CHOICE BASED CREDIT SEMESTER SYSTEM (CCSS)

SEMESTERISATION AND GRADING AT UG LEVEL

Kerala State Higher Education Council recommended to restructure the Under Graduate education by Introducing Semesterisation and Grading.

Calicut University implemented CCSS

KEY WORDS

‘Programme’ - Entire course of study (traditionally referred to as course).

‘Course’ - subject (traditionally referred to as paper)

‘Credit’ (Cr) - weekly unit of work

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 Compulsory social service (CSS) for a period of 30 days

EVALUATION AND GRADING

Two parts Internal Evaluation (25% Weightage) External Evaluation (75% Weightage)

INTERNAL EVALUATION

Based on Direct Grading System Five components for internal assessment Assignment - 1 wieghtage Seminar - 1 weightage Test Paper (2 test papers) 2 weightage Attendance 1 weightage Total 5 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 Grade Point 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

GRADE OF INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

Theory Weight Grade Grade point

Weighted grade point

Assignment

1 A 4 4

Seminar 1 A 4 4

Attendance 1 B 3 3

Internal Test 1

1 B 3 3

Internal Test 2

1 A 4 4

Total 5 17

Internal Grade

Sum of weighted grade points/ sum of weights18/5 = 3.4

B

INTERNAL GRADE FOR ATTENDANCE

% of Attendance Grade

Above 90% A

85 – 89.9 B

80-84.9 C

75-79.9 D

Less than 75 E

GRADE OF A COURSE

Exam Weight Grade Grade Point

Weighted Grade Point

External 3 B 3.13 (ext wgpa)

9.39

Internal 1 B 3 3

Total 4 12.39

Grade of a course

Overall WGPA= Sum of weighted grade points/sum of weights=12.39/4 = 3.10

B

CALCULATION OF SGPA

Course Code

Credits Overall Grade

Overall WGPA

Credit points

01 3 B 3.10 9.30

02 3 C 2.40 7.20

03 4 A 3.70 14.80

04 4 B 2.60 10.40

05 4 A 3.80 15.20

Total 18 56.90

SGPA Sum of credit points/sum of credits56.90/18 =3.16 B

CALCULATION OF CGPA

Semester SGPA Credits Credit points

I 3.16 18 56.88

II 2.80 20 56.00

III 3.58 20 71.60

IV 3.35 20 67.00

V 3.65 22 80.30

VI 3.70 20 74.00

Total 120 405.78

CGPA Sum of credit points/total credits405.78/120 = 3.38

B

CGPA

CGPA is calculated at the end of the programme

CGPA will be calculated seperately for Core courses Common Courses – English Common Courses – Other than english Complementary Courses Open courses And overall CGPA

OVERALL GRADE IN A PROGRAMME

CGPA Overall Letter Grade

3.80- 4.00 A+

3.50- 3.79 A

3.00- 3.49 B+

2.5-2.99 B

2.00-2.49 C+

1.50- 1.99 C

1.00-1.49 D

A seven point scale letter grade will be used

PERCENTAGE EQUELENCE

Percentage = CGPA/4 *100= 3.38/4 *100

= 84.5%

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.