DISCIPLINES IN THE FACULTIES

OF ARTS, SCIENCE, COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATIONS

2010 – 2011

ARTS

SCIENCE

Biochemistry                          

COMMERCE

MANAGEMENT STUDIES

 Marketing & Finance

SEMESTER AND CREDIT SYSTEM

 Under Autonomy, the College will adopt the internationally accepted Semester and Credit System for its Courses. These will be as under:

Foundation Courses for the first four semesters:

Environmental Studies/ Understanding the Self and the Indian Society

Personality and Human Values

Human Rights

Cross Discipline Course

Additional Credits to be completed over the six semesters:

n  SIP                                          :   2 Credits

n  Extracurricular Activities   :   2 Credits

n  Field Work/ Project             :   1 Credit

               (Work related to the major subject completed in the summer between the S.Y. and T.Y.)

These additional credits are Mandatory Credits. However, these Grades will not be counted in the final GPA.

Students should earn a total of 150 + 5 = 155 Credits for the degree program.

CREDIT

n  Is the “weight” we give to what is taught

n  “Weight” is the internationally accepted norm for the work done by the teacher and the student

n  1 credit corresponds to varying hours of contact per week over 15 weeks depending on the subject (major/non major) / Faculty of study / Year of study / Practical/Lecture.

COURSE CONTENT

The programmes of study leading to the B.A., B.Sc. and B.Com. degrees, under the three-year integrated Bachelor’s program are as follows:

ARTS

A student for the B.A. degree examination will be required to offer 40 courses, and the break-up of these courses will be as under:

I.                   Core (Special Subjects)

(Including FOUR courses of an

 Applied nature related to the

 Core Papers)                                                   …34 courses

                        II.        Foundation Course Group                              …4 courses

                        III.       General Applied Component                          …2 courses

FIRST YEAR

(Total 600 marks – each paper of 100 marks)

§  Foundation Course -  two courses

§  Communication Skills in English

§  Language (other than English): Literature in a Modern Indian Language or a Classical or a Modern Foreign Language

§  (i)        A student may offer six courses from the Social Science

            Group, or

(ii)               A student may offer four courses from the Social Sciences Group and two from the Languages Group, or

(iii)             A student may offer two courses from the Social Science Group and four courses from the Language Group.

Change of subjects in Senior College will be allowed till 15^th July subject to availability of seats. However, subjects, either compulsory or optional, which do not have the minimum enrolment required by Government / University will not be offered.

Students are expected to choose any three subjects (one from each Group), in order of preference, for the first two years.

The choice of major/s will be decided only at the beginning of the Third Year B.A., when Heads of Departments will interview the students after reviewing the attendance and performance in their First and Second Year Terminal Examinations.  The College will not be responsible if students are not granted the choice of their major(s) in their Third Year B.A., nor if students have to leave the College because their performance does not satisfy the minimum requirements laid down by Heads of Departments to which they seek admission.

FIRST YEAR B.A.

Group A                                 Group B                                             Group C                    

*  ECONOMICS (A)             *ANCIENT INDIAN CULTURE    *HISTORY               

*  POLITICAL SCIENCE     *ENGLISH                                        *ECONOMICS (B)   

*  PSYCHOLOGY                *SOCIOLOGY (A)                            *STATISTICS           

*  SOCIOLOGY (B)              **COMMERCE                                 **ANTHROPOLOGY

                                              ***MATHS                                          ***FRENCH

                                                                                                            ***HINDI

(Subjects which do not have the minimum enrolment required by Govt./University will not be offered)

*          Single or Double Majors at Third Year (12 courses or 6 courses in each)

**        Only Double Majors at Third Year (6 courses in each)

***      No Majors at Third Year (Only 2 courses at FY & 4 courses at SY)

Economics (A) or (B) and Sociology (A) or (B) only represent divisions in that subject, in the First & Second Year, and can be selected only in one or other group.

COURSE CONTENT - SCIENCE

FIRST YEAR

A student shall offer any one of the course combinations available to the FYBSc, with three subjects and two courses of the Foundation Course.

Change of subjects will be allowed till the 15^th of July, subject to availability of seats.

The choice of major/s will be decided at the beginning of SYBSc. & the T.Y.B.Sc., when Heads of Departments will interview the students after reviewing the attendance and performance in their First and Second Year terminal examinations.  The College will not be responsible if students are not granted the choice of their major(s) in their Second and Third Year B.Sc., nor if students have to leave the College because their performance does not satisfy the minimum requirements laid down by Heads of Departments to which they seek admission.

FYBSc                                    SYBSc

1.      Life Sc/Chem/Phy                  Life Sc/Chem or Chem/Phy   

2.      Life Sc/Chem/Geo                 Life Sc/Chem or Chem/Geo

3.      Life Sc/Chem/Bot                  Life Sc/Chem or Chem/Bot

4.      Micro/Chem/Phy                    Micro/Chem or Chem/Phy

5.      Micro/Chem/Zoo                    Micro/Chem or Chem/Zoo

6.      Bot/Chem/Zoo                       Bot/Chem or Zoo/Chem or Bot/Zoo

7.      Chem/Phy/Maths                   Chem/Phy or Phy/Maths

8.      Geo/Chem/Phy                       Geo/Chem or Chem/Phy

9.      Geo/Phy/Maths                      Geo/Phy or Phy/Maths

10.  Maths/Phy/Stats                     Maths/Phy or Maths/Stats

11.  Maths/Stats/Eco                     Maths/Stats

N.B.

1.      Only students who have Biology as a subject at HSC may opt for combinations 1 to 6.

2.      Subject combinations at SYBSc & TYBSc are dependent on the students’ performance and availability of seats.

a.        The subjects currently offered at the TYBSc are:

 (single majors): Chemistry, Geology, Life Sc., Maths, Physics &
       Statistics.

b. (double majors): Botany, Biochem., Life Sc., Microbiology & Zoology,
       provided the subject has been offered at the SYBSc level.

3.      The existing pattern for the BSc degree course is liable to be changed based on

      University & Government directives.

COMMERCE

FIRST YEAR

A student shall offer 14 courses in the following subjects:

Semester 1

1.      Foundation Course - Understanding the Self and the Indian Society

2.      Fundamentals of Financial Accounting I

3.      Business Microeconomics I

4.      Trade Related Mathematics & Statistics

5.      Environmental Management

6.      Communication Skills in English

7.      Business Environment

Semester 2

1.   Foundation Course

2.   Fundamentals of Financial Accounting II

3.   Business Microeconomics II

4.      Concept of Function Derivatives and Their Applications

5.      Disaster Management

6.      Business Communication

7.      E – Commerce and Information Technology

APPLIED COMPONENTS        

            Arts:                                       Science:                                  Commerce:

1.      Book-keeping &                1.  Computer Programming                 1.  Mass Communication

Accountancy

2.      Investment Analysis         2.  Drugs & Dyes                                2.  Advertising

3.      Mass Communication       3.  Electronic Instrumentation                        3.  Export Management

4.      Elementary Quantitative   4.  Environmental Science                  4.  Direct & Indirect 

Techniques                                                                                          Taxation   

5.      Psychology of                   5.  Gemmology                                   5.  Investment Analysis &

Adjustment                                                                                        Portfolio Management

6.   Introduction to Law         6.  Entomology

7.   Market Research               7.  Computer Science

Technique

8.Demography

9.Psychology of Sex Roles

 Theory

·         Evaluation of students is based on both Continuous Assessment ( CIA ) and End Semester 

Assessment (ESA).

·         The distribution of weightage between the Continuous Assessment and End Semester Examinations is 40: 60 respectively.

·         A student will be permitted to appear for the End Semester Examinations provided he/ she has a minimum of 75% Attendance per course, has completed the C I.A. requirement of test/ assignment/ seminars/ project work etc. and has his/her  journal (where practicals are prescribed)   certified by the department concerned 

·         The End Semester Examination will be in the form of a comprehensive written/ Computer based/ Practical examination for each course held at the end of each semester.

·         For the End Semester Examinations of F.Y. courses there will be a Single Evaluation with Moderation .

Continuous Internal Assessment ( CIA)

• Mid Semester Test ( 45 min)  - 50% of CIA marks 
• Assignment /Quiz/Seminar/ Presentation/ etc. – 50 % of CIA marks
• Percentage or Grade for attendance will be awarded on the marksheet.

Practicals

• Continuous Internal Assessment : End Semester Assessment – 40  : 60
• End Semester Exam  60%
• Journal                       15%
• Mid Semester Test     25%

• For FY there will be an Annual Practical Exam
• Journal Certification would require 75% Attendance per Paper / Category of Experiments as specified by the Department

Minimum Pass Percentage

• for Continuous Internal Assessment : 20%
• for  the End Semester  Exam : 35%
• for CIA + ESA: 40%