Post Graduate Programmes

other departments which may be required to be offered by a postgraduate student.(2) The core and basis supporting courses in each major shall be compulsory for all Post-Graduate students and shall carry credits. If a student has studied the equivalent course(s)the matter may be examined by the Committee consisting of (1) Advisor of the student, (2)Head of the majoring department concerned, (3) The Head of the department to which thecourse belongs, on whose recommendations the Vice-Chancellor may exempt the studentfrom studying the course(s).(3) For each Post-Graduate programme the core courses and basic supporting courses shall bedefined by the Department concerned and approved by the Academic Council.(4) Of the total course requirement for the Postgraduate degree the composition of the Core,Basic Supporting courses and open elective shall be as follows:Master's degree Ph.D. degree(a) Core and Basic Supporting 2/3 ½(b) Open Elective 1/3 ½Change in the programme of studies8. No change in the programme of studies shall normally be permitted. However, under specialcircumstances Dean, Post-Graduate Studies may, on the recommendation of the AdvisoryCommittee/Head(s) of Department(s) and Dean(s) of College(s) concerned, for reasons tobe specified, permit a change in the programme of studies comprising of the Open Electivecomponent of the major.Evaluation9. (a) Each student shall be examined in every course from time to time throughout the semester.While examining the students, the Instructor shall mark individual questions in numerical(no rounding off) and then convert the total number of marks obtained into points.The 'Points' earned in a course will be total marks obtained by a student out of 100,divided by 10. The Points secured in course(s) will be 'Points in course(s) x Credit(s) ofthe course(s)'. The significance of points for postgraduate students shall be as follows:Percentage of MarksPoints100 10 Points90-below 1009-below 10 points80- below 90 8-below 9 points70- below 80 7-below 8 points60-below 70 (Barely Pass)6-below 7 pointsBelow 60 (Fail)Below 6 pointse.g., 80.76 8.07657.25 5.72543.80 4.38072.50 (but shortage of attendance) Fail (1Point)(b) A student shall be eligible for the award of Master's degree only if he maintains anOGPA of 6.500 out of 10.000, in 500 series courses included in the course programme.However, a student shall be eligible for the award of Ph.D. degree only if he maintains133