24 October, 2018. IGNOU has started admission to its MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (MP MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES (MP)-OPENMAT-XLIV for January, 2019 session. All the above programmes have multi-media design, and technology aided delivery systems. These are offered through countrywide network of study centers.

Tips for Answer Writing in Political Science Optional

1. Try to remember that the answers of the General Studies Paper should look different from the political Science and IR optional paper.
2. Use scholar views, facts, technical words in the optional subject to score well in this subject.

Political Science and International Relations is one of the optional subjects offered by the UPSC in the mains exam. Political science is one of the most informative and necessary subjects for any civil service exam aspirant looking forward to getting into the government as a civil servant.

IGNOU MA Political Science (MPS) Courses and Syllabus

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Geography. Geography is now the most preferred subject among the optional subjects chosen by the candidates, followed by History, Public Administration and Sociology. Among the candidates who qualify to write UPSC Mains (written exam) every year, around 3000 candidates prefer Geography as the optional subject.

To the casual observer, political science might sound like a dry, boring discipline. Political science is quite a broad field with many opportunities and possibilities for growth. Skills that students learn in a political science curriculum can be applied to careers in government at all levels.

No, it’s not a useless degree. Similar to most social science degrees. You can take the law route, the political science research route, public administration/ government route and there’s many more.

There are many courses available for MPS course selection in which some of as a compulsory course and some of as an optional course. IGNOU University is working regular to revise its Syllabus of IGNOU MPS on the basis of future scope and removes its old syllabus.

Though weightage seems to be less, the marks one can fetch in the optional subject makes it most important. This means that with a smart strategy one can achieve 60-70 % Marks ( 300-350 marks out of 500) while for other GS papers getting close to 50% is itself a mammoth task.

MPS Candidates have to choose their required credit courses at every semester or at every year to complete their MPS (Master of Arts in Political Science) Programme. There are many courses available for MPS course selection in which some of as a compulsory course and some of as an optional course.

IGNOU has implemented credit system in MPS courses which is useful for course selection at the time of taking admission and for re registration. MPS Candidates have to choose their required credit courses at every semester or at every year to complete their MPS (Master of Arts in Political Science) Programme.