UNIVERSITY OF CALICUTUG PROGRAMMES UNDER CHOICE

BASEDCREDIT SEMESTER SYSTEM(CCSS)

UG Education RestructuringKerala 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 OctoberEven semesters: November to MarchEach 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 courseCondonation: max 10 days in a semester and

max 2 times during the programme

Extra creditsNCC weightage certificate- 1 NSS weightage certificate -1 University level participation in sports -1Participation in inter zone arts festival -1 Participation in inter University meets -1

Extension activitiesCompulsory social service (CSS) for a period

of 30 days

EVALUATION AND GRADINGTwo partsInternal Evaluation (25%)External Evaluation (75%)

Internal EvaluationBased on Direct Grading SystemFive 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 EvaluationImmediately 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 EvaluationQuestions 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 SYSTEMLetter Grade Grade Point Grade Point

RangeA 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

CALCULATION OF CGPAJust like we calculated SGPA, the CGPA is

calcualted at end of the programme

AWARD OF DEGREEThe 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.

Thank you

Edited by:Abbas Vattoli

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