On your concern I will get the MA Development Studies program conducted by Tata Institute of Social Sciences so that you can have idea.

Eligibility
a) Programme require completion of Bachelor's Degree of minimum of 3 years duration or its equivalent ( under the 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 or 10+2+2+1 year bridge course pattern of study or any other pattern fulfilling the mandatory requirements of 15 years formal education) from a recognised university, in any discipline.

b) At the time of applying candidates studying in 3 year degree progremme should have passed in all the subjects for the 1st to 4th semesters and candidates studying in 4 year degree progrmmes should have passed in all the subjects for 1st to 6th semester.

Program structure
Semester I
Foundation Course
Philosophy of Research
Concept, History and Theories of Development
Contemporary Indian Economy
Methods of Social Research

Semester II
Development Economics
State, Democracy & Civil Society
Law, Institutions, Society and Development
Women, History and Social Change
Tutorial on Database for Development Research

Semester III
Development and the Social Sector
Agrarian Relations, Agriculture and Rural Development
Social Movements and Social Change
Inequality, Poverty and Financing of Human Development
Political Economy of Space, Development and Uneven Development

Semester IV
Sustainable Development and Climate Change
Industrialisation, Globalisation and Labour
Social Exclusion and Social Justice: Theories and Processes
Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Roundtable on Development Processes

Optional Courses
Pool 1 (First and Third Semester)
Principles of Economics: Micro-economics
Perspectives in Science, Technology and Society
Philosophical Foundations to Development Research
Public Policy: Theories and Processes*
Political Economy of International Trade*
Development and Crime
Public Finance*
Management of Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement

Pool 2 (Second and Fourth Semester)
Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
Advanced Quantitative Research Methods
Society, Culture and Development
Urban and Regional Development
Social Psychology and Development
GIS, Remote Sensing and Development Research

Fees
Components DS Mumbai
Fees Sem I Sem II Sem III Sem IV
Tuition 12000 12000 12000 12000
Examination 800 800 800 800
Computer Charges 1000 1000 1000 1000
Convocation Charges 0 0 0 2000
ID Card 300 0 0 0
Medical Insurance Premium Charges 1500 0 1500 0
Students' Union 500 500 500 500
Dev. Fund / Prog. Fund 8000 8000 0 0
Medical Examination Fee 100 0 0 0
Caution Deposits ( Refundable at the time of leaving the programme on submission of No Dues Certificate) 10000 0 0 0

1. Total Fees for Non-Hostellers 34200 22300 15800 16300
Hostel & Electricity Charges Rs.10000 & Rs.5000
15000 15000 15000 15000
Dining Hall Charges (Advance) 16000 16000 16000 16000

2. Total Fees for Hostellers 65200 53300 46800 47300


Address:-
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400088

Phone:-
022 2552 5000