The Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce is offering a ‘Degree with Honours’ Programme for the B.A/B.Com students in order to strengthen the Undergraduate Programme from the Academic Year 2014 – 2015.
honThis initiative aims at creating a unique educational programme which blends intense subject domain and knowledge along with practical skills required for enhancing employability of students.
The student can opt for the ‘Degree with Honors’ Programme along with the Regular degree programme. This Programme will have additional academic inputs as well as additional credits. There will be prescribed norms for entry to this programme and also norms for qualifying for the ‘Degree with Honours.’ The Programme will be for duration of two years and will be offered at the Second Year of the B.A and B.Com Course. The Degree with Honours’ Programme will be offered in all the subjects of specialization in the Commerce as well as Arts Streams as given below:
Total duration of the programme is of three years
The First year is common for both regular degree programme and degree with honorous programme.
The students can opt for degree with honorous programme in the second year subject to following eligibility conditions.
Note: Students with Backlog (due to any reason) will not be admitted to the ‘Degree with Honours’ Programme.
1. Credits and Qualifying Grades
2. The total credits for the Programme will be 148 credits i.e. :
3. For B. Com & B.A Students - Students securing an aggregate B+ grade at the end of the three year programme will qualify for the ‘Degree with Honours’
4. For students who have opted for the Honours’ but not able to obtain the qualifying marks / grade as stated above will get the regular B.A. / B.Com degree and will get separate Certificates for the completion of the additional courses that have been part of the Degree with Honours’ Programme.
Mark sheet / Degree / Certificates:
Structure of the ‘Degree with Honours’ Programme’
The student can opt for the ‘Degree with Honours’ Programme along with the Regular degree Programme. This Programme will have additional academic inputs as well as additional credits. The structure of the ‘Degree with Honours’ Programme is given below.
Total fees: (INR) 40,000/-
The students of the 2016 – 2019 batch can pay the total fees of Honours’ course in 2 years i.e. 20,000/- in S.Y. and balance in T.Y.
Degree with Honours Programme for S.Y. / T.Y. B.A. / B.COM | |||
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Class | Semester | Papers / Course | Credits |
S.Y. B. A. / B. Com | 3 | Core Paper – I | 4 |
4 | Core Paper – II | 4 | |
Interdisciplinary Paper – I | 3 | ||
T.Y. B. A. / B. Com | 5 | Paper on Life Skills | 3 |
Research Methodology | 3 | ||
6 | Core Paper – III | 4 | |
Project | 2 | ||
Total | 23 |
Class | Semester | Papers / Course | Credits |
---|---|---|---|
S.Y. B. A. (Psychology) | 3 | Core Paper – I (Psychological Testing) |
4 |
4 | Core Paper –II (Abnormal Psychology) |
4 | |
Interdisciplinary Paper – I | 3 | ||
T.Y. B. A. (Psychology) | 5 | Course for Life Skill | 3 |
Consumer Psychology | 3 | ||
6 | Core Paper – III (Positive Psychology and Counseling Process) |
4 | |
Project/Internship | 2 | ||
Total | 23 |
Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce is happy to introduce Choice Based Credit System for Honours Degree Programme. Students have a choice to select 1 subject from interdisciplinary subjects and life skills subjects. The list of interdisciplinary subjects and life skills subjects is given below;
Interdisciplinary Subjects – Gist of the courses
Paper on Life Skills – Gist of the courses
Specialization | Course Type | Course Title |
---|---|---|
Economics | Core I | Industrial Economics: Theory & Application |
Core II | Introduction to Econometrics | |
Core III | Intro to Behavioral and Experimental Economics | |
Research Methodology | Research Methodology for Economic Analysis | |
English | Core I | Studying Novels |
Core II | Studying Drama | |
Core III | Gender & Society | |
Research Methodology | Research Methodology (English) | |
Psychology | Core I | Motivation and emotion |
Core II | Community psychology | |
Core III | Consumer Psychology | |
Core IV | Positive psychology and counseling process |