Transcript university of calicut ug programmes under choice

CHOICE BASED CREDIT SEMESTER SYSTEM
(CCSS)
SEMESTERISATION AND GRADING AT UG
LEVEL
Kerala State Higher Education Council recommended
to restructure the Under Graduate education by
Introducing Semesterisation and Grading.
 Calicut University implemented CCSS
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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
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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
COURSES
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Total 31 courses
10 Common Courses (Code A)
16 Core Courses (Code B)
04 Complimentary Courses (Code C)
01 Open Courses (Code D)
CREDITS
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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 course
 Condonation: max 10 days in a semester and max 2
times during the programme
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EXTRA CREDITS
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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)
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INTERNAL EVALUATION
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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
EXTERNAL EVALUATION
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
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EXTERNAL EVALUATION
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
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DIRECT GRADING SYSTEM
Letter Grade
Grade Point
Grade Point
Range
A
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
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• Aggregate C grade in each course for a pass and also
for awarding a degree
GRADE OF INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Theory
Weight
Grade
Grade
point
Weighted
grade
point
Assignment
1
A
4
4
Seminar
1
A
4
4
Attendance
1
B
3
3
Internal
Test 1
1
B
3
3
Internal
Test 2
1
A
4
4
Total
5
Internal
Grade
Sum of weighted grade points/ sum of
weights
18/5
= 3.4
17
B
INTERNAL GRADE FOR ATTENDANCE
% of Attendance
Grade
Above 90%
A
85 – 89.9
B
80-84.9
C
75-79.9
D
Less than 75
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GRADE OF A COURSE
Exam
Weight
Grade
Grade Point Weighted
Grade Point
External
3
B
3.13 (ext
wgpa)
9.39
Internal
1
B
3
3
Total
4
Grade of a
course
Overall WGPA= Sum of weighted grade
points/sum of weights
=12.39/4 = 3.10
12.39
B
CALCULATION OF SGPA
Course
Code
Credits
Overall
Grade
Overall
WGPA
Credit
points
01
3
B
3.10
9.30
02
3
C
2.40
7.20
03
4
A
3.70
14.80
04
4
B
2.60
10.40
05
4
A
3.80
15.20
Total
18
SGPA
Sum of credit points/sum of credits
56.90/18 =3.16
56.90
B
CALCULATION OF CGPA
Semester
Credits
Credit points
I
3.16
18
56.88
II
2.80
20
56.00
III
3.58
20
71.60
IV
3.35
20
67.00
V
3.65
22
80.30
VI
3.70
20
74.00
120
405.78
Total
CGPA
SGPA
Sum of credit points/total credits
405.78/120 = 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
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OVERALL GRADE IN A PROGRAMME
A seven point scale letter grade will be used
CGPA
Overall Letter Grade
3.80- 4.00
A+
3.50- 3.79
A
3.00- 3.49
B+
2.5-2.99
B
2.00-2.49
C+
1.50- 1.99
C
1.00-1.49
D
PERCENTAGE EQUELENCE
Percentage = CGPA/4 *100
= 3.38/4 *100
= 84.5%
AWARD OF DEGREE
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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.