Courses - Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts

Curriculum Structure

Duration	4 years
Semesters	8
Courses	39
Total credit hours	125

Required courses

Sections	Curriculum structure	Courses	Credit hours
A	University core courses	4	12
B	Non-specialization courses	7	23
C	Supporting courses	9	28
D	Social sciences core	7	21
E	Major core + electives	10	31
F	Culminating Experience	2	10
G	Personal Effectiveness	1	Pass/Fail
Total		40	125

Non-specialization courses

Course title	Course code	Credit hours	Pre-requisite
Core (5)
Introduction to Statistics	MTS102	3	-
Calculus 1	MTS104	3	-
Intermediate English Grammar and Composition	SSC106	3	SSC101
Foreign Language I	SSC201/205/209/330	4
Foreign Language II	SSC202/206/210/331	4	SSC201/205/209/330
Electives (2)**
Non-specialization elective I	-	-	-
Non-specialization elective II	-	-	-

**Non-specialization electives can be from the Humanities list or courses offered by other departments/for other programs. Note: All students must take both module (I and II) of the same language.

Supporting courses

Course title	Course code	Credit hours	Pre-requisite
Core (5)
Statistical Inference	MTS202	3	MTS102
South Asian History	SSC221	3	-
History of Ideas I	SSC239	3	-
History of Ideas II	SSC238	3	SSC239
Computational Research Methods	SSC302	4	MTS202
Natural Science electives (1 from the following list)***
Are We Becoming Post-human? Technology, Society, Ethics	HUM377	3
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics	HUM382	3
Environmental Anthropology	HUM455	3
History of Science	NSC351	3
Introduction to Environmental Sciences	NSC354	3
Sustainable Cities and Communities	NSC358	3
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics	NSC359	3
Climate Change and Us	NSC360	3
Science and Medicine in Islamic Societies 700 – 1700	NSC361	3
Art and Science	NSC364	3
Social and Political History of Medicine	NSC 363	3
Visual Studies electives (1 from the following list)***
Empire and Vision: Between Production and Representation of South Asian Cities	HUM350	3	SSC216
Art of the Islamic World	HUM366	3
Intellectual and Cultural History of Muslim Spain	HUM368	3	SSC232
1947/1971: Interrogating Partitions, Narrative Selves	HUM371	3
Islamic Book Arts 1200-1800	HUM450	3
Screening the Body: Gender, Race and Nation in Visual Culture	HUM451	3	SSC216
Lights, Camera, History: Representations of Medieval South Asia in Bollywood	MCS350	3	SSC216
Race, Class, and Gender in Film and Television	MCS353	3	SSC216
Crime and Legality in Visual Cultures	MCS357	3	SSC216
Watching Films	MCS359	3	SSC216
Digital Activism and Democracy	MCS366	3	SSC216/217, POL/MCS301
The Western Travel Documentary in a Global Context	MCS370	3	SSC216
Ethnicities, Diaspora and the Media	MCS373	3	SSC216
Taking it Like a Man: American Masculinities in Visual Culture	MCS374	3	SSC216
Literary and Visual Cultures in a New Media Age	MCS375	3	SSC216
Parallel Cinema, Gender and Realism	MCS376	3	SSC216
Fundamentals of Design and Communication	MCS377	3	SSC216
Modern and Contemporary Women Visual Artists of Pakistan	HUM 391	3
Humanities electives (2 from the following list)***
From Empires to Nation-States: A History of the Pre-20th Century World	HST301	3	SSC232
The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires	HST354	3
An Introduction to Urdu Poetry and Poetics	HUM340	3
Freaks, Geeks and Monsters: Exploring the Role of the Other in Fiction	HUM341	3	SSC106
Reading Poetry	HUM352	3	SSC106
Anglo-Indian Narrative and the Postcolonial Subject	HUM355	3	SSC106
Philosophy, Logic and Ethics	HUM357	3
Creative Writing	HUM360	3
Borders and Boundaries: South Asian and Middle Eastern Feminist Fiction	HUM367	3	SSC106
Intellectual and Cultural History of Muslim Spain	HUM368	3	SSC232
The Making of the Mughal Empire: An Intellectual and Cultural History	HUM369	3	SSC221
From Ghalib to Bollywood	HUM370	3
Pakistani Poetry in English	HUM 389	3
Djinn in World Literature	HUM 390	3
Philosophy of Social Sciences	HUM 392	3
1947/1971: Interrogating Partitions, Narrative Selves	HUM37	3
History of Anthropological Thought	HUM372	3	SSC233
Introduction to Literary Modernism	HUM374	3	SSC106
A History of the Cold War	HUM376	3
Are We Becoming Post-Human? Technology, Society, Ethics	HUM377	3
A History of the Fable in its Greek, Arabic and Indic Traditions	HUM378	3
Don Quixote and its Andalusian Milieu	HUM379	3
Advanced Readings in Pakistan's History	HUM380	3	SSC151, SSC221
Sufis, Steppe Nomads and Silk Roads: A History of Islamic Central Asia	HUM381	3	SSC232, SSC221
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics	HUM382	3
Narrative and Identity in Pakistani Literature	HUM383	3	SSC106
The Persian Literary Culture of Lahore in the Ghaznavid Period (977-1186)	HUM384	3	SSC232, SSC221
A Textual Introduction to Rumi	HUM385	3
Unearthly Things and Sad Destinies: An Introduction to Literary Theory	HUM386	3
Sufism: A Social, Political and Economic History	HUM387	3
An Introduction to the Islamic Scholarly Tradition	HUM388	3
Ethnographic Theory and Practice	HUM452	3	SSC231/SSC233
Spirituality in Islam: Classical Texts and Themes	HUM453	3
Prophets in the Abrahamic Traditions	HUM454	3
Environmental Anthropology	HUM455	3
Evolution of Music in South Asia	HUM456	3
Ethnomusicology: Music and Culture	HUM457	3	SSC233
Female Friendship in World Literature	HUM458	3
Introduction to Feminist Theory	HUM459	3	SSC231
Food, Self and Society	HUM460	3	SSC231/SSC233
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind	HUM485	3
Gutenberg to Google: A Social History of Media	MCS302	3	SSC216
The City	HST358	3
Media, Law and Ethics	MCS352	3	SSC216
Analyzing the News	MCS355	3	SSC216
Journalism and Public Discourse	MCS371	3	SSC216
History of Political Thought	POL302	3	SSC217
Studying the City in the Global South: Planning, Politics and Development	POL360	3	SSC217
Pakistan’s Foreign Policy	POL362	3	SSC217
Political Philosophy	POL364	3	SSC217
Culture and Power in Human Societies	POL366	3	SSC217, SSC233
Modern Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Anarchism	POL37	3	SSC217
History, Theory and Practice of Diplomacy	POL373	3	SSC217
Perspectives in Pakistan’s Political Economy	POL376	3	SSC217
Women’s Issues and Activism in Pakistan	POL379	3
Transnational Islamic Politics in the Post-9/11 World	POL451	3
History of Economic Thought	SSC107	3
Major Themes in World History	SSC121	3
Advanced English Composition	SSC213	3	SSC106
Introduction to Linguistics	SSC235	3
Monsters, witches and mad women in world literature	HUM	3
Method and theory in the study of religion	HUM394	3
The Central Thesis	HUM395	3
Feminist Legal Theory and Practice	HUM396	3
Urdu Literature for Bilingual Students	HUM397	3

Major core + electives

Course title	Course code	Credit hours	Pre-requisite
Psychology
Psychology core courses
Research Methods in Psychology	MTS20	4	SSC218
Human Development	SSC221	3	SSC218
History and Systems of Psychology	SSC238	3	SSC218
Introduction to Social Psychology	SSC239	3	SSC218
Psychology electives (6 from the following list)***
Human Resource Management /Management and Human Resource	HRM401/HRM464	3
Organizational Behaviour /Management and Organizational Behaviour	MGT221/MGT231	3
Memory and Attention	PSY275	3	SSC218, PSY301
Consumer Psychology	PSY350	3
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	PSY352	3	SSC218, PSY301
Media Psychology	PSY353	3	SSC216/218, MCS/PSY301
Cognitive Psychology	PSY359	3	SSC218, PSY301
Abnormal Psychology	PSY362	3	SSC218, PSY301
Gender Psychology	PSY364	3	SSC218, PSY301
Counseling Psychology	PSY365	3	SSC218, PSY301
Cyber Psychology	PSY366	3	SSC218, PSY301
Personality Psychology	PSY367	3	SSC218, PSY301
Educational Psychology	PSY368	3	SSC218, PSY301
Positive Psychology	PSY369	3	SSC218, PSY301
Clinical Psychology	PSY370	3	SSC218, PSY301
Physiological Psychology	PSY371	3	SSC218, PSY301
Cross-Cultural Psychology	PSY372	3	SSC218, PSY301
Environmental Psychology	PSY373	3	SSC218, PSY301
Climate Change: Psychology of Denial, Impacts, and Adaptation	PSY374	3	SSC218, PSY301
Forensic and Criminal Psychology	PSY376	3	SSC218, PSY301
Political Science
Political Science core courses
Research Methods in Political Science	POL301	3	SSC217
History of Political Thought	POL302	3	SSC217
Comparative Politics	POL303	3	SSC217
Political Systems and Political Regimes	POL402	3	SSC217
Political Science electives (6 from the following list)***
Public Policy Analysis: Theory and Practice	ECO560	3
A History of the Cold War	HUM376	3
Advanced Readings in Pakistan's History	HUM380	3	SSC151, SSC221
Digital Activism and Democracy	MCS366	3	SSC216/217, POL/MCS301
Political Communication	MCS372	3	SSC216/217, POL/MCS301
Political Violence, Civil War, and Terrorism	POL350	3	SSC217, POL301
Political Psychology	POL351	3	SSC217/218, POL/PSY301
Foreign Policy in China	POL352	3	SSC217, POL301
An Introduction to Legal Theory	POL353	3
War: Conceptual Underpinnings	POL354	3	SSC217, POL301
Human Rights and Law	POL355	3	SSC217, POL301
The Modern Middle East	POL359	3	SSC217, POL301
Studying the City in the Global South: Planning, Politics and Development	POL360	3	SSC217
Pakistan's Foreign Policy	POL362	3	SSC217
Political Philosophy	POL364	3	SSC217
Introduction to Foreign Policy Analysis	POL365	3	SSC217
Culture and Power in Human Societies	POL366	3	SSC217, POL301
Global Urbanisms	POL367	3	SSC217, POL301
Politics in Colonial and Post-Colonial Punjab	POL370	3	SSC217, POL301
Modern Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Anarchism	POL371	3	SSC217
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution	POL372	3	SSC217, POL301
History, Theory and Practice of Diplomacy	POL373	3	SSC217
Community Planning and Development	POL374	3	SSC217, POL301
Feminist Legal Theory and Practice	HUM396	3
History of Decolonization	POL375	3	SSC217, POL301
Perspectives in Pakistan’s Political Economy	POL376	3	SSC217
Politics of Resistance in the Middle East	POL377	3	SSC217, POL301
China’s Contemporary Security Environment	POL378	3	SSC217, POL301
Women’s Issues and Activism in Pakistan	POL379	3
Winners, Losers, and Bystanders: Political Economy Perspectives on Global Changes	POL450	3	SSC217, POL301
Transnational Islamic Politics in the Post-9/11 World	POL451	3
Media and Culture
Media and Culture core courses
Critical Theories and Methods	MCS340	4	SSC216
Media Aesthetics and History: Film, TV and Digital Media	MCS310	3	SSC216
Critical Media Practice I: Digital Image, Sound, and Story	MCS311	3	SSC216
Critical Media Practice II: Multimodal Publication and Design	MCS312	3	SSC216
Media and Culture electives (6 from the following list)***
Media, Law, and Ethics	MCS352	3	SSC216
Race, Class, and Gender in Film and Television	MCS353	3	SSC216
The International Newsroom	MCS354	3	SSC216
Analyzing the News	MCS355	3	SSC216
Crime and Legality in Visual Cultures	MCS357	3	SSC216
Journalism Essentials for Business: Visibility in the Age of New Media	MCS358	3
Watching Films	MCS359	3	SSC216
History of Film	MCS360	3	SSC216
Foundations of Screenwriting	MCS364	3
Digital Activism and Democracy	MCS366	3	SSC216/217, POL/MCS301
Media Anthropology	MCS368	3	SSC216, MCS301
The Western Travel Documentary in a Global Context	MCS370	3	SSC216
Journalism and Public Discourse	MCS371	3	SSC216
Political Communication	MCS372	3	SSC216/217, POL/MCS301
Ethnicities, Diaspora and the Media	MCS373	3	SSC216
Taking it Like a Man: American Masculinities in Visual Culture	MCS374	3	SSC216
Literary and Visual Cultures in a New Media Age	MCS375	3	SSC216
Parallel Cinema, Gender and Realism	MCS376	3	SSC216
Fundamentals of Design and Communication	MCS377	3	SSC216
Karachi in the Media	MCS378	3	SSC216
Fan Studies: Theory and Practice	MCS379	3	SSC216
Feminism Technology and Media	MCS 380	3
Social Media Marketing	MKT569	3
Media Psychology	PSY353	3	SSC216/218, MCS/PSY301
Cultural Globalization and Media	MCS450	3
Print, Identity and the Public Sphere: Urdu in early colonial north India	HST357	3
Monsters, witches and mad women in world literature	HUM	3
Communication for Social Change	MCS341	3
History
History core courses
From Empires to Nation-States: A History of the Pre-20th Century World	HST301	3	SSC232
Topics in Historiography	HST302	3	SSC232
Twentieth Century Global History	HST303	3	SSC232
Research Methods in History: Primary Source Genres	HST304	4	SSC232
History electives (6 from the following list)***
A History of the Indian Ocean World	HST352	3	SSC232
Historiography of Early Islam	HST353	3	SSC232
Ecological History	HST354	3	SSC232
The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires	HUM368	3
Intellectual and Cultural History of Muslim Spain	HUM369	3	SSC232
The Making of the Mughal Empire: An Intellectual and Cultural History	HUM371	3	SSC221
1947/1971: Interrogating Partitions, Narrative Selves	HUM376/ HST356	3
A History of the Cold War	HUM378	3
A History of the Fable in its Greek, Arabic and Indic Traditions	HUM379	3
Don Quixote and its Andalusian Milieu	HUM380	3
Advanced Readings in Pakistan's History	HUM381	3	SSC151, SS221
Sufis, Steppe Nomads and Silk Roads: A History of Islamic Central Asia	HUM384	3	SSC232, SSC221
The Persian Literary Culture of Lahore in the Ghaznavid Period (977-1186)	HUM387	3	SSC232, SSC221
Sufism: A Social, Political and Economic History	HST357	3
Print, Identity and the Public Sphere: Urdu in early colonial north India	HST351	3
Lights, Camera, History: Representations of Medieval South Asia in Bollywood	MCS350	3	SSC216
History of Science	NSC351	3
Science and Medicine in Islamic Societies 700 – 1700	NSC361	3	SSC217
History of Political Thought	POL302	3	SSC217, POL301
Politics in Colonial and Post-Colonial Punjab	POL370	3	SSC217, POL301
History of Decolonization	POL375	3
Major Themes in World History	SSC121	3	SSC232
Labour, Capital and Colonialism: The making of modern South Asia	HST 355	3	SSC216

Semester Wise Courses

Semester 1

English Grammar and Composition
Calculus I
History of Ideas I
Fundamentals of Sociology
Introduction to Historical Methods

Semester 2

Intermediate English Grammar and Composition
Introduction to Statistics
History of Ideas II
South Asian History
Introduction to Psychology

Semester 3

Speech Communication
Foreign Language I
Statistical Inference
Pakistan History
Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

Semester 4

Socioeconomic Philosophy of Islam or Philosophy, Logic and Ethics
Foreign Language II
Introduction to Political Science
Culture, Media, Society
Introduction to Urban Studies

Summer

6-Week Responsible Citizen Initiative- no credit

Semester 5

Computational Research Methods
Major Core I
Major Core II
Humanities Elective I
Natural Science Elective

Semester 6

Major Core III
Major Core IV- Research Methods
Major Elective I
Non-Specialization Elective I
Visual Studies Elective I

Summer

8-Week Research Internship- no credit

Semester 7

Major Elective II
Major Elective III
Major Elective IV
Non-Specialization Elective II
Culminating Experience I

Semester 8

Major Elective V
Major Elective VI
Humanities Elective II
Culminating Experience II