Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU]

Bachelor of Arts (Hon) Economics (BAECH)

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.

To earn BA (Honours) Degree in a Discipline, a learner has to complete courses worth 148 credits in minimum six semesters (three years). 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 Honours programmes have a mix of following categories of courses: Core Courses (CC), Discipline Specific Electives (DSE),Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses
(AECC),Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC),Generic Electives (GE)
Eligibility : 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU Duration: Minimum 3 Years, Maximum 6 Years;

Course Structure
First Semester Second Semester Third Semester
Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit
BECC 101 * Introductory Microeconomics 6 BECC 103 *Introductory Macroeconomics 6 BECC 105 * Intermediate Microeconomics I 6
* Mathematical Methods for * Mathematical Methods for
BECC 102 6 BECC 104 6 BECC 106 * Intermediate Macroeconomics I 6
Economics I Economics II
* Statistical Methods for
BEVAE181  Environmental Science 4 BEGAE182 English Communication Skills 4 BECC 107 6
Economics
Indian Society: Images and Governance: Issues and Developing Emotional
BSOG 171 6 BPAG 172 6 BPCS 185 4
Reality Challenges Competence
BPAG 173 E Governance 6
Fourth Semester Fifth Semester Sixth Semester
Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit
BECC 108 *Intermediate Microeconomics II 6 BECC 111 * Indian Economy I 6 BECC 113 * Indian Economy II 6
BECC 110 *Introductory Econometrics 6 BECC 112 * Development Economics I 6 BECC 114 * Development Economics II 6
BECC 109 *Intermediate Macroeconomics II 6 BECE141 # Economics of Health and Education 6 BECE 142 # Environmental Economics 6
BECS 184 Data Analysis 4 BECE143 # Applied Econometrics 6 BECE 144 # Financial Economics 6
BPAG 174 Sustainable Development 6
* - Core Subjects | # - Discipline Specific Electives | - Skill Enhancement Course | - Generic Elective | - Ability Enhancement Compulsory
 Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU]
Bachelor of Arts (Hon) History (BAHIH)
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.
To earn BA (Honours) Degree in a Discipline, a learner has to complete courses worth 148 credits in minimum six semesters (three years). 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 Honours programmes have a mix of following categories of courses: Core Courses (CC), Discipline Specific Electives (DSE),Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses
(AECC),Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC),Generic Electives (GE)
Eligibility : 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU Duration: Minimum 3 Years, Maximum 6 Years;

Course Structure
First Semester Second Semester Third Semester
Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit
BHIC101 * History of India –I 6 BHIC103 *History of India II 6 BHIC105 *History of India –III (C. 750 – 1206) 6
* Social Formations and Cultural *Social Formations and Cultural
BHIC102 6 BHIC104 6 BHIC106 *Rise of the Modern West 6
Patterns of the Ancient World Patterns of the Medieval World
BEVAE181 Environmental Studies 4 BEGAE182 English Communication Skills 4 BHIC107 *History of India – IV (C. 1206–1550) 6
 Indian Society: Images and  Gender Sensitization: Society
BSOG171 6 BGDG172 6 BANS183  Tourism Anthropology 6
Reality and Culture
BSOG173 Rethinking Development 6
Fourth Semester Fifth Semester Sixth Semester
Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit
BHIC 108 *Rise of the Modern West – II 6 BHIC111 * History of Modern Europe (C. 1780 6 BHIC 113 * History of India –VIII (C. 1857 – 1950) 6
- 1939)
* History of Modern Europe-II (C. 1780
BHIC 109 *History of India-V(C1550-1605) 6 BHIC112 * History of India –VII (C.1605–1750) 6 BHIC 114 6
– 1939)
BHIC 110 * History of India-VI (C1750-1857) 6 BHIE141 # History of China (C. 1840 – 1978) 6 BHIE142 # History of Environment 6
# History of Modern East Asia:
BPAS 184 Logistic Management 4 BHIE143 6 BHIE144 # Traditions of History Writing in India 6
Japan (C. 1868 – 1945)
BPAG 174 Sustainable Development 6
* - Core Subjects | # - Discipline Specific Electives | - Skill Enhancement Course | - Generic Elective | - Ability Enhancement Compulsory
 Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU]
Bachelor of Arts (Hon) Political Science (BAPSH)
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.
To earn BA (Honours) Degree in a Discipline, a learner has to complete courses worth 148 credits in minimum six semesters (three years). 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 Honours programmes have a mix of following categories of courses: Core Courses (CC), Discipline Specific Electives (DSE),Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses
(AECC),Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC),Generic Electives (GE)
Eligibility : 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU Duration: Minimum 3 Years, Maximum 6 Years;
Course Structure
First Semester Second Semester Third Semester
Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit
* Political Theory– Concepts and * Introduction to Comparative
BPSC 101 * Understanding Political Theory 6 BPSC 103 6 BPSC105 6
Debates Government and Politics
BPSC 102
* Constitutional Government and
6 BPSC 104 * Political Process in India 6 BPAC101
* Perspectives on Public 6
Democracy in India Administration
*Perspectives on International
BEVAE181 Environmental Studies 4 BEGAE182  English Communication Skills 4 BPSC107 6
Relations and World History
 Indian Society: Images and Gender Sensitization: Society
BSOG 171 6 BGDG 172 6 BANS183 Tourism and Anthropology 4
Reality and culture
BSOG173 Rethinking Development 6
Fourth Semester Fifth Semester Sixth Semester
Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit
* Political Processes and
BPSC 109 Institutions in Comparative 6 BPSC 111 * Classical Political Philosophy 6 BPSC 113 * Modern Political Philosophy 6
Perspective
* Public Policy and
BPAC 108 6 BPSC 112 * Indian Political Thought-I 6 BPSC 114 * Indian Political Thought-II 6
Administration in India
BPSC 110 * Global Politics 6 Any Two Any Two
Techniques of Ethnographic # Gandhi and the Contemporary # India’s Foreign Policy in a
BSOS 184 4 BPSE 141 6 BPSE-142 6
Film Making World Globalizing World
BPAG 174 Sustainable Development 6 BPSE 143 # State Politics in India 6 BPSE 144 # Introduction to South Asia 6
# Democracy and Development in # Conflict Resolution and Peace
BPSE 145 6 BPSE 146 6
Northeast India Building
* - Core Subjects | # - Discipline Specific Electives | - Skill Enhancement Course | - Generic Elective | - Ability Enhancement Compulsory
 Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU]
Bachelor of Arts (Hon) Public Administration (BAPAH)
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.
To earn BA (Honours) Degree in a Discipline, a learner has to complete courses worth 148 credits in minimum six semesters (three years). 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 Honours programmes have a mix of following categories of courses: Core Courses (CC), Discipline Specific Electives (DSE),Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses
(AECC),Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC),Generic Electives (GE)
Eligibility : 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU Duration: Minimum 3 Years, Maximum 6 Years;

Course Structure
First Semester Second Semester Third Semester
Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit
* Perspectives on Public * Administrative System at Union
BPAC 101 6 BPAC103 6 BPAC 105 * Personnel Administration 6
Administration Level
* Administrative System at State
BPAC 102 * Administrative Thinkers 6 BPAC104 6 BPAC 106 * Understanding Public Policy 6
and District Levels
BEVAE181  Environmental Studies 4 BEGAE182  English Communication Skills 4 BPAC 107 * Comparative Public Admin 6
BPCG 171 General Psychology 6 BGDG172 Gender Studies 6 BPCS 183 Emotional Intelligence 4
BSOG 173  Rethinking Development
Fourth Semester Fifth Semester Sixth Semester
Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit
* Public Policy and * Public Finance and
BPAC 108 6 BPAC 111 6 BPAC 113 * Development Administration 6
Administration in India Administration
* Contemporary Issues and
BPAC 109 * Public Systems Management 6 BPAC 112 * Rural Local Governance 6 BPAC 114 6
Concerns in Indian Administration
BPAC 110 * Urban Local Governance 6 BPAE141 # Right to Information 6 BPAE 142 # Organizational Behavior 6
BPCS 186 Managing Stress 4 BPAE 143 # Administrative System in BRICS 6 BPAE 144 # Social Policies and Administration 6
BPCG 174 Psychology and Media 6
* - Core Subjects | # - Discipline Specific Electives | - Skill Enhancement Course | - Generic Elective | - Ability Enhancement Compulsory
 Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU]
Bachelor of Arts (Hon) Sociology (BASOH)
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.
To earn BA (Honours) Degree in a Discipline, a learner has to complete courses worth 148 credits in minimum six semesters (three years). 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 Honours programmes have a mix of following categories of courses: Core Courses (CC), Discipline Specific Electives (DSE),Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses
(AECC),Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC),Generic Electives (GE)
Eligibility : 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU Duration: Minimum 3 Years, Maximum 6 Years;

Course Structure
First Semester Second Semester Third Semester
Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit
BSOC 101 * Introduction to Sociology-I 6 BSOC 103 *Introduction to Sociology II 6 BSOC 105 * Political Sociology 6
BSOC 102 * Sociology of India-I 6 BSOC 104 * Sociology of India - II 6 BSOC 106 * Sociology of Religion 6
BEVAE 181  Environmental Studies 4 BEGAE 182 English Communication Skills 4 BSOC 107 * Sociology of Gender 6
BPAG 171 Disaster Management 6 BGDG 172  Gender Sensitization: Society 6 BANS 183  Tourism and Anthropology 4
and Culture
BPAG 173 E Governance 6
Fourth Semester Fifth Semester Sixth Semester
Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit
BSOC 108 * Economic Sociology 6 BSOC 111 * Sociological Thinkers -I 6 BSOC 113 * Sociological Thinkers –II 6
BSOC 109 * Sociology of Kinship 6 BSOC 112 * Sociological Research Methods-I 6 BSOC 114 * Sociological Research Methods-II 6
BSOC 110 * Social Stratification 6 Any Two Any Two
BANS 184 Public Health and Epidemiology 4 BSOE 141 # Urban Sociology 6 BSOE 142 # Indian Sociological Traditions 6
BPAG 174 Sustainable Development 6 BSOE 143 # Environmental Sociology 6 BSOE 144 # Reading Ethnographies 6
BANE 143 # Tribal Cultures of India 6 BANE 144 # Visual Anthropology 6
* - Core Subjects | # - Discipline Specific Electives | - Skill Enhancement Course | - Generic Elective | - Ability Enhancement Compulsory
 Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU]
Bachelor of Arts (Hon) English (BAEGH)
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. Introduce learners to reading and writing skills through assignments and exercises at an undergraduate level.
3. Expose the learners to the importance of interdisciplinary study by enabling them to offer courses outside their disciplines.
To earn BA (Honours) Degree in a Discipline, a learner has to complete courses worth 148 credits in minimum six semesters (three years). 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 Honours programmes have a mix of following categories of courses: Core Courses (CC), Discipline Specific Electives (DSE),Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses
(AECC),Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC),Generic Electives (GE)
Eligibility : 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU Duration: Minimum 3 Years, Maximum 6 Years;

Course Structure
First Semester Second Semester Third Semester
Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit
BEGC 101 * Indian Classical Literature 6 BEGC 103 * Indian Writing in English 6 BEGC 105 * American Literature 6
BEGC 104 * British Poetry and Drama : 14th-
BEGC 102 * European Classical Literature 6 6 BEGC 106 * Popular Literature 6
17th Centuries
* British Poetry and Drama: 17th &
BEVAE181  Environmental Studies 4 BEGAE182  English Communication Skills 4 BEGC 107 6
18th Centuries
 Indian Society: Images and  Gender Sensitization : Society &
BSOG 171 6 BGDG 172 6 BANS 183  Tourism Anthropology 4
Reality Culture
BSOG 173  Rethinking Development 6
Fourth Semester Fifth Semester Sixth Semester
Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit Code Subject Credit
BEGC 108 * British Literature: 18th Century 6 BEGC 111 * Women's Writing 6 BEGC 113 * Modern European Drama 6
* British Literature: The Early 20th
BEGC 109 * British Romantic Literature 6 BEGC 112 6 BEGC 114 * Postcolonial Literatures 6
Century
BEGC 110 * British Literature: 19th Century 6 BEGE 141 # Understanding Prose 6 BEGE 143 # Understanding Poetry 6
BPCS 186 Managing Stress 4 BEGE 142 # Understanding Drama 6 BEGE 144 # Understanding The Novel 6
BPCG 174  Psychology and Media 6
* - Core Subjects | # - Discipline Specific Electives | - Skill Enhancement Course | - Generic Elective | - Ability Enhancement Compulsory