MA Population Studies at Tribhuvan University, MA Population Studies Colleges in Nepal

MA Population Studies

Affiliated to: Tribhuvan University

About Course

Course Title : MA Population Studies
Category/Level : Masters
Course Duration (months) : 24 months
Cost Range (NPR) : NA
Affiliated to : Tribhuvan University

Course Description:

Tribhuvan University Master of Arts (MA) in Population Studies course provides knowledge from theory, models, and emerging concepts in demography. The course is offered in Central Campus, Central Department of Population Studies and its constituent and affiliated colleges.

The course plays a crucial step towards knowledge in population health planning, programming, social justice, development, and demographic studies in a broader sense.

Objectives of MA in Population Studies
- To take account of birth, death, immigrants, emigrants of specific areas.
- To study the reasons behind infant death, death by diseases, emigration and immigration.
- To study about managing population by providing health knowledge especially in rural areas.
- To provide a healthy environment by creating healthy population, as population is responsible for environmental advancement or degradation.

Admission info

Eligibility
Bachelor's degree in any disciplines recognized by Tribhuvan University. Students are admitted by screening through an entrance examination.

Syllabus

The program follows a credit system and consists of four semesters spread over a period of two years. The program covers 7 major themes (topics) deemed essential for students to be awarded with a Master’s Degree in Population Studies: theories and concepts in demography, demographic techniques, dynamics of population and society, population and development, research in population studies, computer application in population research and thesis.

In total, there are 20 papers (including a thesis) which a student must successfully complete for them to be awarded a MPS degree. All papers are of 3 credit hours (CH) except the thesis which is 6 CH, hence, the total of 63 credit hours. These papers can be broadly categorized as: i) theory papers, ii) semi-practical papers and iii) practical papers. Altogether there are 14 theory papers, 3 semi-practical papers, 2 practical papers and a thesis.