Courses/Programmes under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)
1. A candidate taking up B.A./B .Sc. (Honours) Courses/Programme shall study:
A) Core Course (CC) : A course, which should compulsorily be studied by a candidate as a core requirement is termed as a Core course.
- Modalities of selecting CC by a student of Honours/ General programme shall be as follows: In case of B.A./B.Sc Honours programme a student shall have to study 14 Core courses of the Honours Subject as specified for each of the 6 semesters.
B) Elective Course: Generally a course which can be chosen from a pool of courses and which may be very specific or specialized or advanced or supportive to the discipline/subject of study or which provides an extended scope or which enables an exposure to some other discipline/subject/domain or nurtures the candidate’s proficiency/skill is called an Elective Course.
i) Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Course: Elective courses which may be offered by the main discipline/subject of study is referred to as Discipline Specific Elective. This course is to advance knowledge and skill in the core course domain.
- Modalities of selecting DSE by a student of Honours/ General programme shall be as follows :
In case of B.A./B.Sc. Honours programme a student shall have to study 4 DSE courses strictly on the Honours subject. Such a student shall have to study the curriculum of DSE on the Honours subject concerned as specified for the relevant semester.
Explanation: Each Honours subject shall have two groups (A & B) of DSE papers. A student shall choose any one paper from each of Group A and Group B in fifth semester and sixth semester.
- Dissertation/Project : An elective course designed to acquire special/advanced knowledge, is termed as dissertation/ project. This is considered as a special course involving application of knowledge in solving/ analyzing/ exploring a real life situation/ difficult problem. A dissertation/ project work will be of 6 credits. A dissertation/ project work may be given in lieu of a Discipline Specific Elective.
ii) Generic Elective (GE) Course : An elective course chosen generally from an unrelated discipline/subject, with an intention to seek wide exposure, is called Generic Elective.
- Modalities of selecting GE by a student of Honours/ General programme shall be as follows :
In case of B.A./B.Sc. Honours programme, a student shall have to choose 4 Generic Elective papers strictly from 2 subjects of choice taking exactly two courses from each subject as specified for first 4 semesters.
C) Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC) : The Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC) may be of two kinds: Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) and Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC).
a) Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) : AECC courses are the courses based upon the content that leads to Knowledge enhancement. These are mandatory for all disciplines.
i) AECC1 : Communicative English /MIL (Bengali)
ii) AECC2 : Environmental Studies.
b) Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC): These courses may be chosen from a pool of courses designed to provide value-based and/or skill-based knowledge and are aimed at providing competencies, skills, etc.
- Modalities of selecting SEC by a student of Honours/ General programme shall be as follows :
In case of B.A./B.Sc. Honours programme a student shall have to study 2 skill enhancement courses strictly on the Honours subjects. Such a student shall have to study the curriculum of SEC on the Honours subjects concerned as specified for the relevant semester, i.e., SEC-A in the 3rd semester and SEC-B in the 4th semester.
Explanation: Each Honours subject shall have two groups (A & B) of Skill Enhancing Course papers. An Honours student shall have to choose one paper from Group A in third semester and one paper from Group B in the fourth semester.
- Practical/ Tutorial: Every Core, Discipline Specific and Generic Elective Course shall have a Practical/ Tutorial component. Wherever there is a practical, there will be no Tutorial and vice-versa.
Course/Programme Structure for B.A. (Hons.)/B. Sc.(Hons.)
Course Components | B.Sc. Hons. | B.A. Hons. |
Core Course (CC) |
14 |
14 |
Generic Elective (GE) |
4 |
4 |
Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) |
4 |
4 |
Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC) |
2 |
2 |
Skill Enhancement Elective Course (SEC) |
2 |
2 |
Total no. of courses |
26 |
26 |
2. 22% and 6% of the seats are reserved for Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribes (ST) whereas 10% and 7% of the seats are kept reserved for Other Backward Class- A (OBC-A) and Other Backward Class- B (OBC-B) respectively.
3. SC, ST, OBC-A and OBC-B candidates from West Bengal are only eligible for reserved seats.
4. As per G.O.No 65-Edn(U)/1U-89/13 Date: 16.10.2014, a person with disabilities will enjoy 3% reservation in each of the categories, i.e. SC, ST, OBC-A, OBC-B and the General category.
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Honours Courses/Programmes
Honours Subjects | No. of Seats |
General | SC | ST | OBC-A | OBC-B | Total |
Bengali |
13 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
25 |
English |
13 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
25 |
History |
13 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
25 |
Philosophy |
13 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
25 |
Sanskrit |
13 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
25 |
Political Science |
13 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
25 |
Note: Choice of Two Generic Elective Subjects will be offered merit-wise at the time of admission.
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Honours Courses/Programmes
Honours Subjects | No. of Seats |
General | SC | ST | OBC-A | OBC-B | Total |
Geography |
13 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
25 |
Economics |
13 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
25 |
Physics |
13 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
25 |
Computer Science |
8 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
Geology |
8 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
Statistics |
8 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
Mathematics |
8 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
Botany |
8 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
Zoology |
8 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
Physiology |
8 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
Food and Nutrition |
8 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
Note: Choice of Two Generic Elective Subjects will be offered merit-wise at the time of admission.
Generic Subject combinations of B.Sc. and B.A. Honours Courses/Programmes
No. | Stream | Core (Hons.) | Generic1 | Generic2 |
1 |
1 |
BA HONS |
BENGALI (H) |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
HISTORY |
2 |
ENGLISH |
HISTORY |
3 |
ENGLISH |
SANSKRIT |
4 |
ECONOMICS |
HISTORY |
5 |
ECONOMICS |
SANSKRIT |
6 |
HISTORY |
SANSKRIT |
7 |
PHILOSOPHY |
ENGLISH |
8 |
PHILOSOPHY |
ECONOMICS |
9 |
PHILOSOPHY |
HISTORY |
10 |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ENGLISH |
11 |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ECONOMICS |
12 |
ENGLISH (H) |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
HISTORY |
13 |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ECONOMICS |
14 |
HISTORY |
ECONOMICS |
15 |
HISTORY |
SANSKRIT |
16 |
PHILOSOPHY |
BENGALI |
17 |
PHILOSOPHY |
HISTORY |
18 |
PHILOSOPHY |
ECONOMICS |
19 |
PHILOSOPHY |
SANSKRIT |
20 |
BENGALI |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
21 |
BENGALI |
HISTORY |
22 |
BENGALI |
SANSKRIT |
23 |
ECONOMICS |
SANSKRIT |
24 |
HISTORY
|
BENGALI |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
25 |
BENGALI |
SANSKRIT |
26 |
BENGALI |
PHILOSOPHY |
27 |
ENGLISH |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
28 |
ENGLISH |
SANSKRIT |
29 |
ENGLISH |
PHILOSOPHY |
30 |
ECONOMICS |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
31 |
ECONOMICS |
SANSKRIT |
32 |
ECONOMICS |
PHILOSOPHY |
33 |
PHILOSOPHY (H) |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ENGLISH |
34 |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
HISTORY |
35 |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ECONOMICS |
36 |
BENGALI |
HISTORY |
37 |
BENGALI |
SANSKRIT |
38 |
ENGLISH |
HISTORY |
39 |
ENGLISH |
SANSKRIT |
40 |
HISTORY |
ECONOMICS |
41 |
HISTORY |
SANSKRIT |
42 |
ECONOMICS |
SANSKRIT |
43 |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
BENGALI |
44 |
POLITICAL SCIENCE (H) |
HISTORY |
SANSKRIT |
45 |
ENGLISH |
HISTORY |
46 |
BENGALI |
HISTORY |
47 |
PHILOSOPHY |
BENGALI |
48 |
PHILOSOPHY |
ENGLISH |
49 |
PHILOSOPHY |
HISTORY |
50 |
PHILOSOPHY |
ECONOMICS |
51 |
ENGLISH |
SANSKRIT |
52 |
HISTORY |
ECONOMICS |
53 |
BENGALI |
SANSKRIT |
54 |
ECONOMICS |
SANSKRIT |
55 |
ECONOMICS |
GEOGRAPHY |
56 |
ENGLISH |
GEOGRAPHY |
57 |
HISTORY |
GEOGRAPHY |
58 |
SANSKRIT (H) |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
BENGALI |
59 |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ENGLISH |
60 |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
HISTORY |
61 |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ECONOMICS |
62 |
BENGALI |
HISTORY |
63 |
BENGALI |
PHILOSOPHY |
64 |
ENGLISH |
HISTORY |
65 |
ENGLISH |
PHILOSOPHY |
66 |
HISTORY |
ECONOMICS |
67 |
ECONOMICS |
PHILOSOPHY |
68 |
HISTORY |
PHILOSOPHY |
69 |
BSC HONS |
BOTANY (H) |
ZOOLOGY |
CHEMISTRY |
70 |
CHEMISTRY |
MICROBIOLOGY |
71 |
ZOOLOGY |
PHYSIOLOGY |
72 |
CHEMISTRY |
PHYSIOLOGY |
73 |
PHYSIOLOGY |
MICROBIOLOGY |
74 |
ZOOLOGY |
MICROBIOLOGY |
75 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE (H) |
MATHEMATICS |
PHYSICS |
76 |
MATHEMATICS |
STATISTICS |
77 |
ECONOMICS (H) |
MATHEMATICS |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
78 |
MATHEMATICS |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
79 |
MATHEMATICS |
STATISTICS |
80 |
FOOD AND NUTRITION (H) |
CHEMISTRY |
PHYSIOLOGY |
81 |
CHEMISTRY |
MICROBIOLOGY |
82 |
GEOGRAPHY (H) |
ECONOMICS |
GEOLOGY * |
83 |
ECONOMICS |
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
84 |
ECONOMICS |
MATHEMATICS* |
85 |
ECONOMICS |
HISTORY |
86 |
ECONOMICS |
SANSKRIT |
87 |
ECONOMICS |
PHYSICS* |
88 |
ECONOMICS |
CHEMISTRY* |
89 |
GEOLOGY (H) |
MATHEMATICS |
PHYSICS |
90 |
MATHEMATICS |
CHEMISTRY |
91 |
MATHEMATICS (H) |
PHYSICS |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
92 |
PHYSICS |
STATISTICS |
93 |
PHYSICS |
CHEMISTRY |
94 |
PHYSICS (H) |
MATHEMATICS |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
95 |
MATHEMATICS |
CHEMISTRY |
96 |
MATHEMATICS |
GEOLOGY |
97 |
PHYSIOLOGY (H) |
ZOOLOGY |
CHEMISTRY |
98 |
ZOOLOGY |
BOTANY |
99 |
ZOOLOGY |
MICROBIOLOGY |
100 |
ZOOLOGY |
FOOD AND NUTRITION |
101 |
STATISTICS (H) |
MATHEMATICS |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
102 |
MATHEMATICS |
PHYSICS |
103 |
MATHEMATICS |
ECONOMICS |
104 |
ZOOLOGY (H) |
BOTANY |
CHEMISTRY |
105 |
BOTANY |
PHYSIOLOGY |
106 |
BOTANY |
MICROBIOLOGY |
107 |
CHEMISTRY |
PHYSIOLOGY |
108 |
CHEMISTRY |
MICROBIOLOGY |
109 |
PHYSIOLOGY |
MICROBIOLOGY |