UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT UG PROGRAMMES UNDER CHOICE BASEDCREDIT
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT UG PROGRAMMES UNDER CHOICE BASEDCREDIT SEMESTER SYSTEM(CCSS)
UG Education Restructuring �Kerala State Higher Education Council recommended to restructure the Under Graduate education by Introducing Semesterisation and Grading. �Calicut University implimented CCSS From 2009 -2010 academic year onwards
The New Names � ‘Programme’ - Entire course of study (traditionally referred to as course). �‘Course’ - subject (traditionally referred to as paper) �‘Credit’ (Cr) - weekly unit of work
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE • Duration: 6 semesters distributed in a period of 3 years � The odd semesters: June to October �Even semesters: November to March �Each semester: Min 90 working days of 18 weeks, 5 Days and 5 Hours
Courses � Total 31 courses � 10 Common Courses (Code A) � 16 Core Courses (Code B) � 04 Complimentary Courses (Code C) � 01 Open Courses (Code D)
Credits � To pass: Achieve a min of 120 credits � Common: 38 credits � Core and Complimentary: 78 credits � Open: 4 credits
Attendance � Min 75% during a semester for each course �Condonation: max 10 days in a semester and max 2 times during the programme
Extra credits �NCC weightage certificate- 1 � NSS weightage certificate -1 � University level participation in sports -1 �Participation in inter zone arts festival -1 � Participation in inter University meets -1
Extension activities �Compulsory social service (CSS) for a period of 30 days
EVALUATION AND GRADING �Two parts �Internal Evaluation (25%) �External Evaluation (75%)
Internal Evaluation �Based on Direct Grading System �Five components for internal assessment � Assignment 1 wieghtage � Seminar 1 weightage � Test Paper 2 weightage � Attendance 1 weightage � There shall not be any chance for improvement for internal grade
External Evaluation �Immediately after Each Semester � Based on Direct Grading System � Four types of questions � 1. Multiple Choice/Objective Type questions � 2. Short Answer type questions � 3. Short Essays/Problems � 4. Long Essays
External Evaluation �Questions are given different weights. � Weights are similar to marks in the traditional marks system. �Weights of these 4 types of questions ¼, 1, 2, 4 respectively
DIRECT GRADING SYSTEM Letter Grade Point Range A 4 3. 5 -4 B 3 2. 5 -3. 49 C 2 1. 5 -2. 49 D 1 0. 5 -1. 49 E 0 0 -0. 49
Passing a course � • Aggregate C grade in each course for a pass and also for awarding a degree
CALCULATION OF CGPA �Just like we calculated SGPA, the CGPA is calcualted at end of the programme
AWARD OF DEGREE �The successful completion of all the courses (common, core, complementary and open courses) prescribed for the degree programme with C grade shall be the minimum requirement for the award of the degree.
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