##### CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS):

The CBCS provides an opportunity for the students to choose courses from the prescribed courses comprising core, elective/minor or skill-based courses. The courses can be evaluated following the grading system, which is considered to be better than the conventional marks system. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce uniform grading system in the entire higher education in India. This will benefit the students to move across institutions within India to begin with and across countries. The uniform grading system will also enable potential employers in assessing the performance of the candidates. In order to bring uniformity in evaluation system and computation of the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) based on student's performance in examinations, the UGC has formulated the guidelines to be followed.

##### Outline of Choice Based Credit System:

1. Core Course: course which should compulsorily be studied by a candidate as a core requirement is 1. Core Course: course which should compulsorily be studied by a candidate as a core requirement is Core Course: termed as a Core course.

2. Elective Course: a course which can be chosen from a pool of courses and which may be very 2. Elective Course: a course which can be chosen from a pool of courses and which may be very Elective Course: 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.

2.1 Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Course Elective courses may be offered by the main discipline/ 2.1 Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Course Elective courses may be offered by the main discipline/ Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Course subject of study is referred to as Discipline Specific Elective.

The University also offers discipline related Elective courses of inters disciplinary nature (to be offered by main discipline/subject of study).

2.2Dissertation/Project An elective course designed to acquire special/ advanced knowledge, such as 2.2Dissertation/Project An elective course designed to acquire special/ advanced knowledge, such as supplement study/support study to a project work, and a candidate studies such a course on his own with an advisory support by a teacher/ faculty member is called dissertation/project.

2.3 Generic Elective (GE) Course An elective course chosen generally from an unrelated discipline/subject, 2.3 Generic Elective (GE) Course An elective course chosen generally from an unrelated discipline/subject, Generic Elective (GE) Course with an intention to seek exposure is called a Generic Elective.

P.S.: A core course offered in a discipline/subject maybe treated as an elective by other discipline/subject and vice versa and such electives may also be referred to as Generic Elective.

3. Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC)/Competency Improvement Courses/Skill Development Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC)/Competency Improvement Courses/Skill Development The Ability Enhancement (AE) Courses may be of two kinds: AE Compulsory Courses/Foundation Course: Course: Course (AECC) and AE Elective Course (AEEC). ' AE CC' courses are the courses based upon the content