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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.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUTUG 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
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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