The Indira Gandhi National Open University offers admission to Master of Arts in Philosophy in both January and July session. It is a two-year master degree programme which includes the courses worth 64 credits Where each credit is equivalent to 30 study hours which consist of all the learning activities. Therefore, the students who are pursuing the IGNOU MA Philosophy programme has to pass out all the courses (64 credits) within the maximum duration to make themselves eligible for the master degree. Also, check out details about IGNOU MA Philosophy Admission.
In IGNOU MA Philosophy first year courses, there is one compulsory course and eight elective courses out of which students need to choose six courses. The compulsory course MPY-001 is of 8 credits whereas other elective courses are 4 credits each. In the same way, there is one compulsory course MPY-002 in the second year which is also of worth 8 credits and six elective courses to choose out of ten courses.
The students can also check out the latest IGNOU Prospectus to know about the IGNOU MA Philosophy and the related course syllabus. In a simple way, we can say that this master degree programme has two major components: i.e. 1) Compulsory Courses (16 credits) 2) Elective Courses (48 credits).
The students have to select 6 electives in both first year and second year respectively. To obtain the master degree certificate, the students has to earn 64 credits over a minimum period of 2 years and the maximum period of 5 years. We have mentioned below the IGNOU MAPY Courses with details such as Course Code, Course Name, and Credits:
IGNOU MAPY First Year Subjects |
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| Course Code | Title of the Course | Credits |
| Compulsory Courses | ||
| MPY-001 | Indian Philosophy | 8 |
| Elective Courses (Choose any six) | ||
| MPYE-001 | Logic | 4 |
| MPYE-002 | Ethics | 4 |
| MPYE-003 | Epistemology | 4 |
| MPYE-004 | Philosophy of Human Person | 4 |
| MPYE-005 | World Religions | 4 |
| MPYE-006 | Dalit Philosophy | 4 |
| MPYE-007 | Research Methodology in Philosophy | 4 |
| MGP-005 | Introduction to Peace and Conflict Resolution | 4 |
IGNOU MAPY Second Year Subjects |
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| Course Code | Title of Course | Credits |
| Compulsory Courses | ||
| MPY 2 | Western Philosophy | 8 |
| Elective Courses (Choose any six) | ||
| MPYE-008 | Metaphysics | 4 |
| MPYE-009 | Philosophy of Science a Cosmology | 4 |
| MPYE-010 | Philosophy of Religion | 4 |
| MPYE-011 | Philosophy of Arts (Aesthetics) | 4 |
| MPYE-012 | Tribal Philosophy | 4 |
| MPYE-013 | Philosophy of Technology | 4 |
| MPYE-014 | Philosophy of Mind | 4 |
| MPYE-015 | Gandhian Philosophy | 4 |
| MPYE-016 | Aurobindo Philosophy | 4 |
| MPYP001 | Dissertation | 4 |
| Total Credits | 64 | |
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