Academic Setup

ACADEMICS
Academic Setup


•Academic Calender

•Academic Tutor

•Contact Hour

•Credit Hour

•Semester Credit Load

•Grading System

•Award of Grade 'F'

•Award of Grade 'I'

•Attendance Rule

•Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)

•Semester GPA

•Course Code Methadology

•Student Evaluation

•Registration

•Repeating a Course

Academic Calender:

An academic year comprises of two regular semesters and a summer semester. Regular semesters are of nineteen week each and include sixteen weeks of teaching and three weeks of examinations, i.e. two weeks of sessional examination and one week of end semester examination. The summer semester is a concentrated period of study comprising of eight weeks. The schedule of the semesters for academic year 2009-10 is as follows:

Fall: 26 September - 18 February 2010

Spring: 1 March - 10 July 2010

Summer: 12 July - 17 September 2010


Academic Tutor

Every student is assigned to an Academic Tutor. “Academic Tutor” is a member of the Faculty assigned by the Head of Department for guiding and counseling students and for supervising and monitoring their academic matters until they finally graduate from the University.

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Contact Hour

“Contact Hour” means one hour including ten minutes break spent on academic and research related activities including instructional work/tutorials, lab work practicals, research work, projects, seminars, workshops, internships, etc during the course of studies at the University. Generally speaking one credit hour of course work is equal to one contact hour whereas one credit hour of practical/lab/research work/ projects etc is equal to two or three contact hours;

Credit Hour

“Credit Hour” means a lecture of one hour duration (including ten minutes break) per week per semester for a subject countable towards a student’s Cumulative Grade Point Average. However, in case of seminars, tutorials and laboratory work, one credit hour may require two or three contact hours depending upon the nature of the subject.

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Semester Credit Load

Five to six subjects are offered every semester. Students must register in all subjects. Credit hours load per semester ranges between 15 and 19.

Grading System

The performance of each student in a course of study is graded as follows:GRADE

GRADE POINT



A 4.00

A- 3.67

B+ 3.33

B 3.00

B- 2.67

C+ 2.33

C 2.00

C- 1.67

D+ 1.33

D 1.00

F 0.00

I Incomplete

To earn course credits, a student must obtain a minimum of 1.00 grade points. To successfully complete the degree, a student must obtain a minimum CGPA of 2.00 for bachelors and 3.00 for Masters Degree.

Award of Grade ‘F’

'F' grade is awarded on the basis of academic failure. The 'F' grade obtained by the student shall only be cleared by repetition of the course whenever offered.

Award of Grade ‘I’

A student, who, because of illness or other acceptable reasons duly approved by the Board of Faculty, fails to complete the required work in any course or misses any examination/test, provided his overall attendance is not less than 75%, is given ‘I’ as a grade. The student receiving such a grade makes up the unfinished portion of his course in time frame as decided by Departmental Board of studies. In case the student fails to make up the course work, he receives a grade ‘F’.

Attendance Rule

A student shall not be allowed to appear in final examination of a subject in which his attendance is less than 75%, and he shall be awarded ‘F’ grade in that subject.

Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)

“Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)” means the summation of grade points of all credit courses divided by the total number of credit hour taken by a student, i.e.

Where P represents a grade point assigned to a letter grade scored by the student in a course and N represents the number of credit hours associated with the course.

Semester GPA





"Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA)” means the summation of grade points of the particular semester credit courses divided by the total number of credit hour taken by a student in that semester, i.e.

Where P represents a grade point assigned to a letter grade scored by the student in a course and N represents the number of credit hours associated with the course.

Course Code Methadology

The courses are identified by the course numbers, which consist of two alphabets and three digits. The alphabets represent the discipline; the first digit indicates the year in which the course is offered; the remaining two indicates course serial number.

CS Computer Sciences

EE Electrical Engineering

GS General Sciences

HS Humanities

ME Mechanical Engineering

MS Management Sciences

Student Evaluation

Students are evaluated as per following:

•Quizzes

•Home Assignments

•Hourly tests

•Case Studies

•Projects

•Practical/Lab test

•Viva

•End-Term Examination

Registration


At the beginning of the program, every student shall register himself with the University in the discipline for which the Admissions Committee has accepted him. All admissions shall remain provisional until the submission of:-


•required prerequisite and attested qualifications

•Fee for the academic program

•any other supporting documents that may be required

The Registration branch shall issue registration cards to the individual student. A candidate shall be allowed in the Final/End Semester Examinations of the University as a regular student, only if he fulfills the following conditions namely:-



•must be registered in the university

•must have the minimum percentage of attendance in each subject, as laid down in the rules.

Repeating a Course

A student may repeat a course under two circumstances i.e. to clear an ‘F’ Grade or to improve his CGPA. The student shall be required to complete all for formalities applicable repetition of courses i.e. mid semester examination/one hour tests, projects, assignments, quizzes etc, and End Semester Examination. The student transcript shall show both old grade and new earned grade but the CGPA shall be based on new earned grade. The student shall also have to pay the prescribed tuition fee for the repeated course. Student who repeats a subject shall not be eligible for top student honors / awards even if he improves it and comes in that bracket after repeating it. It is the student's responsibility to clear the failed subjects within the prescribed time limits to avoid relegation due to accumulation of ‘F’ grades.