Program Announcement 2013 - 14 - Institute of Business ...

Rules & Regulations46Rules & RegulationsRules and regulations are an important component in the execution of the mandate of education at all institutions. Their primary goal is to ensure the qualityand standard of education and to encourage professionalism by governing the admission, teaching learning processes and the evaluation mechanisms. Theypromote transparency in academic administration through the appropriate definition, communication and implementation of rules and regulations. Theirappreciation and adherence by all concerned parties is vital for the proper functioning of the programs. Some of the Core Elements of the Rules & Regulationspertaining the academic conduct are approved in the secondary portion:Core ElementsDiscipline:Regularity, punctuality and conformity to schedulesand deadlines are basic requirements at IBA and areexpected equally from faculty members and students.This ensures a strong commitment towardsprofessional excellence in all those who come to teachand to learn at IBA.Good Standing:Students are required to maintain discipline, goodconduct and behaviour during their studies at the IBA.A student shall be deemed to have lost good standingif his/her conduct and behavior is found objectionablefrom a disciplinary point of view. Consequently his/hername shall be dropped from the rolls of the Institute.Attendance:A distinguishing feature of the IBA is its adherence tothe academic calendar. A detailed programis provided on the first day of every semester.Students are required to attend lectures, laboratorysessions, seminars and fieldwork as may be specifiedfor a course each semester.The teacher takes attendance in each class daily. Latecomers are marked absent even if late by one minute.No excuse is accepted. If a student accumulates morethan the permissible absences, he/she is awarded an‘F’in that particular course. Full-time students areallowed 6 absences in a 1 hour course, 4 in a 75-minute’s course and 3 during a summer course.Part-time/evening students are allowed 7 absences ina regular semester course and 5 in a summer semestercourse. Students are not allowed to remain absent onthe first and last day of the semester. Serious actionis taken against those who violate this rule.Cheating & PlagiarismThe IBA maintains a strict policy on academicimpropriety. Based on its zero-tolerance for suchactivity, any student found cheating or using unfairmeans in examinations is immediately expelled fromIBA and is declared ineligible for re-admission. Abooklet highlighting IBA’s Policy on plagiarism isavailable on the portal for all students to read andcomply.Transfer of CreditsI. Students of Postgraduate Diploma in BusinessAdministration and MBA Evening Programs mayseek advance credit for not more than two requiredcourses, which they may have successfullycompleted while being students in the CertificateProgram. They are subject to the followingconditions:a. The student must have held a Master’s degreewith 60% marks at the time of admission to theCertificate Programb. The semester final grade in the course was atleast ‘B’c. The course for which the credit is sought wascompleted within two years from the date ofadmission in the PGD.II. Students of PGD in Business Administration (EveningProgram),who have not completed diplomacoursework, can take MBA courses only as certificatestudents and may get credits for these courses intheir degree coursework later, subject to thefollowing conditions:a. The student must have completed a minimumof 5 PGD coursesb. The remaining PGD courses are not available tothe Student in the eveningc. The student is unable to remove his coursedeficiency in the Morning Program due to his/heroccupation.d. The student removes his PGD course deficiencyas soon as the remaining courses are availableto him/her.Course LoadI. The course load for PGD and MBA Evening Programstudents is 3 in the regular semester and 2 in thesummer semester. The students may take 4 coursesif they maintain their CGPA at 3.0 and above.II. The course load for full-time degree programstudents is 6 in the regular semester. A studentcannot take additional course(s) in any semesterexcept in the final semester (BBA-VIII and MBA-IV).If a student needs to remove his/her deficiencies,he/she can do so by dropping a course. In the finalsemester (BBA- VIII and MBA- IV), a student mayhowever take two additional courses to completecoursework.