Choice Based Credit Semester System (CCSS)

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Choice Based Credit Semester System (CCSS)
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Semesterisation and Grading at ug level

• Kerala State Higher Education Council recommended
  to restructure the Under Graduate education by
  Introducing Semesterisation and Grading.
• Calicut University implemented CCSS

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KEY WORDS

• Programme - Entire course of study
  (traditionally referred to as course).
• Course - subject (traditionally referred to as
  paper)
• Credit (Cr) - weekly unit of work

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STRUCTURE

• Duration 6 semesters distributed in a period
  of 3 years
• The odd semesters June to October
• Even semesters November to March
• Each semester Min 90 working days of 18 weeks, 5
  Days and 5 Hours

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Courses

• Total 31 courses
• 10 Common Courses (Code A)
• 16 Core Courses (Code B)
• 04 Complimentary Courses (Code C)
• 01 Open Courses (Code D)

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Credits

• To pass Achieve a min of 120 credits
• Common 38 credits
• Core and Complimentary 78 credits
• Open 4 credits

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Attendance

• Min 75 during a semester for each course
• Condonation max 10 days in a semester and max 2
  times during the programme

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Extra credits

• NCC weightage certificate- 1
• NSS weightage certificate -1
• University level participation in sports -1
• Participation in inter zone arts festival -1
• Participation in inter University meets -1
• Compulsory social service (CSS) for a period of
  30 days

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EVALUATION AND GRADING

• Two parts
• Internal Evaluation (25 Weightage)
• External Evaluation (75 Weightage)

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Internal Evaluation

• Based on Direct Grading System
• Five components for internal assessment
• Assignment - 1 wieghtage
• Seminar - 1 weightage
• Test Paper (2 test papers) 2 weightage
• Attendance 1 weightage
• Total 5 weightage
• There shall not be any chance for improvement
  for internal grade

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External Evaluation

• Immediately after Each Semester
• Based on Direct Grading System
• Four types of questions
• 1. Multiple Choice/Objective Type questions
• 2. Short Answer type questions
• 3. Short Essays/Problems
• 4. Long Essays

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External Evaluation

• Questions are given different weights.
• Weights are similar to marks in the traditional
  marks system.
• Weights of these 4 types of questions ¼, 1, 2, 4
  respectively

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DIRECT GRADING SYSTEM
Letter Grade Grade Point Grade Point Range
A 4 3.5-4
B 3 2.5-3.49
C 2 1.5-2.49
D 1 0.5-1.49
E 0 0-0.49
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Passing a course

• Aggregate C grade in each course for a pass and
  also for awarding a degree

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Grade of Internal Assessment
Theory Weight Grade Grade point Weighted grade point
Assignment 1 A 4 4
Seminar 1 A 4 4
Attendance 1 B 3 3
Internal Test 1 1 B 3 3
Internal Test 2 1 A 4 4
Total 5 17
Internal Grade Sum of weighted grade points/ sum of weights 18/5 3.4 Sum of weighted grade points/ sum of weights 18/5 3.4 Sum of weighted grade points/ sum of weights 18/5 3.4 B
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Internal Grade for Attendance
of Attendance Grade
Above 90 A
85 89.9 B
80-84.9 C
75-79.9 D
Less than 75 E
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Grade of a Course
Exam Weight Grade Grade Point Weighted Grade Point
External 3 B 3.13 (ext wgpa) 9.39
Internal 1 B 3 3
Total 4 12.39
Grade of a course Overall WGPA Sum of weighted grade points/sum of weights 12.39/4 3.10 Overall WGPA Sum of weighted grade points/sum of weights 12.39/4 3.10 Overall WGPA Sum of weighted grade points/sum of weights 12.39/4 3.10 B
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Calculation of SGPA
Course Code Credits Overall Grade Overall WGPA Credit points
01 3 B 3.10 9.30
02 3 C 2.40 7.20
03 4 A 3.70 14.80
04 4 B 2.60 10.40
05 4 A 3.80 15.20
Total 18 56.90
SGPA Sum of credit points/sum of credits 56.90/18 3.16 Sum of credit points/sum of credits 56.90/18 3.16 Sum of credit points/sum of credits 56.90/18 3.16 B
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Calculation of CGPA
Semester SGPA Credits Credit points
I 3.16 18 56.88
II 2.80 20 56.00
III 3.58 20 71.60
IV 3.35 20 67.00
V 3.65 22 80.30
VI 3.70 20 74.00
Total 120 405.78
CGPA Sum of credit points/total credits 405.78/120 3.38 Sum of credit points/total credits 405.78/120 3.38 B
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CGPA

• CGPA is calculated at the end of the programme
• CGPA will be calculated seperately for
• Core courses
• Common Courses English
• Common Courses Other than english
• Complementary Courses
• Open courses
• And overall CGPA

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Overall Grade in a Programme
A seven point scale letter grade will be used
CGPA Overall Letter Grade
3.80- 4.00 A
3.50- 3.79 A
3.00- 3.49 B
2.5-2.99 B
2.00-2.49 C
1.50- 1.99 C
1.00-1.49 D
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Percentage equelence

• Percentage CGPA/4 100
• 3.38/4 100
• 84.5

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AWARD OF DEGREE

• The successful completion of all the courses
  (common, core, complementary and open courses)
  prescribed for the degree programme with C grade
  shall be the minimum requirement for the award of
  the degree.