Programme of Study

The Distance B Ed. Programme consists of course modules that are compulsory and elective. The electives refer to courses that students wish to specialize in as their main subject for the degree. Currently, three elective subjects are available (viz. English, History, and Geography). Course modules that students are required to take at each level are outlined below:

· Level I
· Level II
· Level III
· Level IV
· Level V

Level I

EDN 130 Teaching Skills
EDN 131 Understanding the Learner
FCM 111 Basic Computation
EFC 101 Study Skills
EFC 102 Use of Language
PCS 141 Teaching of EVS - I
PCS 151 Teaching of Math - I
PCS 161 Primary Language Learning - I

Level II

EDN 233 Learning Process
EFC 203 Academic Writing
EFC 204 Performance Skills
PCS 242 Teaching of EVS -II
PCS 252 Teaching of Maths -II
PCS 262 Primary Language Learning - II

Level III

EDN 335 Teaching Strategies
EFC 101 Study Skills
EFC 305 Sound & Speech
DFC 321 Dzongkha for Communication I
PCS 371 Teaching of Social Studies
PCS 381 Teaching of Science

Electives

HIS 390 History of Bhutan
HIS 391 How to Study History
HIS 392 Cradle of Civilization

GEO 390 Graphicacy: The Language of Geography
GEO 391 Spaceship Earth
GEO 392 Lithosphere Land & Sea

ENG 390 Approaches to Teaching of Language - I
ENG 391 Creative Writing & Bhutanese Folklore
ENG 392 Short Story

Level IV

EDN 130* Teaching Skills
EDN 437 Community & National Development Studies
EDN 436 Education for Development
DFC 422 Dzongkha for Communication II
PCS 482 Teaching of Science II

Electives

HIS 493 Regional History I
HIS 494 The Legacy of British Raj
HIS 495 History of Ideas

GEO 493 The atmosphere - Weather & Climate
GEO 494 People and the Land
GEO 495 People and the Society

ENG 493 Shakespeare
ENG 494 Approaches to Teaching of Language
ENG 495 Drama

Level V

EDN 131* Understanding the Learner
EDN 233* Learning Process
EDN 539 Measurement & Evaluation
DFC 523 Dzongkha for Communication III
PCS 583 Teaching of Science

Electives

HIS 596 Regional History - II
HIS 597 Naturalist Movement & Emergence of Nation States
HIS 598 The Growth of Modernization from 1919 to the Present
HIS 599 Interpretation of History

GEO 596 Human Settlement
GEO 597 The Geography of Development Issues in the World
GEO 598 Geography Education
GEO 599 Understanding Environmental Geography

ENG 596 Study of Language
ENG 597 Literary Criticism
ENG 598 Novel
ENG 599 Poetry

* Additional course modules for those who are admitted directly to Level III.

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