A flexible, interdisciplinary BA (Honours) that pairs deep critical thinking with real-world relevance — grounded in the social sciences, humanities, and global affairs.
IILM's Liberal Arts programme is built on critical thinking, interdisciplinary learning, and global awareness — open to the social sciences, humanities, and beyond.
Students pair a Major with a Minor from any department, creating a degree that is uniquely theirs and career-ready from day one.
Analytical rigour across theory and practice
Connections across disciplines and domains
Perspectives on international issues
Skills for public life, research, and beyond
Each major offers a rigorous four-year journey through theory, application, and independent research.
Political Science offers students a rigorous and expansive understanding of power, governance, and public life across diverse contexts. The discipline introduces foundational concepts such as the state, sovereignty, democracy, justice, and citizenship, while encouraging critical engagement with political institutions, ideologies, and processes at local, national, and global levels.
Students explore core subfields including political theory, comparative politics, international relations, and public policy, developing the ability to analyze political behavior, institutional design, and policy outcomes through both qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Emphasis is placed on cultivating analytical reasoning, persuasive writing, and evidence-based argumentation, preparing graduates for careers in public service, law, academia, media, and international organizations.
Integrates classical political theory with contemporary policy analysis, connecting foundational ideas with real-world governance challenges.
Emphasizes experiential learning through simulations, debates, policy labs, and internships.
Interdisciplinary design draws from economics, history, sociology, and law for a multidimensional perspective.
Diverse specialization pathways: international relations, public policy, political theory, and comparative politics.
Strong research and writing focus culminating in independent projects or dissertations.
Exposure to governance, democracy, geopolitics, and public administration for careers in public service, policy, and academia.
Economics and Public Policy equips students with the analytical tools and institutional understanding necessary to address complex societal challenges through evidence-based decision-making. The program integrates core economic principles such as microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics with the study of public policy design, implementation, and evaluation.
Students examine how governments allocate resources, regulate markets, and respond to issues including inequality, development, healthcare, education, and environmental sustainability. Emphasis is placed on applying theoretical frameworks to real-world problems, enabling students to assess policy trade-offs, measure impact, and propose effective interventions.
Uniquely integrates economic theory with policy design and evaluation, enabling students to move from abstract models to practical decision-making.
Strong emphasis on quantitative and data-driven skills, including econometrics and impact assessment.
Interdisciplinary orientation drawing on political science, law, sociology, and data science.
Engages with inequality, development, environmental sustainability, healthcare, and education policy.
Applied learning through case studies, policy labs, internships, and research projects.
Prepares graduates for policy research, government, consulting, international organizations, and advanced study.
International Relations and Geopolitics offers students a comprehensive understanding of global politics, strategic interactions, and the forces shaping the contemporary world order. The program introduces key theoretical frameworks alongside the study of diplomacy, conflict, security, international organizations, and global governance.
Students engage with issues such as power rivalries, regional dynamics, economic interdependence, climate politics, and emerging security challenges including cyber warfare and terrorism. A strong emphasis is placed on the role of geography, history, and political narratives in influencing state behavior and international outcomes.
Integrates IR theory with geopolitical analysis, emphasizing the role of geography, history, and power in shaping global dynamics.
Strongly interdisciplinary — draws on political science, economics, history, and cultural studies.
Practice-oriented learning through simulations, strategic analysis exercises, and policy briefs.
Addresses great power competition, regional conflicts, global governance, and emerging security threats.
Experiential learning through Model United Nations, research projects, and internships.
Prepares graduates for diplomacy, international organizations, policy think tanks, media, and academia.
English Literature invites students into a rich engagement with texts, ideas, and cultural traditions across time and space. The program introduces a diverse range of literary forms — poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction — spanning periods from the classical to the contemporary and encompassing voices from across the globe.
Students examine how literature reflects and shapes social, political, and historical contexts, while developing sensitivity to language, form, and narrative technique. Core areas include literary theory, postcolonial studies, gender and cultural studies, and world literature.
Combines close textual analysis with diverse theoretical approaches — postcolonialism, feminism, cultural studies.
Emphasizes both analytical and creative expression — critics and writers across genres.
Interdisciplinary design connects literature with history, philosophy, media, and the arts.
Spans a wide range of literary traditions, periods, and geographies from around the world.
Strong focus on writing and communication — clarity, nuance, and persuasive expression.
Prepares graduates for publishing, media, education, communication, cultural industries, and academic study.
Every IILM student pairs their Major with a Minor from any other department — making their degree distinctive and career-ready.
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Liberal Arts graduates enter diverse sectors — equipped with analytical, communicative, and strategic skills that are valued globally.
Pair your Liberal Arts major with any of the available minors to add a second dimension to your degree.
Applications for the 2025–26 academic year are now open across Gurugram and Greater Noida campuses.
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