UNDER GRADUATE

CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS)

For B.A. I / B.Sc. I / B.Com. I

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The CBCS:

Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) is an instructional package developed to suit the needs of students to keep pace with the developments in higher education worldwide taking him/her out of isolated compartmentalized learning environment which clearly indicates for each level of certification learning effort required on the part of the student in terms of credits to be earned as well as participation in instructional hours to be spent through either regular mode or through distance education mode.

Eligibility for Admission:

a) A pass in the Senior Secondary (+2) Examination (Academic Stream), conducted by the H.P. Board of School Education or an examination accepted as equivalent thereto by the various bodies of the H.P. University.
i) Provided that the candidates who have passed the qualifying examination with science stream shall be given preference in admission to B.Sc. programme.
ii) Provided that the candidates who have passed the qualifying examination with commerce stream shall be given preference in admission to B.Com. Programme.
b) An applicant must not be more than 23 years (25 years for girls) of age as on 01-07-2013 and must not have been born earlier to 01.07.1990. However in age of overage candidates, the Vice-Chancellor may allow age relaxation up to six months. In case of Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe, student’s relaxation up to three years is allowed as per rules.
c) An applicant failing in all subjects or having a compartment in 10 + 2 will not be admitted.

Courses in Programmes:

The UG (TDC) programme in a college affiliated to the HPU will comprise the following categories of courses:
1. Compulsory Courses.
2. Core Courses.
3. Elective Courses.
4. General Interest and Hobby Courses.

1. COMPULSORY COURSES:

A student enrolled in an undergraduate programme will have to pass some compulsory courses. These compulsory courses are of four kinds:

(a) Languages-

1. Compulsory English
2. Compulsory Hindi

(b) Social Science/ Commerce –

1. Compulsory Social Science/ commerce/ management course
2. Compulsory Geography of Himachal Pradesh
3. Compulsory Indian constitution
4. Compulsory Himachal Past, Present and Future.

(c) Science –

1. Compulsory Basic Science
2. Climate Change and its impact on mountain sustainability
3. Compulsory Environmental Science (Audit Pass Course)

(d) Skill Based Courses-

1. Functional English
2. Functional Hindi
3. Application Packages for finance
4. Secretarial practice
5. Short Hand and Word Processing
6. Web Applications A
7. Office Computing
A minimum of three and a maximum of six compulsory courses are to be passed by all students enrolled for a UG degree. However,
  • a student majoring in language will NOT do Compulsory course in that language.
  • a student majoring in a particular social science will NOT do Compulsory course in that
Particular Social Science.
  • a student majoring in science subjects will NOT do Compulsory Basic Science subjects.
All compulsory courses will be three credit hours each. Thus, a maximum of 3 x 6 = 18 credit hours will be accumulated by a student by doing compulsory courses.
A minimum of three compulsory courses (3 x 3 = 9 credits) will have to be done by each UG student to qualify for the UG degree.

2. MAJOR SUBJECT (CORE) COURSES

Core Courses can be of two kinds:

Hard Core Courses, which have to be done without exception. There will be no choice available.
Soft Core Courses, in which some degree of choice is available in the sense that he / she has to select a certain number of courses out of the given number (larger than the required ) of courses.

The student will have to choose a certain number of core courses out of the total available.
  • ln each subject there will be a minimum of fourteen (14) core courses (hard and/ or soft). Each core course will be of four credit hours. Thus, a student majoring in the concerned subject will accumulate 14 x 4 = 56 credit hours by passing core courses.
  • A student will be required to pass in a minimum of 14 core courses in the subject of his / her major to qualify for a UG degree in a subject (Major).

3. ELECTIVE COURSES:

All students enrolled for a UG degree will be required to pass a minimum of between 10 and 13 elective courses.
a) However, a student may take more elective courses for the purpose of ‘Emphasis’ or ‘Double Major’.
b) Elective courses are to be from a student’s major / minor subject(s) as detailed above in the subject combinations allowed.
c) Each UG student will have to pass at least 10 to 13 elective courses from his/her in minor (allied) subjects being taught in the college.
d) Provided that each student will have to take a minimum of 5 elective courses in either of his /her minor subjects.
e) Each elective course will be 4 credit hours. Thus, a student will be able to accumulate at least 10 x 4 = 40 credits by passing elective courses.

4. GENERAL INTEREST AND HOBBY ( GI & COURSES

ln each college there can be offered some general interest (GI) and / or hobby (H) courses cutting across subjects. The college administration will decide on the basis of its material and human resources as to what such courses can be offered.

PROGRAMMES:

1. B.A. (Arts / Humanities/ Languages)

i) Language group: English, Hindi, Sanskrit
ii) Social Science / Humanities Group : Economics, Political Science, History, Geography, Mathematics, Sociology, Psychology, Physical Education, Public Administration, Music (Vocal or Instrumental), Fine Arts or Commercial Arts, Journalism and Mass Communication, Education, Sculpture, Tourism & Travel and Philosophy.

2. B.Sc. (Sciences / Physical Sciences/ Bio-Sciences)

Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Geology, Geography, Mathematics, Computer Applications

3. B.Com. (Commerce / Management)

Commerce, Management

The programmes and subject combinations in Sciences and Commerce are as follows

Minor Subject Combinations Permitted
  • Mathematics
  • Chemistry or one of the Social Science Subjects (Psychology, Economics, Geography)
    • .
    • Physics or Botany
    • Maths or Zoology or one of the Social Science Subjects (Psychology, Economics, Geography).
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    • Zoology
    • Chemistry or one of the Social Science subjects (Music, Fine Arts, Commercial Arts, Physical Education, Psychology, Geography).
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    • Botany.
    • Chemistry or one of the Social Science subjects (Music, Fine Arts, Commercial Arts, Phy. Education, Psychology, Geography)
.
    • Chemistry
    • Botany or Zoology or Physics or Math or one of the Social Science subjects (Music, Fine Arts/Commercial Arts, Phy. Education, Psychology, Geography).
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    • One of the Social Science/ Humanities subjects.
    • Maths or Geology or one of the Social Science subjects (History or Pol. Science).
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    • Physics or Economics or Computer Applications
    • Chemistry or one of the Social Science subjects (Commercial Arts or Fine Arts or Psychology or Geography).
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    • Computer Science
    • Physics or Chemistry or Geology or one of the Social Science (Journalism and Mass Communication or Geography or Commercial Arts or Fine Arts).
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    • Management
    • One of the Social Science subjects (Maths or Physical Education or Journalism and Mass Communication or Fine Arts or Commercial Arts or Music)
.

List of Subjects Combination in Social Science/ Humanities

Any Two of the minor subjects.

Pol. Science., Maths, Geography, History, Sociology, Public Administration, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

English, Economics, History, Geography, Sociology, Hindi, Education, Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

Pol. Science., Geography, History, Psychology, JMC, Tourism and Travel ,Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

Pol. Science., Geography, History, Sociology, JMC, Music(I),Music(V), Painting, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

Pol. Science, Geography, Sociology, Public Administration, Education, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

English, History, Economics, Pol. Science., Tourism &Travel, JMC, Public Administration, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-
HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

Economics, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

History, Pol. Science., Music (V/I), Education, Public Administration, Sanskrit, JMC, Economics, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

English, Psychology, Public Administration,Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

Sanskrit, Hindi, Sociology, Public Administration, Tourism and Travel, Pol. Science, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

Sanskrit, Hindi, Sociology, Public Administration, Tourism and Travel, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

Sociology, Hindi, Public Administration, Tourism and travel, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

Sociology, Tourism, Public Administration, Hindi, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi- HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

Geography, History, Pol. Science, Psychology, Sociology,Tourism and Travel, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-
HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

History, Geography, Economics, Sociology, Pol. Science, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-
HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

History, Geography, Economics, JMC, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-
HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

Sociology, Music Instrumental, Music Vocal, Public Administration, Painting, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-
HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

Hindi, Sociology, Tourism and Travel, Public Administration, Compulsory English-ENG CE101, Compulsary Hindi-
HINDI 101,Writing Skills-ENG AECC 104

As Minor Subject