1. to Third Year Degree Programme Vertical Mobility from Associate Degree Programme

2. List of Degree Programmes Bachelor of Arts (BA) Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) Bachelor of Tourism Studies (BTS)/ Bachelor in Hotel Management (BIHM)

3. Bachelor of Arts (BA)  FEG-02 (4 Credits)  One Foundation Course in (4 Credits) Indian Language  Courses in any one particular discipline, (24 Credits) from among the following: Hindi, English, Urdu, History, Economics, Political Sciences, Public Administration, Philosophy and Sociology  Additional credits (BHSF-101) (8 Credits) Total – 40 Credits

4. Bachelor of Commerce(BCOM )  All the 52 Credits ECO-01, ECO-02, ECO-03, ECO-05, ECO-06, ECO-07, ECO-08, ECO-09, ECO-10, ECO-11, ECO-12, ECO-13 and ECO-14

5. BCOM – Contd… Out of which any 32 Credits can be selected for the Third Year. The remaining 20 Credits can be done parallelly or during the subsequent year.

6. Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) There is a uniform structure for 32 Credits of Third Year which has to be done by all the students

7. BCA – Contd…  Depending on the courses offered by the students at the different Community Colleges, the additional courses have been identified which varies from a total of 10-20 Credits  For remaining courses of 1 st and 2 nd Year there will either be Credit Transfer or Credit Exemption.

8. Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) 1 st Six months-BSWE001 (8 Credits) Theory BSWL001 (8 Credits) Practicum 2 nd Six Months-BSWE002 (8 Credits) Theory BSWL002 (8 Credits) Practicum 3 rd Six Months-BSWE003 (8 Credits) Theory BSWL003 (8 Credits) Practicum Total-48 Credits

9. BSW – Contd…  A learner can opt English or Hindi as a Medium of instruction  The instructors at the Community Colleges should follow Guidelines of SOSW and the Programmes Guide of BSW in respect of delivery of the prgramme. They should also follow the Practitioners’ Guide (MSWL-007). The qualification of the Academic Counsellors and Field Work Superintendents should be MSW/MA(Social Work).

10. Bachelor of Tourism Studies (BTS)/ Bachelor in Hotel Management (BIHM) BIHM, in addition to BTS, be permitted for Vertical Mobility from ADP

11. BTS/BIHM – Contd…  The students shall be eligible to take admission in the 3 rd Year (5 th Semester) of Bachelor in Hotel Management (BIHM) after completing one semester bridge course prescribed by IGNOU.  The bridge course shall be of 24-32 Credits compulsory to all integrated modules on Hotel Management.

12. Additional Credits The requirement for additional credits in case of every programme has been analyzed. The number is found to range from 10-20 Credits. In other words, the maximum requirement is 20 Credits, which is nearly 30% of the credits earned by the students of the Community College during their ADP. Thus about 70% of the requirement of First and Second year taken together gets accomplished through ADP.

13.  The usual fees for the Third Year have to be paid. In every case in respect of BCA, it has to be paid semester-wise like any other IGNOU student  For additional course, fees are to be paid on pro-rata basis. For the case of Credit Exemption only ` 50 per course have to be paid. In case of Credit Transfer, no fee is to be paid.

14. Support Services The support services of the programmes are to be organized through Community Linked Learner Centre (CLLC) which essentially would function as Special Study Centres linked with Community Colleges. In case of BCA, the students concerned will be attached with suitable Programme Study Centres for BCA.

16. I may be contacted through any of the following: e-mail Id: ckghosh@ignou.ac.in Ph. Nos.: 011-29572965, 29536413