K. B. Women's College BCA Department

Admission Rules & Regulation of K.B. Women's Collge, Hazaribagh

Admission Rules & Regulations

Regulation for Full Time Three Year Degree Course leading to the Award of B.A/B.Sc./B.Com General & Honours Degree

1. Aims and Objectives:

In accordance with the guidelines issued by the University Grants Commission, this regulation provides procedure of admission, basic frame work of curriculum, examination, evaluation, and award of B.A./B.Sc./B.Com General/Honours degrees to students opting for full time Three Year Degree Course under choice based credit system under semester mode of teaching in Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag.

2. Short Title, Extent & commencement:

This regulation shall be known as 'Three Year Degree Course Regulation 2015'.
Extent: The regulation shall extend to the territorial jurisdiction of the University and the teaching of the courses for these degrees shall be carried out through the constituent colleges/State Govt colleges and affiliated colleges within its jurisdiction, having affiliation in the concerned subject/s.
This shall come into force from the academic session 2015.

3. Definition:

'Course' means a Subject.

'Core Course' means a compulsory subject chosen by the student as core requirement of the subject chosen from subjects enlisted in Table-1.

Table-1:

List of Core Subjects , Faculties and the Degrees

Sl. No.	Faculty	Subjects	Degree awarded
1	Humanities	English Hindi Philosophy Sanskrit Urdu	B.A. Honours/ General
2	Social Sciences	Economics Geography History Home Science Political Science Psychology Sociology	B.A. Honours/ General
3	Science	Botany Chemistry Mathematics Physics Zoology	B.Sc. Honours/ General
4	Commerce	Alternative Groups of Subjects Prescribed in the B.Com. Syllabus	B.Com. Honours/ General

'Elective Course' means a course which can be chosen from a pool which may be specific/ supportive to the subject or nurture the candidate’s proficiency/skill.

'Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Course: Elective Course related to Core Subject prescribed in the concerned syllabus.
'‘Project/Dissertation: 'Project' means work undertaken to acquire special/advanced knowledge in a particular field under the supervision of a teacher; the report of the details of the project is 'Dissertation'.
'Generic Elective' (GE): An elective course chosen generally from an unrelated discipline/subject and shall be a subject other than the core subject opted for.

'Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course' (AECC): A compulsory course designed to enhance communication ability and environmental concern comprising i) English/MIL Communication & ii) Environmental Science.
'Skill Enhancement Course' (SEC): A course designed to enhance/provide skill in a field chosen by the candidate from the alternatives enumerated in the Annexure-1.
'‘Credit’: It is a fixed teaching hour course. 1 Credit = 15 Hours of Teaching.

‘Credit Hours’ means hours of teaching. Contact Hour (CH) is in correspondence to the Credit value. For example, a theory paper having 3 Credits shall have a minimum of 3 Contact Hours in a week. For Practical classes and Field Work every Two Hours shall make 1(one) Contact Hour. One Contact Hour shall normally be of 60 minutes duration.

Illustration: In 17 working weeks in a semester, a paper having 4 Credits shall have a total of 17x4 = 68 CH.

'Week' means a 6 day working week consisting of minimum 30 working hours.
'Academic Year' means program session from July to June divided into two semesters.
'Semester means six months teaching and evaluation as part of the total program. A semester normally comprises 15 teaching weeks and 5 weeks for the conduct of examinations and evaluation.
'Modern Indian Language' (MIL): The following shall be treated as Modern Indian Language for the purpose of this Regulation:
Hindi, Bangla, Urdu, Khortha, Nagpuria, Kurukh, Mundari and Santhali.

4. Duration:

Three Academic Sessions divided into Six Semesters. The duration of Semester I, III and V shall be from July to December (6 months). The duration of Semester II, IV and VI shall be from January to June (6 months).
Ậ candidate who fails to clear all the semester examinations in a maximum period of six academic sessions from the date of her first admission in first semester shall have to take admission in the first semester afresh if she desires the degree

5. a) Total Minimum Credits Required

Honours Course: 140

Table-2 U.G. (H): Distribution of 140 Credits

	CC	AECC	GE	SEC	DSE	Total
SEMESTER I	12	02	06	-	-	20
SEMESTER II	12	02	06	-	-	20
SEMESTER III	18	-	06	02	-	26
SEMESTER IV	18	-	06	02	-	26
SEMESTER V	12	-	-	-	12	24
SEMESTER VI	12	-	-	-	12	24
TOTAL	84	04	24	04	24	140

CC = Core Course; AECC= Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course; GE= Generic Elective; SEC= Skill Enhancement Course; DSE= Discipline Specific Elective

Table-3

U.G. (G) Science: Distribution of 120 Credits

	CC	AECC	GE	SEC	DSE	Total
SEMESTER I	18	02	-	-	-	20
SEMESTER II	18	02	-	-	-	20
SEMESTER III	18	-	-	02	-	20
SEMESTER IV	18	-	-	02	-	20
SEMESTER V	-	-	-	02	18	20
SEMESTER VI	12	-	-	02	18	20
TOTAL	72	04	00	08	36	120

CC = Core Course; AECC= Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course; GE= Generic Elective; SEC= Skill Enhancement Course; DSE= Discipline Specific Elective

Pass Course: 120

Table 3a

U.G. (B.A./B.COM) General: Distribution of 120 Credits

	CC	AECC	GE	SEC	DSE	Total
SEMESTER I	18	02	-	-	-	20
SEMESTER II	18	02	-	-	-	20
SEMESTER III	18	-	-	02	-	20
SEMESTER IV	18	-	-	02	-	20
SEMESTER V	-	-	06	02	12	20
SEMESTER VI	12	-	06	02	12	20
TOTAL	72	04	12	08	24	120

CC = Core Course; AECC= Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course; GE= Generic Elective; SEC= Skill Enhancement Course; DSE= Discipline Specific Elective

b) Total Marks:

Total Numbers of Papers and Marks: Honours subjects with Practical/ Without Practical

Semesters	Papers	Marks
I	06/04	350
II	06/04	350
III	07/05	450
I	07/05	450
V	06/04	400
VI	06/04	400+50
TOTAL	38/26	2450

Total Numbers of Papers and Marks: General Course with Practical/without practical.

Semesters	Papers	Marks
I	07/04	350
II	07/04	350
III	07/04	350
I	07/04	350
V	07/04	350
VI	07/04	350+50
TOTAL	42/24	2150

c) Pass Marks:

A minimum of 40% in theory and practical papers separately; and 50% in the dissertation paper. The marks obtained in all the theory papers of a Core Subject in a semester shall be added to determine pass marks, but a candidate who fails to secure pass marks in the core subject may clear that particular paper only the marks of which will fetch her at least 40% in the aggregate of all the core papers of that semester.

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