Audit courses in University of Calicut: Ability Enhancement course/Professional competency Course
Based on the UGC guidelines University of Calicut has implemented Ability Enhancement Courses
Minimum course curriculum for undergraduate courses under choice based credit system
Instructional Template for Facilitating Implementation of Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)
Environment Studies
UGC mandates Environmental Studies at UG level
Six Months Module Syllabus for Environmental Studies for Under Graduate Courses
Textbook for environmental studies
Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC – Environment Studies)
Disaster Management
UGC Letter reg. Disaster Management in Higher Education Institutions
Syllabus of Disaster Management at UG level
Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual Property Rights : A smarter way to reform education sector
UGC to varsities: Offer study of IPR as elective subject
Intellectual Property Rights soon to be available as a generic elective subject in varsities
Letter of UGC eg. inclusion of IPR as a generic elective subject under CBCS
Consumer Affairs/Studies
Include consumer studies as elective course in curriculum: UGC to varsities
UGC Letter reg. Inclusion of modules on Consumer Studies for Undergraduate courses in any discipline as an elective and its syllabus
University of Calicut
UG Level
Ability Enhancement course/Audit course is a course which is mandatory as per the directions from the Regulatory authorities like UGC, Supreme Court etc.
These are courses which are mandatory for a programme but not counted for the calculation of SGPA or CGPA. There shall be one Audit course each in the first four semesters. These courses are not meant for class room study. Thestudents can attain only pass (Grade P) for these courses. At the end of each semester there shall be examination conducted by the college from a pool of questions (Question Bank) set by the University. The students can also attain these credits through online courses like SWAYAM, MOOC etc (optional). The list of passed students must be sent to the University from the colleges at least before the fifth semester examination. The list of courses in each semester with credits are given below.
Course with credit Semester
Environment Studies – 4 1
Disaster Management - 4 2
*Human Rights/Intellectual Property Rights/ Consumer Protection - 4 3
*Gender Studies/Gerontology- 4 4
* Colleges can opt any one of the courses.
Audit courses shall have 4 credits per course and a total of 16 credits in the entire programme. The credits of audited courses or extra credits are not counted for SGPA or CGPA.
The students can attain only pass (Grade P) for these courses. At the end of each semester there shall be examination conducted by the college from a pool of questions set by the University. The students can also attain the credits through online courses like SWAYAM, MOOCetc. The College shall sent the list of passed students to the University at least before the commencement of fifth semester examination.
The final Grade card also contain the list of Audit courses passed and the details of Extra credits.
Evaluation of Audit courses:
The examinaton shall be conducted by the college itself from the Question Bank prepared by the University. The Question paper shall be of 100 marks of 3 hour duration. For SDE/Private students it may be of MCQ/ fill in the blank type questions or Online question paper may be introduced.
Environmental Studies - Syllabus
Disaster management - Syllabus
PG Level
Audit Course: These courses are mandatory for which the student can register without earning credits.
Ability Enhancement Course: This is one among the Audit courses which is mandatory for all programmes but not counted for the calculation of SGPA or CGPA. The object is to enhance the ability and skill in the concerned core area.
Professional competency Course: This is one among the Audit courses which is mandatory for a programme but not counted for the calculation of SGPA or CGPA. The object is to get professional competency and exposure in the concerned core area.
Audit Courses: In addition to the above courses there will be two AuditCourses(Ability Enhancement Course & Professional Competency Course) with 4credits each. These have to be done one each in the first two semesters. The credits will not be counted for evaluating the overall SGPA & CGPA. The colleges shall conduct examination for these courses and have to intimate /upload the results of the same to the University on the stipulated date during the III Semester. Students have to obtain only minimum pass requirements in the Audit Courses. The details of Audit courses are given below.
Audit Course I: Ability Enhancement Course (AEC) 4 (Not added forSGPA / CGPA)
Audit Course II: Professional Competency Course (PCC) 4 (Not added forSGPA / CGPA)
Evaluation of Audit Courses: The examinaton and evaluation shall be conducted by the college itself either in the normal structure or MCQ model from the Question Bank and other guidelines provided by the University/BoS. The Question paper shall be for minimum 20 weightage and a minimum of 2 hour duration for the examination. The result has to be intimated / uploaded to the University during the Third Semester as per the notification of the University.
The final Grade card will also contain the list of Audit courses.
Ability Enhancement Course (AEC): Suggested areas - Internship / Seminar presentation /Publications / Case study analysis /Industrial or Practical Training/Community linkage programme /Book reviews etc.
Professional Competency Course (PCC): Suggested areas - To test the skill level of students like testing the application level of different software such as SPSS/R/ Econometrics /Python/Any software relevant to the programme of study / Translations etc.
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