Schools of Studies.

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The university shall have the following Schools of Studies, namely :- (1) School of Linguistics and Language Engineering.- This School includes the following university departments and centres, namely :- (i) Department of Language and Scriptology.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a)Philosophy of language, language planning, concept of language family; (b)historical, descriptive and comparative linguistics; br (c)scriptology and study of various scripts of Marathi language i.e. Modi, Mahanubhav, Brail, Argot, etc.; (d) study of signs, symbols of inscription or petrograph and scripts on shilalekh, copper plates, coins, historical documents, old manuscripts and creation of pictorial and descriptive dictionaries in Marathi; (e) study of mythology in Marathi literature. (ii)Department of Language Engineering and Computational Linguistics.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) information extraction and text mining; (b) sentimental analysis of conversation discourse; (c) machine translation; (d) natural language interface; (e) phonetic software, spell-check boards in Marathi; (f) development of citation multimode reader, plagiarism checker, fog index search reader or machine; (g) development of teaching aids, such as language acquisition software, chat bots, message boards, Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, image classification, speech transcription software, etc.; (h) teaching of computer languages, simulation games, etc.; (i) use of language lab for teaching and research programmes. (iii)Department of Psycho-cognitive and Neurolinguistics.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) comprehension of speech, speech therapy and therapeutic linguistics; (b) study of dysphemia and hearing loss; (c) tests of early reading ability, preschool literacy, phonological awareness, nonverbal intelligence, etc.; (iv)Department of Socio-Linguistics and Dialectology.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) socio-linguistics theories, dialect geography, survey of dialects, study of dialects and making grammar and dictionaries; (b) phonological editing and preservation of dialects; study of Argot dialects; (c) bridging the gap between dialects, tribal languages and standard Marathi. /b (v) Department of Language Teaching, Training and Research.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) teaching, training and research in language; teaching-learning methods such as the direct method, grammar translation, developing oral ability, acquiring vocabulary; (b) communicative language teaching, language pedagogy; (c) task-based language learning, etc. (vi) Department of Indian and Foreign Languages and Translation Studies.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) teaching of Indian languages Antarbharti project (Gujrati, Kannad, Telugu, Malyali, Bangala, Sindhi, Panjabi, etc.); (b) teaching of foreign languages -Vishva Bharati Project (English, French, Japani, Arebic, etc.); (c) translation studies (academy of translation studies and interpretation services). (vii) Department of Lexicography.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) use of languages in administration, education, judiciary, legislature, mass communication, etc., in accordance with the language policy of India; (b) development of dictionaries in Marathi terminology in various fields; (c) teaching and research programmes of lexicography, theories of dictionary components and structures, data organization, etc.; (d) making of electronic dictionaries, hypertext writing, etc. (2) School of Arts and Literature.- This School includes the following university departments and centres, namely :- (i) Department of Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Applied Arts and Crafting.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) fine arts, performing arts, applied arts, calligraphy; (b) design and decoration of practical objects, fashion designing, etc. (Ceramic art and sculpture, furniture design); (c) industrial design, architecture, interior designing, graphic design; (d) 'kalabhavan' for performances in music, dance, drama, etc. (ii) Department of Classical Languages and Medieval Marathi Literatures.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) study of classical languages and literature such as Sanskrit, Prakrut, Pali, Parsian, Dakhani; (b) social and literary contribution of Mahanubhav, Warkari, Jain, Sufi, Veershaiva, Buddhism, Nath or Shakt Sects, Panditi and Bakhar Literature, etc.; (c) study of modern and contemporary Marathi literature, influence study, various trends and movements in literature. /b r (iii) Department of Philosophy, Oriental and Oxidental aesthetics, stylistics and hermeneutics.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) Indian and Western Philosophy; (b) Aesthetics and Poetics (Oriental and Oxidental); (c) Stylistics and practical criticism; (d) History of Marathi poetics and criticism; (e) Philosophical thinkers and literary critics in Marathi. (iv) Department of Creative and Professional Writing in Marathi.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) children literature, fiction writing, drama and cyberpunk writing; (b) value education through literature with special reference to National Education Policy, 2020; (c) tradition and modernity in creative writing. (3) School of Maharashtralogy and Social Sciences.- This School includes the following university departments and centres, namely :- (i) Department of Maharashtralogy and Cultural Studies.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) indology and maharashtralogy conceptual framework and methodology; (b) cultural history of Maharashtra (socio-political-cultural institutions, caste system, rural-urban society, philosophical schools and traditions, natural and human resources, class-struggle, ethical and aesthetical values, social transformation, art, literature, science, traditions, agriculture, industry, business, public administration, human rights, social reforms); (c) regional and sub-cultural Studies (Folklore, Folk-culture, Folk-literature and Arts, Subaltern Studies, underworld culture, traditional gender roles, women's rights and feminist movement); (d) contemporary social trends of Marathi society; (e) cyber-cultural shift and its impact on Maharashtra. (ii) Department of Brihan Maharashtra Studies.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) history and culture of Marathi provinces (Outside of Maharashtra i.e. Tanjavore, Baroda, Gwalior, etc.); (b) administrative and social reforms in Marathi provinces; (c) art, literature, culture, language and dialects in Marathi provinces. (iii) Department of Social Sciences.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) History, Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology; (b) Political Science, Public Administration, Law; (c) Economics, Population Studies; (d) Geography, Natural Resources and Environment. (4) School of Interdisciplinary Studies.- This School includes the following university departments and centres, namely :- (i) Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) Communication Science, (b) Print Media, (c) Mass Media, (d) Digital Media, (e) Wired or Online Journalism, (f) Advertising, (g) Animation, (h) Cyberpunk, (i) Electronic Neighbourhood, (j) Media Criticism, etc. (ii) Department of Commerce and Management.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) business and marketing, insurance, debentures, share capital and share market; (b) advertising, branding, copyright and commercial writing patterns and methods. (iii) Department of Library and Information Science.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) library and information science; (b) organization, access, information extraction methods, collection and regulation of information, dissemination of information sources; (c) documentation science; (d) history of library and archival science; (e) classification system and record management; (f) indexing and reference services.

The university shall have the following Schools of Studies, namely :- (1) School of Linguistics and Language Engineering.- This School includes the following university departments and centres, namely :- (i) Department of Language and Scriptology.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a)Philosophy of language, language planning, concept of language family; (b)historical, descriptive and comparative linguistics; br (c)scriptology and study of various scripts of Marathi language i.e. Modi, Mahanubhav, Brail, Argot, etc.; (d) study of signs, symbols of inscription or petrograph and scripts on shilalekh, copper plates, coins, historical documents, old manuscripts and creation of pictorial and descriptive dictionaries in Marathi; (e) study of mythology in Marathi literature. (ii)Department of Language Engineering and Computational Linguistics.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) information extraction and text mining; (b) sentimental analysis of conversation discourse; (c) machine translation; (d) natural language interface; (e) phonetic software, spell-check boards in Marathi; (f) development of citation multimode reader, plagiarism checker, fog index search reader or machine; (g) development of teaching aids, such as language acquisition software, chat bots, message boards, Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, image classification, speech transcription software, etc.; (h) teaching of computer languages, simulation games, etc.; (i) use of language lab for teaching and research programmes. (iii)Department of Psycho-cognitive and Neurolinguistics.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) comprehension of speech, speech therapy and therapeutic linguistics; (b) study of dysphemia and hearing loss; (c) tests of early reading ability, preschool literacy, phonological awareness, nonverbal intelligence, etc.; (iv)Department of Socio-Linguistics and Dialectology.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) socio-linguistics theories, dialect geography, survey of dialects, study of dialects and making grammar and dictionaries; (b) phonological editing and preservation of dialects; study of Argot dialects; (c) bridging the gap between dialects, tribal languages and standard Marathi. /b (v) Department of Language Teaching, Training and Research.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) teaching, training and research in language; teaching-learning methods such as the direct method, grammar translation, developing oral ability, acquiring vocabulary; (b) communicative language teaching, language pedagogy; (c) task-based language learning, etc. (vi) Department of Indian and Foreign Languages and Translation Studies.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) teaching of Indian languages Antarbharti project (Gujrati, Kannad, Telugu, Malyali, Bangala, Sindhi, Panjabi, etc.); (b) teaching of foreign languages -Vishva Bharati Project (English, French, Japani, Arebic, etc.); (c) translation studies (academy of translation studies and interpretation services). (vii) Department of Lexicography.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) use of languages in administration, education, judiciary, legislature, mass communication, etc., in accordance with the language policy of India; (b) development of dictionaries in Marathi terminology in various fields; (c) teaching and research programmes of lexicography, theories of dictionary components and structures, data organization, etc.; (d) making of electronic dictionaries, hypertext writing, etc. (2) School of Arts and Literature.- This School includes the following university departments and centres, namely :- (i) Department of Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Applied Arts and Crafting.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) fine arts, performing arts, applied arts, calligraphy; (b) design and decoration of practical objects, fashion designing, etc. (Ceramic art and sculpture, furniture design); (c) industrial design, architecture, interior designing, graphic design; (d) 'kalabhavan' for performances in music, dance, drama, etc. (ii) Department of Classical Languages and Medieval Marathi Literatures.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) study of classical languages and literature such as Sanskrit, Prakrut, Pali, Parsian, Dakhani; (b) social and literary contribution of Mahanubhav, Warkari, Jain, Sufi, Veershaiva, Buddhism, Nath or Shakt Sects, Panditi and Bakhar Literature, etc.; (c) study of modern and contemporary Marathi literature, influence study, various trends and movements in literature. /b r (iii) Department of Philosophy, Oriental and Oxidental aesthetics, stylistics and hermeneutics.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) Indian and Western Philosophy; (b) Aesthetics and Poetics (Oriental and Oxidental); (c) Stylistics and practical criticism; (d) History of Marathi poetics and criticism; (e) Philosophical thinkers and literary critics in Marathi. (iv) Department of Creative and Professional Writing in Marathi.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) children literature, fiction writing, drama and cyberpunk writing; (b) value education through literature with special reference to National Education Policy, 2020; (c) tradition and modernity in creative writing. (3) School of Maharashtralogy and Social Sciences.- This School includes the following university departments and centres, namely :- (i) Department of Maharashtralogy and Cultural Studies.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) indology and maharashtralogy conceptual framework and methodology; (b) cultural history of Maharashtra (socio-political-cultural institutions, caste system, rural-urban society, philosophical schools and traditions, natural and human resources, class-struggle, ethical and aesthetical values, social transformation, art, literature, science, traditions, agriculture, industry, business, public administration, human rights, social reforms); (c) regional and sub-cultural Studies (Folklore, Folk-culture, Folk-literature and Arts, Subaltern Studies, underworld culture, traditional gender roles, women's rights and feminist movement); (d) contemporary social trends of Marathi society; (e) cyber-cultural shift and its impact on Maharashtra. (ii) Department of Brihan Maharashtra Studies.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) history and culture of Marathi provinces (Outside of Maharashtra i.e. Tanjavore, Baroda, Gwalior, etc.); (b) administrative and social reforms in Marathi provinces; (c) art, literature, culture, language and dialects in Marathi provinces. (iii) Department of Social Sciences.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) History, Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology; (b) Political Science, Public Administration, Law; (c) Economics, Population Studies; (d) Geography, Natural Resources and Environment. (4) School of Interdisciplinary Studies.- This School includes the following university departments and centres, namely :- (i) Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) Communication Science, (b) Print Media, (c) Mass Media, (d) Digital Media, (e) Wired or Online Journalism, (f) Advertising, (g) Animation, (h) Cyberpunk, (i) Electronic Neighbourhood, (j) Media Criticism, etc. (ii) Department of Commerce and Management.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) business and marketing, insurance, debentures, share capital and share market; (b) advertising, branding, copyright and commercial writing patterns and methods. (iii) Department of Library and Information Science.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) library and information science; (b) organization, access, information extraction methods, collection and regulation of information, dissemination of information sources; (c) documentation science; (d) history of library and archival science; (e) classification system and record management; (f) indexing and reference services.

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