Awareness on Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)- An Overview
By
Dr.J Chinna Babu
Academic coordinator
Vivekananda Govt.Degree College
Vidyanagar, Hyderabad.
Types of Courses in CBCS System
1. Core Course: A course, which should compulsorily be studied by a candidate as a core requirement is termed as a Core course.
Elective Course:
Examination Method
• Two Internal exams (average of two) - 15 M
(No re-exam for Internal exam)
• One assignment 5M
• End semester examination 80M
Total 100M
Pass Marks - (40 %) 40M
Pass Marks -an Example
Internal |
External |
Total |
Result |
0 |
40 |
40 |
Pass |
8 |
32 |
40 |
Pass |
20 |
20 |
40 |
Fail |
20 |
31 |
51 |
Fail |
• No Internal Exam for Practical .
• End semester Examination for 25 marks and 1 credit
• I, III, V Practical examination evaluation by internal examiner
• II, IV & VI Practical evaluation by External examiner.
Detention/ promotion:
• No detention from I to II SEM But Exam registration for SEM I and getting hall ticket is must
• But to promote from II SEM to III SEM, the candidate has clear at least 50 % of papers, otherwise he will be detained .
Promotion from II SEM to III SEM
Programme |
No.of papers in SemI &II |
Total no.of backlogs permitted |
B.A |
12 |
6 |
B.SC |
18 |
9 |
B. Com |
14 |
7 |
No detention from III to IV SEM
But Exam registration for SEM III is must
Promotion from IVSEM to V SEM
Programme |
No.of papers in Sem I to IV |
Total no .of backlogs permitted |
B.A |
24 |
12 |
B.SC |
36 |
18 |
B. Com |
28 |
14 |
Award of Letter Grade and Grade Point
Award of Grade |
||
Range of Marks(%) |
Letter Grade |
Grade Point |
85 to 100 70 to 84 60 to 69 55 to 59 50 to 54 40 to 49 Less than 40 Absent |
O A B C D E F Ab |
10 9 8 7 6 5 0 0 |
The SGPA is the ratio of sum of the product of the number of credits with the grade points scored by a student in all the courses taken by a student and the sum of the number of credits of all the courses undergone by a student, i.e
SGPA (Si) = Σ(Ci x Gi) / Σci
where Ci is the number of credits of the ith course and Gi is the grade point scored by the student in the ith course.
ii. The CGPA is also calculated in the same manner taking into account all the courses undergone by a student over all the semesters of a programme, i.e.
CGPA = Σ(Ci x Si) / Σ Ci
where Si is the SGPA of the ith semester and Ci is the total number of credits in that semester.
Calculation of SGPA– an example
S.No |
Course title |
%Marks |
Grade Letter |
Grade Points |
Credits |
Credit points |
1 |
Environmental Science |
56 |
D |
6 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
English |
62 |
C |
7 |
5 |
35 |
3 |
Second Language |
82 |
A |
9 |
5 |
45 |
4 |
Optional - I ( Maths) |
90 |
O |
10 |
4 |
40 |
5 |
Optional - I ( Maths) Pr |
79 |
B |
8 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
Optional – II (Physics) |
55 |
D |
6 |
4 |
24 |
7 |
Optional – II (Physics)Pr |
89 |
A |
9 |
1 |
9 |
8 |
Optional – III( Chemistry) |
48 |
E |
5 |
4 |
20 |
9 |
Optional – III( Chemistry)Pr |
70 |
B |
8 |
1 |
8 |
SGPA = Total Credit points/ Total Credits
SGPA = 201/27 = 7.44