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The University Grants Commission (UGC) published the curriculum and credit framework for undergraduate programs. The revised Choice Based Credit System was used to create the new guidelines.
Students in this program will have multiple entry and exit points. Students will now be able to choose between single major, double major, and interdisciplinary subject options, according to the revised guidelines.
Students currently receive an honors degree after three years of college study. Students will now be able to pursue two types of honours degrees: honours and honours with research. Those who complete a four-year degree program with 160 credits and meet the credit requirement will be awarded a four-year UG Honours degree in the major discipline.
Students who receive 75% or higher in the first six semesters but want to do research at the undergraduate level will be able to choose a research stream in the fourth year.
“They should do a research project or dissertation under the guidance of a faculty member of the university or college. The research project and dissertation will be in the major discipline. The students who secure 160 credits, including 12 credits from a research project and dissertation, will be awarded UG degree (honours with research),” the notification explained.
The revised guidelines will also allow students to consider various entry and exit points. According to the revised guidelines, students who choose to leave after the first year and have earned 40 credits will be awarded a UG certificate if they also complete one vocational course worth four credits during the first year’s summer vacation. Furthermore, these students will be allowed to re-enter the degree program within three years and complete the degree program within the seven-year maximum period.
Similarly, students who choose to leave after the second year and have earned 80 credits will be awarded the UG diploma if they also complete one vocational course worth four credits during the second year’s summer vacation. They will be permitted to re-enter within three years and complete the degree program within a maximum of seven years.
Students pursuing multidisciplinary degrees will have their core course credits distributed across broad disciplines. “ A student who chooses a UG program in life sciences, for example, will have the total credits to core courses distributed across botany, zoology, and human biology disciplines. The degree will be conferred as a BSc in Life Sciences for a 3-year programme and BSc (Honours) in Life Sciences or BSc (Honours with Research) for a 4-year programme without or with a research component respectively,” the official notification stated.
Source:IE
