Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
First Year
1
All students of Bachelors Degree Programmes (excepting B.Lit and BCA) of TNOU must undergo a Foundation Course in Tamil
(or any one of the following: French, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Urdu) and English. During the 1 st year,
BA/B.Com./BBA/B.Sc./BTS students have a 6-credit Foundation Course and during the 2 nd year, only BA/B.Sc. students have a 6credit Foundation Course.
Course Code
BFTM 11
BFEG 11
BEG 11
BEG 12
BEG 13
BEGAL 11
Course Title
Tamil (Language) [0r any one of the following: BFFR
11 (French), BFHD 11 (Hindi), BFKD 11
(Kannada), BFML 11 (Malayalam), BFTG 11
(Telugu) & BFUR 11 (Urdu)
English (Language)
Social History of England
Age of Chaucer
Restoration Age
Modern Indian Writing in English
Credit
6
6
6
6
6
6
Second Year
Course Code
BFTM 21
BFEG 21
BEG 21
BEG 22
BEGAL 21
CCE
Course Title
Tamil (Language) [0r any one of the following: BFFR
21 (French), BFHD 21 (Hindi), BFKD 21
(Kannada), BFML 21 (Malayalam), BFTG 21
(Telugu) & BFUR 21 (Urdu)
English (Language)
William Shakespeare
Romantic Age
Introduction to Journalism & Mass Communication
Environmental Studies
Credit
6
6
6
6
6
6
Third Year
Course Code
BEG 31
BEG 32
BEG 33
BEG 34
BEG 35
Course Title
Victorian Age
Modern English Literature
American Literature
Introduction to Literary Criticism & Theories
Introduction to Language & Linguistics
Course Details
First Year
BFTM 11 Foundation in Tamil
F 1 A
HK
HK
HK
HK
1
2
3
4
Q F
J FM H
Y
E
Credit
6
6
8
6
6
F 2 CPA M A
HK
HK
HK
HK
5
6
7
8
J, F
eC HI
M A
M M
F 3 A
HK
HK
HK
HK
9
.K I
10 FQ F
11 Q A C
12 .. IJ PM I -
F 4 I A
(A.H. 20 )
HK
HK
HK
HK
F 5 NF, N P, P
HK
HK
HK
HK
17 K NF
18
19 - H F
20 P M - M
Drama: Introduction to Drama, Christopher Marlowe (Dr. Faustus) and John Dryden (All
for Love)
Course Details
Second Year
BFTM 21 Foundation in Tamil
F 1 A
HK
HK
HK
HK
1
2
3
4
-
P,
L
-
F 2 cF A
HK
HK
HK
HK
5
6
7
8
F
, N
F, FK,
, Q
F 3 H A
HK
HK
HK
HK
9
CF - F
10 E - F F PM
11
YCE -
12 - c
F 4 I A - 11
HK
HK
HK
HK
F 5 N
HK
HK
HK
HK
17 , N
18 N F JC
19 JC
20 M JC
Forest ecosystem
Grassland ecosystem
Desert ecosystem
Aquatic ecosystems (ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, oceans, estuaries)
Block IV
Biodiversity and its conservation - Introduction Definition : genetic, species and
ecosystem diversity Bio-geographical classification of India - Value of biodiversity :
consumptive use, productive use, social, ethical, aesthetic and option values Biodiversity at global, National and local levels - India as a mega diversity nation Hot-spots of biodiversity - Threats to biodiversity : habitat loss, poaching of wildlife,
man wildlife conflicts - Endangered and endemic species of India - Conservation of
biodiversity : In-situ and Ex-situ conservation of biodiversity.
Block V
Course Details
Third Year
BEG 31 Victorian Age
Poetry: Alfred Tennyson (Ulysses), Robert Browning (My Last Duchess), Matthew Arnold
(Dover Beach) and Dante Gabriel Rossetti (The Blessed Damozel)
Prose: John Ruskin (Sesame and Lilies) and Thomas Carlyle (The Hero as poet)
Drama: Oscar Wilde (The Importance of Being Earnest) and Sir George Bernard Shaw
(Pygmalion)
Fiction: Charles Dickens (Hard Times), Thomas Hardy (Tess of the Durbervilles) and
Wilkie Collins (The Woman in White).