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a year agoContributor-Level 10
If a student wants to pursue an MA Philosophy course from IGNOU, they should first fill up the online application form provided on the official IGNOU website. They will be required to submit identity proof documents, the application fees and other details. Students must monitor the website for updates and new notifications. After the merit-based selection list has been made official and updated on the website, students simply have to pay the required fee amount to confirm their IGNOU MA Philosophy course admission.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
Pursuing an MA Philosophy degree and from a distance/correspondence college is possible.
Some colleges that you might want to look into are mentioned below
| College | Average Fees |
|---|---|
| IGNOU | INR 12,000 |
| Andhra University, Visakhapatnam | INR 10,400 |
| The Global Open University | INR 28,150 |
| Guwahati University - GU | INR 14,000 |
Hope I could help you!
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
Hello!
MA Philosophy degrees can be pursued by students who have complted their undergraduate degree in any course. Some skills that can be helpful for students who wish to puruse MA Philosophy courses are:
- Communication Skills: Students who wish to pursue BA degrees must develop adequate communication skills to express their thoghts, ideas and arguments in a structured, comprehensible manner.
- Moral Philosophy: Students should develop a strong moral compass and personal philosophy of what they feel is right, what is wrong and the distinction between the two.
- Critical Thinking and Analytical Skills: Students need to lea
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
Hello!
There are many advantges of pursuing an MA Philosophy course. Students who are interested in Philosophy, and wish to pursue a career in it, should definitely pursue MA Philosophy courses. It helps students expand their interests, experience, gain theoretical knowledge, and complete a Master's degree certification. An MA can be very helpful as it helps students connect with like-minded individuals and can open up various job-opportunities in many employment sectors.
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a year agoContributor-Level 9
Harcourt Butler Technical University, or HBTU, is situated in Kanpur. Unfortunately, a Master of Arts programme is not available in Philosophy at the university. The focus of this university is mostly towards technical and professional courses in engineering, management, and applied sciences. Only limited offerings are available in postgraduate programs under the academic domains of humanities and social sciences; MBA is such a programme offered with opportunities for research in management and economics. If you want to do an MA in Philosophy, you may need to search for other universities that provide courses in humanities postgraduate
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a year agoContributor-Level 8
The eligibility criteria to apply for MA Philosophy through PUMDET varies from category to category. The same is provided in the table below.
Course | General | SC/ST | OBC-A/B | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-PU | PU | Non-PU | PU | Non-PU | PU | |
Philosophy | 50% / 5.50 | 5.50 | 40% / 4.13 | 4.13 | 45% / 4.95 | 4.95 |
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a year agoContributor-Level 6
The average package costs to around INR 1.5 lakhs per annum -3 lakhs per annum for MA in Philosophy at KBVSASU, Assam.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
You can find the MA Philosophy syllabus of JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University) in the table below:
MA Philosophy Syllabus for First Semester | |
|---|---|
Philosophical Studies: Problems and Perspectives | Epistemology and Metaphysics: Issues and Problems of Knowing and Being |
Moral and Social Philosophy | Logic and Scientific Methods |
MA Philosophy Syllabus for Second Semester | |
Philosophy of Social Sciences | Philosophy of Language |
Readings in 20th Century Indian Philosophy | Readings in Analytic Philosophy and Phenomenology |
MA Philosophy Syllabus for Third and Fourth Semester | |
Reading a Philosopher | Project on a Philosophical Theme |
Optional Courses | |
Contending Theories on Justice | Philosophical Discourses on Modernity and Postmodernity |
Diversity of Cultures and Multiculturalism: A Philosophical Study | Personal Identity |
Philosophy of Mind | Theories of Truth: Reading Quine, Davidson, Dummett and Putnam |
Facets of Existentialism | Discourses on Value |
Ethics in Practice | Debates in Contemporary Political Philosophy |
Philosophy and Feminism | Philosophy and Literature |
Nagarjuna’s Critique of Essence (Svabhava) | Philosophical Foundations of Cognitive Science |
Philosophical Explorations of Indian Modernity | |
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
From the government sector to private sector profiles like Content Writer, Video Editor, Sales Executive in corporates & consultancies.
NGOs offer a wide range of career options that can be pursued by Philosophy graduates such as Social Workers, Canvassers, Fundraising Specialists etc.
You can also become a writer or author after completing the MA Philosophy course.
Hope it helps!
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
There are several colleges that offer MA Philosphy course in distance or cotrrespondence mode. You can find some of these in the table below:
MA Philosophy Distance College | MA Philosophy Distance College Fees (in INR) |
|---|---|
Indira Gandhi National Open University | 9 K |
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam | 10.4 K |
Guwahati University - GU | 14 K |
UPRTOU - U P Rajarshi Tandon Open University | 17 K |
Sabarmati University | 40 K |
Directorate of Distance Education, Kurukshetra University | 6.6 K |
The Global Open University | 28.15 K |
Directorate of Distance Education, The University of Burdwan | 11.4 K |
Note - The information is taken from the official sites.
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