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SEMESTERISATION AND GRADING AT UG LEVEL
Kerala State Higher Education Council recommended to restructure the Under Graduate education by Introducing Semesterisation and Grading.
Calicut University implemented CCSS
KEY WORDS
‘Programme’ - Entire course of study (traditionally referred to as course).
‘Course’ - subject (traditionally referred to as paper)
‘Credit’ (Cr) - weekly unit of work
STRUCTURE
• Duration: 6 semesters distributed in a period of 3 years
The odd semesters: June to October Even semesters: November to March Each semester: Min 90 working days of 18 weeks,
5 Days and 5 Hours
COURSES
Total 31 courses 10 Common Courses (Code A) 16 Core Courses (Code B) 04 Complimentary Courses (Code C) 01 Open Courses (Code D)
CREDITS
To pass: Achieve a min of 120 credits Common: 38 credits Core and Complimentary: 78 credits Open: 4 credits
ATTENDANCE
Min 75% during a semester for each course Condonation: max 10 days in a semester and max
2 times during the programme
EXTRA CREDITS
NCC weightage certificate- 1 NSS weightage certificate -1 University level participation in sports -1 Participation in inter zone arts festival -1 Participation in inter University meets -1 Compulsory social service (CSS) for a period of 30 days
EVALUATION AND GRADING
Two parts Internal Evaluation (25% Weightage) External Evaluation (75% Weightage)
INTERNAL EVALUATION
Based on Direct Grading System Five components for internal assessment Assignment - 1 wieghtage Seminar - 1 weightage Test Paper (2 test papers) 2 weightage Attendance 1 weightage Total 5 weightage There shall not be any chance for improvement
for internal grade
EXTERNAL EVALUATION
Immediately after Each Semester Based on Direct Grading System Four types of questions 1. Multiple Choice/Objective Type questions 2. Short Answer type questions 3. Short Essays/Problems 4. Long Essays
EXTERNAL EVALUATION
Questions are given different weights. Weights are similar to marks in the
traditional marks system. Weights of these 4 types of questions ¼, 1, 2,
4 respectively
DIRECT GRADING SYSTEM
Letter Grade Grade Point Grade Point Range
A 4 3.5-4
B 3 2.5-3.49
C 2 1.5-2.49
D 1 0.5-1.49
E 0 0-0.49
GRADE OF INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Theory Weight Grade Grade point
Weighted grade point
Assignment
1 A 4 4
Seminar 1 A 4 4
Attendance 1 B 3 3
Internal Test 1
1 B 3 3
Internal Test 2
1 A 4 4
Total 5 17
Internal Grade
Sum of weighted grade points/ sum of weights18/5 = 3.4
B
INTERNAL GRADE FOR ATTENDANCE
% of Attendance Grade
Above 90% A
85 – 89.9 B
80-84.9 C
75-79.9 D
Less than 75 E
GRADE OF A COURSE
Exam Weight Grade Grade Point
Weighted Grade Point
External 3 B 3.13 (ext wgpa)
9.39
Internal 1 B 3 3
Total 4 12.39
Grade of a course
Overall WGPA= Sum of weighted grade points/sum of weights=12.39/4 = 3.10
B
CALCULATION OF SGPA
Course Code
Credits Overall Grade
Overall WGPA
Credit points
01 3 B 3.10 9.30
02 3 C 2.40 7.20
03 4 A 3.70 14.80
04 4 B 2.60 10.40
05 4 A 3.80 15.20
Total 18 56.90
SGPA Sum of credit points/sum of credits56.90/18 =3.16 B
CALCULATION OF CGPA
Semester SGPA Credits Credit points
I 3.16 18 56.88
II 2.80 20 56.00
III 3.58 20 71.60
IV 3.35 20 67.00
V 3.65 22 80.30
VI 3.70 20 74.00
Total 120 405.78
CGPA Sum of credit points/total credits405.78/120 = 3.38
B
CGPA
CGPA is calculated at the end of the programme
CGPA will be calculated seperately for Core courses Common Courses – English Common Courses – Other than english Complementary Courses Open courses And overall CGPA
OVERALL GRADE IN A PROGRAMME
CGPA Overall Letter Grade
3.80- 4.00 A+
3.50- 3.79 A
3.00- 3.49 B+
2.5-2.99 B
2.00-2.49 C+
1.50- 1.99 C
1.00-1.49 D
A seven point scale letter grade will be used