Technology

 

MPSE 3 - Western Political Thought (From Plato to Marx)

Unit 1 - Significance of Western Political Thought

Unit 2 - Plato

Unit 3 - Aristotle

Unit 4 - St Augustine and St Thomas Aquinas

Unit 5 - Niccolo Machiavelli

Unit 6 - Thomas Hobbes

Unit 7 - John Locke

Unit 8 - Jean Jacques Rousseau

Unit 9 - Immanuel Kant

Unit 10 - Jeremy Bentham

Unit 11 - J.S. Mill

Unit 12 - Edmund Burke

Unit 13 - Alexis de Tocqueville

Unit 14 - Georg Withelm Friedrich Hegel

Unit 15 - Karl Marx

 

MPSE 4 - Social and Political Thought in Modern India 

Unit 1 - Pre-Modern Socio-religious and Political Thought in India: Diverse Strands

Unit 2 - Orientalist Discourse and Colonial Modernity

Unit 3 - Salient Features of Political Thought in Modern India

Unit 4 - Early Nationalist Responses: Ram Mohan Roy, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Jyotiba Phule and Dayanand Saraswati

Unit 5 - Moderates and Extremists: Dadhabai Naoroji, M.G. Ranade, B.G. Tilak

Unit 6 - Hinduism: Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

Unit 7 - Hindutva: V.D Savarkar and M.S. Golwalkar

Unit 8 - Muslim Thought: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Mohammed Iqbal, Maulana Maudoodi and Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Unit 9 - Nation and Identity Concerns: E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker, Nurul Islam, Pandita Ramabai, Jaipal Singh, Kahn Singh

Unit 10 - M.K. Gandhi

Unit 11 - Jawaharlal Nehru

Unit 12 - B.R.Ambedkar

Unit 13 - Rabindranath Tagore

Unit 14 - Communist Thought: MN Roy and E.M.S. Namboodiripad

Unit 15 - Socialist Thought: R.M. Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan

 

MHI 6 - Evolution of Social Structures in India through the Ages

Blocks

Units

Block 1: Introductory

1: Reconstructing Ancient Society with Special Reference to Sources

2: Hunting-Gathering, Early Farming Society, Pastoralism

3: Harappan Civilisation and Other Chalcolithic Cultures

Block 2: Cultures in Transition

4: Societies Represented in Vedic Literature

5: Iron Age Cultures

6: Socio-Religious Ferment in North India: Buddhism and Jainism

7: Emergence of Buddhist Central and Peninsular India

Block 3: Early Historic Societies: 6th Century B.C. to the 4th Century A.D.

8: Urban Classes: Traders and Artisans, Extension of Agricultural Settlements

9: Chaityas, Viharas and Their Interaction with Tribal Groups

10: Early Tamil Society – Regions and their Cultures and Cult of Hero Worship

11: Marriage and Family Life, Notions of Untouchability, Changing patterns in Varna

and Jati

Block 4: Early Medieval Societies

12: Transition to Early Medieval Societies

13: The Problem of Urban Decline: Agrarian Expansion, Land Grants and Growth of Intermediaries

14: Proliferation and Consolidation of Castes & Jatis

15: Religion in Society

Block 5: Medieval Society–1

16: Village Community

17: Rural Society: North India

18: Rural Society: Peninsular India

Block 6: Medieval Society–2

19: Clans and Confederacies in Western India

20: Urban Social Groups in North India

21: Changing Social Structure in Peninsular India

22: Socio-Religious Movements

23: The Eighteenth Century Society in Transition

Block 7: Modern Society

24: Perception of the Indian Social Structure by the Nationalists and Social Reformers

25: Studying Castes in the New Historical Context

26: Pattern of Rural-Urban Mobility: Overseas Migration

27: Social Structure in the Urban and Rural Areas

Block 8: Social Questions Under Colonialism

28: Colonial Forest Policies and Criminal Tribes

29: Gender/Women under Colonialism

30: Social Discrimination

31: Popular Protests and Social Structures

32: Studying Tribes under Colonialism

 

MHI 8 - History of Ecology and Environment: India 

Blocks 

Units

Block 1: Studying Ecology & Environment: An Introduction

1: Nature-Human Interface

2: Indian Landscape

3: Sources of Study

Block 2: Environment and Early Societies

4: Resource Use and Human Societies

5: Hunting – Gathering

6: Nomadic Pastoralism

Block 3: Environment and Agricultural Societies

7: Origins of Agriculture

8: River Valley Civilisation

9: Agricultural Diffusion and Regional Specificities–I

10: Agricultural Diffusion and Regional Specificities–II

Block 4: Appropriation of Environment – Other Forms

11: Energy Resources

12: Water Resources

13: Forest Resources

14: Metal & Mineral Resources

Block 5: Indian Philosophy and Environment

15: Man-Nature Relationship

16: Conservation Through the Ages

17: Transitions

Block 6: Colonialism and Environment

18: Understanding of Environment

19: Environmental Agenda

20: Resource Management: Forests

21: Resource Management: Water

Block 7: Modern Concerns

22: Development and Environmental Concerns

23: Biodiversity

24: Environmental Resources and Patents

25: Alternatives

 

MHI 9 - Indian National Movement

Blocks 

Units

Block 1: Introduction

1: Nation and Nationalism

2: Anti-colonial National Liberation Movement – Asia and Africa

3: Perspectives on Indian Nationalism-I

4: Perspectives on Indian Nationalism-II

Block 2: The Formative Phase

5: Foundations of Indian Nationalism

6: Economic Nationalism

7: Resistance to Colonialism in Intellectual and Social Spheres

8: Towards Radical and Mass Politics

Block 3: National Movement – The Mass Phase-I

9: Nationalist Politics during the War Period

10: Emergence of Gandhi

11: The Turning Point

12: Khilafat and Non-Cooperation

13: Revolutionary Trends

14: Resistance within the Councils and Outside

Block 4: National Movement – The Mass Phase-II

15: Civil Disobedience Movement

16: Constitutional Developments

17: Congress Ministries

18: The Ideological Spectrum in the 1930s

19: Political Democratisation in Princely States

Block 5: Quit India and Its Aftermath

20: Prelude to Quit India

21: Quit India Movement

22: Post-War National Upsurge, 1945-47

23: Towards Freedom-I

24: Towards Freedom-II

Block 6: National Movement and Social Groups-I

25: The Peasantry

26: The Working Class

27: The Capitalist Class

28: The Landlords

Block 7: National Movement and Social Groups-II

29: National Movement and Women

30: National Movement and the Dalits

31: National Movement and the Minorities

Block 8: National Movement: Legacies

32: National Movement and Its Strategies

33: National Movement and the Communal Problem

34: Making of the Indian Constitution

35: Legacies of the National Movement

 

MHI 10 - Urbanisation in India

Blocks 

Units

Block 1: Introduction to Urban History

1: What is Urban History?

2: Approaches to the Study of Urbanisation: Ancient Phase

3: Approaches to the Study of Urbanisation: Medieval Phase

4: Themes in Understanding the Modern Cities

Block 2: The Earliest Cities in the Subcontinent

5: An Introduction to Early Urbanism

6: Distribution and Morphology of Harappan Settlements

7: Harappan Economy and Occupations

8: Early Urban Societies

9: Case Study: Mohenjo-Daro

Block 3: Early Historic Cities

10: Archaeology of the Early Historic Urban Centres in North India: Emergence and

Characteristics

11: Archaeology of the Emergence of Early Cities and the Characteristics of the Early

Historical Urban Centres: South India

12: Urban Centres and Other Types of Spaces

13: Cities in Texts

14: Early Historical Cities in the Taxila Valley: Archaeological Perspective

Block 4: Patterns of Medieval Urbanisation-1

15: State of Urbanisation in the Post-Gupta Period: Archaeological Evidence

16: Emergence of New Urban Centres in Early Medieval Context and Passage to Medieval Urbanism: Textual Reference

17: Sultanate and Its Cities

18: Regional Cities of the 15th Century

19: Temple Towns in Peninsular India

20: Southern Dimension: The Glory of Vijayanagara

21: Case Study: Sultanate of Delhi

Block 5: Patterns of Medieval Urbanisation-2

22: Spatial Characteristics of Mughal Cities

23: Urban Patterns in Medieval Deccan

24: Urban Culture and Society

25: Case Study: Agra-Fatehpur Sikri-Shahjahanabad

26: Case Study: Ajmer-Pushkar-Banaras

27: Case Study: Masulipatnam

Block 6: Early Modern Cities

28: Capitalism, Colonialism and Cities in the Early Modern Period

29: Port Cities – 16th to 18th Centuries

30: Cities in the 18th Century: Manufacturing Towns

31: Cities in the 18th Century: Provincial Capitals

32: Case Study: Lucknow

Block 7: Colonial Cities-1

33: Dependent Urbanisation and New Urban Forms in Colonial India

34: Race, Class and Ethnicity in the Colonial City

35: The City as the Site of Spectacle

36: The City as the Site of Movements

Block 8: Colonial Cities-2

37: Modernity and the City in Colonial India

38: City Planning in India at the Advent of the British

39: Predicaments of Post-Colonial Cities

40: Case Study: Bombay

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Q:   Is IGNOU offered pre primary teacher training or not.
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Yes, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) offers a programme called "Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education" (DECE) which is specifically designed for individuals interested in pre-primary teacher training. The DECE programme focuses on providing knowledge and skills related to the care and education of young children in the age group of 0-6 years.

Q:   Which core subjects are taught in the IGNOU BSc (H) Biochemistry course?
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IGNOU BSc course curriculum include subjects categories as core courses, discipline specific courses, ability enhancement courses, skill enhancement courses, and generic electives. Some of the core subjects included in the IGNOU BSc (H) Biochemistry course curriculum are:

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  • Cell Biology
  • Proteins
  • Enzymes
  • Metabolism of Carbohydrates and Lipids
  • Human Physiology
  • Concepts in Genetics
  • Immunology, etc.
Q:   What are the generic electives offered in the IGNOU BSc (H) Anthropology course?
A:

The Indira Gandhi National Open University offers four generic electives to the BSc (H) Anthropology course aspirants. There is a certain credit attached with each of the subject. Apart from this, the course curriculum also includes ability enhancement compulsory course (AECC). The two AECC subjects included in the curriclum are Environmental Studies and English Communication Skills.

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