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Open Courses AD Program

Introduction

AIOU offers open courses to cater for the individual needs of the students who are interested in upgrading their knowledge in a specific field.  The open courses may benefit the following students.

  • The students of Wafaq ul Madaris who desire to obtain equivalence certificate from HEC
  • The students who are interested in self study about specific course
  • The students who require additional courses to enrol in some degree program
  • The practitioners who want to excel in their field through enhancing knowledge in a particular course

The admission to open courses is offered through online mode only. The students enrolled in open courses will be issued Course Certificate only.

Eligibility Criteria

FA / FSc / Intermediate OR Equivalent.

Selection Process

Open Merit. All eligible candidates will be granted admission subject to fulfilling the eligibility criteria.

Duration

One Semester

Medium of Instruction

English/Urdu

Teaching Methodology

Open Distance Learning.

  List of Open Courses

Course Code

Course Title

Cr. Hrs

Mode

416

Islamiyat

3(3+0)

ODL

418

Ethics (For Non-Muslim Students Only)

3(3+0)

ODL

417

Pakistan Studies

3(3+0)

ODL

1423

Compulsory English-I

3(3+0)

ODL

1424

Compulsory English-II

3(3+0)

ODL

1429

Business Mathematics

3(3+0)

ODL

  1431

Basics of Information & Communication Technology

3(3+0)

ODL

402

Economics

6(6+0)

ODL

404

Urdu

6(6+0)

ODL

405

Iqbaliat

6(6+0)

ODL

406

Economics of Pakistan

6(6+0)

ODL

407

Modern Muslim World

6(6+0)

ODL

408

Arabic

6(6+0)

ODL

409

Commercial Geography

6(6+0)

ODL

411

Sociology-I

6(6+0)

ODL

412

Social & Cultural Anthropology

6(6+0)

ODL

413

Sociology-II

3(3+0)

ODL

414

Demography

6(6+0)

ODL

419

Education

6(6+0)

ODL

422

Organizing Library Resources

6(6+0)

ODL

423

Library Services

6(6+0)

ODL

426

Pakistani Adab-II

6(6+0)

ODL

427

Pakistani Adab-I

3(3+0)

ODL

429

Mass Education/Literacy

6(6+0)

ODL

430

Principles of Journalism

6(6+0)

ODL

431

Reporting

3(3+0)

ODL

436

Seerat-e-Tayyaba

6(6+0)

ODL

437

Islamiyat (E)

6(6+0)

ODL

438

Principles of Accounting

3(3+0)

ODL

444

Advance Accounting

3(3+0)

ODL

449

Magazine Journalism

3(3+0)

ODL

451

Public Relations

3(3+0)

ODL

452

Mass Communication

3(3+0)

ODL

453

Radio Broadcasting

3(3+0)

ODL

454

TV Broadcasting

3(3+0)

ODL

455

Book Editing

3(3+0)

ODL

456

Business Taxation

3(3+0)

ODL

458

Community Development

6(6+0)

ODL

460

Mercantile Law

3(3+0)

ODL

461

Advertising

3(3+0)

ODL

462

Cost Accounting

3(3+0)

ODL

463

Fundamentals of Business

3(3+0)

ODL

464

Islamic Fiqh

6(6+0)

ODL

466

History of Libraries with Reference to Pakistan

6(6+0)

ODL

467

Classification and Cataloguing

6(6+0)

ODL

472

Quran-e-Hakeem

6(6+0)

ODL

473

Hadith

6(6+0)

ODL

481

Auditing

3(3+0)

ODL

Course Code

Course Title

Cr. Hrs

Mode

484

Food and Nutrition

3(3+0)

ODL

485

Health and Nutrition

3(3+0)

ODL

487

Child Development

3(3+0)

ODL

1413

Financial Accounting

3(3+0)

ODL

1414

Fundamentals of Money & Banking

3(3+0)

ODL

1415

Introduction to Business Finance

3(3+0)

ODL

1416

Business Communication

3(3+0)

ODL

1421

Introduction to Environment         

3(3+0)

ODL

1427

Principles of Management

3(3+0)

ODL

1428

Commercial Geography

3(3+0)

ODL

1430

Business Statistics

3(3+0)

ODL

 

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2

3

4

5

6

7

Assessment Weightage

Weightage of Assignments  Wightage of Final Exam Marks Passing Marks 
30% 70% 50% (in aggregate). However, 40% marks in final exams is mandatory.