| Courses of department of HSS, IIT Patna | 
| Preparatory Level | 
| Sl. No. | 
Course Code. | 
Course type - Core, deptt. elective / open elective | 
LTP | 
Credit Number | 
| 1 | 
HS001 | 
Preparatory English - I | 
3-2-0 | 
10 | 
| 2 | 
HS002 | 
Preparatory English - II | 
3-2-0 | 
10 | 
| Level 1 | 
| 3 | 
HS103 | 
Communicative English for Engineers | 
2-0.5-1 | 
6 | 
| Level 2 | 
| 4 | 
HS201 | 
Introductory Microeconomics | 
3-6-6 | 
6 | 
| 5 | 
HS203 | 
International Trade | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 6 | 
HS211 | 
Literature: Voices and Culture | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 7 | 
HS212 | 
Diasporic Literature | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 8 | 
HS215 | 
3 LS:Leadership, Literature and Life | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 9 | 
HS222 | 
Language, Human Mind and Indian Society | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 10 | 
HS225 | 
Media and Linguistics | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 11 | 
HS226 | 
Fundamentals of Speech Acoustics | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 12 | 
HS231 | 
Introductory Sociology | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 13 | 
HS232 | 
Health Care Management | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 14 | 
HS234 | 
Introduction to Demography | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 15 | 
HS251 | 
Fundamentals of Managment | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| Level 3 | 
| 16 | 
HS301 | 
Financial Economics | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 17 | 
HS302 | 
Financial Analytic | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 18 | 
HS304 | 
Development Economics & Policy | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 19 | 
HS305 | 
Innovations for Social Impact | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 20 | 
HS312 | 
Soft Skills | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 21 | 
HS320 | 
Gender and Womens Studies: An Introduction | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 22 | 
HS322 | 
Forensic Linguistics: Language, Law and Technology | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 23 | 
HS331 | 
Sociology of Development | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 24 | 
HS332 | 
Globalization and Social Change | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 25 | 
HS341 | 
Industrial Psychology | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 26 | 
HS351 | 
Entrepreneurship | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| Level 5 | 
| 27 | 
HS513 | 
Technical Communication | 
2-0-0 | 
4 | 
| 28 | 
HS531 | 
Science, Technology and Society | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| Level 6 | 
| 29 | 
HS652 | 
Business Ethics | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| Level 7 | 
| 30 | 
HS652 | 
Business Ethics | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 31 | 
HS701 | 
Growth, Development and Public Policy | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 32 | 
HS703 | 
Research Methodology | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 33 | 
HS704 | 
Econometrics | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 34 | 
HS711 | 
Representation of Gender in Literature | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 35 | 
HS713 | 
Literary Representation of the Postcolonial Nation | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 36 | 
HS715 | 
Modern Short Fiction in English | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 37 | 
HS716 | 
ELT METHODOLOGY - THEORY AND PRACTICE | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 38 | 
HS718 | 
Communication skills & Research Techniques | 
2-0-0 | 
4 | 
| 39 | 
HS725 | 
Trends in Applied Linguistics | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 40 | 
HS731 | 
Social Research Design and Practice | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 41 | 
HS732 | 
Sociology of Education | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 42 | 
HS733 | 
Population and Public Health | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 43 | 
HS734 | 
Theories of Knowing in Society | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 44 | 
HS751 | 
Organizational Behaviour | 
3-0-0 | 
6 | 
| 45 | 
HS752 | 
Sourcing and Managing Talent | 
3-0-0 | 
6 |