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Delhi Universitys 4 Years Undergraduate Program

The Vice chancellor of the University of Delhi Dinesh Singh has given a go ahead for

the Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP), which is claimed to bring the

Indian higher education system on par with the American system of education.

The new undergraduate programme will replace the existing 10+2+3 format of

education with the 10+2+4 format like in the West and will be implemented July2013 onwards.

The new format however will not affect those who are already pursuing their

graduation in the 10+2+3 format.

Eight semesters

The four year programme will be spread across two semesters annually, totalling

eight semesters in four years.

More subjects to choose from

There will be 11 new foundation courses and a total of 26 interdisciplinary courses

or DC (20 Disciplinary Courses in Discipline 1 and six in Discipline 2) that a student

can choose to study over the four-year period.

Choose a major and minor

While in the three year programme, an undergraduate could only choose one

subject as a major for specialisation, the new four-year programme will allow the

student to choose both a major and a minor subject for specialisation.

In the first year, the student can choose his/her major also known as Discipline 1

which will be the main subject of specialisation and comprise a total of 20 papers.

At the end of Semester 2, the student will have to pick a subject as minor (also

known as Discipline 2) for Semester 3, which will have six papers spread between

semester 3 and 8.

This means that a student who will be joining college in the 2013-14 academic

session will have to take seven foundation courses or FC (four in the first semester

and three in second) along with four DC I papers in the first year.

The most interesting part of the programme is that students irrespective of their

stream of specialisation can choose from these interdisciplinary options for their

honours.

This means that a student of natural sciences can choose to pursue political science

or history while a student of English literature can choose to study physics,

chemistry or even Mathematics as their minor.

Application courses

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From semester two onwards up to the fourth semester, there will also be four

application courses (one per semester).

Irrespective of DC I or DC II chosen by a student, application courses allow the

students to choose from a wide range of courses from history to music.

According to the new programme, students will have three exit options to choose

from:

Those who choose to exit the course after two years will be awarded an Associate

Baccalaureate degree.

Those who complete three years will receive a Baccalaureate degree.

Those who complete four years will receive a Baccalaureate with Honours or a

BTech degree.

Students who choose to exit in the second and third year can return to complete the

subsequent programme within a span of 10 years.

Internal assessment

Under the old system, internal assessment comprised 25 marks and had three

components: 10 marks for class test, 10 for assignment and five marks towards

regular attendance.

Under the new system, 15 marks will be assigned for presentation, which could be

in the form of a project, or presentation in group.

While one student delivers a presentation, the others are expected to participate by

asking questions.

This activity will be monitored and evaluated for both communication and writing

skills.

Promotion

Under the new system, students must have an aggregate of 40 per cent if they

want to exit the course after two or three years.

Like any other professional programme, if a student fails to clear a particular

subject in one semester, s/he will be promoted to the next semester and have anopportunity to take the exam later.

To clear the four year programme, students will require an aggregate of 50 per

cent.