BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAMME
(BDP)
ASSIGNMENTS
For July 2012 and January 2013 Sessions
Course Code: BSHF-101
Foundation Course in Humanities and Social Sciences
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068
Programme Code: BDP
Course Code: BSHF-101
Dear Student,
As explained in the Programme Guide for BDP, you will have to do 1 Tutor Marked (TMA) assignment for this course.
Before attempting the assignment, please read the instructions provided in the Programme
Guide.
Assignment Nos.
Assignment-1 (TMA)
For July 2012 Session
Students
Assignment-1 (TMA)
For January 2013
Session Students
Date of Submission
31st March 2013
Where to send
The Coordinator of your
Study Centre
30th September
2013
The Coordinator of your
Study Centre
Now read the following guidelines carefully before answering the questions:
GUIDELINES FOR WRITING THE ASSIGNMENT
In writing the assignment keeps the following things in mind: Social Science/History writing of any kind involves (a) Planning (b) Selection (c) Presentation and (d) Interpretation.
a)
Planning
:
Think out what you are asked carefully. Go through the units and in case you want any additional material, try to locate it in the
Library.
See whether the question is of (i) 500 words, (ii) 250 words or
(iii) 100 words. For the first and second it may be necessary to write a description with a comment. For the third YOU have to pick out the necessary facts and arrange them precisely.
b)
Selection
:
This means picking out from your material the matter important for answering your question:
For this:
i)
ii)
Take notes of the relevant material.
Look them over carefully. Delete information not directly relevant to the question.
iii)
Prepare a first draft. This will help you in getting a clear idea of what information you want to put down and what you want to leave out. This will also help in