Karnataka State University
B.A
Eligibility:
Candidates who have completed 18 years of age on 1st July of the academic year are eligible for admission to B.A/B.Com. three years degree course
(No pre-qualification is required) Students need not appear for the entrance test. First year student will automatically proceed to the second year
and second year student to the final year whether they pass the exam or not. The same rule is applicable to the post graduate students also.
The examination will be held on April/May every year   .
B.A                  
Karnataka State Open University

Duration 3 years and the maximum duration is 6 years. Candidates who cannot complete the course within 6 years will have to seek fresh admission.
Group I: Languages
Candidates for B.A. and B.Com. have to choose 2 languages for study during the first 2 years, from: Kannada, English, Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Tamil, and
Telugu The university will provide only the syllabus but not the lessons in case of MalayalamText books for the languages are common for first year B.A. and
first year B.Com., but syllabus as well as text books for languages are different in the second year
Group II: Foundation Courses
B.A./B.Com. Candidates will have to study the following foundation courses:

Foundation Course in Humanities and Social Sciences I year.

Foundation Course in Science and Technology I year.
Foundation Course in Information Technology   II year
GROUP IV: Application Oriented Courses
Each student of B.A./B.Com, will have to study one Application Oriented Courses (AOC)
Any one of the following :
a) Consumer Studies
b) Manceding
c) Export Procedure and Documents
d) Office Management

GROUP III: Optional Subjects
B.A. DEGREE PROGRAMME
Candidates for B.A. have to choose any 3 optional subjects from: History, Sociology, Economics, English, Hindi, Urdu, Political Science or Public Administration, Education, Kannada, English Hindi and Urdu. There will be 5 papers in each of these subjects: Paper I, in the first year for 100 marks; Paper II second year for 100 marks each; Papers III, IV and V in the third (final) year for 100 marks each, as shown below:
B.A. Optional Subjects


B.A Sociology                  

Karnataka State Open University
First Year B.A.
 I    : General Sociology   
Second Year B.A.
 II    : Study of Indian Society
Third Year B.A.
 III    :Study of Rural - Urban Communities
 IV    Social Disorganisation
 V    : Sociological Thought
Education
First Year B.A.
I    :   Foundation of Education
Second Year B.A.
 II    :  Psychology of Development and Learning
Third Year B.A.
III    : Curriculum, Teaching and Evaluation
IV   :  Educational Systems in India
V    :  Trends and Challenges of Education
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Credit System  for BA Course

T
he University foillows the ' Credit System ' for its undergraduate programmes. Each credit is of 30 hours of study comprising all learning activities. Thus, a
four credit course involves 120 study hours, a six credit course involves 180 study hours and so on. This helps the students to understand the academic efforts
he/she has to put in to successfully complete the course. Completion of B.A. Programme requires successfully clearing 96 credits. Each student of
BA Degree Programme shall select two Languages and three Optional Subjects in addition to other Foundation Courses and Application Oriented Courses.
The students are expected to complete both the assignments and the term end examination of each course in the programme.
Undergraduate Programme - Credit System - Total Credits 96.
Undergraduate Programme - Credit System - Total Credits 96.
B.A. DEGREE PROGRAMME
First Year B.A.
Group I
1. Language 1 Course I
2. Language 2 Course I 4 Credits
4 Credits
Group II
3. Foundation Course in Humanities & Social Sciences
4. Foundation Course in Science and Technology 4 Credits
4 Credits
Group III
5. Optional 1 Course I  6. Optional 2 Course I  7. Optional 3 Course I 4 Credits 4 Credits 4 Credits
Total 28 Credits
Second Year B.A.
Group I
1. Language 1 Course I
2. Language 2 Course I 4 Credits
4 Credits
Group II
Foundation Course in Information Technology 6 Credits
Group III
5. Optional 1 Course II 6. Optional 2 Course II 7. Optional 3 Course II 4 Credits 4 Credits  4 Credits
Group IV
7. Application Oriented Courses
6 Credits
Total 32 Credits
Third Year B.A.
Group III
1. Optional 1 Course III  2. Optional 1 Course IV 3. Optional 1 Course V 4. Optional 2 Course III 5. Optional 2 Course IV 6. Optional 2 Course V
7. Optional 3 Course III 8. Optional 3 Course IV  9. Optional 3 Course V 4 Credits
4 Credits
4 Credits
4 Credits
4 Credits
4 Credits
4 Credits
4 Credits
4 Credits
Total
36 Credits