In addition to the minimum two Core Courses, students are able to take Departmental Courses as electives. This allows students to engage with Indian students and to get a taste of traditional Indian higher education. Elective courses can satisfy both your major/degree requirements and personal academic interests through Pondicherry University's numerous departments and academic centers.
Below are the schools and departments from which you can choose your elective courses:
Schools, Departments, and Centers
School of Humanities
English
French
Hindi
Sanskrit
Tamil
Philosophy
Escande Chair in Asian Christian Studies
Physical Education and Sports
School of Social Sciences and International Studies
Anthropology
History
Politics and International Studies
Social Work
Sociology
Center for Women’s Studies
Center for South Asian Studies
School of Management
Management Studies
Commerce
Economics
Tourism Studies
Banking Technology
International Business
School of Life Sciences
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Ocean Studies and Marine Biology (Port Blair)
Center for Bioinformatics
Center for Pollution Control and Energy Technology
School of Physical, Chemical, and Applied Sciences
Physics
Chemistry
Earth Sciences
Applied Psychology
Library and Information Science
Center for Electronic Media
School of Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics
Statistics
Computer Science
All courses of study except language courses are taught in English.
IISAC will guide you through the entire process of developing a curriculum that is specially tailored to your area of study and interest.
English
Anthropology
Management Studies
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology