COVID-19 has resulted in universities shut all across the world. As a result, education has changed dramatically, but the importance of disseminating knowledge didn’t diminish a bit.
With the distinctive rise of e-learning through ZOOM and MS Teams etc , teaching now-a-days is undertaken remotely and on these digital platforms.
But as you must have yourself noticed that now during the ongoing lock-down, you have ample amount of free time in your hand. And that made us think why not suggest our readers to use this time constructively.
Students who have done B.Sc Forensic Science usually face this issue, wherein they are told in the interviews that they didn’t have chemistry or physics at the graduation level, they can not be considered for the post. Just having a simple grad or post grad degree isn’t cool enough keeping in view the cut-throat competition these days.
Indira Gandhi National Open University ( IGNOU) as you know is a Central University located at New Delhi was founded to serve the Indian population by means of distance and open education. It is also recognized by University Grants Commission of India (UGC).
One more thing I would like to mention here is there is and should be no harm in accumulating knowledge through any media be it regular or online or distance. I wrote this post keeping in mind the legitimacy and recognition of the courses. Also they will help you make your CV a look outstanding.
Let us have a look at the 10 Distance Learning Courses From IGNOU That You Should Consider in 2020
1.Post Graduate Certificate in Cyber Law
Minimum Duration: 6 Months
Maximum Duration: 2 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 8,400
Eligibility:Graduate in any discipline
With the increase in digitization of almost everything, it’s obvious that there would be crime committed on the Internet. So, to prevent such crime and to prosecute the wrongdoers, we need the cyber laws.
India is in need of persons with an in-depth knowledge on Cyber law. This course can be proved advantageous for you.
Rating -5/5
2.Post-Graduate Diploma in Analytical Chemistry
Minimum Duration: 1 Year
Maximum Duration: 3 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 9,600
Eligibility: Science Graduates with Chemistry as one of the subjects. provide training in modern analytical techniques to the learners,
This course will help you understand appropriate theoretical background and develop practical skills for analyzing materials even in trace amounts using modern analytical methods and instruments. The thing imperative for all us forensic scientist to be.
This course will also enable you acquire the analytical data and interpret the same using statistical principles.
Rating – 4/5
3.Post Graduate Diploma in Criminal Justice
Minimum Duration: 1 Year
Maximum Duration: 3 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 10,800
Eligibility: Any Graduate
This course is specially designed to cater to the needs of people who are working in this field and are interested in knowing the criminal justice system. Who better than students of Forensic Science who need to tackle court scene proceedings at each testimony they get summons for.
And unfortunately, we don’t study these things during our degree courses. This definitely is a course you should do along with your forensic science course.
Rating – 5/5
5.Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics
Minimum Duration: 1 Year
Maximum Duration: 3 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 6,000
Eligibility: Graduate in any disciplinewith at least 50% marks in aggregate.
This is one course that all Forensic Student should do. We lack knowledge in Statistical methods and its application. This will not help you in interpreting data but if you go for your Ph.D later, will also give you an insight about how to do sampling, using statistical tools on your data ,etc.
The whole thing baffles us at that time and your guide is not going to teach you all this at that level. So it is better that we have some idea about basic statistics and its application.
Rating – 10/5
6.Post-Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights
Minimum Duration: 1 Year
Maximum Duration: 3 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 10,200
Eligibility – Graduate in any discipline
This programme is designed to cater to the needs of those people who wish to specialize in the area of IPR like Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks.
Rating – 5/5
7.M Tech in Cyber Forensic
Minimum Duration: 2 Years
Maximum Duration: 3 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 2,75,000
Eligibility: Graduation
Imagine getting an M.Tech degree without having studies Maths at 10+2. IGNOU is the only place where you can pursue this professional course. If you wish to make your career in Digital Forensics, you should definitely think of this course.
The only con of this course is its fee which is a little high than other courses. But it’s an M.Tech degree that you will earn at the end.
Rating- 4/5
8. B.Sc. Honours Anthropology
Minimum Duration: 3 Years
Maximum Duration: 6 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 15,600
Eligibility: 12th
Since study of bones and teeth is one major aspect of forensic studies and lab work. To ascertain whether the bones belong to male or female, human or animal, age of the person, race, etc. study of anthropology is a must.
Rating – 5/5
9. B.Sc Chemistry (Major)
Minimum Duration: 3 Years
Maximum Duration: 6 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 10,500
Eligibility: 12th in Science
This is a very elaborate course that is equivalent to B.Sc (H) Chemistry. Along with your forensic degree and this course, your CV will shine like a diamond 😀
Rating – 5/5
10. Diploma in Paralegal Practice
Minimum Duration: 1 Year
Maximum Duration: 3 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 8,400
Eligibility: 12th in any discipline
This course will help you develop a functional understanding of the legal and judicial system and laws that affect individuals in everyday life.
Rating – 4/5
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