DU plans UG, PG online degrees including MBA, BA Economics, BSc Maths

NEW DELHI : The school of open learning at the Delhi University has proposed several new courses to be offered in distance learning or online mode.

The proposed courses include BA (Hons) in economics, BSc (Hons) in mathematics, bachelor of business administration (BBA), masters of business administration (MBA), bachelor of management studies (BMS), bachelor of library sciences, and masters in library and information sciences.

The school of open learning is also proposing one-year diploma courses in mass communication and journalism in English and Hindi, and in cultivation of edible mushrooms. It also proposed a one-year postgraduate diploma in automated and digital library management.

There is also a proposal to introduce translation courses in Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi through online mode . The proposals will be tabled for discussion in the DU Academic Council on March 22.

The ministry of education is strenuously pushing the online degree route to improve gross enrolment ratio in higher education which currently stands at 27.1 percent, according to the latest All India Survey on Higher Education ( AISHE ). The National Education Policy 2020 has set a target of achieving a GER of 50 percent by 2035 . The GET is the ratio of enrolled students over the total number of youths of college-going age in population.

Delhi University Online Degrees

The diploma course in mass communication and journalism, which will be available in both Hindi and English, is likely to have 60 credits for the entire course with 30 credits per semester.

The proposal statement said that the course will touch upon fields such as news reporting, event management, film direction and production, public relations, corporate communications and advertising.

The diploma course in cultivation of edible mushrooms is proposed to have 16 credits and the postgraduate diploma in automated and digital library management is proposed to have 32 credits.one-year postgraduate diploma in automated and digital library management.

“While libraries in India are increasingly using IT products and services, library schools are slow in restructuring their curriculum in the light of the changes taking place. Fresh graduates in library and information sciences find themselves bewildered when they are in libraries using computers and other IT products and services,” the proposal statement for automated and digital library management said.

DU admission

Even for the regular classes, Delhi University is adopting a new admission policy from the forthcoming batch. DU admission 2022 will not be based solely on board exam results but based on a combination of board exam scores and performance in the Central University Common Entrance Test, or CUCET 2022.