Choice Based Credit System(CBCS)

Choosing Program Study Courses

The CBCS provides an opportunity for students to choose courses from the prescribed courses comprising core, elective or skill based courses. The courses can be evaluated following the grading system. The UGC has introduced uniform grading system in entire higher education in India, the cumulative grade point average(CGPA) based on students performance in examination, UGC has formulated the guidelines to be followed

Outline of Choice Based Credit System

  1. Compulsory Course: A course, which should compulsorily be studied by a candidate as a core requirement is termed as a Compulsory Course such as Eng/Hindi/Sanskrit(one either of two)
  2. DSC: Discipline Specific Core, is the core course which a candidate has to study throughout the degree course in Humanities/Science/Commerce.
  3. Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Elective courses may be offered by the main discipline/subject of study is referred to as Discipline Specific Elective (to be offered by main discipline/subject of study) and and may be considered very specific or specialized or advanced or supportive to the discipline/ subject of study or which provides an extended scope or which enables an exposure to some other discipline/subject/domain or nurtures the candidate’s proficiency/skill
  4. Ability Enhancement Courses: The Ability Enhancement (AE) Courses may be of two kinds: Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC) and Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC). AECC courses (two) are the courses based upon the content that leads to knowledge enhancement. They are [ ( i) Environmental Science, (ii) English & Hindi/Sanskrit Language] are mandatory for all disciplines.

SEC courses (minimum two) are value-based and/or skill-based and are aimed at providing hands-on-training, competencies, skills, etc.

  1. An Undergraduate degree in Humanities/ Social Sciences/ Commerce may be awarded if a student completes 4 core papers each in two disciplines of choice (DSC), 2 core papers each in English and Hindi/Sanskrit (CC), respectively, 2 Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC), minimum 4 Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC), 2 papers each from a list of Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)papers based on the two disciplines of choice selected above, respectively, and two papers from the list of Generic Electives (GE) papers.
  2. An undergraduate degree in Science disciplines may be awarded if a student completes 4 core papers each in three disciplines of choice, 2Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC), minimum 4Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC)and 2 papers each from a list of Discipline Specific Elective papers based on three disciplines of choice selected above, respectively.
  3. A/ B.Sc with a particular subject would require a student to study Skill Enhancement Course of that subject (SEC’s) in third year.

 

CBCS Three Year Degree Course

  1. From the current session of 2018-19 Semester System in Under Graduate classes has been changed to Annual System; however the semester system shall continue for students admitted in Session 2017-18. Pass Course Credit for B.A/B. Sc/B.Com will be 132 Credits; Honour Course Credit for B.A/ B. Sc/ B.Com will be 148 Credits. The B.A student has to choose two Discipline Specific Courses (DSC) out of the subject combinations available and the B.Sc Students have to choose three (DSC) out of the subject combinations available. Compartment case is allowed if a candidate is unable to pass in two subjects. The Pass Percentage is 40% in each subject including internal assessment.

Subject Combination

Humanities

Three subject pools have been formulated for humanities stream in which a student can choose a DSC I from  subject pool A,B or C and DSC II from other two subject pools but two DSC’s cannot be chosen from a single subject pool with an exception of Sociology where a student can choose Hindi / Sanskrit as DSC II from same subject pool.

 

Pool A Pool B Pool C
Education Mathematics English
Economics Political Science Hindi
Music Public Administration Sanskrit
Physical Education Psychology Geography
History Computer Science Sociology (can choose DSC II as Hindi/ Sanskrit)
Journalism and Mass Communication Philosophy

 

 

 Credit distribution for the subjects in B.A& B.Com Annual System

YEAR Discipline
Specific Core
(DSC)		 Ability
Enhancement
Compulsory
Course (AECC)		 Discipline
Specific Elective
(DSE)		 Skill
Enhancement
Course (SEC)		 Generic
Elective
(GE)		 CREDITS
I ENG =6
Hindi/Skt =6
DSC-1A=6
DSC-1B=6
DSC-2A=6
DSC-2B=6
36 credits		 Env. Science=4
Hindi/Skt/ Eng=4
(one of three)
8 credits		 Nil Nil – 44
II ENG =6
Hindi/Skt = 6
DSC-1C=1X6
DSC-1D=1X6
DSC-2C=1X6
DSC-2D=1X6
36 Credits		 Nil – SEC-1=4
SEC-2=4
8 Credits		 – 44
III Nil Nil DSE1A=6
DSE 1B=6
DSE 2A=6
DSE 2B=6
24 Credits		 SEC-3=4
SEC-4=48 Cr		 GE1=6
GE2=612Credits		 44
Total
Creadits		 72 08 24 16 12 132

 

 Science

Botany Chemistry Zoology
Chemistry Zoology, Botany (Med.) Physics, Maths (Non Med.)
Physics Chemistry Maths
Mathematics Chemistry Physics
Zoology Chemistry Botany

 

Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC): Two papers of 4 credit each in which Environmental Science (4 credits) needs to be qualified in First Year itself

 

                           Credit distribution for the subjects in B.Sc Annual System

 

YEAR Discipline Specific
Core(DSC)		 Ability
Enhancement
Compulsory
Course (AECC)		 Discipline
Specific Elective
(DSE)		 Skill
Enhancement
Course (SEC)		 CREDITS
I DSC-1A=6
DSC-1B=6
DSC-2A=6
DSC-2B=6
DSC-3A=6
DSC-3B=6
36 credits		 Env. Science=4
Hindi/Skt/ Eng=4
(one of three)
8 credits		 Nil Nil 44
II DSC-1C=6
DSC-1D=6
DSC-2C=6
DSC-2D=6
DSC-3C=6
DSC-3D=6
36 Credits		 Nil – SEC-1=4
SEC-2=4
8 Credits		 44
III Nil Nil DSE1A=6
DSE 1B=6
DSE 2A=6
DSE 2B=6
DSE 3A=6
DSE 3B=6
24 Credits		 SEC-3=4
SEC-4=48 Credits		 44
Total
Creadits		 72 08 36 16 132

 

Faculty of science

B.Sc.(Non-Medical/Medical)

1. B.Sc.(Physics) Compulsory(1.Mathematics 2. Chemistry)
2. B.Sc.(Chemistry) Compulsory(1. Botany/Mathematics2. Zoology/Physics)
3. B.Sc.(Botany) Compulsory(1. Zoology 2. Chemistry)
4. B.Sc.(Zoology) Compulsory(1. Botany 2. Chemistry)
5. B.Sc.(Mathematics) Compulsory(1. Physics 2. Chemistry)
6. B.Sc.(Computer Science) Compulsory(1. Physics 2. Mathematics)