Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies

Courses Offered

Course	Duration	Intake Capacity	Eligibility
M. A. (Anthropology)	2 years (4 Semesters)	24	see admission details
M. Phil.	1 year (2 Semesters)	13	see admission details
Package Courses in Tribal Languages	3 months	---	see admission details
Ph. D.	---	---	see admission details

Course Structure - M. A. (Anthropology)

Semester-I

ANTH 401	Introducing Anthropology
ANTH 402	Society and Culture
ANTH 403	Anthropology in India: Origin and Concepts
ANTH 404	Anthropological Methods

Semester-II

ANTH 421	Economic Anthropology
ANTH 422	Anthropology of North-East India
ANTH 423	Linguistics - Optional Paper I
ANTH 424	Women and Society: Optional Paper I
ANTH 450	Field Work and Report Writing

Semester-III

ANTH 501	Theories of Anthropology
ANTH 502	Ecological Anthropology
ANTH 503	Society and Culture of Arunachal Pradesh
ANTH 504	Political Anthropology: Optional Paper II
ANTH 505	Ethnicity in India: Optional Paper II

Semester-IV

ANTH 521	Development of Anthropology
ANTH 522	Medical Anthropology
ANTH 523	Folkloristics: Optional Paper III
ANTH 524	Tribal Art and Craft: Optional Paper III
ANTH 525	Physical and Pre-Historic Anthropology: Optional Paper III
ANTH 600	Field Work and Dissertation

Course Structure - M. Phil.

Semester I:

PAPER I	Research Methodology
PAPER II	Tribal Life and Institution in India

Semester II:

PAPER III	Tribal Life and Folklore in Arunachal Pradesh
PAPER IV	Languages of Arunachal Pradesh

Optionals for PAPER IV:

PAPER IV (a)	Traditional Socio-Political Institutions of Arunachal Pradesh
PAPER IV (b)	Man, Culture and Environment with particular reference to Arunachal Pradesh

Semester III:

Dissertation

Course Structure - Package Courses in Tribal Languages

The Institute offers short term courses of three months duration in Tribal Languages