Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts

LIBRARY

SSLA's library is growing rapidly and contains books providing information and reference material in all the different disciplines in the programme. A well-equppied Reading Room provides access to the students to journals and magazines– both online and print. Additionally, students and staff have membership to the British Council Library and the library of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics. They also have access to the libraries of all the other institutes of Symbiosis.

SPORTS AND FITNESS

Students have the opportunity to use the sports and fitness facilities available at the various Symbiosis Campuses around Pune. These include a fully equipped fitness gym and a swimming pool in addition to other shared sporting grounds and facilities. There is a fully equipped Symbiosis gym and health care centre at SSLA.

WIFI

The SSLA campus is Wi-Fi enabled and students can access the Internet any time during college hours for educational purposes, research and communication.

COMPUTER LAB

The Computer Labs at SSLA are fully equipped with the latest hardware, LAN internet access, and printers.

CLASSROOMS

Classes at SSLA usually require dyamic seating arrangement and therefore sports modular furniture. All Classrooms are equipped with LCD projectors and audio systems. We also have a Newsroom and Studio for students.

HOSTEL

Limited hostel facility for girls is available on campus. Additionally, the institute provides a list of approved Paying Guest Accommodation and third party-hostels nearby.

CAFETERIA AND MESS

Within our campus, students have access to a full-fledged canteen/cafeteria. Most students staying on residence use the mess facility at the Symbiosis hostel. The canteen within the campus serves a variety of snacks, drinks and meals.

SSLA’s programme is modelled on internationally valued models, whereby students have the opportunity to study a four-year full-time Bachelor of Arts (Liberal Arts) Honours Degree and Bachelor of Science (Liberal Arts) Honours Degree programme, across eight semesters. The awarding of the Bachelor of Arts (Liberal Arts) Honours or Bachelor of Science (Liberal Arts) Honours degree is dependent on the student’s major area of specialization.

BACHELOR OF ARTS (LIBERAL ARTS) HONOURS DEGREE

Economics, Business Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, English, Psychology, Political Science & Public Policy, Anthropology, Philosophy, International Relations, and History

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (LIBERAL ARTS) HONOURS DEGREE

Mathematics & Statistics, and Computer Studies

There are 3 pathways to acquiring the honours degree at SSLA -

• 1 major specialisation + 2 minor specialisations
• 1 major specialisation + 1 minor specialisation + 6 electives
• 2 major specialisations + 0 minor specialisation + 2 additional electives

All the three pathways, leading to either the Bachelor of Arts (Liberal Arts) Honours or a Bachelor of Science (Liberal Arts) Honours degree can be acquired with a minimum of 198 Credits.

As certain forms of knowledge are essential for every student, therefore, there are 20 Core compulsory courses spread across eight semesters and ensure a holistic and practical knowledge applicable across professions. Some of these skill-oriented courses include Creative Writing, Computer Fundamentals, Quantitative Reasoning with Mathematics, Statistics & Finance, Legal Awareness among others.

The need for an in-depth subject specialization is pursued through the Major (ten papers, a two month long Internship and a Dissertation/ Research Project) and Minor specializations (6 papers), which offers the student twin knowledge foundations that may often be applied in complementing roles suited to the professional needs. Specialization courses (which are in the form of Majors and Minors) are chosen in the 2nd semester and are taught from the 3rd semester.

SSLA also offers a basket of over 150 Elective Courses to choose from, which students opt for, not only based on their interest but these electives are unique, as they are all inter, multi and transdisciplinary in nature. These lenses provide the subjects studied, a fresh new perspective.

Also incorporated within the programme structure are the four pillars of Community Outreach, Internship, Seminar Paper and Research Dissertation, which all students have to complete as part of the programme requirement.

In order to ensure that the students avail themselves of the many academic opportunities at SSLA, Extra courses and Audit courses are also offered across specializations (with specific minimum academic prerequisites/requirements). With an inter-multi and transdisciplinary approach, SSLA offers an education that weaves together various disciplines that are not traditionally or typically offered at the undergraduate level. SSLA thus provides a complete liberal arts education.

Following the Liberal Arts tradition, SSLA believes that intellectual freedom and growth is the result of a balance of theory, practice and experiential knowledge; open-minded scrutiny and logical arguments. The programme offers a learning environment that allows for personal growth of the students through research and analytical thinking, to develop competencies and values required for employability, leadership and social justice in a dynamic global community.

PLACEMENT SUPPORT/LIFE AFTER SSLA

a. Career cell

SSLA has a career cell to carry out programmes which will facilitate the easy progress of SSLA students into a career path of their choice. The Career Cell facilitates the internship, placements and higher education requirements of the students. It also conducts workshops and career-counselling sessions to help the students choose their major/minor areas of specialization.

b. Alumni

The alumni of SSLA are performing well both in the industry as well as academics. Some of them are pursuing their Masters and PhD programmes in prestigious universities both in India and abroad. Some of our students are at Johns Hopkins University, Australian National University, King’s College London, London School of Economics, Los Angeles Film School, National School of Journalism Bangalore, Indian Institute of Psychology and Research, IIT – Gandhinagar and Manipal University. A number of our alumni have also been placed in organizations such as The World Bank, United Nations, Amazon, Ernest and Young, Citi Group, American Express, HDFC Bank, Uber, Gateway House, The Times Group, Global Educations Solutions, Red Ice Film Productions, Teach for India National Centre for Advocacy, and Mullen Lowe Lintas to name a few. Some of our alumni have also set up entrepreneurial ventures.

All the students seeking admissions to SSLA should write SET( Symbiosis entrance test) and can also add SAT score if they wish to.

Standard XII (10+2) or equivalent examination passed from any recognized board with minimum 50% marks or equivalent grade (45% marks or equivalent grade for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes).

*Foreign Nationals (FN), Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) & NRIs must apply through the Symbiosis Center for International Education (SCIE) – www.scie.ac.in

INTAKE

The intake per academic year is 100, which is subject to reservation policies of SIU. The intake of International Students and Kashmiri Migrants is over and above the sanctioned intake, as per SIU policy.

Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
Symbiosis Campus, S No. 227, Plot 11, 3rd Floor,
Opp. Pune International Airport, Symbiosis Road,
Viman Nagar, Pune. 411014
: 020-6686-1200 / 22 / 23
: www.ssla.edu.in

IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS, E-MAIL IDS, AND WEBSITE.

: 020-66861222/23/00,
: admissions@ssla.edu.in,
: www.ssla.edu.in

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