In an increasingly integrated and interconnected world, the ability to connect information dots and integrate knowledge driven insights has become crucial in many walks of social and professional life.Developing such ability entails an education that helps to see the world beyond the tight disciplinary boundaries. The liberal arts education holds a great promise to develop a mindset which seeks harmony in different knowledge fields without diluting their substance. Liberal arts education focuses on understanding the latent but vital links between the science, humanities and arts. It seeks the freedom to creatively move across the fields of specializations with a view to develop a more humane version of knowledge. It is an enabling and enriching education which helps develop a vision that sees the links between different fields of knowledge. It is an education which prepares students with the intellectual abilities and societal capacities to contribute to, and be successful in a globally engaged milieu.
The Liberal Arts course offered at IDSS is designed keeping in mind the broad demographic, educational and psychographic profile of 12th pass students.It offers various inputs to improve the writing, presentation, performance and analytical skills of the students. The course also incorporates various subjects and skills required for the digital age. Being on the University campus, the course enjoys the company of more than 50 Departments and Centres conducting courses and research in a huge variety of subjects. The opportunity to interact with the faculty and students of these Departments on daily basis is a great advantage for the liberal arts.
The Liberal Arts course aims to give students a competitive edge by training them in a diverse set of themes and skills besides offering a subject centric knowledge. Candidates with Liberal Arts education are sought by various professions which value communication skills, analytical mindset, multicultural and interdisciplinary orientation,and sensitivity towards diversity. This implies that Liberal Arts course opens up opportunities of career particularly in-
And of course, a graduation in Liberal Arts builds a strong ground for higher studies in various interdisciplinary courses as well as in courses taken up as major at graduation.
