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Masters Morning Program

Masters Morning Program 2008

Introduction | Academics | Merit | Test | Policy | Admission Procedure | Rules | Fees | Closing Percent

 

 

Semester Rules

 

Below are the few important semester rules taken from the Semester Rules Book-2002 for the convenience of the students in order to remove their difficulties which they face very soon after getting admission:

CONDITIONS FOR THESIS/PROJECTS:

1. M.A./M.Sc./M.Com. Final year students who have passed all the earlier courses and secured an average of minimum of 65% marks in 500 level courses, may be allowed to offer a thesis equivalent to 6 credit hours in lieu of two courses.

2. Students of M.A./M.Sc./M.Com. Final may be permitted to offer one project or research report in lieu of one course of 3 credit hours, provided he/she secures minimum of 605 marks in 500 level courses, whereas in Sociology and Social Work it will be in lieu of 2 courses (called to be thesis) and in Library and Information Science it will be in lieu of one special course of 4 credit hours during the final year of their studies.
3. Students will not be allowed to write thesis and work on projects at the same time.

*Thesis/Project should be submitted on the last date of 2nd Semester Examination. However, a grace period of 40 days may be given by the Chairperson of the Department.


ASSESSMENT:

(a) A minimum of 40% marks are required to pass. Both theory and practical exams are separate passing heads.
(b) For M.B.A. 2.2 CGPR and where Grade Point System adopted before 2006, a minimum of 2.45 CGPR is required to obtain Master Degree.

General Rules

PROMOTION RULES:

1. Students shall not be promoted to the next higher class if he/she fails to clear 80% of courses.
2. A student repeating a course shall not be given a rank in order of merit.

ASSESSMENT:

The assessment of student`s performance will be made out of 100 marks fixed for a course in general.

FAILURES / REPETITION:

1. If a student is unable to complete the attendance requirement in any course, he/she shall be required to attend the entire course whenever it is offered again. He/She will become eligible for taking the examination in the particular course only after he/she has completed its attendance requirement. Such a student shall pay a prescribed fee for attending the classes as Casual Student.

2. If a student, after completing the attendance requirement, does not appear or fails in the terminal examination of a course, he/she will be allowed to re-appear not more than twice in the terminal examination when it is offered in the next session after the payment of prescribed examination fee as Repeater Student.

3. A repeater student who fails to clear a course/courses in three regular, available chances will not be eligible to re-appear. He/She may be allowed as a last chance to attend the classes of the course/courses he/she failed to clear. Permission to appear in the examination will be subject to completing attendance requirements.

4. If a student has failed in only one paper of a degree program and he/she declared to attend fresh classes as 3rd time failure shall be allowed to take condense classes to complete his degree program and to appear in the examination, provided he/she is losing one year if asked to attend fresh classes in regular semester.


CANCELLATION OF ADMISSION / RE-ADMISSION:


If a student admitted in BS 1st year or Masters (Prev.)or Pharm-D 1st Year class for the first time fails to attend the class for the 15 days, his/her admission shall stand cancelled. A student who has failed more than 50% courses in a year, his/her admission shall be cancelled. Cancelled admission of those students who fails in >50% of courses in their first academic year will be restored by Dean with Chairperson’s recommendation.

     
 
 
 
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