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BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY : COIMBATORE

REGULATIONS FOR POSTGRADUATE DEGREE COURSES
In CBCS pattern with effect from 2010-2011
Definition:
Programme :
“Programme” means a course of study leading to the award of a degree in a discipline.
Course:
“Course” refers to a subject offered under the degree programme.
Core Papers:
“Core Papers” means “the core courses” related to the programme concerned including practicals and
project work offered under the programme.
Electives:
“Electives” means the courses offered under the programme related to the major or non major but are
to be selected by the students.
A detailed explanation of the above with relevant credits are given under “Scheme of
Examinations along with Distribution of Marks and Credits”

1. Eligibility for Admission to the Course

A candidate who has passed the Degree Examination as main subject of study of this University or an
examination of some other University accepted by the Syndicate as equivalent thereto shall be eligible for
admission to the Master Degree of this University.

2. Duration of the Course

This Course of Study shall be based on Semester System. This Course shall consist of four Semesters
covering a total of two Academic Years. For this purpose, each academic year shall be divided into two
Semesters; the first and third Semesters; July to November and the second and the fourth Semesters;
December to April. The Practical Examinations shall be conducted at the end of even Semester.
Each semester have 90 working days consists of 5 teaching hours per working day. Thus, each semester
has 450 teaching hours and the whole programme has 1800 teaching hours.

3. Course of Study

The Course of the Degree of Master of Science/Arts/Commerce shall be under the Semester System
according to the Syllabus to be prescribed from time to time. This Course consists of Core Subjects and
Elective Subjects.

4. Scheme of Examinations

As given in the respective Board.

5.Requirement to appear for the Examinations

a) A candidate will be permitted to take the University Examination for any Semester, if he/she secures not
less than 75% of attendance out of the 90 instructional days during the Semester.

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b) A candidate who has secured attendance less than 75% but 65% and above shall be permitted to take the
Examination on the recommendation of the Head of the Institution to condone the lack of attendance as
well as on the payment of the prescribed fee to the University.

c) A candidate who has secured attendance less than 65% but 55% and above in any Semester, has to
compensate the shortage of attendance in the subsequent Semester besides, earning the required percentage
of attendance in that Semester and take the Examination of both the Semester papers together at the end of
the latter Semester.

d) A candidate who has secured less than 55% of attendance in any Semester will not be permitted to take the
regular Examinations and to continue the study in the subsequent Semester. He/she has to re-do the Course
by rejoining the Semester in which the attendance is less than 55%.

e) A candidate who has secured less than 65% of attendance in the final Semester has to compensate his / her
attendance shortage in a manner to be decided by the Head of the Department concerned after rejoining the
Course.

6. Restriction to take the Examinations

a) Any candidate having arrear paper(s) shall have the option to take the Examinations in any arrear paper(s)
along with the subsequent regular Semester papers.

b) Candidates who fail in any of the papers shall pass the paper(s) concerned within 5 years from the date of
admission to the said programme. If they fail to do so, they shall take the Examination in the revised Text /
Syllabus, if any, prescribed for the immediate next batch of candidates. If there is no change in the Text /
Syllabus they shall take the Examination in that paper with the Syllabus in vogue, until there is a change in
the Text or Syllabus.

In the event of removal of that paper consequent to the change of Regulations and / or Curriculum after a 5 year
period, the candidates shall have to take up on equivalent paper in the revised syllabus as suggested by the
Chairman and fulfill the requirements as per Regulations/Curriculum for the award of the Degree.

7. The Medium of Instruction and Examinations

The medium of instruction and Examinations shall be in English, except languages. However, as per
directives of the government, if the candidates answer in Tamil, their answer scripts will also be evaluated.

8.Submission of Record Notebooks for Practical Examinations

Candidates taking the Practical Examinations should submit bonafide Record Note Books prescribed for the
Practical Examinations. Otherwise the candidates will not be permitted to take the Practical Examinations.

9. The Minimum (Pass) Marks

A candidate shall be declared to have passed in a paper if a student obtains not less than 50% of marks in that
paper. A candidate shall be declared to have passed the whole Examination if the student passes in all the
papers.

10. Distribution of marks

Table – 1(A): The following are the distribution of marks for external and internal for theory
papers of PG courses.

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TOTAL EXTERNAL INTERNAL Overall Passing Minimum

MARKS Max. Passing Minimum for Max. marks for total marks (Internal +
marks external alone External)
100 75 38 25 50
75 55 28 20 38
60 45 23 15 30
50 40 20 10 25

Table – 1(B): The following are the Distribution of Internal marks for theory papers of PG
courses.
For Theory - PG courses
1. Tests (one best test out of 2 tests of 2 hours each) 5 4 3 2
2. End semester model test (3 hours) 10 8 6 4
3. Assignment (2 numbers) 05 4 3 2
4. Seminar 05 4 3 2
TOTAL MARKS 25 20 15 10

Table – 2(A): The following are the distribution of marks for external and internal for practical
papers of PG courses.
TOTAL EXTERNAL INTERNAL Overall Passing Minimum
MARKS Max. Passing Minimum for Max. marks for total marks (Internal +
marks external alone External)
100 60 30 40 50
75 45 23 30 38
60 35 18 25 30
50 30 15 20 25
40 25 13 15 20
25 15 8 10 13

Table – 2(B): The following are the distribution of Internal marks for PG practical papers
1. Minimum 10 experiments to be conducted/practical 20 15 10 8 5 5
paper/semester.
2. Tests : Two tests out of which one will be during the 15 10 10 7 5 5
mid semester and the other to be conducted as
model test at the end of the semester.
3. Records 5 5 5 5 5 -
TOTAL MARKS 40 30 25 20 15 10

11. Grading:
Once the marks of the CIA and end-semester examinations for each of the course are available, they will be
added. The mark thus obtained will then be graded as per details given below:

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Marks and Grades:

The following table gives the marks grade points, letter grades and classification to indicate the
performance of the candidate.

Conversion of Marks to Grade Points and Letter Grade (Performance in a Course/Paper)

RANGE OF MARKS GRADE POINTS LETTER GRADE DESCRIPTION

90-100 9.0-10.0 O Outstanding
80-89 8.0-8.9 D+ Excellent
75-79 7.5-7.9 D Distinction
70-74 7.0-7.4 A+ Very Good
60-69 6.0-6.9 A Good
50-59 5.0-5.9 B Average
00-49 0.0 U Re-appear
ABSENT 0.0 AAA ABSENT

Cі = Credits earned for course i in any semester

Gi = Grade Point obtained for course i in any semester
n = refers to the semester in which such course were credited

For a Semester:

GRADE POINT AVERAGE [GPA] = ∑i Ci Gi / ∑i Ci

Sum of the multiplication of grade points by the credits of the courses

GPA = ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sum of the credits of the courses in a semester

For the entire programme:

CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE [CGPA] = ∑n∑i Cni Gni / ∑n ∑i Cni

Sum of the multiplication of grade points by the credits of the entire programme
CGPA = ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sum of the credits of the courses of the entire programme

CGPA GRADE CLASSIFICATION OF FINAL RESULT

9.5 – 10.0 O+
First Class – Exemplary *
9.0 and above but below 9.5 O
8.5 and above but below 9.0 D++
8.0 and above but below 8.5 D+ First Class with Distinction*
7.5 and above but below 8.0 D
7.0 and above but below 7.5 A++
6.5 and above but below 7.0 A+ First Class
6.0 and above but below 6.5 A
5.5 and above but below 6.0 B+
Second Class
5.0 and above but below 5.5 B
0.0 and above but below 5.0 U Re-appear

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12. Improvement of Marks in the subjects already passed

Candidates desirous of improving the marks awarded in a passed subject in their first attempt shall
reappear once within a period of subsequent two semesters. The improved marks shall be considered for
classification but not for ranking. When there is no improvement, there shall not be any change in the
original marks already awarded.

13. Classification of Successful candidates

A candidate who passes all the examinations and securing following CGPA and Grades shall be declared
as follows for each part:

CGPA GRADE CLASSIFICATION OF FINAL RESULT

9.5 – 10.0 O+
First Class – Exemplary *
9.0 and above but below 9.5 O
8.5 and above but below 9.0 D++
8.0 and above but below 8.5 D+ First Class with Distinction*
7.5 and above but below 8.0 D
7.0 and above but below 7.5 A++
6.5 and above but below 7.0 A+ First Class
6.0 and above but below 6.5 A
5.5 and above but below 6.0 B+
Second Class
5.0 and above but below 5.5 B

a. A candidate who has passed all the subjects examinations in the first appearance within the
prescribed duration of the PG programmes and secured a CGPA of 9 to 10 and equivalent grades
“O” or “O+” in Core and Electives subjects shall be placed in the category of “First Class –
Exemplary”.
b. A candidate who has passed all the subjects examinations in the first appearance within the
prescribed duration of the PG programmes and secured a CGPA of 7.5 to 9 and equivalent grades
“D” or “D+” or “D++” in Core and Electives subjects shall be placed in the category of “First
Class with Distinction”.

c. A candidate who has passed all the subjects examinations of the PG programmes and secured a
CGPA of 6 to 7.5 and equivalent grades “A” or “A+” or “A++” shall be declared to have passed
in “First Class”.

d. A candidate who has passed all the subjects examination of the PG programmes and secured a
CGPA of 5.5 to 6 and equivalent grades “B” or “B+” shall be declared to have passed in “Second
Class”.
14. Ranking

A candidate who qualifies for the PG Degree programme passing all the Examinations in the first attempt,
within the minimum period prescribed for the programme from the date of admission to the programme and
secures 1st or 2nd Class shall be eligible for ranking and such ranking will be confined to 10% of the total
number of candidates qualified in that particular subject to a maximum of 10 ranks.

The improved marks will not be taken into consideration for ranking.

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15. Conferment of the Degree

No candidate shall be eligible for conferment of the Degree unless he / she has undergone the prescribed
programme of Study for a period of not less than four Semesters in an Institution approved of by and
affiliated to the University or has been exempted there from in the manner prescribed and has passed the
Examinations as have been prescribed.

16. Evening College

The above Regulations shall be applicable for candidates undergoing the respective Courses in the Evening
Colleges also.

17. Electives

Elective courses will be choosen by the respective colleges from the group of Elective Papers (A or B or
C).

18. Question Paper Model

The following question paper patterns shall be followed for the candidates admitted from the academic year
2010-2011 wherever applicable.

PG Courses Except MBA/MCA courses

Maximum 75 Marks – wherever applicable

Section A Multiple choice questions with four options 10*1=10 10 questions – 2 each from every unit
Section B Short answer questions of either / or type 5*5=25 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b
Section C Essay-type questions of either / or type 5*8=40 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b

NOTE: In Section “C” one of the questions shall be application oriented question or a problem or a case study.

Maximum 60 Marks – wherever applicable

Section A Multiple choice questions with four options 10*1=10 10 questions – 2 each from every unit
Section B Short answer questions of either / or type 5*4=20 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b
Section C Essay-type questions of either / or type 5*6=30 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b

NOTE: In Section “C” one of the questions shall be application oriented question or a problem or a case study.

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Maximum 55 Marks – wherever applicable

Section A Multiple choice questions with four options 10*1=10 10 questions – 2 each from every unit
Section B Short answer questions of either / or type 5*3=15 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b
Section C Essay-type questions of either / or type 5*6=30 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b

NOTE: In Section “C” one of the questions shall be application oriented question or a problem or a case study.

Maximum 50 Marks – wherever applicable

Section A Multiple choice questions with four options 10*1=10 10 questions – 2 each from every unit
Section B Short answer questions of either / or type 5*3=15 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b
Section C Essay-type questions of either / or type 5*5=25 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b

NOTE: In Section “C” one of the questions shall be application oriented question or a problem or a case study.

Maximum 45 Marks – wherever applicable

Section A Multiple choice questions with four options 5*1= 5 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
Section B Short answer questions of either / or type 5*3=15 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b
Section C Essay-type questions of either / or type 5*5=25 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b

NOTE: In Section “C” one of the questions shall be application oriented question or a problem or a case study.

Maximum 40 Marks – wherever applicable

Section A Multiple choice questions with four options 5*1= 5 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
Section B Short answer questions of either / or type 5*3=15 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b
Section C Essay-type questions of either / or type 5*4=20 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b

NOTE: In Section “C” one of the questions shall be application oriented question or a problem or a case study.

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M.C.A. DEGREE COURSE (AFFILIATED COLLEGES) - Maximum 75arks

Section A Multiple choice questions with four options 10*1= 10 10 questions – 2 each from every unit
Section B Short answer questions of either / or type 5*5=25 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b
Section C Essay-type questions of either / or type 5*8=40 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b

M.B.A. DEGREE COURSE (AFFILIATED COLLEGES) - Maximum 75arks

Section A Short answer questions of either / or type 5*6= 30 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 1.a (or) b to 5.a (or) b.
Section B Essay-type answer Any 3 out of 5 questions 3*10=30 5 questions – 1 each from every unit
(like 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Section C Compulsory Case : 1*15=15 -

19. Revision of Regulations and Curriculum

The above Regulation and Scheme of Examinations will be in vogue without any change for a minimum period
of three years from the date of approval of the Regulations. The University may revise /amend/ change the
Regulations and Scheme of Examinations, if found necessary.

20.Transitory Provision

Candidates who have undergone the Course of Study prior to the Academic Year 2010-2011 will be permitted
to take the Examinations under those Regulations for a period of four years i.e. up to and inclusive of the
Examination of April 2014 thereafter they will be permitted to take the Examination only under the Regulations
in force at that time.

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BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION (CBCS PATTERN)
PG COURSES (WITHOUT PROJECT)
For the students admitted during the academic year 2010-2011 Batch onwards
Exam

Ins. hrs /

Credit
week
Study

CIA @
Course Title

exam

Total
Uni.
Components

Semester I

Elective I 25 75 100 4
Semester II

Elective II 25 75 100 4
Semester III

Elective III 25 75 100 4

Semester IV

Elective IV 25 75 100 4
Total 2250 90

# Electives : List of Group Elective papers (Colleges can choose any one of the Group papers as electives)
GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C
Paper I/Sem I
Paper II/Sem II
Paper III/Sem III
Paper IV/Sem IV

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* In the core subjects, no. of papers both theory and practical are included wherever applicable. Existing
number of papers to be offered. However, the total credit and marks for core subjects remains the same as
stated above.
@ Includes 25/40% continuous internal assessment marks for theory and practical papers respectively.
Boards of Studies to frame specific guidelines for the project to be completed during the fourth semester of
two year PG programmes.

BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION (CBCS PATTERN)
PG COURSES (WITHOUT PROJECT)
For the students admitted during the academic year 2010-2011 Batch onwards
Exam

Ins. hrs /

Credit
week
Study
Course Title

exam

Total
Uni.
CIA
Components

@
Semester I

Elective I 25 75 100 4
Semester II

Elective II 25 75 100 4
Semester III

Elective III 25 75 100 4

Semester IV

Project**
Elective IV 25 75 100 4
Total 2250 90

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# Electives : List of Group Elective papers (Colleges can choose any one of the Group papers as electives)
GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C
Paper I/Sem I
Paper II/Sem II
Paper III/Sem III
Paper IV/Sem IV

* In the core subjects, no. of papers both theory and practical are included wherever applicable. Existing
number of papers to be offered. However, the total credit and marks for core subjects remains the same as
stated above.
** For the Project Report present 80% marks and Viva Voce 20% marks
@ Includes 25% / 40% continuous internal assessment marks for theory and practical papers respectively.

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