BOARD OF STUDIES IN ARABIC

REGULATIONS FOR

THE FIRST DEGREE PROGRAMME

(FDP)

UNDER THE CHOICE BASED CREDIT

& SEMESTER SYSTEM (CBCS)

IN THE AFFLIATED COLLEGES 2009

FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2010 -

11

RESTRUCTURING UG EDUCATION

The U G reforms through:-

• 1. SEMESTERISATION

• 2. CHOICE BASED CREDITS

• 3. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION

• 4. GRADING

SEMESTER

• A term consisting of a min. of 90 working days distributed over a min. of 18 weeks (5 months inclusive of exam. Days ie, 450 hours of instructions)

• Academic year is divided into two semesters• Odd Semesters from June to October• Even Semesters from December to April• (1 month leave in November & May )• For a programme min. 6 semesters & not

more than 12 continuous semesters

SEMESTER SYSTEM (1)

• More focused learning through manageable modules

• Comprehensive coverage of topics of study

• Greater depth of study

• Less demand of massive memory recall

SEMESTER SYSTEM (2)

• Evaluation within a short span of time

• Thorough assessment during each semester

• More productive learning environment

• Feedback for the appraisal of students level for improvement

• Mechanism for effective grievance redressal

• Scope for new addition of emerging areas of learning

• Selection of multi-disciplinary courses

• Good platform for continuous assessment

SEMESTER SYSTEM (3)

SEMESTER SYSTEM (4)

• Opportunity to select subject combinations

• Platform for choice based credits

• Freedom for redesigning curriculum at regular intervals

• Inclusion of self study components

SEMESTER SYSTEM (5)

• Cultivating skill development: critical thinking, creative ability and communicative competence

• Relevant need based education for employment

• Transformation in teaching and learning practices

CREDITS

• Systematic way of describing educational programme

• Credit is a quantum of instructional package

• Credits reflect the quantity of work each component requires to achieve specific objectives

• Systematic way of describing educational programme

• Credit is a quantum of instructional package

• Credits reflect the quantity of work each component requires to achieve specific objectives

COURSE - CREDIT SYSTEM

• Papers will be referred as “Courses”

• Course will be referred as “Programme”

• Not every course is treated equal

• Courses have weightages

• Weightages are credits

CREDIT UNITS

• Credit is measured in units

• A credit unit reflects the time spent for study during a semester

• Each credit hour is roughly equivalent to one hour of class time per week in a semester

DISTRIBUTION OF CREDITS (1)

• Credits spreads through different courses in a programme

• Students will be permitted to graduate by accumulating specified credits

DISTRIBUTION OF CREDITS (2)

• Students can select certain courses on their Choice

• Choice is based on their needs and interest and on the availability of courses in the institution

No. OF CREDITS IN FDP

• The three year under graduate programme in 6 Semesters consist with a minimum of 120 credits spreads through a minimum of 30 courses

• Each Course be designed through lectures/ tutorials/ laboratory or field work/ seminar/ practical training/ assignments/ extension activities

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

• Language courses

• Foundation courses

• Complementary courses

• Core Courses

• Dissertation/ Project

• Open / Elective Courses

Programme structure

BA / BSc BCom

Courses No. Credits Courses No. Credits

L anguage Courses

5 + 4 33 L anguage Courses

4+2 22 (min)

Foundation Courses

1 + 1 5 Foundation Courses

1 + 1

5

Core Courses

12 to 15

50 to 56 including dissertation

Core Courses

16 61 including dissertation Complemen

tary Courses

8 to 10

22 to 28

Complementary Courses

4

12

Open / Elective

1 +1 4 Open / Elective

1+1+4

20

Dissertation / Project

1 (with core) Dissertation / Project

1 (with core)

Total 34 120 Total 35 120

Designing Courses

• Establish Scope/ Aim & Objective/ Pre-requisites

• Code & Title • Assign total Credit of the course / Contact

hours

• Allot Number of Modules• Assign Credit for each module / Contact hours• Develop Modules Content (Course Content for

the module)

• Suggest Text Books for each module• Suggest Reference books

• Frame Model Question Papers• Set the Evaluation Scheme

Course codes • First two letters indicates the name of subject (AR/EN)• First digit (1) to indicate First Degree Programme • Second digit to indicate the semester (1/2/3/4/5/6)• Third digit to indicate type of course : 1-Language Courses,2-Foundation Courses, 3-Complementary Courses, 4-Core Courses,

5 – open Courses• Last digit to indicate the course number in the semester • Extension Number (ie, digit after dot) indicate the

programme category as1 for regular BA/B.Sc, 2 for Bcom and 3 for career related B.Sc / B.com

• For example EN 1111 ( FDP English, 1st semester, Language course, course number 1 in the semester)AR1211.3 (Career relatedFDP Arabic, 2nd semester Additional language course number 1in th Sem.)

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

The student registering for Sports/ Arts/NCC/NSS / shall get Grace Grade

Social Service / Extension Activity

• Mandatory for all students

• Social Service / Extension Activities, not less than forty hours, during third and fourth semester

Audit Courses

• Courses for more than the stated number may be obtained through Audit Courses

• Audit Courses has zero credits

Dissertation / project

• Report in duplicate before sixth semester

• No continuous assessment• External evaluation by two examiners

• It can be done either individually or by a group of not exceeding five students. How ever viva shall be conducted individually.

• Not more than fifteen students shall be assigned to a teacher for supervisory works

Faculty Advisor

• The teacher from the dept. which offer Major Course

• To advise students in academic matters

• Each student shall register for the courses in the prescribed registration form in consultation with the faculty Advisor within two weeks from the commencement of each semester

Monitoring of the Programme

Monitoring by three levels:• DLMC- HoD & all teachers of the dept.

• CLMC- principal & HoDs & elected representatives of teachers in the college council

• ULMC- PVC, Member Syndicate, Dean, CE, DCDC, Member Syndicate (Student), A member of Academic council

EVALUATION

EVALUATION BY:

• CONTINUOUS EVALUATION ( CE )

and

• END SEMESTER EVALUATION ( ESE )

• Ratio between CE & ESE be 1 : 3

EVALUATION:- GRADING

• The performance in a course / programme be assessed, represented in terms of grades

• Grades indicate the level of a student’s performance

• Direct grading with five point scale and certification by seven point scale

• Grade letters be A, B, C, D, E

MECHANICS OF DIRECT GRADINGMECHANICS OF DIRECT GRADING•Assessment of quality on a five Assessment of quality on a five

point scale for each questionpoint scale for each question

•Assigning weightage depending Assigning weightage depending on the nature of the question on the nature of the question

•Calculation of weighted averageCalculation of weighted average

Certification on a seven point Certification on a seven point scalescale

PROCESS OF DIRECT PROCESS OF DIRECT GRADING(1)GRADING(1)

• Each answer is graded with lettersEach answer is graded with letters

• Weightage is then given based on Weightage is then given based on the range of the questionthe range of the question

• Grades and weightages are Grades and weightages are assigned numerical valuesassigned numerical values

• The weighted grade points arrived The weighted grade points arrived by multiplying grade points by by multiplying grade points by weightageweightage

PROCESS OF DIRECT GRADING (2 )PROCESS OF DIRECT GRADING (2 )

Grade Point Average (GPA)Grade Point Average (GPA)• Sum of weighted grade Sum of weighted grade

points is divided by the sum points is divided by the sum of the weightage to arrive of the weightage to arrive Grade Point Average (GPA) Grade Point Average (GPA) for the coursefor the course

PATTERN OF QUESTIONS

• Knowledge acquired

• Application of knowledge

• Application of knowledge in new situations

• Critical evaluation of knowledge

• Ability to synthesize knowledge

WEIGHTAGE TO QUESTIONS

•• Essays / Long answer questionsEssays / Long answer questions : 4: 4

•• Short essays / Problems : 2Short essays / Problems : 2

•• Short answer questions : 1Short answer questions : 1•• BBunch of 4 Objective type questions : 1unch of 4 Objective type questions : 1

•• WeightageWeightage can also vary from can also vary from component to component within a component to component within a subject (Theory/ Practical)subject (Theory/ Practical) ORORInternal/ External)Internal/ External) OROR subject to subject to subject (Core/ Complementary)subject (Core/ Complementary)

LETTER GRADES AND GRADE POINTSLETTER GRADES AND GRADE POINTS

LETTER GRADESLETTER GRADES GRADE POINTSGRADE POINTS

AA 44

BB 33

CC 22

DD 11

EE 00

GRADES AND GRADE POINTS GRADES AND GRADE POINTS (5 point scale)(5 point scale)

Grade Grade Grade PointsGrade Points Grade RangeGrade Range

AA 44 3.5 to 43.5 to 4

BB 33 2.5 to 3.49 2.5 to 3.49

CC 22 1.5 to 2.491.5 to 2.49

DD 11 0.5 to 1.490.5 to 1.49

EE 00 < 0.5< 0.5

ARITHMETIC OF GRADING: ARITHMETIC OF GRADING: Objective type Objective type (Example)(Example)

Type of Type of questionquestion

ss

Qn. Qn. NosNos

Grade Grade awardedawarded

Grade Grade pointspoints

WeightagWeightagee

Weighted Weighted grade pointsgrade points

ObjeObjectivective

1-41-4 BB 33 11 33

5-85-8 AA 44 11 44

9-9-1212

AA 44 11 44

13-13-1616

CC 22 11 22

ARITHMETIC OF GRADING: ARITHMETIC OF GRADING: Short QuestionsShort Questions (Example)(Example)

Type of question

Qn. Nos

Grade awarded

Grade points

Weightage Weighted grade points

17 C 2 1 2 18 B 3 1 3 19 A 4 1 4 20 D 1 1 1 21 A 4 1 4

Short Answer

22 A 4 1 4

ARITHMETIC OF GRADING:ARITHMETIC OF GRADING: Short Essay Short Essay (Example)(Example)

Type of question

Qn. Nos

Grade awarded

Grade points

Weightage

Weighted grade points

Short Essay

23 B 3 2 6

24 E 0 2 0

25 B 3 2 6

26 A 4 2 8

ARITHMETIC OF GRADING:ARITHMETIC OF GRADING: Long Essay Long Essay (Example)(Example)

Type of question

Qn. Nos

Grade awarded

Grade points

Weightage Weighted grade points

27 B 3 4 12

28 A 4 4 16 Long Essay

29 D 1 4 4

CALCULATION OF WEIGHTED AVERAGECALCULATION OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE The weighted grade points of an answer = The weighted grade points of an answer =

Grade Points Grade Points ×× Weightage WeightageType of Type of

QuestionQuestion

Grade Grade awardeawarde

dd

GradGrade e

pointpoint

WeightagWeightagee

Weighted Weighted grade grade pointspoints

EssayEssay AA 44 44 1616Short Short essayessay

BB 33 22 66

Short Short answeranswer

AA 44 11 44

Objective Objective typetype

AA 44 11 44

Calculation of Overall Grade of a model answer paperCalculation of Overall Grade of a model answer paper Qn.

Nos Grade awarded

Grade points

Weightage Weighted grade points

1-4 B 3 1 3 5-8 A 4 1 4 9-12

A 4 1 4

Objective

13-16

C 2 1 2

17 C 2 1 2 18 B 3 1 3 19 A 4 1 4 20 D 1 1 1 21 A 4 1 4

Short Answer

22 A 4 1 4 23 B 3 2 6 24 E 0 2 0 25 B 3 2 6

Short essay

26 A 4 2 8 27 B 3 4 12 28 A 4 4 16

Long essay

29 D 1 4 4 Total 30 83 Calculation : Overall grade of an answer paper = Sum of weighted grade points ÷ Sum of the weightage = 83÷ 30 = 2.77= Grade B

Components of CE

Component Weightage

Attendance 1

Assignment 1

Seminar 1

Test paper 2

Total 5

CALCULATING OVERALL GRADE OF A COURSE (Theory)

Course Grade Grade point

Weight Weighted

grade points

ESE C 2.47 3 7.41 Course I (Theory) CE B 3.20 1 3.20

Total 4 10.61

Grade of a Course (theory) = Sum of the weighted Grade Points ÷ Sum of weightages = 10.61 = 2.65 = Grade B

Overall Grade Overall Grade (CGPA)(CGPA) of Core Courses of Core Courses

COURSE

CREDIT GRADE GRADE POINT

WEIGHTED POINT

Course I 3 A 3.58 10.74

Course II 3 B 3 10.26

Course III 4 A 3.74 14.96

Course IV 4 A 3.82 15.28

Course V 4 D 1.1 4.4

Course VI 4 B 3.26 13.04

Course VII 4 A 3.55 14.20

Course VIII 4 B 3.22 12.88 Project

1 B 3.4 3.4 Course IX

4 A 3.65 14.60 Course X

4 B 3.1 12.4 Course XI

4 C 2.3 9.20 Course XII 4 A 3.99 15.94 Choice Based course

3 A 3.85 11.55 Total

50 162.85 Overall grade of core courses = 162.85/50 = 3.26 = Grade B+

SGPA

Course Grade Grade point

Weight = Credit

Weighted Grade Point

Course 01 A 4 4 16

Course 02 B 2.65 4 10.60

Course 03 A 3.8 4 15.20

Course 04 C 2.2 4 8.8

Course 05 B 3.2 2 6.4

Course 06 B 3.4 2 6.8

Total 20 63.80

SGPA 63.80/ 20= 3.19 = Grade B

CGPACOURSE

GRADE

GRADE POINT

CREDIT

WEIGHTED POINT

Language B 3.42 33 112.86 Foundation Course

A 3.52 5 17.6

Core courses B+ 3.26 50 163 Complementary

B+ 3.36 28 94.08

Open A 3.79 4 15.16 CGPA 402.70

/ 120 = 3.36=B+

SEVEN POINT SCALE FOR SEVEN POINT SCALE FOR CERTIFICATIONCERTIFICATION

Grade Grade range A+ 3.8 to 4A 3.5 to 3.79B+ 3 to 3.49B 2.5 to 2.99C+ 2to 2.49C 1.5 to 1.99D .5 to 1.49

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTSMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

•Minimum of D grade is Minimum of D grade is required for both internal and required for both internal and external for all coursesexternal for all courses

•C+ above is required for C+ above is required for awarding degree certificateawarding degree certificate