While doing BCom at IGNOU, you are required to choose subjects from 3 different types of courses. These courses have been listed below:
Foundation Courses - 24 credits
Elective Courses - 56 or 64 (not less than 48)
Application Oriented Courses (16 or 8)
First Year:
16 credits of Foundation Courses- (BSHF 101, FEG 1 or FHD 2 and FEG 2 or any one of the MILs)
8 credits of Elective Courses- (ECO 1 and ECO 2)
8 credits of Elective Courses in Other Disciplines either from Group 1 or 2.
Second Year:
8 credits of Foundation Courses (FST 01)
24 credits of Elective Courses in Commerce (ECO 3, ECO 5, ECO 6 or ECO 13, ECO 7, ECO 12 and ECO 14)
Third year:
16 credit of Elective Courses in Commerce ECO 8, ECO 9, ECO 10 & ECO 11)
8 to 16 credits in Application-Oriented Courses
8 credits in elective courses in another discipline
Please note that the commerce based Application-Oriented courses are AMK 1, AED 1, AOM 1, ASP 1 and BCOA 1.