C HOICE B ASED C REDIT S EMESTER S YSTEM (CCSS)

S EMESTERISATION AND G RADING 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

C OURSES Total 31 courses 10 Common Courses (Code A) 16 Core Courses (Code B) 04 Complimentary Courses (Code C) 01 Open Courses (Code D)

C REDITS To pass: Achieve a min of 120 credits Common: 38 credits Core and Complimentary: 78 credits Open: 4 credits

A TTENDANCE Min 75% during a semester for each course Condonation: max 10 days in a semester and max 2 times during the programme

E XTRA 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)

I NTERNAL E VALUATION 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

E XTERNAL E VALUATION 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

E XTERNAL E VALUATION 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 GradeGrade PointGrade Point Range A B C D E

P ASSING A COURSE Aggregate C grade in each course for a pass and also for awarding a degree

G RADE OF I NTERNAL A SSESSMENT TheoryWeightGradeGrade point Weighted grade point Assignment 1A44 Seminar 1A44 Attendance 1B33 Internal Test 1 1B33 Internal Test 2 1A44 Total 517 Internal Grade Sum of weighted grade points/ sum of weights 18/5 = 3.4 B

I NTERNAL G RADE FOR A TTENDANCE % of AttendanceGrade Above 90%A 85 – 89.9B C D Less than 75E

G RADE OF A C OURSE ExamWeightGradeGrade PointWeighted Grade Point External3B3.13 (ext wgpa) 9.39 Internal1B33 Total Grade of a course Overall WGPA= Sum of weighted grade points/sum of weights =12.39/4 = 3.10 B

C ALCULATION OF SGPA Course Code CreditsOverall Grade Overall WGPA Credit points 01 3B C A B A Total SGPASum of credit points/sum of credits 56.90/18 = 3.16 B

C ALCULATION OF CGPA SemesterSGPACreditsCredit points I II III IV V VI Total CGPASum of credit points/total credits /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

O VERALL G RADE IN A P ROGRAMME CGPAOverall Letter Grade A A B B C C D A seven point scale letter grade will be used

P ERCENTAGE 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.