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The SASTRA Chennai campus offers 4-Year Honours with an exit option at the end of the 3rd year. The following are the programmes to be offered from the academic year 2023-24:

Bachelor of Arts – Economics & Public Policy

BA (Economics & Public Policy)

Scheme of Study

Semester - I (20 Credits)

  • Principles of Economics
  • Business Communication & Correspondence
  • Introduction to Public Policy
  • Business Law
  • Business Statistics

Semester - II (22Credits)

  • Intermediate Micro Economics
  • Business Organisation & Management
  • Indian Knowledge System
  • Financial Markets
  • Political System and Constitution of India
  • Data Analytics using Python

Semester - III (21 Credits)

  • Mathematical Economics
  • International Relations and Politics
  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Intermediate Macro Economics
  • Principles of Accounting
  • Professional Communication Skills

Semester - IV (21 Credits)

  • Environmental Economics
  • Money and Banking
  • Public Finance and Tax
  • Principles of Marketing
  • Indian Knowledge System
  • Personality Development - I
  • Environmental Studies (Online)

Semester - V (19 Credits)

  • Indian Economy
  • Global Economy and International Finance
  • Introduction to Business Organization
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Internship

Semester - VI (17 Credits)

  • Development Economics
  • Policy and Program Evaluation
  • Introduction to Research Methodology
  • Yoga for Excellence
  • Personality Development - II

Total Credits: 120

BA (Economics & Public Policy) - (Honours)

Semesters VII & VIII (40 Credits)

  • Foreign Language
  • Online course 1
  • Online course 2
  • Online course 3
  • Online course 4
  • Online course 5
  • Online course 6
  • Project work & Viva-voce (one year duration)

Total Credits: 160


B.Sc. Visual Communication with Minor Specialisation in Journalism / Electronic Media

B.Sc. Visual Communication with Minor Specialisation in Journalism / Electronic Media

Scheme of Study

Semester I (22 Credits)

  • Business Communication & Correspondence
  • Personality Development - I
  • An Overview of Journalism
  • Principles of Economics
  • Introduction to Visual Communication
  • Basic Computing Laboratory
  • Drawing & Graphics - I

Semester II (24 Credits)

  • Indian Knowledge Systems
  • Personality Development - II
  • Reporting and writing for media
  • Business Organisation & Management
  • Political System and Constitution of India
  • Design thinking
  • Drawing & graphics - II
  • 3D animation

Semester III (20 Credits)

  • Introduction to Photography
  • History of Media
  • Digital Marketing
  • Advertising & Public Relations
  • Ad Campaign
  • Artificial Intelligence Applications
  • Ad Photography /Photo-journalism
  • Internship - Applicable to only those students opting for Honours degree; Will be carried out during semester-break

Semester IV (20 Credits)

  • Introduction to Public Policy
  • Indian Constitution
  • Introduction to Cinema
  • Film Appreciation
  • Print & Online Journal
  • Story Boarding
  • Media Instrumentation
  • Internship - Applicable to only those students opting for Honours degree; Will be carried out during semester-break

Semester V (22 Credits)

  • Film Production - I
  • Media Laws and Ethics
  • Media Research
  • Entertainment Media
  • Production Design for Ad Films
  • Gender studies
  • Web Designing
  • Internship

Semester VI (23 Credits)

  • Film Production - II
  • Development Communication
  • Social Media Management
  • Ad Film Production
  • Introduction to Finance & Accounting
  • Basics of Yoga
  • Internship

Total Credits: 128



Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) with Minor Specialisations in the area of Business Process, Financial Markets , Corporate Finance & Strategy, Economics & Public Policy

B.Com

Scheme of Study

Semester - I (24 Credits)

  • Financial Accounting - I
  • Business Law
  • Minor-I
  • Business Communication & Correspondence
  • Principles of Economics
  • Business Statistics

Semester - II (22 Credits)

  • Financial Accounting - II
  • Fundamentals of Insurance
  • Minor-II
  • Banking Theory Law & Practice
  • Business Organisation & Management
  • Indian Knowledge System

Semester - III (25 Credits)

  • Corporate Accounting - I
  • Principles of Income Tax
  • Cost Accounting
  • Minor-III
  • Principles of Marketing
  • Basics of E-Commerce
  • Soft Skills - I

Semester - IV (23 Credits)

  • Corporate Accounting - II
  • Indirect Tax
  • Fundamentals of Management Accounting
  • Company Law and Secretarial Practice
  • Minor-IV
  • Soft Skills - II
  • Environmental Studies (Online)
  • Internship

Semester - V (22 Credits)

  • Auditing
  • Advanced Accounting
  • Data Analytics using Python
  • Principles of Financial Management
  • Minor-V
  • Computerised Accounting Lab

Semester - VI (15 Credits)

  • Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
  • Minor-VI
  • Fundamentals of Research Methodology
  • Basics of Yoga
  • Internship

B.Com (Honours)

Semester - VII (15 Credits)

  • Self Study-1
  • Self Study-2
  • Internship

Semester - VIII (12 Credits)

  • Research Project / Dissertation

Minor Elective in Economics & Public Policy

  • History of Economic Thought
  • Human Rights and Gender Empowerment
  • Money and Banking
  • Environmental Economics
  • Rural Economics
  • Public Finance and Tax
  • Policy and Program Evaluation
  • Modern Sociological Thoughts

Minor Elective in Corporate Finance & Strategy

  • Introduction to financial strategy
  • Basics of digital finance
  • Behavioural Corporate Finance
  • Strategic Cost Management
  • Global Financial Management
  • Corporate Valuation
  • Design Thinking in Strategic Finance
  • Business Policy and Strategy
  • Sustainable Finance

Minor Elective in Business Process

  • Managing BusinessProcess-I
  • ManagingBusinessProcess-II
  • Banking for BusinessProcess Services
  • Insurance for Business Process Services
  • Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management Process
  • Business Process Technology
  • Business Process Analytics
  • Strategy and Business Process

Minor Elective in Financial Markets

  • Principles and Practices of Banking
  • Financial Markets and Mutual Funds
  • Merchant Banking and Financial Services
  • International Trade and Finance
  • Personal Finance and Planning
  • Fixed Income Securities
  • Fundamentals of Investment
  • Investing in Stock Markets

B.Com : 135 Credits

B.Com (Honours) : 162 Credits

Students have an option to graduate with the UG degree without honours option at the end of the three years if they meet the eligible credit requirments. The Honours option is an optional alternative that comprises internship, contemporary courses and practicum.


PG Programmes

The Chennai campus also offers the following two-year PG degree programmes from the academic year 2023-24:

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) with minor specialisation in Strategy, Data Sciences, Marketing, SCM, etc.

Master of Business Administration

Scheme of Study

Semester-I (30 Credits)

  • Foundations of Management & Organizational Behavior
  • Managerial Economics
  • Financial Reporting & Performance Analysis
  • Quantitative Techniques for Managers
  • Legal & Business Environment
  • Business Research Methods
  • Computer Applications for Business
  • Business Communication

Semester-II (28 Credits)

  • Human Resource Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Financial Management
  • Business Analytics and Data Visualization
  • Operations Management
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Entrepreneurship Development
  • Managerial Skills for Effectiveness

Semester-III (26 Credits) + Semester-IV (24 Credits)

  • Minor Specializations in Strategy, Data Sciences, Supply Chain Management, etc.
  • Project

Total Credits: 30+28+26+24 = 108


M.Sc. – Data Science

M.Sc. in Data Science (Specialisation in Artificial Intelligence)

Scheme of Study

I Semester (25 Credits)

  • Probability & Statistics using R
  • Mathematics for Data Science
  • Python for Data Science
  • RDBMS, SQL & Visualization
  • Data Mining Techniques
  • Artificial Intelligence & Reasoning
  • RDBMS, SQL &Visualization Laboratory

II Semester (25 Credits)

  • Machine Learning
  • Big Data Mining & Analytics
  • Predictive Analytics Regression &
  • Classification
  • Ethics & Data Security
  • Elective I
  • Elective II
  • Seminar
  • Research Methodology & IPR

III Semester (24 Credits)

  • Spatial Data Analytics
  • Machine Vision
  • Deep learning & Applications
  • Elective III
  • Elective IV
  • Open Elective
  • Project Phase – I
  • Network Science Laboratory

IV Semester (16 Credits)

  • Project work & Viva voce

List of Electives I

  • Algorithmic trading
  • Bayesian data analysis
  • Financial data analysis

List of Electives II

  • Healthcare data analytics
  • Data science for structural biology

List of Electives III

  • Social Networks & Graph Analysis
  • Epidemiological Modelling
  • Information Visualization
  • Applied Multivariate Analysis

List of Electives IV

  • Image processing & Analysis
  • Speech & Video processing
  • Information Retrieval & Natural Language Processing
  • Energy Systems Modelling & Analysis for Data Science

Total Credits: 90


Ph.D. Programmes

Ph.D. in interdisciplinary & related academic disciplines are also offered with appropriate TA/RA

Tuition Fees
S.No Programme Tuition Fee per semester*
1. B.A., B.Com. Rs.40,000
2. M.B.A. Rs.60,000
3. M.Sc. (AI & DS) Rs.30,000

One-time development fee of Rs.10,000 and admission fee of Rs.7,000 for all programmes during the time of admission

During the 4th year of the Honours degree, eligible students shall be paid stipend for the internship/practicum

Contact

  • SASTRA University Chennai Campus
    No.21, A V Meiyappan Salai, Arcot Road,
    Vadapalani, Chennai – 600 026
    (Behind AVM Theatre / Next to AVM Studio)
  • 044 2365 0027
  • sastracc@sastra.ac.in
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