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. 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

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 0-0.49

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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