मास्टर ऑफ आर्ट्स एम.ए. (M.A.) एक मास्टर लेवल का कोर्स होता है और यह दो साल का कोर्स होता है। एम ए कला के क्षेत्र में विभिन्न विषय जैसे ह्यूमैनिटीज (Humanities) फाइन आर्ट्स (फाइन Arts) आदि के क्षेत्र में विशेषज्ञता प्रदान करता है। यह सबसे अधिक अपनाया जाने वाला कोर्स है क्योंकि कोई भी स्नातक स्तर की डिग्री(Bachelor Degree) के बाद इस कोर्स के लिए अप्लाई कर सकते हैं।
MA करने के लिए एमए प्रवेश परीक्षा (MA Entrance Exam) पास करके की जा सकती है। यह परीक्षा विभिन्न विश्वविद्यालयों जैसे की बनारस हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालय, जवाहर लाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय, दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय के द्वारा करवाई जाती है।
MA Top Colleges in India
| Ahmedabad University, Ahemdabad |
| Maharani Laxmi Ammani College for women, Banglore |
| Mumbai University, Maharashtra |
| Mahatma Gandhi College, Kerala |
| Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| Delhi University, Delhi |
| Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi |
| Ambah Post Graduate College, Madhya Pradesh |
| Arts Commerce and Science College, Maharashtra |
| Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College, Uttar Pradesh |
MA Syllabus for Second Year
| MA in English | British Literature African Literature Literary Theory American Literature Indian Writings in Literature Commonwealth Literature |
| MA in Hindi | History of Hindi Hindi Poetry and Proses Origin of Hindi Language Novel and Short Story Ancient Hindi Poetry Hindi Drama |
| MA in History | Ancient History and it's Theory Polity in medieval period India Indepence Practice of History History of Mrathas History of Women in Indian Independence |
| MA in Philosophy | Classical Philosophy Greek Philosophy Logic Philosophy Philosophy of language Philosophy of religion Indian Philosophy Modern Western Philosophy Analytical Philosophy Philosophy of Science Philosophy of History |
| MA in Political Science | Administrative theory Politics in modern world Ethics and Polity International Security Debates in Politics thoery Politics in India India and the world |
| MA in Sociology | Political theoey, concepts perspective Sociological Theory Methods of Sociological Research Gender and Society Sociology in Organization Sociology in India Sociology in media |
| MA in International Relations | Introduction of International Relations Conflict Resolution US foreign policies Government and Politics of South Asia International Organisations |
| MA in Fine Arts | History of Fine Arts in India Drawing and painting History of painting History of India Architecture |
| MA in Education | Educational Sociology Guidence and counselling Educational administrator and management Educational Technology Life Long Education Educational Measurements and evaluation |
| MA in Gender Studies | Introduction to Gender Studies Feminist Theories Gender Environment and livelihood Gender polity and governance Feminist movement Gender and economics Gender analysis Gender mainstreaming |