Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities (JSLH)

OP Jindal Global University’s School of Liberal Arts and Humanities offers a comprehensive degree in B.A. (H) Liberal Arts and Humanities with base-building foundation courses like mathematics and expressive & creative arts along with selected major, electives and internships. The course duration is of four years. The program details have been summarised as such:

Foundation courses
Majors
Course-listed electives
Internships

The course curriculum in the program is as such:

1st Year

Semester 1	Semester 2
Interdisciplinary Studies-1	Social Science
Environmental Studies	Economics
Expressive Arts-1	Communication Skills-2
Quantitative Skills-1	Expressive Arts-2
Spanish 1	Spanish-2
Communication Skills-1	Interdisciplinary Studies-2
-	History

2nd Year

Semester 3	Semester 4
Political Science	4 Major Courses
Philosophy	2 JSLH Cross Elective
Literature	-
Quantitative Skills-2	-
Interdisciplinary Studies-3	-
Psychology	-
1 JSLH Cross Elective	-

3rd Year

Semester 5	Semester 6
Thesis Seminar-1	Thesis Seminar-2
3 Major Courses	1 Major Courses
2 JSLH Cross Electives	2 JSLH Cross Electives

4th Year

Semester 7 & 8

Thesis Submission

Research Projects

Major Specialisations Offered

Students can choose either of the following specialisation for their graduation:

Digital Humanities	History
Marketing Arts and Culture	International Business
Comparative Religion	Literary Studies
Economics	Philosophy
Environment and Sustainable Development	Political Science and International Relations
Expressive Arts (Visual Arts)	Psychology
Sociology and Anthropology	-

Important Note: Students have the option to choose ‘self-designed’ majors in consultation with the faculty directors provided they have a strong academic record in the past.

List of Electives

JSLH offers interdisciplinary electives in a range of disciplines like humanities, management, business and finance, architecture, languages and more. Uniquely, electives change every semester in order to expose students to a wide range of disciplines.

The list of electives are:

Blood and Antiquities and Archaeopolitic	From Sculpture to Installation: The Poetics of Objects and Space	Open Studio 1: Introduction to Visual Arts
The Static and the Moving Image: New art practices in a Digital Age	Critical Concepts in Peace and Security	The History and Archaeology of the Ancient World
Open Studio 2: Introduction to Visual Arts	Image and Thought: Art History from Renaissance to Modernism	Rethinking Friendship
Transformative Actions in Public Space: Exploring Contemporary Theatre & Performance	Thinking about the field	Ancient Civilisations: Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece
Society, Environment and Climate Change	Food and Water Security	Mysticism: East and West
Believe, Obey, Fight: European Right-Wing Regimes and the Second World War	Culture, Power, History: Key Texts in Sociology and Anthropology	The Politics of Development
Energy and Sustainability	Primer on GIS and Basic Spatial Analysis	Can we be Moral: The debate between choice and chance
Philosophical Approaches to the Mind	Islam in South Asia – History and Politics	Feminist Classics: East and West
Culture, Ecology and Politics	Harry Potter: Texts, Films and Culture	China’s Foreign Policy
Nationalism and integration in 20th century Europe	-	-

Global Opportunities

JSLH has established a number of study abroad exposure opportunities for its students, from study abroad programmes to student exchange programmes and dual degree programmes.

Short Term Study Abroad Programme

Jindal-Harvard Programme on Human Rights & Development
Jindal-Oxford Winter Programme on Politics, Philosophy & Economics
Jindal-UC Berkeley Summer School on the Future of Global Media and International Journalism.
Jindal-Sciences Po Summer School on European Aﬀairs
Jindal-University of Granada Summer School on Spanish History and Culture
University of British Columbia Summer School

Semester Exchange Programme

CANADA: Carleton University Memorial University of Newfoundland
FRANCE: Sciences PO
IRELAND: Maynooth University Trinity College, Dublin Queens University, Belfast
JAPAN: International College of Liberal Arts, Yamanashi Gakuin University
ITALY: University of Bologna
UNITED KINGDOM: Queen Mary University of London University of Southampton
SPAIN: Universidad Pontiﬁcia Comillas University of Granada
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: St. Martin’s University
NETHERLANDS: University College, Utrecht

Four-year Dual Degree Programme

JSLH also offers a four-year dual degree with Rollins College, the United States or Deakin University, Australia. Students opting this option will pursue their first 2 years at JSLH and remaining 2 years at leading partner universities.

Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for JSLH is as follows:

Candidates must have passed Class 12th or equivalent from a recognised board with minimum 60% marks in humanities, science, or commerce stream.
Students appearing for the class 12th exams are also eligible to apply.

Admission Process

The admission process at JSLH is a "holistic admission process that is adopted to ensure that each application is evaluated in its own unique context".

The admission process comprises of following processes conducted in three rounds:

Personal Statement
Supplemental Question
Class 10th and 12th Marks
Faculty Interview
JSAT/SAT/ACT scores

JSAT Exam Pattern

The exam pattern of JSAT is as follows:

Questions once skipped cannot be retrieved.
There is no negative marking.
There are a total of 120 questions.
To qualify, candidates must secure 50% accuracy and above.
There is no sectional cut-off.
A candidate can reappear for the JSAT exam.

Exam syllabus:

Section	Number of Questions
Verbal Ability	40
Logical Reasoning	40
Basic Maths	40

Important Dates

The admission cycle at the university is as follows:

Admission Cycle	Application Deadline	Exam Date	Offer Date
Round 1	25th December 2022	8th January 2023	10th January 2023
Round 2	13th February 2023	18th,19th February 2023	21st February 2023

Fee Structure

The total programme fee at JSLH is INR 6 lacs per annum.

Overview

OP Jindal Global University through its JSLH division offers a range of unique experiences for its students, from international exposure through its study abroad programmes to interdisciplinary studies through its foundational, major, and elective courses. All of this knowledge is structured through internships, research and thesis courses.