AMU Online - Online Degree Programs Syllabus 2026

1. Program Structure Summary

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2. Undergraduate Programs (3-Year / 6-Semester)

A. Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)

Semester I

• Compulsory English

• Ability / Language Elective (Select 1): Advance Urdu | Elementary Urdu | Elementary Hindi

• General Elective (Select 1): Shia Theology | Sunni Theology | Indian National Movement

• Corporate Accounting

• Management Concepts

• Fundamentals of Business Mathematics

• Business Economics

• Principles of Marketing

Semester II

• Compulsory English

• Specialized Accounting

• Business Mathematics

• Auditing

• Business Environment

• Advertising and Sales Management

Semester III

• Compulsory English

• Business Statistics

• Cost Accounting

• Computer Application and E-Business

• Public Finance

• Indirect Taxes

Semester IV

• Management Accounting

• International Business

• Management of Banking & Insurance

• Indian Economy

• Income Tax – I

• Marketing of Services

Semester V

• Income Tax – II

• Human Resource Management

• Corporate Law & Regulatory Framework

• Indian Financial System

• Corporate Governance

• Human Resource and Inflation Accounting

Semester VI

• Computerized Accounting

• Fundamentals of Investments

• Corporate Social Responsibility

• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

• Entrepreneurship

• Comprehensive Viva-Voce

B. Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Political Science

Semester I

• Compulsory English

• Compulsory Options (Select 1 per group): Sunni Theology / Shia Theology | Indian National Movement | Advance Urdu / Elementary Urdu / Elementary Hindi

• Principles of Political Science

• Modern Governments

Semester II

• Compulsory English

• Compulsory Options (Select 1 per group): Sunni Theology / Shia Theology | Indian National Movement | Advance Urdu / Elementary Urdu / Elementary Hindi

• Modern Political Trends

• Contemporary Models of Government: U.K., U.S.A., and Switzerland

Semester III

• Compulsory English

• Indian Political Structure

• Issues In Indian Politics

Semester IV

• Issues In Indian Politics (Advanced)

• Later Modern Political Thought of the West and Indian Political Thought

Semester V

• International Relations: Theories & Concepts

• Modern Political Theory: Approaches and Process

• Principles of Public Administration

• Nationalism and Constitutional Growth in India: 1858 to 1920

• Foreign Policies of Major Powers

• Introduction to Human Rights

Semester VI

• International Relations: Issues and Practices

• Major Concepts and Theory Building in Political Science

• Issues in Public Administration (With Special Reference to India)

• Freedom Struggle and Constitutional Process in India (1920–1947)

• Foreign Policies of China, Japan & India

• Human Rights in Indian Perspective

• Comprehensive Viva-Voce

C. Bachelor of Arts (BA) - History

Semester I

• Compulsory English

• Compulsory Options: Theology (Sunni/Shia) | Indian National Movement | Language (Urdu/Hindi)

• Medieval India: (800–1290 AD)

• Islamic History: Pre-Islamic Arabia to Pious Caliphate (661 AD)

Semester II

• Compulsory English

• Compulsory Options: Theology (Sunni/Shia) | Indian National Movement | Language (Urdu/Hindi)

• Medieval India: Delhi Sultanate II (1290–1526) & Vijayanagar Empire

• Islamic History: Umayyads (661 AD) to Great Abbasids (833 AD)

Semester III

• Compulsory English

• Ancient India (Pre-History and Indus Civilization)

• Modern India (1707–1813)

Semester IV

• Ancient India (Mauryas to Kushanas)

• Modern India (1858–1914)

Semester V

• Ancient India (Guptas to Harshas)

• Modern India (1914–1950)

• Ancient India: Survey-I (to 200 AD)

• Medieval Indian Survey-I (to 1526)

• Modern India: Survey-I (to 1858)

• History of England (1760–1867)

Semester VI

• Ancient Indian Civilization (200–800 AD)

• Medieval Indian Civilization (1500–1757)

• Medieval India: Survey-II (1526–1707)

• Indian National Movement (1930–1947 AD)

• Modern India: Survey-II (1858–1950)

• French Revolution (1789–1799)

• Comprehensive Viva-Voce

D. Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Hindi

Semester I

• Compulsory English

• Compulsory Foundation: Language / Theology / Indian National Movement

• Kahani Sahitya (Story Literature)

• Natak Sahitya (Drama Literature)

Semester II

• Compulsory English

• Compulsory Foundation: Language / Theology / Indian National Movement

• Upanyas Sahitya (Novel Literature)

• Ekanki Sahitya (One-Act Play Literature)

Semester III

• Compulsory English

• Hindi Sahitya Ka Aadikhal

• Kavyashastra

Semester IV

• Bhaktikalin Kavya

• Kavyang Parichay

Semester V

• Vyavaharik Hindi Vyakaran

• Hindi Sahityetihas-Lekhan

• Ritikalin Kavya

• Aadhunik Kavita (Up to Chhayavad)

• Hindi Aalochana Ka Vikas

• Rachnatmak Lekhan

Semester VI

• Hindi Bhasha Ka Vikas

• Aadhunik Kavita (Post-Chhayavad)

• Nibandh Sahitya

• Kathetar Gadya Vidhayen

• Aadhunik Sahitya-Vimarsa

• Media Lekhan

• Comprehensive Viva-Voce

E. Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Urdu

Semester I

• Compulsory English

• Compulsory Options: Theology / Language / Indian National Movement

• Classici Ghazal (Main)

• Classical Nasr (Main)

• Classici Shairi (Subsidiary) | Dastan (Subsidiary)

Semester II

• Compulsory English

• Compulsory Options: Theology / Language / Indian National Movement

• Jadid Nasr (Main)

• Jadeed Ghazal (Main)

• Jadid Shairi (Subsidiary) | Urdu Novel (Subsidiary)

Semester III

• Compulsory English

• Jadid Nazam (Main)

• Rhetoric (Main)

• Adabi Nasr (Subsidiary) | Urdu Afsana (Subsidiary)

Semester IV

• Lisaniyat aur Zaban Ka Aghaz Wa Irtiqa (Main)

• Qawayed aur Mazmoon Nigar (Main)

• Urdu Zaban-o-Adab Ki Tareekh (Subsidiary) | Ghair Afsanvi Adab (Subsidiary)

Semester V

• Urdu Adab Ki Tareekh

• Qasida, Masnavi, Marsiya

• Afsanvi Adab

• Urdu Drama

• Mass Communication - Electronic Media

Semester VI

• Urdu Tanqeed

• Ghair Afsanvi Adab

• Hum Asar Urdu Adab

• Urdu Journalism

• Tarjuma Nigari

• Comprehensive Viva-Voce

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3. Postgraduate Programs (2-Year / 4-Semester)

A. Master of Commerce (M.Com)

Semester I

• Managerial Economics

• Management Concepts

• Quantitative Methods

• Financial Management

• Human Resource Management

• Business Environment

Semester II

• Management of Financial Institutions

• Marketing Management

• Financial Accounting & Reporting

• Investment Management

• Indian Financial System

• Research Methodology

Semester III

• Cost Accounting & Budgetary Control

• Corporate Tax Planning

• Information Technology in Business

• Organizational Behaviour

• Insurance Management

• Security Market Operations

Semester IV

• Strategic Management

• Security Analysis & Portfolio Management

• Management Accounting

• Project Planning & Control

• Global Business

• Supply Chain Management

• Comprehensive Viva-Voce

B. Master of Arts (MA) - English

Semester I

• Poetry from Anglo-Saxon to the Age of Chaucer

• Poetry from Caroline Age to the Age of Transition (1485–1790)

• Prose and Fiction of the Early English Period to Romantic Age

• Victorian Prose and Fiction

• Drama from Elizabethan to Nineteenth Century

• Shakespeare

Semester II

• Poetry from Romantic to Victorian Age (1790–1901) – I

• Poetry from Romantic to Victorian Age (1790–1901) – II

• Poetry from Modern to Contemporary Period (1914 onwards)

• Prose and Fiction in Modern Period

• Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature – I

• Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature – II

Semester III

• Literary Theory and Criticism – I

• World Literatures – I

• 20th Century British Drama

• 20th Century British Fiction

• English Language Teaching (ELT)

• American Literature – I

Semester IV

• Literary Theory

• World Literatures – II

• Continental Drama and Fiction

• Indian Writing in English

• British Literature from Modern to Contemporary Period (1914 Onwards)

• Comprehensive Viva-Voce

C. Master of Arts (MA) - Political Science

Semester I

• International Relations

• Comparative Politics

• Principles of Public Administration

• Political Thought (Ancient & Medieval)

• International Law

Semester II

• International Politics

• Political Sociology

• Public Administration with Special Reference to India

• Political Thought (Modern)

• Foreign Policy of India

Semester III

• Modern Indian Social and Political Thought

• Contemporary Problems of Indian Democracy

• Federalism and Union-State Relations in India

• Research Methodology

• Contemporary Political Ideologies (Elective)

• Society and Culture of Medieval India (1200–1707)

• History: Its Philosophy, Theory and Methodology

Semester IV

• United Nations and World Peace

• India's Defence and Security

• Federalism, Governance and Conflict Management

• International Organisation

• Government and Politics in South Asia (Bangladesh & Sri Lanka)

• Comprehensive Viva-Voce

D. Master of Arts (MA) - Economics

Semester I

• Micro Economics I

• Macro Economics I

• Statistical Methods

• Computer Application in Economics I

• History of Economic Thought

Semester II

• Micro Economics II

• Macro Economics II

• International Economics

• Industrial Economics

• Computer Application in Economics II

Semester III

• Economic Development & Policy in India – I

• Economics of Growth

• Public Economics

• Agricultural Economics

• Indian Economic Problems

• Financial Economics

• Mathematical Methods for Economics

Semester IV

• Economic Development & Policy in India – II

• Economics of Development

• Monetary Theory and Policy

• Environmental Economics

• International Finance

• Rural Economics

• Comprehensive Viva-Voce

E. Master of Arts (MA) - History

Semester I

• Modern World (1789–1871)

• Pre-History of Indus Civilization

• India (700–1200)

• The Delhi Sultanate (1191–1290)

• Eighteenth Century India Polities, Colonial Expansion & Consolidation to 1789

Semester II

• The Vedic Age

• Modern World (1871–1918)

• Post Mauryan India (200 BC–300 AD)

• India (1290–1398)

• National Movement till 1914

Semester III

• Age of The Buddha Down to 322 BC

• Mughal Empire (1526–1658)

• National Movement (1914–1947, Including Constitutional Development)

• Medieval India: Delhi Sultanate (1290–1526)

• Contemporary Europe (1919–1991)

• Society and Culture of Medieval India (1200–1707)

• History: Its Philosophy, Theory and Methodology

Semester IV

• The Reign of Aurangzeb (1659–1707)

• Later Mughals (1707–1761): Political and Administrative History

• Society and Culture of Medieval India (1200–1707)

• History: Its Philosophy, Theory and Methodology

• Muslim Religious Thought in India

• Evolution of Philosophical and Religious Thought in Ancient India

• Comprehensive Viva-Voce

F. Master of Arts (MA) - Urdu

Semester I

• Urdu Zaban Aur Nasr Ki Tareekh

• Classical Urdu Ghazal

• Urdu Qasida

• Urdu Marsiya

• Urdu Masnavi

• Urdu Dastan

Semester II

• Jadid Urdu Ghazal

• Jadid Urdu Nazm

• Urdu Novel

• Urdu Afsana

• Hum Asar Urdu Adab

• Inshaiya (Optional)

Semester III

• Urdu Shairi Ki Tareekh

• Urdu Tahqeeq

• Urdu Tanqeed

• Special Study of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

• Urdu Drama

• Urdu Tanz-o-Mazah (Optional)

Semester IV

• Ghair Afsanvi Adab

• Nazari Tanqeed

• Aalmi Adab Ke Aham Rujhanat

• Iqbal Aur Unka Ahad

• Classiki Asnaaf-e-Sher (Optional)

• Comprehensive Viva-Voce