MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY

All three year undergraduate study and examination system followed in affiliated colleges of Mahatma Gandhi University which are currently held in mark –examination system and three year pattern will be restructured into the Course Credit Semester System (CCSS) pattern from 2009 onwards. The conventional name of BA/B.Sc course is replaced by BA/B.Sc Programme.
The BA/B.Sc Programme consists of a bundle of Course, in which each course is assigned with Credit, spread out in Semester pattern and the learning of the subject and evaluation through grading are arranged in System. The essential features of CCSS are :

Course:

· Structurally a four module lesson on a particular subject.

· Grouped under five heads: Common, Core, Complementary, Open and Choice based

Credit:

· Each course is assigned with certain number of Credit

· Credits are linked to evaluation through grading

Semester:

· Consists of ninety instructional days. (18working weeks /Six months).

· Internal evaluation is done during the course of study.

· The external evaluation is done at the end of each semester.

System:

· Course Credit and semester are arranged systematically with a view to help the student to construct knowledge progressively.

· Evaluation through grading in three levels: course level, semester level and overall level of the programme.

2. BA Philosophy programme

i. The total number of courses in the B.A Philosophy progamme is 30 which carries 120 credits. The distribution of courses comprising kind of course, number, credit, instructional hours, and offering department will be as follows:

Table 1

Sl. No.	Course	No. of courses	Credits	Instruction hours	Offering Department
1	Common courses (English)	6	22	28	English
2	Common courses (Second Language)	4	16	18	Malayalam/ Sanskrit/ Hindi/Arabic
3	Core courses	14	56	72	Philosophy
4	Complementary courses	4	16	24	Philosophy/ Sociology/ Political Science
5	Open course	1	3	4	other than Philosophy
6	Choice based course	1	3	4	Philosophy
7	Project (Linked to the core courses)	-	4	-	Philosophy
	Total	30	120	150

In the fifth semester the students of Philosophy programme have to pursue the open course offered by the other departments. The open course offered by the philosophy programme is for the students of other programmes only. In the sixth semester the choice based course is for the students of the Philosophy programme only (Elective).

Course, Credit and Semester:

· The thematic title, code number, instructional hours, semester, objectives, module division and reference books etc are presented along with the course syllabi.

· The details of the semester pattern of the courses, credit division, instructional hours of given in the the B.A philosophy programme of the all the three affiliated colleges of M.G. University are charts

System of Evaluation and grading:

The evaluation and grading of the programme has three phases:

· Evaluation and grading at the course level,

· Semester level and

· The overall grading of the programme.

The evaluation and grading of the course:

The evaluation and grading of the course has two parts, internal evaluation or In-Semester Assessment (ISA) and external evaluation or End Semester Assessment(ESA). Internal evaluation will be conducted during the course of the semester and carries 25% of the total credit. External examinations of 3 hours duration for each course will be conducted at the end of each semester by the University. Each external examination carries 75% of the total credit of the course

The performance of the students is evaluated in terms of grades. The process of direct grading shall be used with a five point scale (A,B,C, D and E). Further with reference to the range of components / questions, ‘weight’ is assigned. Grades and weights are assigned with numerical values. The Classification, Grade range, Grade and Grade points are given in the Table 2

Table 2

Sl. No	Classification	Grade range	Grade	Grade Points
1	Outstanding	3.5 – 4.00	A	4
2	Very Good	2.5 – 3.49	B	3
3	Good	1.5 – 2.49	C	2
4	Fair	0.5 – 1.49	D	1
5	Poor	Less than 0.5	E	0

Components of internal evaluation (ISA)

Internal evaluation will have the following components: Attendance 5%, Seminar 5%, Assignment 5% and Two test papers 10% giving a total of 25%. The grading of these components is done as follows

a. Attendance: Table 3

Percentage	90-100	85-89	80-84	75-79	Less than 75
Grade	A	B	C	D	E

Assignments and Seminar: assuming a grade range 0 to4,the grade classification is given in table no.4

Table 4

Grade range	3.5-4.0	2.5-3.49	1.5-2.49	0.5-1.49	Less than .5
Grade	A	B	C	D	E

b. Test papers: A pattern similar to that of external examination

c. Computation of overall internal grade. The weight – component schema to compute overall internal grade is given in table 5.

Table 5

Component	Attendance	Assignments	Seminar	Test papers	Total
Weight	1	1	1	2	5

The computation of overall internal grade has to be done in four steps (see table 6).

1. award grade and convert into grade points

2. Multiply grade point with eight to find Weighted Grade Point (WGP).

3 .The Sum of Weighted Grade Point (WGP) is then divided by the sum of weights to arrive at the Grade Point Average (GPA)

4.Grade Point Average is then converted into Grade point as per table 9

Table 6

Component	Awarded		Weight	Weighted Sum
Component	Grade	Grade Point	Weight	Weighted Sum
Attendance			1	Grade point X weight
Assignments			1	Grade point X weight
Seminar			1	Grade point X weight
Test papers			2	Grade point X weight
Sum			5

Sum of weighted grade point

Sum of weights

GPA is converted to grade using table 9

Components of External Evaluation (ESA)

The range of questions and schema of weight and choice of answer in external examination is given in table 7.

Table 7

	Type of Questions	Weight	Number of questions to be answered
1	A bunch of 4 objective type questions	1	4 Bunches(No Choice)
2	Short answer type questions	1	5 out of 8
3	Short essay/ problem solving type questions	2	4 out of 6
4	Essay type questions	4	2 out of 3

As in the case of internal evaluation, the external evaluation has to be done in four steps(see Table 8)

1. Award grade and convert into grade points

2. Multiply the grade point with weight to find Weighted Grade Point(WGP)

3. Sum of Weighted Grade Points (WGP) is then divided by the sum of weight to arrive at GPA Grade point Average

Question Type	Question No	Awarded		Weight	Weighted grade points
Question Type	Question No	Grade	Points	Weight	Weighted grade points
Objective type (Answer all)	1- 4			1	Grade points X weight
	5 - 8			1	Grade points X weight
	9 - 12			1	Grade points X weight
	13 -16			1	Grade points X weight
Short answer (Any5 questions)	17			1	Grade points X weight
	18 22			1	Grade points X weight
	19 23			1	Grade points X weight
	20 24			1	Grade points X weight
	21			1	Grade points X weight
Short essay(Any 4 questions)	25			2	Grade points X weight
	26 29			2	Grade points X weight
	27 30			2	Grade points X weight
	28			2	Grade points X weight
Essay(Any 2 questions)	31			4	Grade points X weight
Essay(Any 2 questions)	32 33			4	Grade points X weight
Sum				25
Grade point average (GPA) = Sum of weighted grade points/ sum of weights

Converting GPA to grades and Grade of Course

The grade point average (GPA) is converted to grade as per the table 9

Table 9

Range of GPA	4.0 – 3.5	3.49 – 2.5	2.49 – 1.5	1.49 – 0.5	0.49-0.0
Grade	A	B	C	D	E

Consolidation for a Course

Table 10

Exam	Weight	Grade Awarded	Grade Point	Weighted grade points
Internal(ISA)	1			Grade Point X 1
External(ESA)	3			Grade Point X 3
Total	4			Sum

Grade of the course is obtained by combining the internal and external grade in the ratio 1:3

i.e. (Internal grade X 1) + (external grade X 3)

Consolidation of SGPA

Evaluation through grading at semester level

Computation of overall grade of a semester has to be done in four steps (See Table 11)

1. Encode awarded grade and grade points

2. Multiply grade point with credit to find Weighted Grade Point (WGP).

3. The Sum of Weighted Grade Point (WGP) is then divided by the sum of weights to arrive at the Grade Point Average (GPA)

4. Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) is then converted into Grade as per table 9

Table 11

Sem	Title	Credit	Awarded		Weighted grade points
Sem	Title	Credit	Grade	Points	Weighted grade points
I	Common – Eng 1	4			Credit X grade Points
	Common – Eng 2	3			Credit X grade Points
	Common – Sec.Lang 1	4			Credit X grade Points
	Core I	4			Credit X grade Points
	Complementary – 1	4			Credit X grade Points
	Sum	19

Semester Grade point average (SGPA) = Sum of weighted grade points/ sum of credits

Consolidation of CGPA

Computation of overall grade of a programme has is done in four steps (See Table 12)

a. Encode awarded grade and grade points

b. Multiply grade point with credit to find Weighted Grade Point (WGP).

c. The Sum of Weighted Grade Point (WGP) is then divided by the sum of weights to arrive at the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)

d. The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is then converted into Grade as per the seven point grade table (See table 13)

Range of CGPA	4.0 – 3.8	3.79 – 3.5	3.49 – 3.0	2.99 – 2.5	2.49-2.0	1.99 – 1.5	1.49 – 0.5	0.49 – 0.0
Grade	A⁺	A	B⁺	B	C⁺	C	D	No grade

Table 13

A Separate Minimum of D grade for internal and external are required for a pass for a course. For a pass in a programme a separate minimum of Grade D is required for all the courses and must score a minimum CGPA of 2.00 or an overall grade of C⁺ and above.

Overall grade of the programme is obtained by taking weighted average of grade points for different courses(see table 12)

Table 12

Sem	Title	Credit	Awarded		Weighted grade points	Total Credits
Sem	Title	Credit	Grade	Points	Weighted grade points	Total Credits
I	Common – Eng 1	4			Credit X grade Points	19
	Common – Eng 2	3			Credit X grade Points
	Common – Sec.Lang 1	4			Credit X grade Points
	Core 1	4			Credit X grade Points
	Complementary – 1	4			Credit X grade Points
II	Common – Eng 3	4			Credit X grade Points	19
	Common – Eng 4	3			Credit X grade Points
	Common – Sec.Lang 2	4			Credit X grade Points
	Core 2	4			Credit X grade Points
	Complementary– 2	4			Credit X grade Points
III	Common – Eng 5	4			Credit X grade Points	20
	Common – Sec.Lang 3	4			Credit X grade Points
	Core 3	4			Credit X grade Points
	Core 4	4			Credit X grade Points
	Complementary – 3	4			Credit X grade Points
IV	Common - Eng 6	4			Credit X grade Points	20
	Common Sec.Lang 4	4			Credit X grade Points
	Core 5	4			Credit X grade Points
	Core 6	4			Credit X grade Points
	Complementary - 4	4			Credit X grade Points
V	Core 7	4			Credit X grade Points	19
	Core 8	4			Credit X grade Points
	Core 9	4			Credit X grade Points
	Core 10	4			Credit X grade Points
	Open Course - 1	3			Credit X grade Points
VI	Core 11	4			Credit X grade Points	23
	Core 12	4			Credit X grade Points
	Core 13	4			Credit X grade Points
	Core 14	4			Credit X grade Points
	Choice Based Course	3			Credit X grade Points
	Project	4			Credit X grade Points
	Sum	120				120
	Grade point of the programme = sum of weighted grade points of the courses / 120

A grade of C⁺ or above shall be required for higher studies in each programme.

B.A. PHILOSOPHY PROGRAMME OF MAHARAJAS COLLEGE

Chart of Credit and Instruction Hours

Sem	Code	Title	Inst.Hrs	Credit	Total Hrs	Total Credits
I		Common – Eng 1	5	4	25	19
		Common – Eng 2	4	3
		Common – Sec.Lang 1	4	4
	11	Core 1	6	4
	25 (a)	Complementary – 1	6	4
II		Common – Eng 3	5	4	25	19
		Common – Eng 4	4	3
		Common – Sec.Lang 2	4	4
	12	Core 2	6	4
	26 (a)	Complementary– 2	6	4
III		Common – Eng 5	5	4	25	20
		Common – Sec.Lang 3	5	4
	13	Core 3	5	4
	14	Core 4	4	4
	27 (a)	Complementary – 3	6	4
IV		Common - Eng 6	5	4	25	20
		Common Sec.Lang 4	5	4
	15	Core 5	5	4
	16	Core 6	4	4
	28 (a)	Complementary - 4	6	4
V	17	Core 7	6	4	25	19
	18	Core 8	5	4
	19	Core 9	5	4
	20	Core 10	5	4
	29(a – f)	Open Course - 1	4	3
VI	21	Core 11	6	4	25	23
	22	Core 12	5	4
	23	Core 13	5	4
	24	Core 14	5	4
	30 (a-f)	Choice Based Course	4	3
		Project	-	4
		Total	150	120	150	120

(Core Course common to Maharajas College, Ernakulam and NSS College Changanassery )

(Complementary courses 25(a), 26(a), 27(a), 28(a) were also prepared by Board of Studies in Philosophy M.G University and offered by Philosophy Department)
B.A. PHILOSOPHY PROGRAMME OF NSS COLLEGE CHANGANASERRY

Chart of Credit and Instruction Hours

Sem	Code	Title	Inst.Hrs	Credit	Total Hrs	Total Credits
I		Common – Eng 1	5	4	25	19
		Common – Eng 2	4	3
		Common – Sec.Lang 1	4	4
	11	Core 1	6	4
	25 (b)	Complementary – 1	6	4
II		Common – Eng 3	5	4	25	19
		Common – Eng 4	4	3
		Common – Sec.Lang 2	4	4
	12	Core 2	6	4
	26 (b)	Complementary– 2	6	4
III		Common – Eng 5	5	4	25	20
		Common – Sec.Lang 3	5	4
	13	Core 3	5	4
	14	Core 4	4	4
	27 (b)	Complementary – 3	6	4
IV		Common - Eng 6	5	4	25	20
		Common Sec.Lang 4	5	4
	15	Core 5	5	4
	16	Core 6	4	4
	28 (b)	Complementary - 4	6	4
V	17	Core 7	6	4	25	19
	18	Core 8	5	4
	19	Core 9	5	4
	20	Core 10	5	4
	29(a – f)	Open Course - 1	4	3
VI	21	Core 11	6	4	25	23
	22	Core 12	5	4
	23	Core 13	5	4
	24	Core 14	5	4
	30 (a - f)	Choice Based Course	4	3
		Project	-	4
		Total	150	120	150	120

(Core Course common to Maharajas College, Ernakulam and NSS College Changanassery )

(Complementary courses 25(b) and 26(b) were prepared by Board of Studies in Sociology and Courses 27(b) and 28 (b) were prepared by Board of Studies in Political Science, MG University and offered by Departments of Sociology and Political Science respectively )

B.A. PHILOSOPHY PROGRAMME OF St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam

Complementarty course offered to B.A Economics Programme

Chart of Credit and Instruction Hours

Sem	Code	Title	Inst.Hrs	Credit	Total Hrs	Total Credits
I		Common – Eng 1	5	4	25	19
		Common – Eng 2	4	3
		Common – Sec.Lang 1	4	4
		Core 1	6	4
		Complementary – 1	6	4
II		Common – Eng 3	5	4	25	19
		Common – Eng 4	4	3
		Common – Sec.Lang 2	4	4
		Core 2	6	4
		Complementary– 2	6	4
III		Common – Eng 5	5	4	25	20
		Common – Sec.Lang 3	5	4
		Core 3	5	4
		Core 4	4	4
	27 (c)	Logic	6	4
IV