Presentation for Semester System

7/28/2019 Presentation for Semester System

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SEMESTER SYSTEM

IN B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.)


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PROGRAM BREAK UP

The duration of B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.) will be of

Four Years (Eight Semesters).

Each academic year shall be divided into TwoSemesters.

Each Semester will be of 18 weeks duration

including 16 weeks for teaching and 02 weeksfor Tests and Examinations.


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PROGRAM BREAK UP

A student of B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.) have to

complete atleast 130 credit hours, out of which

06 Credit Hours are of Research

Dissertation, for the completion of Degree.

He/she has to score 2.50 CGPA to pass the

B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.) Examination.

He/she has to complete the B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.)

within Six years of his/her first admission in

the program


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WEIGHTAGE OF MARKS

The weightage of marks for each course in a

Semester shall be as under.

Semester Work 25 marks

Mid Semester Test 25 marksFinal Examination 50 marks

Total 100 marks

Semester Work:Quizzes/ Term Papers/ Projects etc. given by the respective

teacher to the students in a Semester will be called

Semester Work.


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MID SEMESTER TEST

A Mid Semester Test will be conducted in the Ninthweek.

Mid Semester Test will be conducted by the Chairpersonof the concerned department in coordination with theController of Examinations.

The Attendance Sheet of Mid Semester Test will be sentto the Office of the Controller of Examinations after halfan hour of the start of paper on the day of Test.

The result of Mid Semester Test shall be sent by theChairperson of the Department to the Controller of

Examinations within 05 days positively after the last dayof Mid Semester Test.

The result of Mid Semester Test and Semester Workonce submitted by the Chairperson of the department tothe Controller of Examinations will not be revised.


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ATTENDANCE CRITERIA A student must attend 85 percent of the lectures delivered

in each course in a semester to be eligible to appear in theFinal Examination of that course.

In case a student does not attend 85% of the lectures

delivered in any course/s in a Semester, he/she will not be

allowed to appear in the Final Examination of thatcourse/s. He/she will be awarded In (Incomplete) grade

in such course/s. Such students will have to repeat the

concerned course/s in a forthcoming Semester which offers

the course/s.

The list of Eligible candidates for the Final Examination

shall be notified by the Controller of Examinations before

the start of Final Examination of each Semester


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FINAL EXAMINATION OF SEMESTER

There will be a Final Examination at the end of each

Semester covering the whole prescribed syllabus for

each course.

The Final Examination shall be conducted by the

Chairperson of the Department in coordination with

the Controller of Examinations.

The Attendance Sheet of Final Examination will be

sent to the Office of the Controller of Examinations

after half an hour of the start of Examination.


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APPOINTMENT OF INTERNAL

EXAMINER

An Internal Examiner will be appointed by

the Controller of Examinations on the

recommendation of Departmental Board ofStudies for each course in a Semester.


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QESTION PAPER OF FINAL EXAMINATION

The Internal Examiner will set Question Paper for

Final Examination and send the question paper in asealed envelope to the Controller of ExaminationsOne month before the date of Final Examination set

by the Office of Controller of Examinations.

The weightage of Syllabus for the Question Paperof Final Examination should be as follows:

Up till Mid Semester Test 25%

From Mid Semester Test to Final Examination 75%.

There will be One Compulsory Question of 10 markscontaining MCQs (each MCQ should have 05 fivealternate choices) and 05 Descriptive Questions of 10marks each. A student has to attempt 04 DescriptiveQuestions out of 05 .


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QESTION PAPER OF FINAL EXAMINATION

The Questions either MCQs or Descriptive should be appliedin nature.

The Question Paper should be a Computer Printout. Hand

written Question Papers will not be acceptable. It is compulsory for the Internal Examiner to submit the

Solution of Question Paper along with it.

In case of objective question KEY, in case of SubjectiveQuestions, main headings which are required and in case of

Mathematical Problems, detailed solution must be given.


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MARKING OF ANSWER SCRIPTS

The Internal Examiner will mark the Answer

Scripts and return the same along with the

Award List to the Controller of Examination

within 05 Days of Conduct of Examination as

specified by the Controller of Examinations.


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GRADING SYSTEM

In GC University Lahore we use the Grade PointAverage (GPA) system.

Final grade in each course shall be awarded to the

students on the basis of marks obtained by thestudents and his/her relative position in the class

in the respective course.

These grades then translated into Grade Points

(GP) for determining a students standing at the

end of every semester.


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GRADING FORMULA

Grading formula will be as follows

Letter Grade Numeric Value of

Grades

Description

A+ 4.0 Out Standing

A 3.7 Excellent

B+ 3.3 Very Good

B 3.0 Good

B- 2.7 Average

C+ 2.3 Satisfactory

C 2.0 Pass

C- 1.7 Low Pass

D 1.0 Barely Pass

F 0.0 Fail

In 0.0 Incomplete


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WHAT IS GPA

GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)

Performance in any semester is reported in Grade Point Average.

This is the average of weighted grade points earned in the courses

taken during the semester. The Grade Point Average is obtained by

dividing the sum of Grade Points attained in each course by the total

number of Credit hours for that semester.

GRADE POINT (GP)

Grade Point = Numeric Value of Grade x Credit Hours

CREDIT HOURS

Credit hours are weights assigned to a course. One credit is

equivalent to One hour of class per week for course of theory and

two hours of laboratory work per week for the course of practical for

an academic semester


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WHAT IS GPA (Cont.)

Grade Crd. Hrs.

Numeric

Value of

Grade

Grade Point

A 3 3.7 3 x 3.7=11.1B+ 3 3.3 3 x 3.3=9.9

C 3 2.0 2 x 2.0=4.0

C- 3 1.7 3 x 1.7=5.112 30.1

GPA = 30.1 / 12 = 2.51


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CRITERIA TO QUALIFY THE SEMESTER

A student shall qualify the course if he/she scores at

least 50% marks in the Semester Work, Mid SemesterTest and Final Examination combined.

A student shall qualify the semester if CGPA is at

least 2.50.

No grace marks will be awarded to the students.

A student who fails to score at least 1.50 CGPA in a

Semester will be dropped from the program.

A student will be given Only one chance to improve

the F orIn Grade


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PROBATION

A student who scores CGPA between 1.50 to2.50 in a Semester; may be conditionally

promoted to the next semester and he/she will

be placed on probation. In case he/she fails to

score 2.50 CGPA in the Semester of Probation,

his/her name will be dropped from the

University Rolls.


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IMPROVEMENT OF GRADE

A student can be given only one chance to

improve D grade in a course of a Semester

after which his/her CGPA is below 2.50. The

improvement is only possible by repeating the

course/s along with the forthcoming semester

which offers the course/s, subject to the

maximum length of the program


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DISSERTATION

Dissertation is compulsory requirement of the

B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.) degree. The topics of Dissertation will be allotted to the

student in Seventh Semester and the students will have

to submit it within One month after the last day of

Final Examination of Eighth Semester.

A Board of Examiners consisting of Internal

Examiner, External Examiner and Convener of Board

of Studies shall evaluate the Dissertation in an oral(VIVA VOCE) Examination. In case the Dissertation

does not meet the minimum standard the board may

recommend a revision and one time re-submission of

the Dissertation.


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DISSERTATION

The candidate should be informed in writing by the

Convener about the changes he/she has to make under

intimation to the Controller of Examinations within

07 days of the Examination.

The candidate should resubmit the Dissertation to the

Chairperson, after making the changes proposed by

the Board of Examiners, within Two months of the

date of declaration of result. The Chairperson of the

Department shall reconvene the meeting of the Board

of Examiners to evaluate re-submitted Dissertation


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SEMESTER FREEZE

A student may take a Semester off by applying for a

Semester Freeze. Such student must submit an

application to the Registrar Office duly recommended

by the Academic Committee of the concerned

department within Two Weeks of the start of Semester. No application of Semester Freeze will be entertained

after two weeks of the start of the Semester.

Students may freeze their semesters for a maximum of

one year .

Such student should rejoin the program in the

following academic year


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QUALIFYING EXAMINATION AT THE END OF PROGRAM

At the end of program the Controller of Examinations will

conduct an Externally Evaluated Qualifying Examination that

shall cover the major courses studied during the program.

A student will be eligible to appear in the Qualifying

Examination who has qualified all the Semesters.

The Departmental Board of Studies shall prepare the detail of

major courses to be tested and Number of Papers for

Qualifying Examination.

A student shall qualify the Qualifying Examination if he/she

scores 50% marks in each paper.

A student will be given only One chance (Re-sit) to qualify the

Qualifying Examination after the first Examination.


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A student will be awarded Degree

only if he/she qualifies the

Qualifying Examination.

AWARD OF DEGREE


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POSITION AND GOLD MEDAL

Gold Medal shall be awarded to a student who has topped the list

of the successful candidates; provided that he /she has passed the

Final Examinations of all Semesters and Qualifying Examination

in first chance offered by the University.

The Re-admission cases in the same or revised courses or new

courses leading to the change of nomenclature of the Degree or

cases of Semester Break/ Probation/ Marks Improvement will not

be considered for the award of Gold Medal/Position.

The first position shall be determined on the basis of Total Marksobtained in all Semesters.

The Controller of Examinations will be responsible for the

declaration of Positions.

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