Jamia offers job-oriented courses including translation studies, design and foreign languages ​​- Times of India

The Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has introduced eight new programs and four new divisions which will commence in the session 2021-22. This includes the Department of Design and Innovation, the Department of Hospital Management and Hospice Studies, the Department of Foreign Languages ​​and the Department of Environmental Sciences, which have been developed keeping in mind the emerging career prospects in the post-epidemic world. Speaking to Education Times, JMI Vice Chancellor Najma Akhtar said, “After the approval of the UGC, the target of each department is 30-40 students in the first batch and seven faculty members in addition to guest faculty and invited speakers.” She says that the departments have evolved from a pre-existing ones to a specific need: while the design and innovation department is built on the Ahmedabad-based National Institute of Design (NID) and will teach students everything about the product, new media and Textile design; The Department of Environmental Sciences will address the need for climate change professionals. In the field of hospital management and hospice studies, management students will be trained to handle hospital operations, medical supplies, oxygen etc. so that a good doctor is not wasted for managerial roles; Whereas in the first hospice study course of its kind, students will be skilled to handle critically ill patients, especially the aging population whose numbers are increasing.

“Due to the university’s alliances with several embassies, faculty from Korean, Chinese, German, Turkish will be deployed for the Department of Foreign Languages, although there are plans to include Japanese in the near future. For each language, degrees awarded Because diplomas may not be enough to get lucrative jobs abroad or in embassies, Akhtar says.

The university’s eight new courses, namely the Master of Design in the Faculty of Architecture; BA (Hons) French and Francophone Studies and BA (Hons) Spanish and Latin American Studies at the Center for Spanish and Latin American Studies; MSc Environmental Science and Management; MA Mass Media (Hindi) in Hindi Department; Postgraduate Diploma in Translation Studies in English Department; The PG Diploma and MBA (Health Care and Hospital Management) in English-Hindi translation in the Hindi Department aims to bridge the demand-supply gap in these specific areas.

“Many fields, such as translation studies, are a highly paid job-oriented discipline to which English faculty with their experience of translation work, including books by Premchand, can lend their expertise. Employment prospects Literary translation and publication of books and Media houses are beyond jobs, although they are ready options. Besides, law and medicine are also in need of translators, ”says Akhtar.

The university aims to keep these courses offline due to the need for practical training, although if the epidemic persists, students can do their practicals in small batches at universities near their homes, if Jamia’s tie-up with those institutions Ho, says Akhtar.