The Indira Gandhi National Open University is highly regarded for providing students with the best curriculum and a large range of courses through open learning. The IGNOU BA curriculum is also made to enable students to learn in-depth information about the nation's art and culture. Internal personnel at IGNOU worked with a group of knowledgeable professors from various institutions to build the course curriculum under the direction of business and industry executives.
IGNOU follows the credit system for BA Program. To successfully complete the distance and online BA program, you will have to earn 96 credits over a period of 3 to 6 years depending on your convenience. However, you will not be allowed to earn more than 32 credits in a year.
| Foundation Subjects | 24 credits |
|---|---|
| Elective Subjects | 64 or 56 credits |
| Application Oriented Subjects | 8 or 16 credits |
| Total | 96 credits |
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) offers admission to the Bachelor of Arts (BA) course in various specializations. These are mentioned below:
| BA English | BA Economics | BA Political Science | BA Psychology |
| BA Hindi | BA History | BA Public Administration | BA Philosophy |
| BA Urdu | BA Mathematics | BA Sociology |
To pursue the IGNOU BA course you have to choose from the below-mentioned subjects. The complete detail about the BA courses is available in the prospectus which you can find on the official website of IGNOU. We have provided below all the subjects of the course for your reference:
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| FEG-01 | Foundation Course in English-1 Or Foundation Course in Hindi-2 | 4 |
| FST-01 | Foundation Course in Science and Technology | 8 |
| BHDF-01 | Foundation Course in Hindi | 4 |
| FHS-1 | Foundation Course in Humanities and Social Sciences | 4 |
| Any one of the following Courses: | ||
|---|---|---|
| FGB-01 | Foundation Course in Bengali | 4 |
| FML-1 | Foundation Course in Malayalam | Management |
| FMT-1 | Foundation Course in Marathi | 4 |
| FOR-1 | Foundation Course in Oriya | 4 |
| FPB-1 | Foundation Course in Punjabi | 4 |
| FTM-1 | Foundation Course in Tamil | 4 |
| FTG-1 | Foundation Course in Telugu | 4 |
| FUD-1 | Foundation Course in Urdu | 4 |
| BEGE-101 | From Language to Literature | 8 |
| EEG-02 | The Structure of Modern English | 8 |
| EEG-03 | Communication Skills in English | 8 |
| EEG-04 | English for Practical Purposes | 8 |
| EEG-05 | Understanding Prose | 8 |
| EEG-06 | Understanding Poetry | 8 |
| EEG-07 | Understanding Drama | 8 |
| EEG-08 | Reading the Novel | 8 |
| AFW-(E) | Feature Writing | 4 |
| AWR-(E) | Writing for Radio | 4 |
| AWR-(H) | Radio Lekhan (Hindi) | 4 |
| EHD-01 | Hindi Gadya | 8 |
| EHD-02 | Hindi Kavya | 8 |
| EHD-03 | Hindi Sahitya ka Itihas evam Sahitya Parichay | 8 |
| EHD-04 | Madhyakaleen Bhartiya Sahitya: Samaj aur Sanskriti | 8 |
| EHD-05 | Adhunik Bhartiya Sahitya: Navjagran aur Rashtriya Chetna | 8 |
| EHD-06 | Hindi Bhasha: Itihas aur Vartman | 8 |
| EHD-07 | Hindi Sanrachna | 8 |
| CTE-03 | Teaching Strategies | 4 |
| CTE-04 | Teaching English (Elementary School) | 4 |
| CTE-05 | Teaching English (Secondary School) | 4 |
| FAS-01 | Foundation Course in Assamese | 8 |
| FEG-1 | Foundation Course in English-1 | 4 |
| AOM-1 | Office Organisation Management | 4 |
| ASP-1 | Secretarial Practice | 4 |
| AHE-1 | Human Environment | 8 |
| EHI-1 | Modern India, 1857-1964 | 8 |
| EHI-2 | India: Earliest Times to 8th Century A.D. | 8 |
| EHI-3 | India From 8th to 15th Century A.D. | 8 |
| EHI-4 | India From 16th to Mid 18th Century A.D. | 8 |
| ESO-15 | Society and Religion | 8 |
| BPVI-028 | Entrepreneurship and Marketing | 4 |
| DECE-1 | Organising Child Care Services | 8 |
| MPA-012 | Administrative Theory | 8 |
| AED-1 | Export Procedures and Documentation | 4 |
| ATR-1 | Translation | 8 |
| ACS-1 | Consumer Studies -ACS-1 | 8 |
| BCOA-001 | Business Communication and Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| DNHE- 01 | Nutrition for the Community | 8 |
| MS-51 | Operations Research | 4 |
| EU-1 | History of Urdu Language | 8 |
| EU-2 | History of Urdu Literature | 8 |
| EU-3 | Urdu Poetry | 8 |
| EU-4 | Urdu Fiction | 8 |
| EU-5 | Urdu Non-Fictional Prose | 8 |
| EU-6 | Elements of Urdu Literature | 8 |
| EU-7 | Diasprestic Urdu Literature | 4 |
| EU-8 | Women in Urdu Literature | 4 |
| EU-9 | Socio-Cultural Forms in Urdu | 8 |
| EPS-11 | Political Ideas and Ideologies | 8 |
| EPS-12 | Government & Politics in India | 8 |
| EPS-03 | Modern Indian Political Thought | 8 |
| EPS-15 | South Asia: Economy, Society | 8 |
| EPS-06 | Government and Politics in East | 8 |
| EPS-07 | International Relations | 8 |
| EPS-08 | Government and Politics in Australia | 8 |
| EPS-09 | Comparative Government and Politics | 8 |
| EHI-05 | India from Mid 18th to Mid 19th Century | 8 |
| EHI-06 | History of China and Japan 1840-1949 | 8 |
| EHI-07 | Modern Europe: Mid 18th to Mid 20th Century | 8 |
| BECE-015 | Elementary Mathematical Methods in Economic Development | 8 |
| BECE-016 | Economic Development: Comparative | 8 |
| EEC-07 | Industrial Development in India | 8 |
| EEC-10 | National Income Accounting | 8 |
| EEC-11 | Fundamentals of Economics | 8 |
| BECE-002 | Indian Economic Development:Issues and Perspectives | 8 |
| EEC-13 | Elementary Statistical Methods and Survey Techniques | 8 |
| EEC-14 | Agricultural Development in India | 8 |
| EPA-3 | Development Administration | 8 |
| EPA-4 | Personnel Administration | 8 |
| EPA-5 | Financial Administration | 8 |
| EPA-6 | Public Policy | 8 |
| APM-1 | Integrated Pest Management | 8 |
| AEC-1 | Environmental Chemistry | 8 |
| AST-01 | Statistical techniques | 4 |
| AMT-1 | Teaching of Primary School Mathematics | 8 |
| BHDA-101 | Samachar Lekhan aur Feature Lekhan | 8 |
| ESO-11 | The Study of Society | 8 |
| ESO-12 | Society in India | 8 |
| ESO-13 | Sociological Thought | 8 |
| ESO-14 | Society and Stratification | 8 |
| ESO-16 | Social Problems in India | 8 |
| BPY-001 | Indian Philosophy: Part I | 4 |
| BPY-002 | Logic: Classical and Symbolic | 4 |
| BPY-003 | Ancient and Medieval Philosophy | 4 |
| BPY-004 | Religions of the World | 4 |
| BPY-005 | Indian Philosophy: Part II | 4 |
| BPY-006 | Metaphysics | 4 |
| BPY-007 | Ethics | 4 |
| BPY-008 | Modern Western Philosophy | 4 |
| BPY-009 | Contemporary Western Philosophy | 4 |
| BPY-010 | Epistemology | 4 |
| BPY-011 | Philosophy of Human Persons | 4 |
| BPY-012 | Philosophy of Science and Cosmology | 4 |