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M.A. Police & Security Studies

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Department of Police Science and Security Studies

Program Code

MAPSS

Level

Post Graduate

Duration

2 Year
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Program Overview

Police force is the primary organ of a Criminal Justice Delivery System. More importantly, it serves as the irreplaceable ‘first responders’ to any emergency situation and is thus uniquely positioned to act as a force for social change too. The M.A. (Police & Security Studies) course prepares the students pre-dominantly to handle various exigencies in the Indian security environment. The course is designed to encourage the non-science students to pursue career in law enforcement and security field. The students learn how to utilize modern technology to overcome the domestic barriers and challenges in our Police functioning while bringing a renewed focus on upgrading the traditional practices and systems of Policing. As such, acquisition of knowledge, skills and technical competence provide the students of this course a distinct edge over their counterparts when they reach out to join the State Police services, Central Armed Police Forces, Law enforcement departments, Coast Guard, Intelligence Agencies or security verticals of industrial / corporate sector in managerial as well as leadership roles.

Semester Sr no CourseCode Course CourseCredit
Sem-1 1 MAPSS-SI-1 Police Administration 4
Sem-1 2 MAPSS-SI-2 Geo-Political Studies & Internal Security 4
Sem-1 3 MAPSS-SI-3 Civil & Criminal Laws 4
Sem-1 4 MAPSS-SI-4 Organizational Behaviour & Human Resource Management in Policing 4
Sem-1 5 MAPSS-SI-5 Forensic Science & its application in Major Crimes 4
Sem-1 6 MAPSS-SI-6 Contemporary Security Technologies 4
Sem-2 1 MAPSS-SII-1 Criminal Justice System 4
Sem-2 2 MAPSS-SII-2 Maintenance of Law and Order and Human Rights 4
Sem-2 3 MAPSS-SII-3 Cyber Security 4
Sem-2 4 MAPSS-SII-4 Border & Maritime Security 4
Sem-2 5 MAPSS-SII-5 Intelligence and Counterintelligence 4
Sem-2 6 MAPSS-SII-6 Financial Accounting & Major Financial Crimes 4
Sem-2 7 MAPSS-SII-7 Minor Project / Training 2
Sem-3 1 MAPSS-SIII-7 Minor Project / Training 2
Sem-3 2 MAPSS-SIII-1 Disaster Management 4
Sem-3 3 MAPSS-SIII-2 Contemporary Approaches in Policing, Criminal Investigation and Crime Prevention 4
Sem-3 4 MAPSS-SIII-3 Economic Security and Countering Terror Funding 4
Sem-3 5 MAPSS-SIII-4 Risk &Vulnerability Analysis, Critical Infrastucture Protection and Industrial Security 4
Sem-3 6 MAPSS-SIII-5 Criminology & Forensic Psychology 4
Sem-3 7 MAPSS-SIII-6 Research Methodology 4
Sem-4 1 MAPSS-SIV-1 Dissertation 12
Sem-4 2 MAPSS-SIV-2 Internship 8

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Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor’s degree in any stream from a recognized universitywith minimum 55% or equivalent marks (50% or equivalent marks for SC/ST and PwD category).