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ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION

Single Major Single Minor Program

 

A student shall be allowed to take admission in the Single Major and Single Minor Program of B.A./B.Sc.

/B.Com./BBA/BCA if he/she/transgender has passed in at least four (04) subjects with English as compulsory subject in the Higher Secondary [10+2] Examination held by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or any other Examination which is recognized by the University as equivalent thereto.

 

Provided that a candidate who has obtained- (a) 55% marks in the aggregate, or (b) 50% in the aggregate with 60% marks in a subject /related subject in the last qualifying Examination shall be eligible to apply for Single Major and Single Minor Program in that subject.

 

Admission shall be on the basis of merit and availability of seats.

 

Provided that for SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/PWD candidates – the minimum marks for eligibility shall be as per Rules of the State Government.

 

Provided further that in matter of eligibility54.5%marksoraboveshallbe equalto55%, 49.5%andabove shall be equal to 50% and 59.5 marks or above shall be equal to 60%.

 

Three Discipline Specific Multidisciplinary Program

 

A student shall be allowed to take admission in the Multidisciplinary Program of B.A. /B.Sc. / B.Com / BBA (TAH) if he/she/transgender has passed in at least four(04) subjects with English as compulsory subject in the Higher Secondary [10+2] Examination held by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or any other Examination which is recognized by the University as equivalent thereto.

A candidate shall be allowed to pursue B.A. / B. Sc. / B. Com / BBA (TAH) Multidisciplinary Program if he/she/transgender has passed the qualifying Examination in Vocational Stream subjects, however, such students shall have the option to study up to the end of 6^th semester.

 

Choice of Courses for Single Major Single Minor Program and Three Discipline Specific Multidisciplinary Program:

§   A candidate pursuing Major in Economics can opt for:

-   B.Sc. Major if he/she/transgender chooses at least one subject from Mathematics or Statistics or Computer Science as Minor.

-  B.A.Majorifhe/she/transgenderchoosesasubjectfromtheArts/Humanities/SocialScience stream as Minor.

§   A candidate pursuing Major in Geography can opt for:

-  B.Sc.Majorifhe/she/transgenderchoosestheMinorsubjectfromtheSciencestream.

-  B.A. Major if he/she/transgender chooses the Minor subject from the Arts/Humanities/Social Science stream.

 

§   A candidate pursuing Economics as one of the Discipline Specific Course in the Three Discipline Specific Multidisciplinary Program can opt for

-         B.Sc.MultidisciplinaryProgramifhe/she/transgenderchooseseitherMathematics,Statistics or Computer Science as the other DSC and Minor.

-      B.A.MultidisciplinaryProgramifhe/she/transgenderchoosestheotherDSCandMinorfrom Arts/Humanities/Social Science stream as allowed in the combination.

 

§    A candidate pursuing Geography as one of the Discipline Specific Course in the Three Discipline Specific Multidisciplinary Program can opt for

-         B.Sc. Multidisciplinary Program if he/she/transgender chooses the other DSC and Minor from the Science stream as allowed in the combination.

-      B.A.MultidisciplinaryProgramifhe/she/transgenderchoosestheotherDSCandMinorfrom Arts/Social Science stream as allowed in the combination.

 

§    A student will be allowed to take up any subject as Major/Minor/DSC except Computer Science/Microbiology/Statistics and such other interdisciplinary subjects if he/she/transgender has passed in the said subject/related subject at the HS (10+2) examination or any other board recognized as equivalent by the University.

 

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up Philosophy or Sociology or Psychology or Education or Mass Communication & Journalism as Major/Minor/DSC or BBA or BCA or BBA (TAH) if he/she/transgender has passed in the previous qualifying examination of any stream.

 

 

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up B.Com. if he/she/transgender has studied Science subjects along with Mathematics in the previous qualifying exams.

 

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up Physics as Major/Minor/DSC if he/she/transgender has passed in Mathematics and Chemistry along with Physics and other subject as prescribed at the qualifying examination.

 

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up Chemistry as      DSC or Minor subject if he/she/transgender has passed in Chemistry and other subjects as prescribed at the qualifying examination.

 

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up Botany/Zoology as Major/Minor/DSC if he/she/transgender has passed in Biology at the qualifying examination.

 

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up Physiology if he/she/transgender has passed in Biology at the qualifying examination.

 

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up Computer Science as Major/Minor/DSC if he/she/transgender has passed in Mathematics or Statistics at the qualifying examination.

 

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up Microbiology as Major/Minor/DSC if he/she/transgender has passed in Chemistry and Biology at the qualifying Examination.

 

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up Statistics as Minor/DSC if he/she/transgender has passed in Mathematics or Statistics at the qualifying Examination.

 

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up Economics as: DSC or Minor subject if he she has passed in Economics and other subjects as prescribed at the qualifying examination.

 

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up Geography as Major/Minor/DSC if he/she/transgender has passed in Geography at the qualifying examination.

 

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up Geology as Major if he/she/transgender has passed in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at the qualifying examination.

§    A candidate will be allowed to take up Tea Science as Major if he/she/transgender has passed in Biology at the qualifying Examination.

§    A candidate pursuing Major in a subject will not be allowed to take up the same subject as Minor.

 

§    While taking Major & Minor subjects, availability of the said subjects in the concerned Colleges will be taken into consideration.

 

 

Note: A candidate will be allowed to pursue a maximum of Three Years UG Course if he/she/transgender has passed the qualifying examination in Vocational Stream.

 

 

 

 

Merit calculation

For a Single Major and Single Minor course (4 year UG), where a student has studied the subject at +2 level= (Marks obtained in Major/ related subject+ Marks obtained in English+ Best marks obtained in other two subjects)/ 4.

For a Single Major and Single Minor course (4 year UG), where a student has not studied the subject at +2 level = (Marks obtained in English + Best marks obtained in other three subjects)/ 4.

For a three discipline specific Multidisciplinary course = (Marks obtained in English+ Marks obtained in 3 Core/ related subjects) /4.

 

 

 

 

·       Online filling up of forms and corrections of errors in application forms must be completed within stipulated time.

·       In the cases of SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS reservations, only the certificates issued by the SDOs will be considered valid.

·       At the time of physical verification of credentials in the college, a set of following self-attested testimonials must be submitted:

a)     One copy of Madhyamik Admit Card

b)    One copy of H.S Marksheet & Certificate

c)     One copy of H.S Registration Certificate

d)    One copy of Passport size photograph

e)     Printed copy of duly filled Application Form

f)      Student’s own Caste / PH/EWS Certificate from appropriate authority as per Govt. Rule. 

g)    Copies of Payment Receipts (both online Application & Admission fees)

h)    Anti-ragging Undertaking (How to fill Anti-ragging Undertaking ), to generate Anti-ragging Undertaking  click  here http://antiragging.in/home.aspx

Original copies of the above documents are mandatory to be produced at the time of Physical Verification. Print copy of Anti-ragging Undertaking should be submitted to the college authority within 7 (Seven) days after admission. Failure of submission of the Anti-ragging undertaking the admission shall be cancelled.

 

Note: A candidate's admission will stand cancelled if any discrepancy is found between the data provided by him/her during the Online Application and the original documents produced by him/her at the time of physical verification at the college. If a candidate or his/her legal guardian is absent on the day of physical verification then his/her admission claim shall stand cancelled.

 

COURSE STRUCTURE

PROGRAMMES TO BE OFFERED AT COLLEGES:

 

The Curriculum Framework designed by UGC for implementing NEP 2020 specifies that all Undergraduate(UG) degree programmes are to be for a period either for 3 years or for 4 years leading to award of UG Degree or UG Honours Degrees.

 

All UG courses shall focus on conceptual understanding and development of critical thinking in a given field of Study, incidentally the skills such as communication, team work and leadership shall embodied in Teaching-learning process to facilitate for career option in the given field of specialization.

 

DEGREES, DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES:

 

NEP 2020 introduces the facility to breakdown the Programme of study at Undergraduate(UG) level after completion of every year of study. The students will be awarded the following:

 

·         An UG Certificate after completion of 1 Year (2 Semesters) of study in the chosen field of study. (After completing specific number of courses and 2 week internship)

·         An UG Diploma after completing 2 years {4 Semesters) of Study and an Internship.

·         A Bachelor Degree after completing 3 Years (6 Semesters) of Programme of Study.

·          A 4 year Bachelor Degree with Honors after completion of 8 Semesters {4 Years) of Programme of Study and a Research Project in final semester).

·       A candidate pursuing Major in Economics will be awarded for single Major and single Minor:

o    B.Sc. Major if he/she chooses at least one subject from Mathematics or Statistics or Computer Science, as Minor.

o    B.A. Major if he/she chooses the other subject as Minor subject from B.A. course.

·       A candidate pursuing Major in Geography will be awarded for single Major and single Minor:

o    B.Sc. Major if he/she chooses the Minor subject from B.Sc. course.

o    B.A. Major if he/she chooses the Minor subject as Minor from B.A. course.

 

STRUCTURE OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES:

 

All Academic Programmes offered under NEP shall be stylized in terms of credits. Each course/subject in a given Programme of study shall carry certain number of credits which will be awarded on completion of the said course.

 

BREAKUP OF CREDITS AND COURSES:

 

Every Undergraduate (UG) programme offered by a College shall confirm to the Structure specified by the UGC's Framework, 2023. A student of 3 year UG programme is mandated to complete a minimum of 120 credits and the student of 4 year Honors degree shall complete 160 credits.

 

NEP Framework has specified the minimum number of credits that a Bachelor student has to earn in 3/4 year period. The table below specifies the number of credits and number of courses that a 3 year UG student and a 4 year UG Honours Degree student is expected to complete in 3 and 4-year duration respectively.

 

BREAKUP OF CREDITS AND COURSES

 

 

 

An UG student shall complete the following courses under different heads as listed below:

1.     Major Disciplinary Courses

2.     Minor Disciplinary Courses

3.     Multi-Disciplinary Courses

4.     Ability Enhancement Courses

5.     Skill Enhancement Courses

6.     Value added/Common Courses

7.     Internships and Community Service based projects

8.     Research Project work for (Honors degree)

 

COURSE STRUCTURE

a.       Two semesters, with 43 credits, for exit option with a Certificate.

b.       Four semesters, with 84 credits, for exit option with a Diploma.

c.       Six semesters, with 124 credits, for exit option with a Degree.

d.       Eight semesters, with 160 credits, culminating in a Degree in Honours.

e.       Eight semesters, with 160 credits, culminating in a Degree in Honours with Research.

 

Each Course will be of 2/3/4 credits (wherever applicable}, and the marks distribution will be as follows:

                           i.      Major Course (MAJ) - 75 marks each - 4 credits

                          ii.      Minor Courses (MIN) - 75 marks each - 4 credits

                        iii.      Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC) - 75 marks each - 4 credits

                        iv.      Inter-disciplinary Courses (IDC) - 50 marks each- 3 credits

                          v.      Value Added Courses (VAC) - 75 marks each - 4 credits

                        vi.      Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) - 50 marks each - 3 credits

                       vii.      Internship/Apprenticeship (IARD)- 50 marks each- 2 credits

                     viii.      Research Project/Dissertation (I ARD) - 225 marks each (applicable only if the student chooses to pursue Honours with Research) -12 credits

 

COURSE OF STUDIES

Single Major and Single Minor

A student will identify one Major Course in which he/she will concentrate. Apart from one Core Major Course he/she will have to select one Minor course. He/she will also have to select Inter-disciplinary Courses(IDC) courses, Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC), Value Added Courses (VAC), and Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) from the provided pool of courses.

 

Three Discipline Specific Courses (Multidisciplinary)

A student will identify two Courses in which he/she will concentrate. Apart from two Courses he/she will have to select one Minor course. He/she will also have to select Inter-disciplinary Courses(IDC) courses, Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC), Value Added Courses (VAC), and Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) from the provided pool of courses.

 

OUTLINES OF 4-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

a)           Major Course (MAJ) (4 credits each):_

One/two major courses chosen from the combination of subjects that a student is expected to imbibe in that particular discipline. A course, which should compulsorily be studied by a candidate as a requirement is termed as a Major Course.

 

b)           Minor Course (MIN) ( 4 credits each): One Minor courses, to be chosen from the combination of subjects, with an intention to seek exposure beyond discipline/s of choice is called a Minor Course. The purpose of this category of these courses is to offer the students the optionto explore disciplines of interest beyond the choices they make in Major.

c)           Inter-disciplinary Courses (IDC) (3 credits each): All UG students are required to undergo 3-introductory-level courses relating to any of the BROAD DISCIPLINES and whose difficulty level, should not be higher than the +2 level. Students are not allowed to choose or repeat courses already undergone at the HigherSecondary Level (12^th) class under this category. A student cannot study IDCs from the same broad discipline.

Broad disciplines under IDC could be

 

d)            Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) (3 credits each): These courses (three in number) may be chosen from a pool of courses designed to provide value-based and/or skill-based knowledge and should contain both theory and laboratory/hands-on training/field work. The prime purpose of these courses is to provide students life-skills in hands-on mode so as to increase their employability.

SEC shall be designed in such a manner that a student from any stream could gain Technical/Practical/Hands-on/ Earning based etc. at the exit of the programme. Such courses should be not necessarily more than 10 in number for each semester.

e)           Internship (2 credits): A student will also have to undergo internship once either at the end of 2^nd semester or at the end of 4^th semester during Summer Vacations.

f)            Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC) (2 credits each): One papers of each of the AbilityEnhancement Courses (AEC) may be of two kinds, both pertaining to enhancement in ability in language subjects:

·         Single Major and Single Minor course: Compulsory English to be studied in 2^nd Semester and one from MIL Bengali or MIL Hindi or MIL Nepali or MIL Sanskrit or MIL Urdu or Alternative English to be studied in the 3^rd Semester.

·         Three Discipline Specific Courses {Multidisciplinary): Compulsory English to be studied in 3^rd Semester and one from MIL Bengali or MIL Hindi or MIL Nepali or MIL Sanskrit or MIL Urdu or Alternative English to be studied in the 2^nd Semester.

g)          Value Added Courses (VAC) ( 4 credits each): These courses include courses based on Environmental Education and Value based education:

·         Single Major and Single Minor course: Environmental Education to be studied in pt Semester and Understanding India to be studied in the 4^th Semester.

·         Three Discipline Specific Courses (Multidisciplinary): Environmental Education to be studied in 4^th Semester and Understanding India to be studied in the 1^st  Semester.

 

h)          Practical/Tutorials (One each with every Major and Minor Course)

Practical means Laboratory or field exercises in which the student has to do experiments or other practical work of two-hour duration. Tutorial means special instructions based on the Lectures.

 

i)            Levels of Courses:

 

NEP Framework classifies all courses into certain levels based on the content and level of Teaching-Learning standards adopted. While Introductory/Basic courses are taught in the First/Second years of UG Degree programme, Core/Advanced courses are introduced at 3rd/4th years of graduation.

 

The levels are:

100 to 199 = Foundation courses/Introductory courses 200 to 299 = Intermediate Level courses

300 to 399 = Core courses/ Advanced courses 400 and above = Specialization subjects

 

j)        Detailed Credit Distribution Structure for B.A./B.Com./BBA/B.Sc./BCA

The term 'credit' refers to the weightage given to a course, usually in terms of the number of instructional hours per week assigned to it. This explains why usually 'credit' is taken to mean 'credit hours'. The credits also determine the volume of course contents and delivery of Course such as lectures, tutorials, practicals, assignments etc.

 

For the purpose of credit determination, instruction is divided into three components:

·                Lectures (L) - Classroom lectures of one-hour duration.

·                Tutorials (T) - Special, elaborate instructions on specific topics (from Lectures) of one­hour duration.

·                Practicals (P)-Laboratory or field exercises in which the student has to do experiments or other practical work of two-hour duration.

 

Each one of these components is considered as equal to one credit hour. One lecture (L) as well as one Tutorial (T) of one hour a week is considered as one credit, whereas one Practical (P) of two hours a week is considered as one credit. The total weightage given to a course in terms of credits will be equal to L + P/T, where L is the number of one hour Lectures per week, Tis the number of one hour Tutorials per week, and P is the number of two hours Practical per week. This can be written in symbols as: C = L + P/T, where C is the credit weightage for a particular course.

 

Credit Distribution Structure - Course Type Wise

 

 

Credit Distribution Structure - A comparison between Minimum Credit Requirements under NEP and Credit distribution according to NBU FYUGP REGULATIONS

 

 

Notes

·       Students exiting the program after securing 41 credits will be awarded UG Certificate in the relevant Discipline / Subject provided they secure additional 2 credits offered during summer/vacation for Internship in addition to 6 credits from Skill Enhancement Courses earned during first and second semester.

·       Students exiting the program after securing 82 credits will be awarded UG Diploma in the relevant Discipline/Subject provided they secure additional 2 credits offered during summer/vacation for Internship.

·       Modalities regarding the offering Internship to be finalized by the respective colleges and to be intimated to the University, in case of any exit.

·       Students who want to undertake the 3-year UG program will be awarded UG Degree in the relevant Discipline/Subject upon securing 124 credits.

·       Students will be awarded UG Degree (Honours) in the relevant Discipline/Subject provided they secure 160 credits.

·       Students will be awarded UG Degree (Honours) with Research in the relevant Discipline/Subject provided they secure 160 credits, provided such a student has a CGPA of 7.50 (cumulative) at the end of six semesters.

 

CURRICULUM

 

The Courses will be recommended by the Undergraduate Board of Studies in each respective Subject from time to time in accordance with the rules of the University of North Bengal.

 

a)       General guidelines

Single Major and Single Minor course:

i.         A student shall have to pursue one subject as one Major Course.

ii.          One Minor Course must be different from the Major Course.

iii.          Three Inter-disciplinary Courses (IDC) to be chosen from a discipline of courses (subject to certain restrictions).

iv.         Three Skill enhanced Courses to be chosen from a common pool of courses.

v.           Practical/Tutorial: Every Major and Minor Course will have one Practical/Tutorial. Wherever there is a Practical, there will be no Tutorial and vice-versa.

vi.         A student will have to study one paper each from two Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC), and two compulsory papers of Value Added Courses (VAC).

Three Discipline Specific Courses (Multidisciplinary):

i.         A student shall have to pursue two discipline specific courses as Major Courses.

ii.        One Discipline Specific Minor Course must be different from the two Major Courses.

iii.       Three Inter-Disciplinary Courses (IDC) to be chosen from a discipline of courses (subject to certain restrictions).

iv.       Three Skill enhanced Courses to be chosen from a common pool of courses.

v.         Practical/Tutorial: Every Major and Minor Course will have one Practical/Tutorial. Wherever there is a Practical, there will be no Tutorial and vice-versa.

vi.       A student will have to study one paper each from two Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC), and two compulsory papers of Value Added Courses (VAC).

 

b)         Guidelines for Four Year Under Graduate Program with Honours with Research Students who secure CGPA of 7.5 (Cumulative) and above in the first six semesters and wish to undertake research at the undergraduate level can choose a research stream in the fourth year. They should do a research project or dissertation in the major discipline under the guidance of a faculty member of the University/College in the eighth semester. The research outcomes of their project work may be published in peer- reviewed journals or may be presented in onferences/seminars or may be patented.

 

The College offering a 4-year UG Degree (Honours with Research) must have the required infrastructure such as the library, access to journals, computer lab and software, laboratory and/or other required facilities to carry out experimental research work, and at least two permanent faculty members who are recognized as Ph.D. supervisors.

The colleges that would not be able to continue with the 4^th year of the FYUGP scheme shall help students by facilitating and getting them admitted to some other nearby colleges under the proposed cluster network scheme.

 

ATTENDANCE

No student will be allowed to take the end semester written Examination if the student concerned has not attended minimum of 75% of the classes held in the course concerned and also in other curricular components.

 

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