About Academics Examination Colleges (/) o Life at GNU Home (J) / Examination (/) / REGULATIONS OF CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS) Examination REGULATIONS OF CHOICE BASED CREDIT s CBCS (Regulations) (/content/regulations-choice- 1. PREAMBLE: based-credit-system-cbcs) GNUis gearing up for several initiatives towards academic excellence ram Schedule (/exam- administrative reforms. in view of this priority and in-keeping with GNI schedule) already initiated towards introduction of semester system, grading sy im Result /exare-resul The above initiatives acquired further strength with UGC Circular D.C View Result 2009 informing all the Universities regarding UGC’s new initiatives un @ (nttp://202.131.126.230:108 and substantive academic and administrative reforms regarding high (hltps:/wun facebook. con/ganpatun) GNU has framed this “GNU CBCS REGULATION. 2010”, As the GNU femuneration Form will have to be implemented by alll the Faculties of GNU for their acad Gui 5 2. TITLE: (http www.youtube.com channel/ UCM2T3F AUVF picem20MifAac : These regulations shall be called “Choice Based Course Credit Sen i ; AUHIES canpat-university/98tRsrestwil be referred to as "GNU CBCS REGULATION’ Guideline for Rechecking/Re- uideline for RecheckinglRe- gop. tt ee a ees 1. The regulations provided herein shall apply to all regular, profess of SopoAare-evaluation) and Post Graduate (PG) Programmes offered by all the Faculties 2. These regulations are quite comprehensive and include definition mechanics of calculations, role of various boards and committees 3. These regulations shall be reviewed as and when Distance Educe offered by the University. 4, APPLICATION & COMMENCEMENT:1. These regulations shall come into force with effect from the admis 2. This clause 4.1 is to be read and interpreted in conjunction with cl period of three years from commencement of these Regulations t regulation shall be applied and wit modification. ~ 3. Provisions under these regulation by supersede all the exist PG programmes of GNU to the ext{fE=Wlescribed herein. 5. DEFINITIONS: ey 1. Choice-Based Credit System (a : CBCS is a flexible syster 1. learn at their own pace, 2. Choose electives from a wide range of elective courses offerec 3. Adopt an inter-disciplinary approach in learning, and 4. Make best use of the expertise of available faculty 2. PROGRAM:Programme’ means a set of the required number of s or PG degree / diploma of GNU 3. SEMESTER: ‘Semester’ means a term consisting of a minimum of working days spread over 18 weeks of five-day duration each anc 5= 450) In case of 15 week semester, there will be six working days. ( 15x Depending upon its duration, each academic year will be divided i Semesters will be known as either Odd Semester or Even semesti November will be Semesters |, II, Vor VIl depending upon the pro: semester from December to April will be Semesters Il, IV, VI and V 4. ACADEMIC WEEK: ‘Academic Week ’is a unit of five or six workin’ is organized from six to five contact hours of one hour duration on 5. CREDITS: Credit is a kind of weightage given to the contact hours which is in a modular form, Normally one credit is allocated to 15 « 1. In each of the courses, credits will be assigned on the basis of laboratory work and other forms of learning required for comp! 18 week schedule. 2. The instructional days as worked out by the UGC for one acad days per semester. 3. In GNU, UG Programmes have minimum five courses PG progr Papers in each semester. it means a UG student has to comple and a PG student is required to complete 16 credits in each se 4, Mechanics of Credit Calculation: As per GNU standard, 1Credi 5. Contact hours will include all the modes of teaching and it incl. laboratory work / fieldwork or other forms. In determining the n for a course involving laboratory / field-work, 2 hours of labora equivalent to 1 hour of lecture. 6. CREDIT POINT, (P): Credit point is the value obtained by multiplying the grade point (G) t7. 10. GRADE POINT: Grade point is an integer indicating the numerical equivalent of the le SEMESTER GRADE POINT AVERAGE (SGPA): Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) is the value obtained by divic by a student in various courses taken in a semester by the total num that semester. SGPA shall be rounded off to two decimal places. CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (CGPA): ‘Cumulative Grade Point Average’ (CGPA) is the value obtained by d courses earned by a student for the entire programme, by the total n rounded off to two decimal places. CGPA indicates the comprehensit in a programme. 1. An overall letter grade (Cumulative Grade) for the entire program depending on his/her CGPA. PROGRAMME STRUCTURE: 1. COURSE: A Course is a component (a paper) of a programme. A lectures / tutorials / laboratory work / seminar / project work/ pract etc or a combination of these, to meet effectively the teaching anc be assigned suitably. 2. COURSE CODE: Each course shalll have an alphanumeric code, ' to Vill) in which the course is offered, the type of the course (A or (01, 02...) and a three letter code representing the nature of the 1 3. AGNU programme will consists of (A) Core courses & Complemer courses & Open Courses. Core and Complementary courses will and Open courses will carry 15 % credit weightage. However the | to the approval of the Director of the University shall have power t weightage 4, CORE COURSE: Core courses are those, knowledge of which is registered for a particular Programme. A student Shall have to ch of core courses identified by the concerned Faculty, Core course: semesters. 5. COMPLEMENTARY COURSES: ‘Complementary Course’ means of core courses. Complementary courses are intended to allow sti branches of the broad subject area; or acquire knowledge and sk applications in the broad subject area; or bridge any gap in the ct essential skills (e.g. statistical, computational, etc); or help pursue" 12. 6. COMMON/OPEN COURSES: Courses in this category aim at ent students and increasing their employment prospects. This catego Communication Skils (ji) Spoken English (ii) Knowledge of an adc Personality Development. 7. EXTRA CREDITS: Extra credits may be awarded to a student for < carried out outside the regular class hours, as decided by the Uni counted while considering the minimum credits for completing the detailed guidelines for the award of co-curricular credits and grad 8. ‘VALIDITY OF STUDENTS ENROLLMENTS / REGISTRATION: \ Registration in a particular course shall be valid up to double the: programme. However, if a student is not in a position to complete specified, then he / she will be required to write an application as the extension EVALUATION ~ MARKS AND GRADING SYSTEM: Evaluation will be done on a continuous basis. End semester practice before the theory examinations. The Student's performance in a cout letter grade on the few point scale 1. For each course, the internal and external component will carry 31 course weightage respectively 2. The internal component of 30% shall be based on 20% of total co and 10% of total course weightage to be evaluated by the instruc! basis of assignments, seminars, quizzes, attendance and practica beginning of the course. 3. For each course the passing marks will be 40% aggregate. 4, 2 DECLARATION OF SEMESTER/TRIMESTER RESULTS: For St! current Semester/ Trimester Examination as well as at their backlc Trimesters and having the result status as Fail-Detained in the pr: of such students shall be declared as Fail-Detained instead of Wi student shall be allowed to appear in the Remedial examinations, ‘amended Vide Notification No.425/2012 dated 01/11/2012 2amonded Vide Notification No.66/2013 dated 24/10/2013 GRADING SYSTEM: After adding the internal marks (maximum 30%) to external marks (m student from maximum 100 will be converted into a letter grade. The ‘equivalent of letter grade assigned to a student in the 07 points scale %Marks Range Grade 90 and Above At80-89 A 70-79 Be 60-69 B 50-59 cr 40-49 c Less than 40 F 1. 3 Students failing in the end semester examinations shall be given remedial examination arranged by the University in which the marl shall be carry forwarded or opportunity shall be given to repeat th detention due to lack of attendance in which student shall improve 2. Backlog: At any given point of time student can have maximum 4 13. CALCULATION OF SEMESTER GRADE POINT AVERAGE (SGPA) 1. Performance in a semester will be expressed as Semester Grade 2. Cumulative performance of all the semesters together will reflect f and it wil be known as Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). student's performance 3. The formula for calculation of SGPA and CGPA is given below. sopasd. iG) Lig Jiwww.codi mvegnedit latex\sum&space;C {iG {i))\sum&space:C {i copas (2. 2 CniGni)/(S2 D Cn (utp mmmcadeco \sum\suméspace:C_{ni}G_{ni)/(\sum\sum&space:C_{ni) Where C\- number of credits for the ith course, G)- grade point obtained in the ith course, C,i- number of credits of the ith course of the nth semester, Ms - marks of the ith course of the nth semester, yi - grade points of the ith course of the nth semester 4. “ AWARD OF DEGREE:For all courses, where the duration of the course is more than 2 y the students on the basis of CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Aver trimester’s performance in the exams. 3amended Vide Notification No.58/2014 dated 13/05/2014 4amended Vide Notification No.76/2012 dated 31/07/2012 In case of the courses where duration is of two years, the degree upon CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) of all the four serr 5 RANKING AND AWARDS OF SCHOLARSHIP / PRIZES / MEDA Scholarship shall be awarded on the basis of semester performan of equality of this SGPA, external marks in theory shall be conside Gold Medal and Overall Rank shalll be awarded on the basis of C( affecting award of degree. in case of equality of this CGPA, the S! preceding semesters shall be considered, if need be. 14. BOARDS OF STUDIES, COURSES & SYLLABI: 1 3 The Academic Council on the recommendation of the concerned | courses in the respective discipline, subject to the general regulat The syllabus of each course shall be prepared module-wise and i objectives, module wise content, credits assigned, prescribed inst and model question paper. The Academic Council shall lay down the evaluation system. 15. ADMISSION : 1, Admission to all programmes shall be as per the existing rules anc Eligibility criteria for admission shall be as announced by the Univ Students shall be admitted to a particular programme based on th qualifying examination. The maximum number of students to be admitted to a programme time to time The constituent institution shall make available to all students a bi by it. The information so provided shall contain the title of the Cot credits for the Course, prerequisites if any, the name of the Facul available in the University/College websites. The University shall prepare a common calendar for the conduct « of courses, continuous and end-semester examinations and publi ensure that the calendar is strictly followed Samended Vide Notification No.64/2013 dated 24/10/2013 * Lateral Entry: Students who are admitted laterally at Ganpat Ur by concerned faculty/equivalence committee as pre-requisite cout as audit courses, s/he shall be deemed to have earned all credits credits shall not be considered for calculating the performance incUniversity will be considered as earned credits in the last semeste award of the degree. 16. GRADE CARD: ‘The University under its seal shail issue to the students a grade card which shall contain the following information: + Name of University. + Name of College + Title of undergraduate/Post Graduate Programme. + Number of Semester. + Name and Register Number of student. + Code number, Title and Credits of each course registered in the £ + Consolidated Grade, grade point, letter grade and Credit point in + The total credits, total credit points and SGPA in the Semester + Details of the audited courses, if any, taken in the Semester 1. The Overall Grade Card issued at the end of the final Semester s taken during the entire programme including those taken over ani for obtaining the degree. Apart from CGPA of the programme, the Common, Complementary, and Open Courses and the grades ob shown separately in the overall grade card 17, TRANSITORY PROVISION: Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, the Vice-Ch years from the date of coming into force of these regulations, have tt regulations shall be applied to any programme with such modification 18. REPEAL: ‘The Regulations nowin force in so far as they are applicable to prog to the student admitted in the Academic Year 2010-11 and to the ext regulations are hereby repealed. In the case of any inconsistency be these regulations relating to the Choice-based Credit Semester Syst! any course offered in a College, the latter shall prevail Samended Vide Notification No.57/2014 dated 13/05/2014 (G_ snare Last Page Updated: Mon, 04-Aug-2014, 03:38:57 pm© All Copyrights resened to Ganpat University.