Tamil Nadu Open University
BA BCom BSC BBA BCA
Eligibility Previous qualification not required for joining this
course (No pre-qualification is required) All School failures are admittied
to this course
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 . .Students
need to appear for the preparatory test along with FY BA Final Exam 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
BA English
Tamil Nadu Open University
FYBA
1 Hindi Or French
or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2. English
3 Social History of England
4 Age of Chaucer
5 Restoration Age
Modern Indian Writing in English (Ancillary
SYBA
1 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2.
English
3 William Shakespeare
4 Romantic Age
5 Introduction to Journalism and Mass Communication (Ancillary)
6 Environmental Studies
TYBA
1 Victorian Age
2 Modern English Literature
3 American Literature
4 Introduction to Literary Criticism and Theories
5 Introduction to Language and Linguistic
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BA
English & Communication
FIRST YEAR: 1 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam
or Telugu 2. English 3 Social History of england 4 Age of Chaucer 5 Introduction
to Journalism and Mass Communication
Second Year
6 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 7 English
8 Restoration Age 8 William Shakespeare 9 Introduction to Communication Studies
10 Environmental Studies
Third year
11 Romantic Age 12 victorian Age 13 modern English Literature 14 Phonetics and
Spoken English 15 communication skills
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B.A.Urdu
Tamil Nadu Open
University
First Year
1 Urdu 2 English 3 Prose
4 ghazaliyath & Rubaiyath 5 History of Tamil Literature and Text for Translation
Second Year
6 urdu 7 English 8 Grammar 9 History of Daki Urdu Literature 10 History
Arabic Literature and Text for Translation 11 Environmental Studies
Third Year
12 Manzoomath 13 Novel 14 Literary criticism 15 Prosody and
Rhetoric 16 Urdu journalism
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B.A. History
Tamil Nadu Open
University
F.Y.BA
1 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2. English
3 History of India upto
1206 A.D.
4 History of India from 1206 to 1707 A.D.
5 Modern Governments
S.Y.B.A
1 Hindi Or
French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu
2. English
3 History of India from 1707 to 2000 A.D.
4 Main Currents in the History of TamilNadu from Ancient times to 2000A.D
5 Tourism Perspectives
6 Environmental Studies
TY B.A
1History of Modern Europe from 1600 to 1990 AD
2 History of U.S.A from 1775-1960 A.D.
3 History of China from 1839 – 1990 A.D.
4 Human Rights Perspectives
5 Environmental History
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BA History
& Heritage management
Tamil
Nadu Open University
FIRST YEAR:
1 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2.
English 3 History of India upto 1206 AD 4 social and cultural history of India
from 1206 AD to 1707 5 Introduction to tourism
Second Year 6 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or
Telugu 7 English 8 History of india from 1707 to 1947 AD 9 Social and Cultural
Heritageof the Tamils upto 1600 AD 10 Indian archaelogy and museology 11
Environmental studies
Third Year 12 Social and Cultural history of Independent India 13 Art
and Architecture of India 14 social and Cultural History of Tamil
Nadu from 1600 to 1950 15 principles of Heritage Management 16 Indian Epigraphy
and Numismatics
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BA Tourism and Travel
Studies
Tamil Nadu
Open University
FIRST
YEAR:
1 Hindi Or French or Urdu
or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2 English 3 Introduction tourism 4
Indian tourism 5 Art and Architecture of India
Second Year
6 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 7
English 8 Geography of Tourism 9 Transport System and Tourism 10
communication and Automation 11 environmental Studies
Third year
12 International tourism 13 Hospitality Management 14 Marketing
Management and Tour Operations 15 Places of Tourism Interest 16 Project Work
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B.A.Economics
Tamil Nadu Open
University
FYB.A
1 Hindi Or French
or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu
2. English
3 Micro Economics
4 Monetary Economics
5 Economics of Marketing
SY B.A
1 Hindi Or French
or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2. English
3 History of Economic Thought
4 Macro Economics
5 Economic Statistics
6 Environmental Studies
TY BA
1International Economics
2 Fiscal Economics
3 Indian Economy
4 Environmental Economics
5 Managerial Economics
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B.A.Business
Economics
Tamil Nadu Open
University
FIRST YEAR:
1 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2.
English 3 Micro economics 4 monetary Economics 5 Economics of Marketing
Second year
6 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 7
English 7 History of Economic thought 8 Macro economics 9 economic
Statistics 10 Environmental studies
Third Year
11 international economics 12 fiscal economics 13 indian Economy 14
Environmental economics 15 Managerial Economics
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BA
Political Science
Tamil
Nadu Open University
FIRST
YEAR:
1 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2.
English 3 Political theory 4 Organs of Government 5 Human Rights administration
Second Year
6 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 7
English 8 Modern governments 9 western political thoughts 10 Principles of
Public Administration 11 environmental studies
Third Year
12 Political ideologies 12 Asian Political systems 13 Indian administration
14 india in World affairs 15 Local self Government
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B.A.Public
Administration
Tamil Nadu Open
University
First Year
1 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2. English
3 Principles of Public Administration
4 Modern Administrative Systems
5 Human Rights Administration
Second Year
1 Tamil (Language)
2 English (Language)
3 Indian Administration
4 Administrative Thoughts
5 Environment Administration
6 Environmental Studies
Third Year
1 Public Personnel Administration
2 Public Financial Administration
3 Development Administration
4 Administrative Law
5 Local Government and Administration in India
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BA
Sociology
Tamil Nadu Open
University
FIRST
YEAR:
1 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2.
English 3 Foundations of Sociology 4 Social thought 5 social Psychology
Second Year
6 Hindi Or French or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 7
English 8 Social Research and Statistics 9 Indian social institutions 10
Social demography 11Environmental studies
Third Year
12 Rural sociology 13 Urban sociology 14 Industrial sociology 15 Social
movements in India 16 Indian social Problems
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BA Social Work (BSW)
Tamil Nadu Open
University
Duration:
3 Yrs.
First Year
1 Hindi Or French
or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2. English
3 Foundation Course in Humanities and Social Science
4 Introduction to Social Work
5 Social Work Practicum - I
Second Year
1 Hindi Or French
or Urdu or Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2. English
3 Foundation Course in Science and Technology
4 Social Work Intevention with individuals and groups
5 Social Work Practicum - II Environmental Studies
Third Year
1 Introduction to Family Education
2 Social Work Intervention with communities and institutions
3 Social Word Practicum - III
4 Introduction HIV/AIDS
5 Substance Abuse and Counselling