SASTRA DEEMED UNIVERSITY

UG Programmes

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

Bachelor of Arts – Economics & Public Policy

Programme Structure

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

Programme Structure

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

Programme Structure

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.

Programme Structure

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

Programme Structure

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

BA (Economics & Public Policy)

Scheme of Study

Semester - I (20 Credits)

Semester - II (22Credits)

Semester - III (21 Credits)

Semester - IV (21 Credits)

Semester - V (19 Credits)

Semester - VI (17 Credits)

BA (Economics & Public Policy) - (Honours)

Semesters VII & VIII (40 Credits)

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

Scheme of Study

Semester I (22 Credits)

Semester II (24 Credits)

Semester III (20 Credits)

Semester IV (20 Credits)

Semester V (22 Credits)

Semester VI (23 Credits)

B.Com

Scheme of Study

Semester - I (24 Credits)

Semester - II (22 Credits)

Semester - III (25 Credits)

Semester - IV (23 Credits)

Semester - V (22 Credits)

Semester - VI (15 Credits)

B.Com (Honours)

Semester - VII (15 Credits)

Semester - VIII (12 Credits)

Minor Elective in Economics & Public Policy

Minor Elective in Corporate Finance & Strategy

Minor Elective in Business Process

Minor Elective in Financial Markets

Master of Business Administration

Scheme of Study

Semester-I (30 Credits)

Semester-II (28 Credits)

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

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

Scheme of Study

I Semester (25 Credits)

II Semester (25 Credits)

III Semester (24 Credits)

IV Semester (16 Credits)

List of Electives I

List of Electives II

List of Electives III

List of Electives IV

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