32nd Meeting of Academic Council - IGNOU

ACSC 15.13.2
The ACSC considered and approved the changes in the titles of the
five units and deletion of two units from the course structure of MPA-
011. The revised course structure is placed at Appendix-4.
ITEM NO.14
TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE POLICY DOCUMENT
ON THE PROJECTS FOR PROFESSIONAL AND SKILL
ORIENTED COURSES OF THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL
SCIENCES.
ITEM NO.15
ACSC 15.14-15.1
TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE INTRODUCTION OF
PROJECT WORK OF 4 CREDITS FOR MLIS PROGRAMME.
Prof. Kanjilal informed that the ACSC at its 10 th Meeting held on
May 20 th , 2004, while considering the introduction of Project Work
of 4 credits for MLIS Programme had suggested that a school-wise
policy on project report/dissertation for professional and skill oriented
courses be framed. The School of Social Sciences has proposed that
for Certificate Courses projects should be optional and not more than
4 credits for Diploma and Degree Programmes, the project could be
worth 4-8 and 8-12 credits, respectively.
ACSC 15.14-15.2
ACSC 15.14-15.3
During the discussion, it was also pointed out that the ACSC in that
meeting had constituted a sub-committee to look into the matter and
frame uniform guidelines for the project work across the schools and
disciplines.
The ACSC considered the proposal and approved the project course
for the MLIS programme worth 4 credits. It further resolved to refer
the policy note to the above sub-committee for its consideration, with
the suggestion that as far as possible no project should be offered in
Certificate Programmes, a Diploma may have project work not more
than 4 credits. For two year Degree Programme worth 64-72 credits,
project worth may by up to 8 credits and for three years degree
programmes, the project worth 12-16 credits could be offered.
ITEM NO.16
To consider and approve the Phase Zero Form for Two Optional
Courses namely MPSE-012 and MPSE-013 in 2 nd year of M.A.
(Political Science) from July, 2006.
ACSC 15.16.1
Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor presented the item relating to
Phase Zero Form for two optional courses namely MPSE-012 and