AIOU INTERMEDIATE DETAILS

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“HSSC (INTERMEDIATE)”

At Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) level, following programs are offered; 1. HSSC/Intermediate in Commerce (I.Com) 2. HSSC (General Group) ENTRY REQUIREMENT A candidate applying for Intermediate Programme must have passed the Secondary School Certificate (Matric) Examination and hold its certificate issued by the respective Board/University. Attested copies of Marks Sheets issued by the Boards/Universities will also be acceptable for admission purpose only. Certificate (s) issued by the schools are not acceptable. AIOU students will also be granted admission to F.A. programme; only, if the attested copy of the Matric Certificate is attached to the Admission Form (Copies of Result Cards are not acceptable). The applicants must have passed all the compulsory courses at Matric level. COURSE REQUIREMENTS For successful completion of the Intermediate programme, a student has to pass eight credit courses out of which three credit courses are compulsory while the rest five credit courses have to be selected from the list of elective courses. Thus by taking two credits per semester, a minimum period required is four semesters. The selection of the courses must be made with care according to ones own temperament, professional needs and aptitude. Courses once selected/taken in a semester shall not be allowed to change. Ethics is compulsory for non-Muslim students instead of Islamic Studies (compulsory). The Muslim students cannot take Ethics, whereas, non-Muslims are not allowed to take Islamic Studies Compulsory Course. A student can take admission in only two credit courses in a semester i.e. either:            -         Two full credit courses                                  OR            -         One full and two half                                  OR            -         Four half credit courses All the courses offered in the Intermediate Programme are in Urdu only except those bearing star in front of their code numbers. 1.    I. Com. Group (Intermediate in Commerce) «          First time offered for Overseas Students in Spring-1998 Semester Code Courses (All Courses are Compulsory) Credit 311 Book Keeping & Accountancy Full 315 Economics Full 316 Islamic Studies  Half 319 Ethics (For Non-Muslim Students only) in lieu of 316 Half 363 Urdu –I     OR Half 318 Sindhi + Easy Urdu (For Sindhi Students only) in lieu of 363 Full 322 Secretarial practice Half 346 Principles of Commerce Full 347 Banking Half 359 Understanding Math, Stats. and Computer Half 364 Urdu –II Half 386 Compulsory English -I Half 387 Compulsory English –II Half 394 Statistics -I Half 395 Statistics -II Half Note: a)         All the courses are in Urdu except 359. b)         Entry requirement is same as for Intermediate General Group. 2.     HSSC (GENERAL GROUP)  Code Courses Credit Code Courses Credit 363 318 364 386 316 319 387 COMPULSORY Urdu –I    OR Sindhi + Easy Urdu(Only for Sindhi Students) If this course is selected then  363 & 364 are exempted Urdu –II English-I Islamic Studies Ethics (For Non-Muslim  Students only) in lieu of 316 English -II Half Full Half Half Half Half Half 329 330 342 343 345 346 347 349 355 356 357 358 359« 361 371 372 376 388 394 395 Jadeed Zarat Child Care & Development Improved Methods of Fruit Production Islamiat Home Management & Furnishing Principles of Commerce Banking Plant Protection Consumer Textile Food & Nutrition Health and Nutrition Apparel Design Understanding of Maths, Stats, and Computer Persian Women Policing Criminology Human Rights Penology Statistics –I Statistics -II Half Half Half Full Half Full Half Half Half Half Half Half Half Full Full Full Full Full Half Half ELECTIVE 301 303 317 305 308 309 311 312 313 315 321 322 326 327 328 Daftri Urdu Iqbaliat Pakistan Studies Rural Development General Science Arabic Book Keeping & Accountancy Education Dairy Husbandry Economics Muslim History of Sub-continent Secretarial Practice Farm Income Generating Skills Farm Machinery Improved Methods of Oil Seed Crops. Half Full Half Half Full Full Full Full Half Full Full Half Half Half Half   *Course is in English Before taking admission in Urdu-II (course code 364), the student must have taken admission first in Urdu –I (course code 363). Before taking admission in English-II (course code 387), the student must have taken admission first in English –I (course code 386).