M.A AND M.COM.
Eligibility for Admisison: Admission to M.A / M.Com Degree Programme is made under two Regulations:
Regulation - I : Those who have obtained Bachelor's Degree of three years duration without studying Cognate subjects
Those who have passed in the three year degree programme without studying the Cognate subjects are eligible for admission to any Post Graduate Programme under Regulation-I. Such admitted candidates shall qualify in the Master Preparatory Programme (M.P.P) Examination in the concerned subject conducted by the University.
Regulation - II :
Those candidates who have obtained their Graduate degree of three years duration in the Cognate subjects are eligible for admission under Regulation-II. Those who have done their Graduation with Cognate subjects can seek admission to post Graduate subjects in the same Cognate subjects. Those who seek admission for M.Com Programme should have passed B.Com/B.B.M/B.B.A degree examination of three years duration. Candidates admitted under Regulation-II are exempted from the Master's Preparatory Programme (MPP) examination. Details of Cognate subjects are given below:
M.A. ENGLISH:
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Admission is open to:
- Candidates who have passed three Year B.A/B.Sc/B.A (Performing Arts) Degree Examination of any recognized University offering English as a Major/Optional subject at the Degree level OR an examination of any University considered equivalent thereto.
- Candidates who have passed the Three Years B.A/B.Sc/B.Music Degree Examination offering English as Second Language or as a Minor subject at the Degree level are also eligible, provided they have obtained not less than 50 percent of the maximum marks in the above language/subject.
- Candidates who have passed the Four Year B.A.Ed Degree Examination of the University of Mysore (Regional College Scheme) with English as Major/Optional.
- Candidates who have passed Four Year B.A.Ed or B.Sc.Ed of University of Mysore (Regional College scheme), provided they have obtained not less than 50 percent of marks in Language English.
- Graduates of any University who have passed Post-Graduate Diploma in English.
M.A. HINDI:
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Admission is open to:
- Candidates who have passed Three Year B.A/B.Sc/B.A (Performing Arts) Degree Examination of any recognized University offering Hindi as a Language Under Group-I or Group-II. Provided they have obtained not less than 50% of marks.Or
- Candidates who have passed a degree of any University recognized as equivalent thereto with Hindi as Optional or as Major subject.Or
- Graduates of any recognized University and if the candidate is not studied either Hindi as Language or as Optional then the following examinations will be treated as equivalent to Language and Optional Hindi (But the Candidate must be a Graduate of a recognized University) one of the following Hindi Examinations:-
- Rashtrabhasha Praveen or Rashtrabhasha Vishard Examination of the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachara Sabha, Chennai.
- Rashtrabhasha Vidwan or Rajabhasha Prakash Examination of Karnataka Hindi Prachara Samithi, Bangalore.
- Hindi Ratna Examination of the Mysore Hindi Prachara Parishat, Bangalore.
- Bhasha Praveen Examination of the Karnataka Mahila Hindi seva samithi, Bangalore.
- Sahitya Vishard i.e., Sahitya Madhyama or Uttama i.e., Sahitya Ratna (with Hindi Sahitya) of the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag.
M.A. HISTORY:
Admission is open to candidates who have passed Three Year B.A/B.A (Performing Arts) Degree Examination of any recognized University offering History as one of the Major/Optional subjects at the Degree level or examination of any university considered equivalent thereto.
M.A. ECONOMICS:
Admission is open to candidates who have passed Three Year B.A/B.Sc./B.A (Performing Arts) Degree Examination of any recognized University offering Economics as one of the Major/Optional subjects at the Degree level or an examination of any university considered equivalent thereto.
M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE:
Admission is open to candidates who have passed Three Year B.A/B.Sc/B.A (Performing Arts) Degree Examination of any recognized University offering Political Science and Public Administration as one of the Major/Optional subjects at the Degree level or an examination of any university considered equivalent thereto.
M.A. SOCIOLOGY:
Admission is open to candidates who have passed Three Year B.A/B.A (Performing Arts) Degree Examination of any recognized University offering Sociology as one of the Major/Optional subjects at the Degree level or an examination of any university considered equivalent thereto.
M.COM :
Admission is open to candidates who have passed Three Year B.Com /B.B.M Degree Examination of any recognized University or an examination of any university considered equivalent thereto.
Note: Candidates seeking admission to Second Year M.A. /M.Com. directly by transfer from any other University will have to buy the prospectus and submit fresh application and the admission is subject to approval by the Equivalence Committee of KSOU.
Duration of Programme:
Duration of the M.A / M.COM Degree Programme is 'Two' years and the maximum duration is 'Four' years from the year of Admission to the Programme.The candidate who do not complete the Programme within four years will have to seek fresh admission.