Ashoka University’s undergraduate course curriculum is taught across three semesters: Spring, Summer and Monsoon (Fall). Courses are broadly divided into three categories – Foundation Courses (core curriculum), Major & Minor Courses and Co-Curricular Courses.
You may search courses offered at Ashoka here. Please use the drop down menu to choose the specific semester and subject to see the full list of courses under each department. Foundation courses are offered in all semesters and do not have prerequisites. Offerings in other categories differ in each semester. Some higher level major/minor courses may have prerequisites.
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The primary objective of this course is to familiarise students with basics of social science approaches to better understand that world we live in. Social realities are often complex due to continuous interactions of varied nodes of identities, socio-political institutions,...
Know more »This course will introduce students to non-European aspects of political thought with particular recourse to various parts of the colonised world. The course shall largely focus on the colonial and post-colonial periods in order to highlight to students, the reception of...
Know more »Introduction: Why do we think and act the way we do? Why do we believe in a certain moral framework, dream, desire, sleep, work, or eat the way we do? These may seem like the most banal set of questions,...
Know more »Media and Democracy Is there a straightforward relationship between proliferation of media and democracy? Does freedom for media necessarily mean democratic freedom? What if free media translates into corporatized control over media platforms, algorithms, content, eventually publics themselves? How do we...
Know more »Course Description Who were we? Who are we? Who will we become? How should we act? This course examines texts on human nature, human identity and human enlightenment from The Epic of Gilgamesh to current speculations on post-humanism. We will read epic,...
Know more »The purpose of this course is to ask critical questions on mind and behaviour and their relationship to the brain and body. We will quickly review the philosophical theories of mind and behaviour, specifically the dominant views that have guided...
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