REGULATIONS CONCERNING ENROLLMENT AND EXAMINATIONS

Duration and Requirements of the Courses/Semester

-There will be 2 semesters in each year, Fall and Spring, of 19 weeks each. The commencement of semesters shall be regulated by the Academic Council.

-There will also be a summer session of 8 to 10 weeks each year as part of an academic year which shall be optional. Students, who desire to take up failed courses, may enroll during this session. It shall not count towards residential requirements.

-One credit hour of a course means one hour lecture per week for 15-16 teaching weeks. Thus a 3 credit hours course means 3 hours of teaching per week during the semester. For practical, 2 hours of lab work is equal to 1 credit hour. Similarly for field work or project 6 or 4 hours are considered equal to one credit hour.

Examinations

Tests and Examinations

-There shall be two examinations for each course during each semester. These examinations shall be termed mid-semester and final. In addition to these examinations the teacher shall give home assignments, term papers, quizzes, etc. The grade given in the course by the teacher shall be final    

-The mid-semester examination shall be held during 9^th week

of the semester which shall carry 30 per cent of the total marks allocated for the course.

-In addition, quizzes, special home assignments etc shall carry 20 per cent of the total marks allocated which shall be split over the whole semester. The final examination to be held at the end of the semester shall carry 50 per cent of the total marks.

-The mid as well as final examinations are not retaken. However, in unavoidable circumstances such as death of family member, severe health problem or on accident a student may be allowed to appear in the examination according to the date/time decided by Head of Department. The Rector may / may not allow to sit in the examination depending on the authenticity of his/her request.

Explanation

-At the end of a semester a Master degree student must obtain a minimum grade point average (G.P.A.) of 1.8 to be promoted to the next semester.

-A Bachelor degree student must have atleast 1.5 grade point average at the end of a semester for promotion to next semester.

-A candidate must enroll and repeat all the courses of the unpromoted semester except those courses in which he secured A or B grades. The unpromoted semester will not be counted in the residential requirement (duration) of the degree program.

-A student will be required to repeat the failed courses of the previous promoted semesters at the first available opportunity provided that his/her maximum work load does not exceed the permissible work load.

-A student who fails to obtain CGPA of 2.20 for Bachelor, 2.50 for Master, 2.75 for M.Phil and 3.00 for Ph.D degree upon the completion of entire approved course work, may be allowed to repeat once the courses of the previous semesters in which he/she had obtained the lowest grades, in order to improve the CGPA so as to obtain the minimum of 2.20 and 2.50 for Bachelor and Master degree respectively. Otherwise he/she shall cease to be on the rolls of the University.

Grade Point Average (GPA)/Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA).

The marks obtained by a candidate in each course are converted out of 100. These marks are changed into grade points and letter grades according to the following criterion.

            Marks (percentage)               Grade Point               Letter Grade

                    Below 60                                  0                                     F

            60                    64                             2                                     C

            65                    69                            2.5                                   C+

            70                    74                             3                                     B -

            75                    79                            3.3                                   B

            80                    84                            3.6                                   B+

            85                    90                             4                                     A

                    91Above                                  4                                     A+

Semester (GPA) = Sum (Credit Hours x Grade Points of Credit Hours)

                              Sum of credit hours of enrolled courses

(CGPA) is the overall GPA of current as well as previous semesters.

CGPA = Sum (Credit Hours x GPA for each semester)

                Sum of Credit Hours for all completed semesters

Comprehensive Examination

-All MBA/BBA candidates shall have to pass a comprehensive examination which will comprise of two papers out of core courses as decided by Board of Studies of the department. The pass marks in each paper is 50%. Comprehensive examination may be held once in each semester.