INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL DIVISION Information Booklet CBCS based Bachelor’s( Honours) Degree Programme And Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application 1. Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree Programmes under: • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Economics (BAECH) • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) History (BAHIH) • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Political Science (BAPSH) • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Psychology (BAPCH) ( For FSRI only) • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Public Administration (BAPAH) • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Sociology (BASOH) 2. Bachelor of Science (Honours) Anthropology (BSCANH) ( For FSRI only) 3. Bachelor of Arts (Honours) English (BAEGH) 4. Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Hindi (BAHDH) 5. Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application (PGDCA)
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INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
INTERNATIONAL DIVISION
Information Booklet
CBCS based Bachelor’s( Honours) Degree Programme And
Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application
1. Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree Programmes under:
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Economics (BAECH) • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) History (BAHIH) • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Political Science (BAPSH) • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Psychology (BAPCH) ( For FSRI only) • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Public Administration (BAPAH) • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Sociology (BASOH)
2. Bachelor of Science (Honours) Anthropology (BSCANH) ( For FSRI only)
3. Bachelor of Arts (Honours) English (BAEGH)
4. Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Hindi (BAHDH)
5. Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application (PGDCA)
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BACHELOR’S HONOURS DEGREE PROGRAMMES
School of Social Sciences
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree Programmes
The School of Social Sciences offers Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree Programme in the following
Disciplines:
1) Economics
2) History
3) Political science
4) Psychology ( For FSRI only)
5) Public administration
6) Sociology
Objectives: With a substantial number of courses drawn from a single discipline, and a few interdisciplinary
and skill-based elective courses, the Bachelors Honours programmes are designed to give an in-depth
knowledge in a discipline while allowing for exposure to subjects beyond the discipline. The Honours
programmes have the following objectives:
1. Introduce the learner to the main themes and topics in a discipline of humanities, social sciences and sciences
with core and elective courses.
2. Facilitate the learners to work towards ability and skill enhancement through exposure to appropriate courses.
3. Introduce learners to reading and writing skills through assignments and exercises of such kind at an
undergraduate level.
4. Expose the learners to the importance of interdisciplinary by enabling them to offer courses outside their
disciplines.
Eligibility: 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU
Medium of Instruction: English and Hindi
Duration: Minimum 3 Years, Maximum 6 Years;
Fee Structure: USD 750/- per year for NON SAARC Countries and INR 10500/- per year for SARRC
Countries.
Fee to be in first year, Registration fee of INR2000 for SAARC Countries and USD100 for NON SAARC
Countries and INR500 for FSRIs.
Learners opting B.A. Psychology Honours programme (For FSRI only) are required to pay an additional
fee of INR2500 for SAARC Countries and USD 100 for Non SAARC Countries each year .
To earn BA (Honours) Degree in a Discipline, a learner has to complete courses worth148 credits in minimum six semesters (three years). The Honours programmes have a mix of following categories of courses:
a) Core Courses (CC)
b) Discipline Specific Electives (DSE)
c) Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC)
d) Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC)
e) Generic Electives (GE)
The University follows the credit system for offering all its programmes. One credit is equal to 30 hours of
learners study time. To earn Bachelor’s Honours Degree, a learner has to complete 148 credits in minimum six
semesters. The study load of the Honours programmes vary from semester to semester. Students have to
complete 22 credits each in first and second semesters; 28 credits each in third and fourth semesters; and 24 credits
each in fifth and sixth semesters. The distribution of different types of courses across the six semesters and their
credit weightage is given in the Programme Structure Template below:
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Programme Structure Template for B.A. (Honours) Programme
** All Core Courses of Psychology will have either practicum component worth 2 credits (4 Credits Theory
and 2 Credits Practicals) or tutorials worth 2 credits (4 Credits theory and 2 Credits tutorials). Wherever
there is a practical, there will be no tutorial and vice-versa.
***Some Honours programmes have a Dissertation or project work as one of the Discipline Specific
electives in the sixth semester.
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DISCIPLINE-WISE LIST OF COURSES FOR BA (HONOURS) PROGRAMME The list of courses available under each of the five categories [Core Courses (CC), Discipline Specific Electives
Enhancement Courses (SEC), and Generic Electives (GE)] is given in the following tables:
CORE COURSES
Anthropology
Course Code Title of the Course No of
Credits
BANC 101 Introduction to Biological Anthropology 6
BANC 102 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 6
BANC 103 Archaeological Anthropology 6
BANC 104 Fundamentals of Human Origin and Evolution 6
BANC 105 Tribes and Peasants in India 6
BANC106 Human Ecology: Biological and Cultural dimensions 6
BANC 107 Biological Diversity in Human Populations 6
BANC 108 Theories of Culture and Society 6
BANC109 Human Growth and Development 6
BANC 110 Research Methods 6
BANC 111 Human Population Genetics 6
BANC 112 Anthropology in Practice 6
BANC 113 Forensic Anthropology 6
BANC 114 Anthropology of India 6
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC COURSES
Anthropology
Course Code Title of the Course No of
Credits
BANE 141 Physiological Anthropology 6
BANE 143 Tribal Cultures of India 6
BANE 144 Visual Anthropology 6
BANE 147 Urban Anthropology 6
BANE 154 Dissertation 6
BSOE 144 Reading Ethnographies 6
ABILITY ENHANCEMENT COMPULSORY COURSE
Environmental Studies
Course Code Title of the Course No of
Credits
BEVAE 181 Environmental Studies 4
BEGAE 182 English Communication Skills 4
BHDAE 182 fganh Hkk"kk vkSj laizs"k.k 4
SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE
Economics
BECS 184 Data Analysis 4
Psychology
BPCS 185 Developing Emotional Competence 4
Sociology
BSOS 184 Techniques of Ethnographic Film Making 4
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GENERIC ELECTIVE COURSE
Gender and Development
BGDG 172 Gender Sensitization: Society and Culture 6
Public Administration
BPAG 171 Disaster Management 6
BPAG 174 Sustainable Development 6
Psychology
BPCG 173 Psychology for Health and Well Being 6
SEMESTER-WISE COURSE OPTIONS FOR BSC (HONOURS) ANTHROPOLOGY
Programme Structure of BA (Honours) Anthropology (BSCANH)
Semester Core Courses
(6 credits each)
Discipline Specific
Electives (6
credits)
AEC
(4 credits)
SEC
(4 credits)
Generic
(6 credits)
Credits
I BANC 101
BANC 102
BEVAE 181
BPAG 171
22
II BANC 103
BANC 104
BEGAE 182
or
BHDAE 182
BGDG 172
22
III BANC 105
BANC106
BANC 107
BPCS 185
BPCG 173
28
IV BANC 108
BANC109
BANC 110
BECS 184
BPAG 174
28
V BANC 111
BANC 112
Any two:
BANE 141
BANE 143
BANE 145
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VI
BANC 113
BANC 114
Any two:
BANE 144
BANE 154 *
BSOE 144
24
84 24 8 8 24 148
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Bachelor of Arts English (Honours) (BAEGH) School of Humanities (SOH) The University offers a Bachelor’s Honours Degree Programme in English (BAEGH) in addition to a number of
other disciplines. Information pertaining to the Programme is given below: Objectives (BAEGH): With a substantial number of courses drawn from a single discipline (English), and a
few interdisciplinary and skill-based elective courses, the Bachelors Honours programme (English) is designed
to give an in-depth knowledge in that discipline while allowing for exposure to subjects beyond the discipline as
well. The Honours programme has the following general objectives: 1. To introduce the learner to main themes and topics in the discipline of English through core, discipline-
centric electives, ability/skill enhancement and generic courses. 2. To facilitate the learners to work towards ability and skill enhancement through exposure to appropriate
courses in humanities and social sciences. 3. Introduce learners to reading and writing skills through assignments and exercises at an undergraduate level. 4. Expose the learners to the importance of interdisciplinary study by enabling them to offer courses outside
their disciplines. Eligibility: 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU Medium of Instruction: English Duration: Minimum 3 years and Maximum 6 years; offered in both January and July cycle of admission. Fee Structure: USD 750/- per year for NON SAARC Countries and INR 10500/- per year for SARRC
Countries.
Fee to be in first year, Registration fee of INR2000 for SAARC Countries and USD100 for NON SAARC
Countries and INR500 for FSRIs.
The University follows the credit system for offering all its programmes. One credit is equal to30 hours of
learners’ study time. To earn BA (Honours) Degree in a discipline, a learner has to complete courses worth 148
credits in a minimum of six semesters (three years). The students have to complete 22 credits each in first and
second semesters; 28 credits each in third and fourth semesters; and 24 credits each in fifth and sixth semesters. The Honours programmes have a mix of courses. For earning 148 credits, a student has to study the following
categories of courses: a) Core Courses (CC) b) Discipline Specific Electives (DSE) c) Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) d) Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) e) Generic Electives (GE) A learner can choose BA Honours programme in any ONE of the following Disciplines: Economics, English,
Hindi, History, Political Science, Psychology (For FSRI only), Public Administration, and Sociology. The study
load of the Honours programmes varies from semester to semester. Once the Discipline is chosen, the learner
has to take the courses under categories (a) Core Courses and (b) Discipline Specific Elective Courses from that
Discipline ONLY in all the semesters. Core Courses (CC) The programme has 14 core courses. Each core course is of six credits. These courses cover more than half of
the programme, 84 credits (14 courses x 6 credits) out of 148 credits of the programme. Discipline Specific Elective Courses (DSE) Discipline Specific Elective Courses (DSEs) are on offer in the fifth and sixth semesters of the programme. The
4 DSEs are specific (or specialized or advanced or supportive) to the discipline or subject of study and provide an extended scope. They are of 6 credits each (6 courses x 4 credits) and will thus be 24 credits in all.
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Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses are of four credits each. As the name suggests, the Ability
Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECCs) are compulsory for all learners. There are two AECCs on offer,
one each in the first and second semesters. With one course in the first two semesters each, (2 courses x 4
credits), the AECC courses will add up to 8 credits in all. Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) Skill Enhancement Courses (SECs) are also ability enhancement courses. These are value-based and/or skill-based courses and are designed to develop competencies and skills. Each Skill Enhancement Course (SEC)
is of four credits. These courses are on offer in the third and fourth semesters with a number of SECs on offer in
each semester. Choose any one Skill Enhancement Course from the common pool that is available. One SEC in
each semester (2 courses x 4 credits) will add up to 8 credits. Generic Electives (GE) Generic Electives (GEs) are the other type of electives that are on offer in the first, second, third and fourth
semesters of the programme and are of 6 credits each. These courses are inter-disciplinary in nature and provide
an exposure to other disciplines/subjects. Choose any one Generic Elective from the common pool of GEs that
is available in each semester in which they are offered. With one course in each of the first four semesters, (4
courses x 6 credits), GE will come to 24 credits in all.
Programme Structure Template for BAEGH
Semester CORE Discipline Ability Skill Generic Total
COURSE (6) Specific Enhancement Enhancement Elective GE Credits per
SEMESTER-WISE COURSE OPTIONS In each semester, the students have to study four 4 courses in all from different categories of courses except in the third and fourth semesters when the number of courses goes up to 5. While the courses under CC, DSE and GE
Categories are of 6 credits each, the courses under AECC and SEC are of 4 credits each. While the fourteen CCs are distributed across the six semesters, the four DSEs are available in the fifth and sixth semesters only. There will be a
number of SECs and the GEs available in the common pool in each of the semesters in which they are offered. A student has to opt for only one GE for study in each of the first four semesters and one SEC during the third and
fourth semesters of the programme. The university will be adding new SECs and electives (DSEs and GEs) to the
existing pool of courses from time to time. The study load in the first and second semesters will be 22 credits each and while the credit load in the third and fourth semesters will be enhanced to 28 credits each, it will come down to
24 credits each in the fifth and sixth semesters. Thus the total study load will come to 148 credits. The following Table presents the CODES and TITLES of credit load and semester-wise courses available for BA Honours (English):
CORE COURSES
Semester I
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BEGC 101 Indian Classical Literature 6
BEGC 102 European Classical Literature 6
Semester II
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BEGC 103 Indian Writing in English 6
BEGC 104 British Poetry and Drama : 14th- 17th Centuries 6
Semester III
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BEGC 105 American Literature 6
BEGC 106 Popular Literature 6
BEGC 107 British Poetry and Drama: 17th & 18th Centuries 6
Semester IV
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BEGC 108 British Literature: 18th Century 6
BEGC 109 British Romantic Literature 6
BEGC 110 British Literature: 19th Century 6
Semester V
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BEGC 111 Women's Writing 6
BEGC 112 British Literature: The Early 20th Century 6
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Semester VI
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BEGC 113 Modern European Drama 6
BEGC 114 Postcolonial Literatures 6
Discipline Specific Elective Courses
Semester V
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BEGE 141 Understanding Prose 6
BEGE 142 Understanding Drama 6
Semester VI
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BEGE 143 Understanding Poetry 6
BEGE 144 Understanding The Novel 6
Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses
Semester I
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BEVAE 181 Envirnoment Studies 4
Semester II
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BEGAE 182 English Communication Skills 4
Skill Enhancement Courses (Any One)
Semester III Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BANS 183 Tourism Anthropology 4
BPCS 183 Emotioanl Intelligence 4
BPCS 185 Developing Emotional Competence 4
BHDS 183 vuqokn fl)kar vkSj izfof/k 4
BEGS 183 Writing and study Skills 4
Semester IV
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BANS 184 Public Health and Epidemiology 4
BECS 184 Data Analysis 4
BPCS 184 School Psychology 4
BPCS 186 Managing Stress 4
BPAS 184 Logistics Management 4
BSOS 184 Techniques of Ethnographic Film Making 4
BHDS 184 jsfM;ks ys[ku 4
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Generic Electives (Any One)
Semester I
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BPCG 171 General Psychology 6
BPAG 171 Disaster Management 6
BSOG 171 Indian Society: Images and Realities 6
BEGG 171 Media and Communication Skills 6
Semester II (Any one) Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BPCG 172 Youth, Gender and Identity 6
BPAG 172 Governance: Issues and Challenges 6
BEGG 172 Language and Linguistics 6
BGDG 172 Gender Studies 6
Semester III (Any one) Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
'kqYd lajpuk % USD750 / - प्रति वषष गैर-सार्ष देश रे् लऱए या INR 10500 / - प्रति वषष सार्ष देश रे् लऱए। पंजीर्रण शुल्र् पहऱे वषष में लऱया जाएगा- सार्ष देशों रे् लऱए INR 2000 और गैर-सार्ष देशों रे् लऱए USD100 और FSRIs रे् लऱए INR 500।
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Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA)
School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
The broad objective of the Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA) programme is to
prepare graduate students for productive careers in software industry. The programme‘s thrust is on giving
the students a thorough and sound background in theoretical and application-oriented courses relevant to
the latest computer software development. The programme emphasizes the application of software
technology to solve mathematical, computing, communications / networking and commercial problems.
This PG Diploma is a stand-alone programme consists of 12 courses worth 36 credits. It has been designed
with a semester approach in mind. The courses are aimed at skill development in computers using various
technologies. It prepares the student to aim for a programmer level / web developer in a software company
to design and develop small business application software or lab personnel / technician in institutions or a
freelancer to develop software projects.
Eligibility:
Any Bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 (three) year duration from a recognized University AND
Mathematics as one of the subject at 10+2 level or graduation level; else the student is required to pursue
and pass the BCS-012 course concurrently with PGDCA.
Medium of Instruction: English
Duration: Minimum 1 year and Maximum 4 years; offered in both January & July cycle of admissions
Fee Structure: USD 1500/- per Semester for NON SAARC Countries and INR 22500/- per Semester for
SARRC Countries.
Fee to be in first year, Registration fee of INR2000 for SAARC Countries and USD100 for NON SAARC
Countries and INR500 for FSRIs.
Programme Details: The programme has been divided into two semesters per year (January-June and July-
December). Consequently, there will be two examinations every year – one in the month of June for the
January to June Semester courses and the other is December for the July to December semester courses.
The students are at liberty to appear any of the examinations conducted by the University during the year
subject to completing the minimum time frame and other formalities prescribed for the programme.
