Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP)
Credit Framework
Each semester of a 4-Year Bachelor Degree (FYUGP) course will have a maximum of 22 credits with a total of 132 credits for 3-Year Degree Course and 176 credits for a 4-Year Degree Course. Apparently, the Masters Course will have 44 credits in a year with a total of 88 credits in two years. The baseline for total credits is 120 for a 3-Year course and 160 for a 4-Year course. So, a student can choose to have a total credit between 120 and 132 by the end of a 3-Year Bachelor Degree course.
The basic division of credits for a 3-Year Bachelor Degree course is shown in figure alongside. The basic division for a 4-Year course is shown in Fig.fig:Division-of-credits-1 and fig:Division-of-credits-1-1. In the 4th year, there are however two options – (a) Degree with Honours and (b) Degree with Honours and Research. Overall, a 3-Year Degree course consists of two sections — a Core Section and a Common Section. While the Core Section consists of Major and Minor papers, the Common Section is divided into 5 sub-groups.
Multi-disciplinary Courses
These are 3-credit courses spanning over five different groups of subjects — (i) Natural and Physics Science, (ii) Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Applications, (iii) Library, Information, and Media Sciences, (iv) Commerce and Management, and (v) Humanities and Social Sciences. The level of these courses are of Class XII.Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC)
This is a 8-credit course covering Modern Indian Languages (MIL) and English Usage (Communication).Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC)
These are various skill courses with total credit allocation of 9. In our structure, we shall have four skill courses starting from Semester III.Value-based Courses (VAC)
The VAC courses will come from four sub groups — (i) Understanding India, (ii) Environmental Science, (iii) Digital and Technological Solutions, and (iv) Health & Wellness, Yoga Education, Sports, and Fitness. All together they will have a credit allocation of 6.Internship
All student are to carry out an Internship with a credit allocation of 4.
Fig.1 The minimum division of credits for a 3-Year Bachelor Degree Course
Fig.1 The minimum division of credits for a 3-Year Bachelor Degree Course
As shown in the figures, the base credit score for a 3-Year course is 120 and a student needs to have at least 50% of 120 i.e. 60 credits in a subject to qualify for a major in that subject. In the same way a minor course will have 12 credits and a student can have two minors with a total of 24 credits. Apart from the Major subject, if a student can obtain 48 credits in a particular subject, the student will get a double major.