Course Structure 

The college has five undergraduate Departments in the Faculty of Arts which offers both Honours and General course.

Faculty of Arts: The faculty offers Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Political Science, Education, Physical Education, Philosophy and Geography in General course.

Geography, Physical Education & Philosophy are courses with enhanced fees.

Bengali, English, Sanskrit, Political Science and History Honours courses are offered in the Institution.

Following are the intake capacity in different subjects till (April- 2018)

 

S.L. No	Subject	Gen	S.C.	S.T.	OBC-A	OBC-B	Total
1	English	20	7	2	2	2	33
2	Bengali	28	10	3	3	2	46
3	Sanskrit	28	10	3	3	2	46
4	History	20	7	2	3	2	33
5	Pol.Science	20	7	2	3	2	33

 

SUBJECTS OFFERED:

HONS SUBJECTS: BENGALI, ENGLISH, SANSKRIT, POLITICAL SCIENCE, HISTORY

GENERAL SUBJECTS: BENGALI, ENGLISH, SANSKRIT, POLITICAL SCIENCE, HISTORY, EDUCATION, PHISICAL EDUCATION, PHILISOPHY AND GEOGRAPHY

Bengali and English are compulsory additional subjects.

• An Honours student is supposed to choose general subjects from the subjects offered by the college followed by the CBCS norms of the University of Burdwan.
• A general student is supposed to choose general subjects following CBCS norms.
• Students should follow the information as given in the website.
• (However as per Burdwan University directives henceforth (i.e. from the Academic Session 2017-2018) the courses and curriculum will be according to theCBCS norms of the University of Burdwan.

 

About course of study

AT A GLANCE:THE SEMESTER WISE COURSE STRUCTURES OFB.A./B.Sc./B.Com. UNDER THE CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS)

 

Under the CBCS there are broadly two course structures:

1. Honours Course& B) General Course.

 

The main components of the courses are as follows:

1.Core Course (CC): A course that should compulsorily be studied by a candidate as core requirement is termed a core course.

2.Elective Course (EC): Generally a course, which can be chosen from a pool of courses and which may be very specific or specialized or advanced or supportive to the discipline/subject of study or which provides an extended scope or which enables an exposure to some other discipline/subject/domain or nurtures the candidate’s proficiency/skill, is called an Elective Course.

2.1.Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Course: A course which may be offered by the main discipline/ subject of study is referred to as Discipline Specific Elective.

2.2.Generic Elective (GE) Course: An elective course, chosen generally from an

N.B. - A Core Course, offered in a discipline/subject, may be treated as an elective by other discipline/subject and vice-versa and such electives may also be referred to as Generic Elective.

2.3.Dissertation/Project: An elective course, designed to acquire special/advanced knowledge, is termed as dissertation/project. This is considered as a special course involving application of knowledge in solving/analyzing/exploring a real life situation/difficult problem. A dissertation/project work will be of 6 credits. A dissertation/project work may be given in lieu of a Discipline Specific Elective.

3.Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC): The Ability Enhancement (AE) Course may be of two kinds - Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) and

Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC).

3.1. AECC: These are the courses based on the contents that lead to knowledge enhancement and consist of Environmental Studies & English/MIL Communication. These are mandatory for all disciplines.

3.2.SEC: SECs are value-based and/or skill-based and are aimed at providing hand-on-training, competency, skill etc. It will be of minimum 2 credits for Honours Courses and 4 credits for General Courses. These may be chosen from a pool of courses designed to provide value-based and/or skill-based knowledge and would contain both theory and lab./hands-on-training/field work. The main purpose of these courses is to provide the students life-skill in hands-on-mode so as to increase their employability.

Practical/Tutorial: One each with every Core, Discipline Specific and GenericElective Paper. Unrelated discipline/ subject of study with an intention to seek an exposure is called a Generic Course.

 

Course Structure (Honours & General)

	B.A.
Course Components	Hons	Gen
Core Course (CC)	14	12
Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Course	4	4
Generic Elective (GE) Course	4	2
Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC )	2	2
Skill Enhancement Course (SEC )	2	4

• An Under-graduate Honours Degree in a discipline may be awarded if a student completes 14 core papers from that discipline, 4 papers each from a list of DSE and GE respectively, 2 papers in AECC and minimum 2 papers in SEC.

 

• An Under-graduate General Degree in Humanities/Social Sciences/Commerce may be awarded if a student completes 4 core papers each in two disciplines of choice along with 2 core papers each in two Languages from English, Bengali and Hindi respectively, 2 papers each from a list of DSEs based on the two disciplines of choice selected above and 2 papers from the list of GEs, 2 papers in AECC and minimum 4 papers in SEC.

 

• Wherever there is a practical, there will be no tutorial and vice- versa.

 

Evaluation Process under CBCS System:

 

The evaluation of the candidates shall be based on continuous assessment. The structure of evaluation shall be as follows:

 

i) Each semester-assessment shall be divided into three (3) discrete components, viz. C1, C2 and C3. The students will be informed about the modalities of continuous assessment activities well in advance. The first component (C1) of assessment shall be of 10% of the total marks of each course of a semester and will be based on class attendance, class test or assignment or seminar. During the first two months of each semester, 1/3 of the syllabus will be completed.

The continuous assessment and C1 will be consolidated during the 8th week of the concerned semester.

 

ii) The second component (C2) of assessment shall be of 10% of the total marks of each course of a semester and will be based on class attendance, class test or assignment or seminar. During the second two months of each semester, 2/3 of the syllabus will be completed.

The continuous assessment and C2 will be consolidated during the 16th week of the concerned semester. Appearance in

C1 & C2 is mandatory.

 

iii) During the 21st–23rd weeks of a semester, a Semester- end Examination shall be conducted for each course and the proportion of C3 will be 80% of the total marks of each course of the semester.

 

Note:The result of each course in a semester shall be based on the values of C1, C2 & C3 and shall be awarded in the form of grade point.

 

Distribution of Marks:

 

1. For B. A. & B. Com. (Hons. & Gen.) Courses, having no practical, distribution of 75 marks will be as follows:

 

i) Class Attendance cum Internal Assessment: 20% of 75 marks = 15 marks of which 5 marks be reserved for class attendance (both theoretical + tutorial) in the following manner:

Attendance 50% & above but below 60% - 2 marks

Attendance 60% & above but below 75% - 3 marks

Attendance 75% & above but below 90% - 4 marks

Attendance 90% & above - 5 marks and 10 marks be reserved for class test/assignment/seminar Theoretical: 5 Marks

Tutorial: 5 Marks

ii) In the Semester-end Examination of each course, Question Paper to be set for 60 marks, distribution of which may be as under:

a) Answer 10 questions out of 15 carrying 2 marks each: 10x2 = 20

b) Answer 4 questions out of 06 carrying 5 marks each: 4x5 = 20

c) Answer 2 questions out of 4 carrying 10 marks each: 2x10 = 20

However, questions, carrying 05 or 10 marks, need not necessarily to be single question.

 

1.  For B.A. & B.Com. (Hons. & Gen.) Courses, having practical distribution of 75 marks will be as under:

 i) In case of a course, containing theory and practical, Class Attendance cum Internal Assessment: 20% of 75 marks = 15 marks of which 5 marks be reserved for theoretical class attendance in the following manner:

Attendance 50% & above but below 60% - 2 marks

Attendance 60% & above but below 75% - 3 marks

Attendance 75% & above but below 90% - 4 marks

Attendance 90% & above - 5 marks

10 marks be reserved for class test/assignment/seminar (theoretical - 5 & practical - 5).

 

 ii) 20 marks be allotted for Semester-end Practical Examination of each course, distribution of which may be as under:

Viva- voce: 05 Marks

Experiment: 15 marks

iii) 40 marks be allotted for Semester-end Theoretical Examination of each course, distribution of which may be as under:

a) Answer 5 questions out of 8 carrying 2 marks each: 5x2 = 10

b) Answer 2 questions out of 4 carrying 5 marks each: 2x5 = 10

c) Answer 2 questions out of 4 carrying 10 marks each: 2x10 = 20

However, questions, carrying 5 or 10 marks, need not necessarily to be a single question.

 

1. For B.A., B.Sc. & B.Com. (Hons. & Gen.) Courses, distribution of 50 marks (for each SEC) be as follows:

i) Internal Assessment: 20% of 50 marks i.e. 10 marks be reserved for class test/assignment/seminar.

ii) 40 marks to be allotted for Semester-end Theoretical Examination of each course, distribution of which may be as under:

a) Answer 5 questions out of 8 carrying 2 marks each: 5x2 = 10

b) Answer 2 questions out of 4 carrying 5 marks each: 2x5 = 10

c) Answer 2 questions out of 4 carrying 10 marks each: 2x10 = 20

However, questions, carrying 5 or 10 marks, need not necessarily to be a single question.

• In the Semester-end Examination of AECC of B.A./B.Sc./B.Com, carrying 2 credits (i.e. full marks 50), MCQs are to be set and OMR sheet are to be used.

• Under AECC, ENVS will be taught in the 1st Semester and Communicative Eng./MIL be taught in the 2nd Semester.