Bangalore University
regulations pertaining
to degree courses
- semester scheme
COURSES AND COMBINATIONS OFFERED
AT THE UNDER GRADUATE LEVEL
English and any one of the following languages:
Kannada, Hindi, Tamil
Any one of the following Combinations:
Faculty of Arts
B.A.
History, Economics, Political Science
History Economics Sociology
History Tourism Journalism
Faculty of Commerce
B.Com
As prescribed by Bangalore University.
Faculty of Science
B.Sc.
Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science
Eligibility:
A candidate who has passed the two year Pre-University Examination of the Karnataka State with any combination of optional subjects or any other examination recognised as equivalent thereto shall be eligible for admission to the B.A. & B.Com. Degree courses.
Students of other States joining the college for the Degree course should produce their 10+2 certificate (equivalent to Pre-University Certificate) or a provisional one, transfer certificate and their migration certificate from the University they have left. They will attend the college at their own risk till their certificate is recognised by the Bangalore University.
Duration of the Course:
The Course of study for the Degree shall extend over a period of three academic years, each academic year comprising of two semesters, and excluding the duration of examinations, each semester comprising sixteen weeks of class work. The candidates shall complete his/her Degree within six years from the date of admission to the First Semester of the Course.
Attendance:
1. Attendance Registers will be maintained by the lecturers and they shall take attendance at the beginning of each hour.
2. Students are expected to be in their place at the beginning of the hour. Late comers should not enter the class without permission of the staff members incharge of that class.
3. For the purpose of calculating attendance, each semester shall be taken as a unit.
4. A student shall be considered to have satisfied the requirement of attendance for the semester, if he has attended not less than 75% in aggregate of the number of working periods in each of the subjects.
Skill Development/Record Maintenance and Submission:
In every semester, the student should maintain a Record Book in which a minimum of 5 exercises/programmes per subject are to be recorded. This record has to be submitted to the head of the department for evaluation at least 15 days before the end of each semester.
Scheme of Examination:
There shall be a University examination at the end of each semester. The maximum marks for the University examination in each paper shall be 90 and 10 for skill development and record maintenance. Marks for Skill Development and Record maintenance shall be awarded by the teacher who has taught the paper.
Appearance for the Examination:
A candidate shall apply for all the papers in each examination when he/she appears for the first time. A candidate shall be considered to have appeared for the examination only if he/she has submitted the prescribed application for the examination along with the required fees to the University.
Candidates who have obtained at least 40% of marks in aggregate including skill development in each subject shall be eligible for a pass or exemption in that subject. The minimum marks per paper is 35 in theory and 5 for record maintenance.
Classification of Successful Candidates:
The results of the first to sixth semester of degree examination shall be declared and classified separately as follows:
a. First Class: Those who obtain 60% and above of the total marks.
b. Second Class: Those who obtain 50% and above but less than 60% of the total marks.
c. Pass Class: Rest of the successful candidates who secure 35% and above but less than 50% of the total marks.
Conditions to Keep Terms:
a. A Candidate is allowed to carry all the previous uncleared papers to the subsequent semester/semesters.
b. Such of those candidates who have failed/remained absent/for one or more papers henceforth called as 'Repeaters', shall appear for exam in such paper/s during the three immediate successive examinations.
c. Examination for odd/even semester shall be conducted respectively at the end of odd/even semester (odd with odd, even with even)
d. The candidate shall take the examination as per the syllabus and the scheme of examination in force during the subsequent appearances.
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