M.Sc Digital Society at IIIT Bangalore Offline Course

Master of Science is a unique interdisciplinary post-graduate programme. This is a convergence of information technology and social sciences where students can join from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. The two-year course aims to develop professionals who have a sharp understanding of the digital ecosystem. After the completion of a 4 semester, students will be conferred with IIITB’s master’s degree in Master of Science. The first three semesters of the programme constitute academic coursework. During the fourth semester, a student can either take up an industry internship or academic research at the Institute and continue to write a thesis. 

Curriculum:

A semester-wise break-up of the course is given below: 

Programme Orientation (2 weeks)

•  Technical Foundations (to cover programming and database fundamentals)

•  Social Science Foundations (to cover some fundamental ideas in social science, reading comprehension and writing practice)

Semester 1 (18 credits, 5 core courses)

•    Digital components of a connected society (4 credits)

•    Application development, OR, Enterprise software development (2 credits)

•    Interface design (4 credits)

•    Research methods (Quantitative and Qualitative) (4 credits)

•    Technology and society (4 credits)

Semester 2 (16 credits, 3 core courses, 1 elective)

•    Technology in development (4 credits)

•    ICT Policy and regulation (4 credits)

•    Social complexity and systems thinking (4 credits)

•    Elective 1 (4 credits)

Semester 3 (16 credits, 4 electives)

•    Elective 2-5 (4x4=16 credits)

Semester 4 (16 credits Thesis/Internship)

Specialization streams:

The following streams are available for students to specialize in:

1.    Human-centred digital design

2.    Data-intensive digital design

3.    Research and policy studies