WORKSHOP ON

“Effective implementation of Choice Based Credit System- Advantages and

Challenges”

G. MATHEW SRIRANGAMCOORDINATOR, IQACANDHRA LOYOLA COLLLEGE

Essential Considerations for Curriculum Development:

Issue/problem/need is identified (issue what),

Characteristics and needs of learners (target audience who),

Changes intended for learners (intended outcomes/objectives what the learners will be able to do),

Important and relevant content (what), Methods to accomplish intended outcomes

(how), Evaluation strategies for methods, content,

and intended outcomes (What works?).

Key Questions to be answered before developing a curriculum:

How are the institutional vision / mission reflected in the academic programmes of the College?

How the process is initiated? (Need Assessment, Feedback, etc)

How are the following aspects ensured through curriculum design and development? ◦Employability ◦Innovation ◦Research

Key Questions to be answered before developing a curriculum:How does College ensure that the curriculum

developed addresses the needs of the society and have relevance to the regional / national developmental needs?

Whether the Curriculum is encouraging active adoption of innovative approaches of curricula design that are aimed at equipping learners with the necessary skills to access and manage knowledge rather than just assimilate knowledge.

The curriculum should integrate academic excellence, humanistic education and entrepreneurial education.

Key Questions to be answered before developing a curriculum:

Undergraduate curricula may require learners to undergo two types of attachment/internship: community attachment, to provide the students with an opportunity to learn as they serve; and industrial internship to provide the students with the opportunity to learn as they work.

All graduate curricula should require learners to undertake research and write a dissertation or thesis as part of the study programme.

Key Questions to be answered before developing a curriculum:

Before a programme is designed the needs of the learners and society should be ascertained

In the development of curricula should specify clearly the aims as well as the learning outcomes of the programme.

Curricula should be learner-centered and describe content, skills to be mastered, teaching methods and learning activities, forms of assessment, course texts and other teaching materials. Reviewing processes should be part of a curriculum plan in order to accommodate new ideas and knowledge.

What is Choice Based Credit System?

Giving due credit to the various components of a learning system;

Student-centred approach to learning is emphasized;

Opportunities for students to pursue an integrated programme with courses of their choice;

Academics attribute or assign certain number of credits to each subject depending on their level of learning and placement in a curriculum.

This is not to undermine any subject as ‘easy’ or ‘hard’ to understand but it’s relative level to be imparted at that point of study of the student for a subject, is given due consideration.

Flexibility of choice of subjects by the student in a given duration.

Flexibility allows a student to choose from a pool(s) of subject(s) which he/she wishes to specialize in, besides acquiring exposure to other related and even not-so-related subjects of his/her choice.

What is Choice Based Credit System ?

Why Choice Based Credit System?

The main objective of the CBCS

To provide broad based education;To provide students with greater flexibility in

choice of courses;To provide students multidisciplinary

curriculum;To enable students to choose courses at

basic/advanced level;To enable students to acquire job oriented

skills;To enable students to progress at their own

pace andTo enable highly motivated students gain

extra credits.

◦It will be too ambitious at this juncture to emulate the real CBCS which enables students to progress at their own pace and enable highly motivated students to gain extra credits.

◦POSSIBLITIES..?

WHAT IS A CREDIT?

The term ‘Credit’ describes the quantum of syllabi for various programmes in terms of hours of study.

It indicates differential weightage given according to the content and duration of the course in the curriculum design.

Any given degree programme should have a minimum number of credit requirement, e.g., a Bachelor’s Degree could have approximately 150 – 200 credits.

Institutions should afford students an opportunity to

earn extra credits.

Courses

Each course designed may comprise lectures/ tutorials/ laboratory work/ seminar/ project work/on the job training, etc, to meet effective teaching and learning needs and credits are assigned suitably.

Attributing CreditsThe central point of the credit system lies in attributing credit to the subjects of learning. In general, credits are assigned based on two core issues. One for the number of hours of instructions (class contact hours) given to the student and two, for other components of the subjects, such as library work, seminars, assignments, etc.

Thus, the term ‘credit’ describes the quantum of syllabi for various programmes in terms of hours of study. It indicates differential weightage given according to the content and duration of the course in the curriculum design. Generally one hour per week has one credit. However, there could be some flexibility because of the practicals, field visits, and tutorials comprising a course.

CreditsThe credits cannot be greater than

the hours. Credits for certain programmes like

extension activities, Computer Literacy and NCC/NSS/Sports/Extra Curricular activities, etc., are not considered for computation of class/grade at the end of the Degree Course. It is only to recognize students’ involvement in these. The credits in these, in no way, match the hours spent.

ALC CREDIT SYSTEM AT

UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL

General Objectives1. To develop language skills in

students both in English and in a Second Language of his/her choice;

2. To develop the personality of the students to be able to realize his/her full potential;

3. To open the students to the social realities with a view to making him/her a responsible citizen and other-centred;

4. To develop an in-depth knowledge in a selected area of his/her study;

5. To train a student in a specific skill, to equip him/her for the job market;

6. To broaden the outlook of the student through interdisciplinary approach, to be able to access knowledge and use the same meaningfully.

General Objectives

B.SC/BA/B COM Courses Part I: I language EnglishPart II: II language – Telugu / Hindi /

Sanskrit / Any other languagePart III: Foundation Courses –

Indian Heritage & Culture, Science & Civilization, Environmental Education, Fundamentals in IT, Value Education.

Part IV: ALERTPart V: NCC/NSS/Sports & Games/Extra

Curricular Activities

Courses

Part VI: Project WorkPart VII: I General Elective II General Elective Part VIII: I Major II Major

III MajorSubject Elective (Special) in each of the

major in V SemesterSubject Elective (Skill-based) in each of

the major in VI Semester

Foundation coursesThe foundation courses aim at

◦giving the students an appreciation of our Heritage, Culture and Religions;

◦to develop in the students a sense of scientific temperament and logical and analytical reasoning;

◦re-orient them towards values in life; ◦their societal commitment and other related areas like Personality Development,

◦Communication Skills, etc. ◦ALERT and NCC / NSS / Sports & Games/ Extra

curricular activities are to be given specific weightage.

In the three Majors, the students will be introduced to understand and master his area of subjects that are related to his/her area of specialisation.

MAJORS (CORE COURSES)

In Semester V in each of the Major there will be a Subject elective (special) that focuses on an area of higher learning in that particular subject

In Semester VI each of Major could have a Subject elective (skill-based) that focuses on acquiring a particular skill in that major.

In Semester VI each student should do a Project Work in one major.

Apart from the three majors, a student is required to do two General Electives. in Semesters III and IV, which will be of multidisciplinary nature. These General Electives are career and market oriented, skill enhancing add-on courses that have utility for job and self-employment of students.

Subject Semester I Semester II Semester III Semester IV Semester V Semester VI

English 04 (2) 04 (2) 04 (2) 04 (2)Language 04 (2) 04 (2) 04 (2) 04 (2)

Foundation CourseIndian Heritage & Culture 1 1 (1) - -Science & Civilization - - 1 1 (1)Environmental Education 1 1 1 1 (1)Fundamentals in IT (FIT) 1+2 1+2 (1) - -Value Education 1 1 1 1 (1)ALERT (2)NCC/NSS/SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR (1)

Major 1 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2)

Major 2 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2)

Major 3 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2) 4+3 (4+2)

Subject Elective (Special) Major 1 2+3 (2+2)Subject Elective (Special) Major 2 2+3 (2+2)Subject Elective (Special) Major 3 2+3 (2+2)

Subject Elective (Skill based) Major 1 2+3 (2+2)Subject Elective (Skill based) Major 2 2+3 (2+2)Subject Elective (Skill based) Major 3 2+3 (2+2)

General Elective 3+2* (1)

General Elective 3+ 2*(1)

Project Work (2)

TOTAL NO OF HOURS(CREDITS) 35 (22) 35 (26) 35+2* (23) 35+2* (26) 36 (30) 36 (33)

Subject Semester I Semester II Semester III Semester IV Semester V Semester VI

English 04 (2) 04 (2) 04 (2) 04 (2)Language 04 (2) 04 (2) 04 (2) 04 (2)

Foundation CourseIndian Heritage & Culture 1 1 (1) - -Science & Civilization - - 1 1 (1)Environmental Education 1 1 1 1 (1)Fundamentals in IT (FIT) 1+2 1+2 (1) - -Value Education 1 1 1 1 (1)ALERT (2)NCC/NSS/SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR (1)

Major 1 6 (6) 6 (6) 6 (6) 6 (6) 5 (5) 5 (5)

Major 2 6 (6) 6 (6) 6 (6) 6 (6) 5 (5) 5 (5)

Major 3 6 (6) 6 (6) 6 (6) 6 (6) 5 (5) 5 (5)

Subject Elective (Special) Major 1 5 (5)Subject Elective (Special) Major 2 5 (5)Subject Elective (Special) Major 3 5 (5)

Subject Elective (Skill based) Major 1 5 (5)Subject Elective (Skill based) Major 2 5 (5)Subject Elective (Skill based) Major 3 5 (5)

General Elective 5 (1)

General Elective 5 (1)

Project Work (2)

TOTAL NO OF HOURS(CREDITS) 32 (22) 32 (26) 34 (23) 34 (26) 30 (30) 30 (33)

Subject Semester I Semester II Semester III Semester IV Semester V Semester VI

English 04 (2) 04 (2) 04 (2) 04 (2)Language 04 (2) 04 (2) 04 (2) 04 (2)

Foundation Course

Indian Heritage & Culture 1 1 (1) - -Science & Civilization - - 1 1 (1)Environmental Education 1 1 1 1 (1)Fundamentals in IT (FIT) 1+2 1+2 (1) - -Value Education 1 1 1 1 (1)ALERT (2)NCC/NSS/SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR (1)

No. of Papers( 4+4+4+4+5+5) 18(18) 18(18) 18(18) 18(18) 20(20) 20(20)

Subject Elective (Special) - 1 5(5)Subject Elective (Special) 2 5(5)

Subject Elective (Skill based) 1 5 (5)Subject Elective (Skill based) 2 5 (5)

General Elective 5 (1)

General Elective 5 (1)Project Work (2)TOTAL NO OF HOURS(CREDITS) 32 (22) 32 (26) 32(23) 34 (26) 30 (30) 30 (33)

OVERALL CREDITS 160

Register No.: XXXXXXSubject 1Theory courses (800 Marks) T-Total Lab Courses (400 Max. Marks)P-Total Overall

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4Credits (C) 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 1 2 1 1Marks (M)X 80 75 80 70 71 75 75 60 586 60 60 65 70 255 70.08%Percentage 73.25% 63.75G. Point(G) 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7

Grade scaleOWAM = ∑(CM)/∑(C) % Range G-Points

91-100 1081-90 971-80 861-70 7

CGPA = ∑(CxG) / ∑(C) 51-60 640-50 5

06.72

33

2378

33

706512060180225300213280320225320

CGPA45.7

33

246

33

771261824322428322432

Calculation of CGPA 10 Point Scale

Register No.: YYYYYYSubject 1Theory courses (800 Marks) T-Total Lab Courses (400 Max. Marks)P-Total Overall

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4Credits (C) 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 1 2 1 1Marks (M)Y 60 65 60 70 72 72 70 67 536 85 80 75 72 312 70.66%Percentage 67% 78%G. Point(G) 6 7 6 7 8 8 7 7 9 8 8 8

Grading scaleOWAM = ∑(CM)/∑(C) % Range G-Points

91-100 1081-90 971-80 861-70 7

CGPA = ∑(CxG) / ∑(C) 51-60 640-50 5

54.68

33

2262

33

727516085201210288216280240195240

CGPA15.7

33

263

33

881692121322428242124

Calculation of CGPA 10 Point Scale

Register No.: XXXXXX

Theory courses (800 Marks) T-Total Lab Courses (400 Max. Marks)P-Total Overall

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4

Credits (C) 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 1 2 1 1

Marks (M)X 80 75 80 70 71 75 75 60 586 60 60 65 70 255 70.08%

Percentage 73.25% 63.75

G. Point(G) 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7

Register No.: YYYYYY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4

Credits (C) 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 1 2 1 1

Marks (M)Y 60 65 60 70 72 72 70 67 536 85 80 75 72 312 70.66%

Percentage 67% 78%

G. Point(G) 6 7 6 7 8 8 7 7 9 8 8 8

Grade scale

% Range G-Points

91-100 10

81-90 9

71-80 8

61-70 7

51-60 6

40-50 5

Calculation of CGPA 10 Point Scale

OWAM = ∑(CM)/∑(C) XXXXX

CGPA = ∑(CxG) / ∑(C) XXXXX

OWAM = ∑(CM)/∑(C) YYYYY

CGPA = ∑(CxG) / ∑(C) YYYYY

54.68

33

2262

33

727516085201210288216280240195240

CGPA15.7

33

263

33

881692121322428242124

CGPA45.7

33

246

33

771261824322428322432

06.72

33

2378

33

706512060180225300213280320225320

Calculation of CGPA 10 Point Scale

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