Guru Nanak Dev University Courses

M.A. (History)

Semester Wise

Semester-I:

1. Political Processes and Structures in India upto 1200 A.D.
2. 
   
   • (a) Society and Culture in India upto 1200 A.D.
   • (b) Polity and Economy of India 1200-1526 A.D.
3. Polity and Economy of India 1526-1750 A.D.
4. Political Ideas and Institutions in India: 1757-1947 A.D.
5. History of the Punjab: 1450-1708 A.D.

Semester-II:

1. Urban and Agrarian Economy in India upto 1200 A.D.
2. 
   
   • (Opt a) Society and Culture of India: 1200-1750 A.D.
   • (Opt b) Art, Architecture and Literature of India 1200-1750 A.D
3. 
   
   • (Opt a): Eighteenth Century Punjab
   • (Opt b): Polity, Economy and Society in the Punjab: 1799-1849 A.D.
4. Modern World 1500-1900 A.D.: Major Trends
5. Economic History of India 1757-1857 A.D.

Semester-III:

1. 
   
   • (Opt a): Socio-Cultural History of India: 1757-1857 A.D.
   • (Opt b): Socio-Cultural History of India 1858-1947 A.D.
2. Emergence of Indian Nationalism: 1857-1919 A.D.
3. Punjab Under Colonial Rule: 1849-1947 A.D.
4. Twentieth Century World (1901-2000 A.D.)
5. Historical Thought and Historiography

Semester-IV:

1. Economic History of Modern India: 1858-1947 A.D.
2. The National Movement: 1920-1947 A.D.
3. 
   
   • (Opt a) Contemporary India: 1947-2004 A.D.
   • (Opt b) Contemporary Punjab
4. Indian Historiography
5. 
   
   • (Opt a) History of Ideas
   • (Opt b) Science and Technology: Colonial India
   • (Opt c) Women in Modern India 1858 – 1947 A.D.

Annual System

1. Any one of the following
   • (a) History of India upto 650 A.D.
   • (b) History of India A.D. 650-1200
2. 
   
   • (a) Polity and Economy of India 1200-1750
   • (b) Society and Culture of India 1200-1750
3. History of the Punjab (1469-1799)
4. Twentieth Century World

Part-II

1. Any one of the following:
   • a) History of India 1757-1857
   • b) Social and Cultural History of India 1820-1964.
2. Any one of the following:
   • a) History of India 1858-1964
   • b) Nationalism India
3. History of the Punjab (1799-1994)
4. Historical Thought and Historiography