COURSE STRUCTURE

COURSE STRUCTURE

❱ Compulsory Courses: These courses are the compulsory courses for all students of the programme concerned.
❱ Major Courses: Major courses shall be chosen by the students. The Courses shall be optional and non-mandatory.
❱ Non-Major Courses: Non-Major courses shall be chosen by the students, who do not opt for major courses.
❱ Skill-based Courses: A skill based course shall be mandatory for all students pursuing General B.A. and B.Sc. Programmes. The colleges shall offer the Skill-based Courses as per their own infrastructure and human resource feasibility.

All B.A., B.Sc., B. Com. Programmes shall have the following components, viz.

Note on Skill-based Subjects/ Courses to be introduced in the Six Semester Degree B.A. and B.Sc. programmes of Dibrugarh University

Introduction of skill-based courses in the Six Semester Degree B.A. and B.Sc. programmes is a new concept of Dibrugarh University. These courses are proposed to be designed for the general B.A. and B.Sc. programmes, which shall be offered during the fifth and sixth semesters as compulsory subjects. The primary objective for introducing these courses are to provide knowledge and skills on certain specific areas, where a student can find their suitable professions in both employment or entrepreneurship sectors after being graduated. It is also expected that these courses shall be able to reduce the gap between the society’s expectation for empowered educated youth and knowledge-centric products of the University. As per the Dibrugarh University Regulations for the B.A./B.Sc./ B.Com. programmes in the Semester System, 2010, “A skill based course shall be mandatory for all students pursuing General B.A. and B.Sc. Programmes. The colleges shall offer the Skill-based Courses as per their own infrastructure and human resource feasibility.”

NATURE:

The University is of the view that the nature of the skill-based courses shall be mainly applied,practical or vocation-oriented. After doing these courses, students will get hands-on experience which will add on to their professional experience. While designing the skill based courses, the following points may come into consideration:

1. The courses designed are potential for developing professional skills or aptitude for entrepreneurship,
2. The colleges may think of industry-academia relationship while designing such courses,
3. The Courses should have at least 50% components for practical work,
4. The Courses may be designed on the basis of local priorities and potentials pertaining to the colleges,
5. The Courses may be developed from the various subjects imparted in the colleges, e.g. Entrepreneurship Development from Economics, Pre-primary & Primary School Teaching from Education, Eco & Historical Tourism from Life Sciences and History, Event Management from Management etc.

DESIGN OF THE COURSES:

The Skill-based subjects shall be offered in the fifth and sixth semester B.A. and B.Sc. programmes distributing in four and two courses respectively. For example, the following table may be perused:

Subject: Eco & Historical Tourism

B.A.				B.Sc.
Semester	Nature of Course	Course No.	Marks	Semester	Nature of Course	Course No.	Marks
III	Thoery	I	100	III	Thoery	I	100
III	Project	II	100	III	-	-
IV	Thoery	III	100	IV	Project	II	100
IV	Practical	IV	100	IV	-	-

1.The Boards of Studies of various subjects shall recommend Skill-based courses along with the syllabus,
2.The Colleges shall recommend Skill-based courses along with the draft of the syllabi, which shall be processed through the relevant Board of Studies,
3.The Committee for Introduction of Semester System under Dibrugarh University may also recommend skill-based courses along with the draft of the syllabi, which shall be processed through the relevant Board of Studies

MODE OF OPERATION:

There shall two lists of Skill-based courses as Annexure I (A) and Annexure I (B) for B.A. and B.Sc. Programmes respectively containing at least 20 subjects. The Colleges shall choose and offer at least 5 subjects from amongst it on the basis of their own infra-structure, faculty and other basic facilities.

CLASSES, INTERNAL ASSESSMENT AND PRACTICAL OR PROJECTS:

Classes including internal assessment, practical or project works shall be held as per other courses of the programme.

EXAMINATION & RESULT:

Examinations of both theory and practical/project courses shall be held like other University examinations conducted for the programme. The performance in these courses shall be reflected in the result of the candidates.

Course Structure of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Programme in the Semester System

The syllabus for each course should be divided into modules or units and qustions shall be set from each unit and students shall be required to answer questions in each unit. Unit-wise distribution of marks shall be shown in the syllabus.
The subjects mentioned below shall be offered in the Six Semester.

DEGREE PROGRAMMES:
Bachelor of Arts: Compulsory Subjects:

(i) English
(ii) Modern Indian Language (M.I.L) (any one):
Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Bodo, Nepali OR Alternative English (in lieu of M.I.L.)
(iii) Computer Skills/ Communication Skills (in lieu of Computer Skills)
(iv) Multi-disciplinary
(v) Environmental Studies
(vi) Skill based Courses (for General programme only)

Elective Subjects:

(i) Elective Language (Assamese/Bengali/Hindi) (ii) Sanskrit (iii) History (iv) Economics (v) Education (vi) Philosophy (vii) Political Science (viii) Sociology (ix) Mathematics (x) Statistics (xi) Anthropology (xii) Geography (xiii) Home Science (xiv) Information Technology (xv) Computer Application

Skill Based Courses:

As prescribed in Annexure I (A). The detailed course structure for the Six Semester B.A. of General and Major Programmes is listed below:-

Bachelor of Science: Compulsory Subjects:

(i) English
(ii) Computer Skills
iii) Environmental Studies
iv) Skill based Courses (for General programme only)

Elective Courses:

(i) Physics (ii) Chemistry (iii)Botany (iv) Zoology (v) Anthropology (vi) Geology (vii) Geography (viii) Statistics (ix) Mathematics (x) Economics (xi) Home Science (xii) Electronics (xiii) Computer Science (xiv) Information Technology (xx) Biotechnology

Skill Based Courses:

a) The detailed course structure for the Six Semester B.Sc. of General and Major Programmes is enclosed as Annexure III.
b) Bachelor of Commerce: The detailed course structure for the Six Semester B.Com of General and Major Programmes is enclosed as Annexure IV.

PREPARATION OF THE SYLLABI:

Preparation of the syllabi for the Skill-based subjects and courses shall be done by the Board of Studies relevant to the subjects, which shall be finally approved by the Under Graduate Board of the University. However, for convenience of preparing the drafts of the syllabi, steps mentioned below shall be followed:

COURSE-WISE NUMBER OFSEATS,SUBJECT COMBlNATION,MINIMUMQUALIFICATION:
A. Higher Secondary 'Course

Stream	No.of Seat	Minimum Qualification	Subiect offered		Remark
Arts	150	45% in HSLC or Equivalent ( 40% for ST/SC)	English, MIL (Assamese/ Hindi/ Bengali)/ Alt. English	Economics, Education, History, Pol.Science, Statistics, Adv. Assamese, Math, Swadesh Adbyayan	Apart from 3(Three) core subjects one additional subject may be taken
Commerce	150	45% in HSLC or Equivalent ( 40% for ST/SC)	English, MIL (Assamese/ Hindi/ Bengali)/ Alt. Eng., ACCY,BUST	Economics SAAD, CMS/ Mathematics,	Apart from l(One) core subject one additional subject may be taken
Science	60	45% in HSLC or Equivalent ( 40% for ST/SC)	English, MIL (Assamese/ Hindi/ Bengali)/ Alt. Eng.	Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Statistics Mathematics,	Apart from 3(Three) core subjects one additional subject may be taken

B . BA. . / B . Com . /B . Sc . Programmes

Stream	Shift	Minimum. Qualification	Major/ Non-Major	Subject Offered with no. o/Seats
Arts	Day	HSSLC or Equivalent (Minimum 50% in the subject opted for Honours)	Honours	Assamese	60
				Economics	40
				Education	60
				English	30
				Historv	50
				Pol. Science	60
Commerce	Day	HSSLC or Equivalent (Minimum 50% in the subject opted for	Honours Non-Honours		60 60
Science	Day	40 % in HSSLC or Equivalent (Minimum 50% in the subject opted for Honours)	Honours	Cherny	15
				Maths	20
				Physics	15
				Botany	15
				Zoology	15

"Students will be offered Honours Subjects on the basis of Merit and/or
"For Semester ID-VI under non-CBCS courses Environmental studies is compulsory

C. Professional Courses:

Course	Subject	No. of Seat	Duration	Eligibility criteria	Contact person/Dept.
College Certificate and Diploma Courses	(i) Certificate Course in Spoken English	30	6 months	HSLC or Equiv. Open for all streams	Dept. of English
	(ii) Certificate course in Computer Application	30	6 months	HSLC or Equiv. Open for all streams	Dept. of Computer Science
	(iii) Certificate Course in Beauty Parlouring (For Girls' students)	30	6 months	HSLC or Equiv. Open for all streams	Mrs. Gayatri Medhi Mahanta, Coordinator
	(iv) Certificate Course in Cutting, Tailoring & Embroidery (For Girls' students)	30	6 months	HSLC or Equiv. Open for all streams
	(v) Certificate Course in Motor Driving (With academic and Technical support from NETAI)	30	3 months	HSLC or Equiv. Open for all streams	Mr. Ratul Gogoi, Dept. of Physics
UGC sponsored Career Oriented Courses under Community Development through Polytechnic (CDTP) Course	Diploma in Desk Top Publishing (DTP) Publishing (DTP)	30	12 months	HSSLC or Equiv. Open for all streams	Mrs. Swapna Deka, Dept. of Mathematics
	Certificate Courses in Desk Top Publishing (DTP)	30	6 months	HSLC or Equiv. Open for aII streams

Sem	Core Course (14 of 6 credits each)	Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC) (3 courses of 2 credits each)	Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) (2 courses of 2 credits each)	Elective: Discipline Specific DSE (4 courses of 6 credits each)	Elective: Generic(GE) (4 courses of 6 credits each)
I	C1 (6C) C2 (6C)	AECCI Communicative English (2 C) AECC2 MIL/ Comm. Hindi/ Alt. English (2C)			GE- 1(6C)
II	C3 (6C) C4 (6C)	AECC 3 Environmental Science (2C)			GE-2(6C)
III	C5(6C) C6(6C) C7(6C)		SEC-I. I (2C)		GE-3(6C)
IV	C8(6C) C9(6C) C10(6C)		SEC-2.1 (2C)		GE-4(6C)
V	C11(6C) C12(6C)		DSE-1 (6C) DSE-2(6C)
VI	C13(6C) C14(6C)		DSE-3(6C) DSE-4(6C)

B. Semester-Wise Course Structure in B.A./B.Com. 1 on-Honours under CBCS

Sem	Core Course (12 Courses of 6 Credits each )	Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC) (1 course of 4 credits and 1 course of 2 credits)	Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) ( 4 courses of 2 credits each)	Discipline Specific Elective DSE (4 courses of6 credits each)	Generic Elective:(GE) (4 courses of 6 credits each)
I	General English 1.1 DSC-IA DSC- 2A	Multi-disciplinary Course (4C)
II	Comm. English- 1.2 DSC-1B DSC- 2B	Environmental Science (2C)
III	Comm Hindi/MIU Alt Eng. 1. 1 DSC-1C DSC- 2C		SEC-I.I (2C)
IV	Comm. Hindi/MIU Alt. Eng. 1.2 DSC- ID DSC-2 D		SEC-2.1(2C)
V			SEC-I .2(2C)	DSE-1 A(6C) DSE-2A(6C)	GE-1(6C)
VI			SEC-2.2(2C)	DSE-1 B (6C) DSE-2 B (6C)	GE-2(6C)

Subject Code	Name Of Subject	Subject Code	Name Of Subject
AECC	Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course	SEC	Skill Enhancement Course
DSC	Discipline Specific Course (Core Course)	DSE	Discipline Specific Elective
GE	Generic Elective	CRW	Creative Writing
TTM	Travel & Tourism Management	END	Entrepreneurship Development
DTP	Desk Top Publishing	HR	Human Rights
VC	Venni Compost	TEL	Teaching in Elementary Level

C. Semester-wise Course Structure of B.Sc. Non-Honours Under CBCS

Semester	Core Course (12 Courses of6 Credits each)	Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC) (3 courses of 2 credits)	Skill Enhancement Course(SEC) (4 courses of 2 credits)	Discipline Specific Elective DSE (6 courses of 6 credits)
I	DSC- I A(6C) DSC- 2 A(6C) DSC- 3 A(6C)	AECC 1 : Comm. English (2C) AECC 2 : Comm. Hindi/MIL/ Alternative English (2C)
II	DSC- I B(6C) DSC- 2 B(6C) DSC- 3 B(6C)	AECC 3 : Environmental Science/ Studies (2C)
III	DSC- l C(6C) DSC- 2 C(6C) DSC- 3 C(6C)		SEC- I. I (2C)
IV	DSC- I D(6C) DSC- 2 D(6C) DSC-3 D(6C)		SEC-2.1 (2C)
V			SEC-1.2(2C)	DSE-1 A (6C) DSE-2A(6C) DSE-3 A(6C)
VI			SEC-2.2(2C)	DSE-1 B (6C) DSE-2 B(6C) DSE-3 B(6C)

D. Course-wise subjects offered in different courses in B.Com. (Non- Honours) Under CBCS

Semester	Course	Course Code	Title	Credit	Remarks
I	Core AECC	CG 101 CG 102 CG 103 AEG 101	Financial Accounting Business Organisation and Management English Language Environmental Studies	6 6 6 2	Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
			Total Credit	20
II	Core AEC	CG 201 CG 202 CG 203 AEG 202	Business Law Business Mathematics and Statistics Modern Indian Language Language: English/Hindi/ Assamese etc.	6 6 6 2	Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
			Total Credit	20
III	Core SEC	CG 307 CG 308 CG 309 SEG 301	Company Law Income Tax Law and Practice MIL Computer Applications in Business	6 6 6 4	Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
			Total Credit	22
IV	Core SEC	CG 410 CG 411 CG 412 SEG 402	Business Communication Corporate Accounting Cost Accounting E-Commerce	6 6 6 4	Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
			Total Credit	22
V	DSE SEC Generic	DSG 501 DSG 502 SEG 503 GEC 501	Group-A: Principle of Marketing Group-B: Indirect Tax Laws Entrepreneurship Principles of Micro Economics	6 6 4 6	Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
			Total Credit	22
VI	DSE SEC Generic	DSG 603 DSG 604 SEG 604 GEC 602	Group-C : Corporate Tax Planning or Management Accounting Group-D International Business or Office Management and Secretarial Practice Personal Selling and Salesmanship lndian Economy	6 6 4 6	Compulsory (any one) Compulsory (any one) Compulsory Compulsory
			Total Credit	22
			Grand Total of Credits	128

E. Course-wise subjects offered in different courses in B.Com. (Honours) under CBCS

Semester	Course	Course Code	Title	Credit	Remarks
I	Core GE AECC	C 101 C 102 G 101 AE 101	Financial Accounting Business Law Micro Economics Environmental Studies	6 6 6 2	Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
			Total Credit	22
II	Core GE AECC	C203 C204 G202 AE202	Corporate Accounting Corporate Law Macro Economics Business Communication	6 6 6 2	Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
			Total Credit	22
III	Core GE SEC	C 305 C 306 C 307 G 303 SE302	Human Resource Management Income Tax Law and Practice Management Principles and Application. Business Statistics E-Commerce	6 6 6 6 4	Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
			Total Credit	28
IV	Core	C408 C409 C410 G404 SE403	Cost Accounting Business Mathematics Computer Application in Business Indian Economy Entrepreneurship	6 6 6 6 4	Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
			Total Credit	28
V	Core Discipline Specific Elective	C 511 C 512 D 501 D 502	Principles of Marketing Fundamentals of Financial Management Group-A a) Management Accounting b) Security Analysis and Portfolio Management c) Service Marketing d) Financial Markets. Institutions and Financial Services	6 6 6 6	Compulsory Student shall choose any two courses from group-A
			Total Credit	24
VI	Core Discipline Specific	C613 C614 D603 D604	Auditing and Corporate Governance Indirect Tax Law Group-B a) Business Tax Procedures and Management b) International Business c) Industrial Relations and Labour Laws d) Business Research Methods and Proiect Work	6 6 6 6	Compulsory Compulsory Students shall have to opt for any two courses from Group-B
			Total Credit	24
			Grand Total	144

F. Course-wise subjects offered in different courses in B.A. Honours under CBCS

Course	Course-wise subject offered	Remark	Credit
Core Course	Assamese, English, Economics, Education, History, Pol. Science	Choose any one as the Core course (Honours course)	14x6=84
AECC	Comm. English, MIL/Comm. Hindi/ Alt. English Environmental Science	Compulsory in Semester I	2+2=4 2
SEC	CRW, TIM, END, DTP, HR, VC, TEL	Choose any one as SEC in Semester Ill & IV	2+2=4
DSE	DSE-J, DSE-2 (Two Special Papers related to Honours) DSE-3, DSE-4(Two Special Papers related to Honours)	Compulsory in Semester V Compulsory in Semester VI	6 + 6 = 12 6 + 6 = 12
GE	Economics, Education, History, Pol. Science	Choose any one as the GE course other than Honours in Semester I, U, III, IV	6 x4=24
Total Credit			142

G. Course-wise subjects offered in different courses in B.A.
Non-Honours under CBCS

Course	Course-wise subject offered	Remark	Credit
Core course	General English Comm. English MIL/Comm. Hindi/ Alt. English 1. 1 and 1.2 DSC- Economics, Education, History, Pol. Science	Compulsory in Semester I Compulsory in Semester II Compulsory in Semester Ill and IV Choose any Two subjects as DSC 1 A and DSC 2A in Sem- I, DSC I B and DSC 2B in Sem- II, DSC IC and DSC 2C in Sem- ITT, DSC ID and DSC 2D in Sem-IV	6 6 6+6=12 6x8=48
AECC	Multi-disciplinary course, Environmental Science	Compulsory in Semester I Compulsory in Semester ll	4 2
SEC	CRW, TIM, END, DTP, HR, VC, TEL	Choose any Two as SEC in Semester Ill, IV, V, VI	2x4= 8
DSE	DSE-lA, DSE-2A DSE-1B, DSE-2B	Compulsory in Semester V (Special papers related to DSCIA, DSC 2 A Compulsory in Semester VI (Special papers related to DSCl B, DSC 2 B	6+6=12 6+6=12
GE	Economics, Education, History, Pol. Science	Choose any one as the GE course other than DSC in Semester V and Semester VI	6+6=12
Total Credit			122

H. Course-wise subjects offered in different courses in B.SC
Honours under CBCS

Course	Course-wise subject offered	Remark	Credit
Core course	Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Botanv. Zoology	choose any one as the Core course (Honours course)	14 X 6 =84
AECC	Comm. English, MIL/Comm. Hindi/ Alt. English Environmental Science	Compulsory in Semester I Compulsory in Semester II	2 2 2
SEC	CRW, ITM, END, DTP, HR. VC. TEL	Choose any one as SEC in Semester III & IV	2+2=4
DSE	DSE-1, DSE-2(Two Special Papers related to Honours) DSE-3, DSE-4(Two Special Paper related to Honours)	Compulsory in Semester V Compulsory in Semester VI	6 + 6 = 12 6 + 6 = 12
GE	Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology	Choose any one as the GE course other than Honours in Semester I II III IV Choose any one as the GE course other than Honours in Semester I II III. IV	6 X 4 = 24
Total Credit			142

I.Course-wise subjects offered in different courses in B.SC.
Non-Honours under CBCS

Course	Course-wise subject offered	Remark	Credit
Core course	Gr. A -Physics, Chemistry, Maths Gr. B -Chemistry, Botany, Zoology	Choose either Gr. A or Gr. B as Core course DSC-I, DSC-2, DSC-3 in Semester I, II, Ill, IV	(6x3) X 4 = 72
AECC	Comm. English, MIL/Comm. Hindi/ Alt. English Environmental Science	Compulsory in Semester l Compulsory in Semester II	2 2
SEC	CRW, TTM, END, DTP, HR, VC, TEL	Choose any two as SEC I and SEC 2 in Semester III(SECl.l), Sem-JV(SEC 2.1) and Sem-V (SEC 1.2), Sem-Vl (SEC 2.2)	2x4=8
DSE	DSE-IA, DSE-2A, DSE-3A DSE-1 B, DSE-28, DSE-38	Compulsory in Sem -V (Special papers related to DSCIA, DSC 2A, DSC 3A) Compulsory in Semester VI (Special papers related to DSC 1 B, DSC 2B, DSC3B)	6x3 = 18 6x3 = 18
Total Credit			122