IIT Kanpur Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

When was Humanities and Social Sciences department of IIT Kanpur established ? Also provide the list of academic courses offered at Humanities and Social Sciences department of IIT Kanpur .

Humanities and Social Sciences department of IIT Kanpur was established in the year 1963.

It is a multi-disciplinary, and consists of six disciplines: Fine Arts, Philosophy, Psychology, Economics, English Literature and Linguistics and Sociology

It offers undergraduate courses to engineering and science students.

It also offers Minor programs –

Minor in Linguistic Theory
One course out of:

ENG124 (Language and Society)

ENG122 (Introduction to Linguistics)

Two courses out of:

ENG423 (Current Issues in Linguistics Theory)

ENG447 (Cognitive Linguistics)

ENG443 (Natural Language Semantics)

ENG448 (Languages of South Asia)

Minor in English Literature

One course out of: ENG431, ENG437, ENG433, ENG434, ENG438

One course out of: ENG432, ENG446 , ENG439, ENG445

One course out of: ENG435, ENG436, ENG440

Labs --
Economics Lab
Language Lab
Psychology Lab
Fine Arts lab

Contact Details :
Surajit Sinha
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur 208 016, India
Tel: Work (+91-512) 259-7510/8517/7268
Mobile: 09935783174

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Humanities and Social Sciences is one of the academic departments of IIT Kanpur.

It was established in 1963

Disciplines
Economics
English
Fine Arts
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology

Courses offered:
Ph.D.

Minor
Minors are offered in English discipline.
Minor in Linguistic Theory
One course out of:
ENG122 (Introduction to Linguistics)
ENG124 (Language and Society)

Two courses out of:
ENG423 (Current Issues in Linguistics Theory)
ENG443 (Natural Language Semantics)
ENG447 (Cognitive Linguistics)
ENG448 (Languages of South Asia)

Minor in English Literature
One course out of: ENG431, ENG433, ENG434, ENG437, ENG438
One course out of: ENG432, ENG439, ENG445, ENG446
One course out of: ENG435, ENG436, ENG440

Labs
Economics Laboratory
Psychology Laboratory
Fine Arts Laboratory
HSS Research Laboratory
Language Laboratory

Contact Details:
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kalyanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016

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