BAOU BA in English Online Distance

A Bachelor of Arts (BA) is a graduate degree that a 10+2 student can pursue, generally. BA is a 3 years program that focuses on the field of Art related to humanities, social science, or languages. Most of the BA graduates seek jobs or employment in teaching and academia. The most popular BA programs include English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Economics, Sociology, Psychology, and other language studies. 

Nowadays, online BA is trending among the students and mostly among ht working professionals. Online and Distance learning (ODL) is another option that one may seek to enroll in as it does not require any specific time to pursue and gives you flexibility in terms of both time and place. BA in English is one of the most preferred degrees of the time.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Online University is one the recognized universities that offers ODL BA in English. BAOU has been an A++ accredited university by NAAC. Apart from this, the university has been approved by  UGC (University Grants Commission), and AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education). Moreover, it has been granted “Category - I Graded Autonomy Status” by UGC.

BAOU provides counseling sessions for confused students regarding the courses they should enroll in. Additionally, the university assists the student in getting placed and also provides learner support services which you’ll read below in this blog. They have well-qualified faculty to teach the students. For ODL BA in English, they evaluate the learning outcomes of the students in two ways, one of which is continuous, having a 30% weightage and the other is term-end evaluation, having a 70% weightage. Let’s read a few more things regarding the ODL BA in English offered by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Online University.

Eligibility for each university and each course is different, here are the eligibility criteria for an online and Distance learning BA degree:

• Class 12th or equivalent or three years Diploma course from a recognized institution after Class 10 or PTC pass from a recognized institution or two or more years recognized course of ITI after Class 10.

University offers courses in two modes, Online and Distance. The fee in both the modes is lower than the courses offered in regular mode to the students. The University offers scholarships to students at specific criteria checks. Students can apply for the same on the website and they can also explore other scholarship options available by the state and central government. 

Unless you know the syllabus of any course, you cannot define any university as a good university. Here, presented is the course structure and syllabus for BA in English. Let’s see this and then compare it with other university’s syllabi so that you may get clear about which university suits you best. Below is the syllabus for the BAOU - ODL BA in English. 
Course structure

Selection of subjects

The total credit for the completion of a B.A. is 36.

• The main subject for the selection, a student has to complete the optional courses of 48 credits.
• In the third year, the students are expected to select the vocational subjects of 8 credits but only vocational subjects carrying 16 credits will be allowed to be selected.

Syllabus for basic course:

For English

Below are the learner support services offered by the university:

• Flexible Entry-Exit into Programme 
• Credit Transfer Facility 
• Self-Learning Material (Print and Digital) 
• OMKAR-e (Interactive E-learning Platform)
• Vande Gujarat Educational Channel 16 of Government of Gujarat
• Virtual Classroom 
• Swadhyay Television and Swadhyay Radio (Audio/Video Lectures through web portal)
• Emails of concerned departments and subject faculties
• Cashless fees payment
• Educational mobile phone applications 

The Examination at the university can be done in online mode or in the dedicated exam mode, depending on the type, of course, opted for distance or online mode. Students need to fill out the online examination after the university releases the examination form at the official portal. Also, the examination is done either in term-end or semester mode. The Students can analyze the previous year's papers to know more about the examination pattern. The University provides study material for a better understanding of the syllabus.

Job is the basic aim for a student after completion of their degrees. Depending on the field or degree, there are multiple job opportunities for each of the fields in the market. Let’s see what are the job roles one can play in the corporate world after completing the ODL BA in English.

*Salary may vary based on the student’s experience in a particular field.