School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
The SLASS undergraduate programme is developed to make our students good citizens and thought leaders by offering them an innovative and modernised curriculum. The curriculum is developed based on IDEAL (Inter Disciplinary Experimental Learning) on an Active Learning Pedagogy, model MIT. The students will also participate in undergraduate research [UROP] as well as in multiple industry internships, India and abroad. The programme provides Semester Abroad [SAP] in top Universities across the world.
You can pursue your passion, choices and decisions is yours. Major, Minor and Specialization, combinationof any. You can major in Economics with specialization in Foreign Trade and minor in Business or History.
The undergraduate programs includes mandatory 6 Foundation courses in English, History, Psychology, Biological Sciences, Environmental Science and Data Sciences. Besides learning the job-ready skills in their chosen specialization, this interdisciplinary foundation will teach them the skills they need to compete in India and Global career opportunities.
The three-year programme can be extended to a fourth year Diploma/Certificate course for students interested to pursue Higher Studies in USA. The fourth year programme includes courses and a project at SRM-AP, or a Semester/Year Abroad Studies for 40 credits.
Major & Minor
Major with Hons. requires close of 140 credits for awarding the degree including certain credits for Specialization. Minor helps broadening the course of study, well rounded, taking 6 courses of 20 credits with 2 courses overlap. It can be within SLABS or other schools. You have to meet certain criteria of selection. Along with Majoring degree, a separate certificate will be issued for Minor.
BA [3+1 years Programme]
Medium of Instruction: English
| B.A. |
Curriculum |
| English |
- An exposure to diverse areas of English, with the courses falling under five broad categories: Unique Courses that are offered only in SRM UNIVERSITY-AP (Code Name Language, Mind, Myth and Metaphor, etc.), Foundational Courses, Theory Driven Core Courses, Courses with Practical Application and Research Oriented Courses.
- Course designed in compliance with NEP guidelines to enable students to apply for graduate programmes abroad and also with the option to graduate in 3 years.
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| History |
- Designed to equip students with the knowledge of historical processes, events and transformations in world and Indian History from Stone Age to the contemporary world.
- Course designed in compliance with NEP guidelines to enable students to apply for graduate programmes abroad and also with the option to graduate in 3 years.
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| Psychology |
- The uniqueness of the programme lies in its potential to equip students to deal with real world problems, by giving students an in-depth understanding of psychology subjects as well as breadth of exposure in a number of related subjects, at the undergraduate level through Foundational courses, Theory-driven core courses, Application-oriented courses, Practicum-oriented courses, and Research-oriented courses.
- Course designed in compliance with NEP guidelines to enable students to apply for graduate programmes abroad and also with the option to graduate in 3 years.
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| Economics |
- The program is flexible and is designed to expose the students to basic economic theory as well as quantitative methods. The coverage of the course includes basic micro, basic macro-economic theory, international trade and finance and public economics, in addition to mathematical methods, statistical methods and econometrics, R-studio and Python programming.
- The students will also become familiar in Indian economic problems, data base and policy aspects. An additional merit of this program is that it exposes the student to emerging areas in economics such as financial economics, agriculture, and environment. The program culminates with a research-based dissertation on a topic of contemporary relevance to be chosen by the student.
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Minor
| Engineering Minors |
Computer Science and Engineering |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
| Mechanical Engineering |
| Civil Engineering |
| SLASS & Management Minors |
Business Management |
| Economics |
| English Studies |
| Sociology |
| Journalism |
| History |
| Psychology |
| Physics |
| Chemistry |
| Mathematics |
| Biological Sciences |
