Admission 2023-24

ARTS


Ruia College has a strong legacy of imparting quality education and is committed to create the right environment for students to - Explore, Experience and Excel. The College continually strives to meet its twin goals of ‘Equity and Excellence’ in local and global needs of higher education.

The College follows an inclusive approach to ensure all-round growth and success of its learners. With autonomy, the curriculum is upgraded to meet the industry needs and incorporate global teaching learning practices and integrate experiential and exploratory learning methodology. The College strives for highest standards of excellence in all spheres of its activity.

In addition, in the electives, it offers a wide range of choice to the tune of 15 combination of subjects and about 103 permutations in Arts Faculty.

The college is one of the few colleges in Mumbai to offer B.A. and B.M.M. programs in Marathi Medium which benefits students who complete their secondary education in Marathi.

The College also offers Mathematics and Statistics as one of the subjects for TYBA. The progression of active learners to advanced learners in UG programs is further enabled by project based learning under the CE, DBT Star programs.

The College has implemented the ‘Choice Based Credit & Grading System’ as part of its Autonomous status.

The College offers a wide range of options at the undergraduate level. The combinations are offered according to requisite number of students in a subject. The Arts faculty comprises 11 departments as under :


ARTS DEPARTMENTS

  • Commerce (3 units)
  • Economics
  • English
  • French
  • Hindi
  • History
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Marathi
  • Sanskrit
  • Psychology (Only at TYBA)

DETAILS OF COURSES:

First Year BA (FYBA):

  • Foundation Course
  • Compulsory English (Communication Skills),
  • One compulsory language from French / Hindi / Marathi/ Sanskrit
  • Any one of the following combinations for core courses
    • i.Economics, Politics, History
    • ii.Politics, History, One Optional language from English / French / Hindi / Marathi / Sanskrit
    • iii.Politics, Psychology, One Optional language from English / French / Hindi / Marathi / Sanskrit
    • iv.Politics, Two Optional languages from English / French / Hindi / Marathi / Sanskrit
    • v.History, Two Optional languages from English / French / Hindi / Marathi / Sanskrit
    • vi.Psychology, Optional Marathi, Optional Sanskrit
    • vii.Economics, Commerce, Psychology
    • viii.Economics, Commerce, History
    • ix.Economics, Commerce, One Optional language from English / French / Hindi / Marathi / Sanskrit
    • x.Economics, Mathematics, Statistics
    • xi.Economics, Commerce, Statistics
    • xii.Philosophy, Politics, History
    • xiii.Philosophy, Psychology, Politics
    • xiv.Philosophy, Psychology, One Optional language from English / French / Hindi / Marathi / Sanskrit
    • xv.Philosophy, Optional English, Optional French
Second Year BA (SYBA):

Compulsory Course :

  • Foundation Course.
  • Two courses in each of the core subjects offered at FY.
  • Applied Component any one of the following – Investment Analysis, Journalism, Mass Communication and Gandhism.
Third Year BA (TYBA):
  • Entire – Six courses in any one of the core subjects offered at SYBA of which 2 courses will be elective.
  • Double Major – Three courses each in any two of the core papers offered at SYBA of which 2 courses will be elective.

The subjects (Entire) & subject-combinations (Double major) offered are as follows:

  • English
  • Marathi
  • Hindi
  • Sanskrit
  • French
  • Political Science
  • Philosophy
  • Economics
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Psychology
  • Economics- Commerce
  • Economics- Political Science
  • Economics-History
  • Economics-Statistics
  • History - Political Science
  • Marathi - Economics
  • Marathi - Political Science
  • Hindi -History
  • Hindi- Political Science

Note: For Marathi medium students at TYBA, the following combination are offered:

  • i.Marathi - History
  • ii.Economics - Political Science
  • iii.Political Science- History
  • iv.Economics - History
  • v.Hindi - History

Note: ‘Commerce’ subject as an option for Arts students was introduced by University of Mumbai to expand the career horizon of the students from Arts stream. It includes topics on Business, Marketing, Human Resource, Banking, Insurance, Finance, Exports and so on. It covers theory papers only and does not include accounts, mathematics or statistics to make it an easier option for students.