1 ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY (Accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC) DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION ANNAMALAINAGAR – 608 002 (CHIDAMBARAM) CUDDALORE Dt., TAMIL NADU, INDIA Dear Candidate, I thank you for choosing Annamalai University Distance Education Programme with the motive of enriching your knowledge. The Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University was established in 1979, and now offers different programmes of study suitable to persons of all walks of life and of all ages. This year Annamalai University is celebrating two milestone events – The 90th Anniversary of the University and 40th Anniversary of the Directorate of Distance Education. Nearly last four decades, lakhs of candidates have successfully completed through its portals and are leading successful and contented lives. On completion of the programme of your choice, you will also be one among them. Be sure that you fulfil the eligibility norms before you begin to fill up the application form and ensure that you have attached attested copies of all the required certificates when you despatch the filled-in Application to the Directorate. In your own interest, please keep Photostat copies of your important correspondences with the Directorate and write up the diary pages that you will find at the end of this Prospectus. All information relating to the Distance Education Programmes, e-Payment details, Examinations, Personal Contact Programme, Results, etc., of the University can be obtained from our official website www.audde.in or www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in I wish you all success in this academic pursuit of yours and your life. Dr. M. ARUL DIRECTOR 2 3 ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY (Accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC) Annamalai University, one of the largest unitary and residential universities in Southern Asia, was established and incorporated in the year 1929 as per the Annamalai University Act, 1928 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929). Now, the Annamalai University Act, 1928 has been repealed and replaced by the Annamalai University Act, 2013 (Tamil Nadu Act 20 of 2013). Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu is the Chancellor of the University. This Universtiy has, since its inception, aimed at imparting education in all fields of knowledge to thousands of students from across the country and abroad. Located in a rural setting in coastal district of Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, the University has played a pivotal role in providing access to higher education to thousands of youth from economically and socially disadvantaged classes. In this respect, this University’s service to the nation is tremendous. In the past 90 years the University has grown into a premier institution of higher learning and research. The University today is spread over an extensive campus of more than 800 acres and has the Faculties of Arts, Science, Marine Sciences, Indian Languages, Engineering and Technology, Education, Fine Arts, Agriculture, Medicine and Dentistry in all, they comprise 49 Departments of Study. This year Annamalai University is celebrating two milestone events – the 90th Anniversary of the University and 40th Anniversary of the Directorate of Distance Education. Annamalainagar is a busy and self-contained University township, east of Chidambaram town, the abode of Lord Nataraja, the Cosmic Dancer. The sprawling and scenic campus enclosing the Departments of Study, Students’ Hostels, Staff Quarters, Playgrounds, etc., is situated at a holy place (Tiruvetkalam, currently known as Annamalainagar) 2 kms from the Lord Nataraja Temple. The Rajah Muthiah Institute of Health Sciences, comprising the Rajah Muthiah Medical College, the Rajah Muthiah Dental College and the Rani Meyyammai College of Nursing offers various UG and PG Programmes, besides serving the rural population through its modern 1260-bed hospital. The Sir C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar Library of the University is the third biggest in Tamil Nadu and has a collection of more than 5 lakh volumes besides journals, reports and rare palm-leaf manuscripts. It has all the modern facilities such as Internet, Microfilming, etc. The University, being unitary and residential in character, has above 30,000 students pursuing various on-campus programmes of study and more than 10,000 of them are accommodated in its 19 hostels, acclaimed to be the biggest in the country. The University plays a vital role in disseminating knowledge acquired through research to the surrounding rural areas in which it is placed and it serves the larger community through its Centre for Rural Development and Uplift of Weaker Sections, the Department of Community Medicine, Dental College, the NSS; and above all, through its Directorate of Distance Education, it takes education to the doorsteps of thousands of adult learners all over the country and abroad. The Directorate of Distance Education established in 1979 offers different programmes of study. It is credited with the largest enrolment in India and is well equipped with computer and other infrastructure, adequate teaching faculty and administrative set-up of its own study centres, computer training centres, etc., to serve its students in their best interest at their doorsteps. It has also the unique distinction of being the first in India, to offer Postgraduate Degree Programmes in Applied Psychology, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Computer Science and Law through Distance Education mode. All the programmes of study offered by the Directorate of Distance Education have the approval of the Distance Education Council, New Delhi. The Directorate has introduced B.Ed. Degree Programme through Distance Education mode from the year 2008-09 with the approval of the National Council for Teacher Education, New Delhi. 4 CONTENTS Sl. No. Particulars Page No. 1. Programmes Offered by the Directorate 5 2. Application Form 8 3. Academic Year 9 4. Instructions for Filling in the Application Form 9 5. Fee Concession 10 6. Selection of Optional 10 7. Procedure for Admission 10 8. Mode of Payment 11 9. Enrolment Number 13 10. Identity Card 13 11. Despatch of Study Materials 13 12. Personal Contact Programmes (PCP) 13 13. Regulations on PCPs 14 14. Personal Contact Programme Zones 15 15. Response Sheets/ Assignments 15 16. Change of Address 15 17. Change of Name 15 18. Change of Programme/ Medium/ Optional Subject 15 19. Transfer / Migration Certificate 16 20. Bonafide Certificate 16 21. Scholarship to SC/ ST Students 16 22. Study Centres 16 23. Grievance Redressal Cell / Grievance Form 16 24. Enquiries & Correspondence 16 25. University Examinations 17 26. Jurisdiction 18 27. Caution 18 28. General Instructions 18 29. Other Facilities 19 30. Health Science Programme 47 31. B.Ed. Programme 61 32. M.B.A. Related Programmes 65 33. Computer & IT Related Programmes 69 34. Miscellaneous Fees 82 35. Table of Tuition & Other Fees Structure 54 / 64 / (All Prog. / B.Ed. / MBA / Comp. Sci. and I.T.) 68 / 79 5 OBJECTIVES 23. Linguistics The Directorate of Distance Education, 24. Health Science Annamalai University was established in 1979, 25. Education with the objectives of expanding, providing 26. Fashion Design, Textile Design & Interior Design alternative and life-long educational opportunities 27. Hotel Management & Tourism to all those who could not get entry into the 28. Yoga, Meditation and Sprituality conventional system of education, through a 29. Music combination of teaching and providing 30. Philosophy self-learning materials for study at each one's own 1. PROGRAMMES OFFERED BY THE DIRECTORATE pace and leisure. TEACHING FACULTY The Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University offers the following The teaching faculty in the Directorate of programmes during the academic year 2019 – 20: Distance Education (D.D.E.) comprising 18 POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMMES academic wings with faculty members is in charge of organising personal contact programmes for Programme Code Page teaching, guiding and preparing the student M.A. Degree Programmes community in their academic endeavours for their M.A. Tamil 012 22 personal and career development. M.A. English* 013 22 M.A. Sociology (E.M. & T.M.)* 017 22 The disciplines in which programmes are M.A. Economics (E.M. & T.M.)* 015 22 offered include M.A. Busi. Economics(E.M.& T.M.) 190 22 1. Tamil M.A. Disaster Mgt. (E.M. & T.M.) 467 22 2. English M.A. History (E.M. & T.M.) 014 23 3. History Master of Tourism & Travel 4. Sociology Management (E.M. & T.M.) 187 23 M.A. Political Science (E.M.& T.M.) 159 23 5. Economics M.A. Public Admn.(E.M. & T.M.) 118 24 6. Commerce M.A. International Relations (E.M. & T.M.) 188 24 7. Population Studies M.A. Police Admn. (E.M. & T.M.) 189 24 8. Psychology M.A. Human Rights (E.M. & T.M.) 471 24 9. Mathematics M.A. Social Welfare Administration (E.M. & T.M.) 469 25 10. Physics M.A. Linguistics (E.M. & T.M.) 130 25 11. Chemistry M.A. Philosophy, Religion & Culture 12. Zoology (E.M.) 263 25 13. Botany M.A. Labour Management (E.M.) 257 25 14. Law Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) (E.M. & T.M.) 470 25 15. Business Administration M.Com. Degree Programmes 16. Engineering & Technology M.Com. (E.M. & T.M.)* 023 25 17. Computer Science & Information Technology M.Com. (Entrepreneurship) (E.M.) 468 26 18. Agriculture (Diploma only) M.Com. (Co-operative Mgt.) (E.M. & T.M.)* 119 26 19. Earth Sciences M.Com. (Banking & Insurance 20. Library and Information Science Management)(E.M.&T.M.)* 126 26 21. Statistics M.Com. (Accounting & Fin.) (E.M.) 193 26 22. Political Science/ Public Administration/ M.Com. (Edn. Mgt) (E.M.) 194 27 Police Administration M.Com. (Marketing) (E.M.) 262 27 * Lateral Entry Admissions are also available. (E.M. – English Medium/ T.M. – Tamil Medium) 6 Programme Code Page UNDER-GRADUATE PROGRAMMES M.Sc. Degree Programmes M.Sc. Mathematics (E.M.)* 018 27 Programme Code Page M.Sc. Physics (E.M.)* 019 27 B.A.