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 |
