M A (English) SyllabusDepartment of Languages,

Integral University, Lucknoww. e. f. 2015-2016 session

Mode of Evaluation: Master’s Programme in English shall have sixteen papers consisting of four semesters.

SEMESTER-IPaper I : English Literature, Society & Thought 16th Century including ChaucerPaper II : 17th -18th Centuries English LiteraturePaper III : 19th Century English LiteraturePaper IV : English Language and Linguistics

SEMESTER-IIPaper I : 20th Century British LiteraturePaper II : Literary CriticismPaper III : English Language TeachingPaper IV : Literature and Gender

SEMESTER-IIIPaper I : Contemporary Literary TheoriesPaper II : Indian Writing in EnglishPaper III : American LiteraturePaper IV : Term Papers

SEMESTER-IVNOTE:

Students will have to offer three optional papers besides the Paper I (Viva Voce) which is compulsory.

Paper II Dissertation can be offered by only those candidates who secure not less than 50% marks in the preceding three semesters cumulatively.

Paper I : Viva –Voce (Compulsory)Paper II : Dissertation (Optional)Paper III : Literature and Films (Optional)Paper IV : New Literatures in English (Optional)Paper V : Feminist Literary Theory and Criticism (Optional)Paper VI : Literatures in English Translation (Optional)

M A - ENGLISHSemester I

Paper IEnglish Literature, Society & Thought

(16 th Century including Chaucer) Unit I: Social & Intellectual BackgroundFrancis Bacon:

*Of Truth*Of Travel*Of Revenge

Unit II: Poetry Geoffrey Chaucer:

The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales Edmund Spenser:

*Faerie Queene (Book I)Unit III: Drama Christopher Marlowe:

*The Tragical History of Dr. FaustusBen Jonson:

The Alchemist

Unit IV: DramaWilliam Shakespeare:

*Hamlet *The Tempest

Structure of the Question Paper1. There will be four passages with internal choices for explanation from the starred texts

of three marks each2. There will be six short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each.

3. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of ten marks each.

4. All texts marked with * are prescribed for detailed study.

(Semester –End Exam- 75 Marks, Internal Assessment 25 Marks)

M A - ENGLISHSemester IPaper II

17 TH -18 TH Centuries English LiteratureUnit I- Social & Intellectual Background John Milton: *Paradise Lost (Book I)John Donne:

* “A Valediction”*“The Canonization”“The Good –Morrow”

Andrew Marvell:*“To his Coy Mistress”

Unit II-PoetryJohn Dryden:“Absalom and Achitophel” Alexander Pope:*“The Rape of the Lock”Unit III - DramaWilliam Congreve: *The Way of the World R B Sheridan:The Rivals

Unit –IV FictionDaniel Defoe: Robinson CrusoeHenry Fielding:

Joseph Andrews

Structure of the Question Paper1. There will be four passages with internal choices for explanation from the starred texts

of three marks each2. There will be six short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each. 3. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of ten marks each.

4. All texts marked with * are prescribed for detailed study.

(Semester –End Exam- 75 Marks, Internal Assessment 25 Marks)

M A - ENGLISHSemester-IPaper III

19 th Century-English Literature

Unit I-Social and Intellectual Background

Matthew Arnold: Culture and Anarchy

Unit II-Poetry

William Wordsworth:

*“Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey”

S. T .Coleridge:

“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

John Keats: *“Ode to a Nightingale”

*“Ode on a Grecian Urn” *“Ode to Autumn”

P. B. Shelley:“Adonais”*“To a Skylark”*“Ode to the West Wind”

Unit III –Poetry

A.L. Tennyson:

“In Memoriam”*“Ulysses”

Robert Browning:

*“Rabbi Ben Ezra”*“The Last Ride Together”

Matthew Arnold:

*“The Scholar Gypsy”

*“Dover Beach”

D.G. Rossetti:*“The Blessed Damozel”

Unit IV- Novel

Jane Austen: Emma

Charles Dickens: Great ExpectationsThomas Hardy: Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Structure of the Question Paper1. There will be four passages with internal choices for explanation from the starred texts

of three marks each2. There will be six short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each. 3. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of ten marks each.

4. All texts marked with * are prescribed for detailed study

(Semester –End Exam- 75 Marks, Internal Assessment 25 Marks)

M A - ENGLISHSemester I

Paper IV

English Language and Linguistics

Unit I -Language:

Language and communication; properties of human language; language skills

Language varieties: standard and non-standard language, dialect, register, slang, pidgin, Creole;

varieties of English ,World Englishes:

Unit II- Structuralism: Ferdinand de Saussure:

Synchronic and diachronic approaches; langue and parole; sign, signifier, signified and

semiology; syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations .

Unit III- Phonology and Morphology:

Phoneme, Classification of English speech sounds, Intonation, suprasegmental features, Syllable;

morpheme, word- Stress ,word classes, inflection, derivation, compounding,

Semiotics, Semantics and Syntax categories and constituents, predicates and argument structure,

thematic roles, case; phrase structure; lexical meaning relations; implicature, entailment and

presupposition; maxims of conversation, speech act .

Unit IV- Stylistics, Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis:

Styles, Features, Purpose and Effect, Text, Style and Context.

Various Approaches to Stylistic Analysis- Literary Stylistics, Linguistics

Stylistics, Discourse Analysis, Stylostatistics, Stylistic Markers and Conventions. Practical

Stylistic Interpretation of Unseen Poem(s) or Prose passages

Structure of Question Papers

1. There will be ten short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each.

2. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of 10 marks each.

(Semester –End Exam 75 Marks, Internal Assessment 25 Marks)

M A -ENGLISH Semester II

Paper I20 th Century British Literature

Unit I: Social and Intellectual Background

Albert Camus: The Myth of Sisyphus: Absurdity and Suicide

Jean-Paul Sartre: “Existentialism and Human Emotions”

Unit II: Poetry

W.B. Yeats :*“ Byzantium”*“Sailing to Byzantium”*“Easter 1916”* “Leda and the Swan”

T.S.Eliot: *The Waste Land

Philip Larkin:“The Less Deceived”*“Church Going”

Ted Hughes: *“The Crow”“Hawk Roosting”“The Thought –Fox”

Seamus Heaney : *“Digging”“Punishment”

G.M. Hopkins :*“The Windhover”

W.H.Auden :*“In Memory of W. B. Yeats”

Unit III-Novel

James Joyce:A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

D. H. Lawrence:Sons and Lovers

William Golding:Lord of the Flies

Unit IV – Drama

G. B.Shaw: Man and Superman

J.M. Synge: The Playboy of the Western World

Samuel Beckett:Waiting for Godot

Structure of the Question Paper1. There will be four passages with internal choices for explanation from the starred texts

of three marks each2. There will be six short-answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each. 3. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of ten marks each.

4. All texts marked with * are prescribed for detailed study(Semester –End Exam- 75 Marks, Internal Assessment 25 Marks)

M A - ENGLISHSemester II

Paper IILiterary Criticism

Unit I- Social & Intellectual BackgroundAristotle:*The Poetics Longinus:On the Sublime Unit II Sir Philip Sidney: *An Apology for Poetry John Dryden:An Essay of Dramatic PoesieUnit-IIIWilliam Wordsworth: *Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1802)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge:Biographia Literaria (Chapters IV and XIV)Unit-IVMatthew Arnold:*The Study of PoetryThe Function of Criticism at the Present TimeT. S. Eliot:

*“Tradition and the Individual Talent”

An Introduction to New Criticism

Jacques Derrida:

“Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of Human Sciences”

Structure of the Question Paper1. There will be four passages with internal choices for explanation from the starred texts of

three marks each.2. There will be six short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each. 3. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of ten marks each.

(Semester –End Exam- 75 Marks, Internal Assessment 25 Marks)

M A - ENGLISHSemester IIPaper III

English Language Teaching

Unit I: Language Acquisition & Language Learning:

Theories of language acquisitionLanguage learning & teaching

Unit II: Methods of Teaching EnglishGrammar – Translation MethodDirect MethodCommunicative Language Teaching

Unit III: English Language Teaching in India:Problems of Teaching English in IndiaContrastive & Error Analysis

Unit IV: English for Specific PurposesConcept of ‘register’Features of some register -types in English

Structure of Question Papers1. There will be ten short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each. 2. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of 10marks each.

(Semester –End Exam-Marks 75, Internal Assessment 25)

M A - ENGLISHSemester IIPaper IV

Literature and GenderUnit I – PoetryAmy Lowell : *“Fireworks”Toru Dutt:“Sita”Margaret Atwood:*“Spelling”Sylvia Plath:“The Munich Mannequins”Kamala Das: *“The Old Playhouse”*“An Introduction”

Judith Wright : “Eve to her Daughters”Kishwar Naheed:*“I am not that Woman”Unit II-ProseVirginia Woolf: A Room of One’s Own Mahadevi Varma : Links in the Chain (Trans. Shrinkhala ki Khariyan)

Unit III-DramaCaryll Churchill:Top GirlsLorraine Hansberry:A Raisin in the Sun

Unit IV-FictionMaya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMargaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale

Structure of the Question Paper1. There will be four passages with internal choices for explanation from the starred texts

of three marks each2. There will be six short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each. 3. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of ten marks each.

4. All texts marked with * are prescribed for detailed study

(Semester –End Exam- 75 Marks, Internal Assessment 25 Marks)

M A - ENGLISHSemester III

Paper IContemporary Literary Theories

Unit-IJacques Lacan :

“The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience”.

Northrop Frye: “Myth, Fiction, and Displacement”, “The Archetypes of Literature”, “Archetype as Symbol”

Raymond Williams : “Romantic Artist” from Culture and Society

Unit -IIVictor Shklovsky : From “Art as Technique”

M.M. Bakhtin : “Discourse in the Novel” from The Dialogic Imagination

Louis Althusser : From “Ideology and the Ideological State Apparatuses”

Unit- IIIWolfgang Iser : From “The Reading Process”

*Roland Barthes : “The Death of the Author”

New Historicism -Stephen Greenblatt :“Resonance and Wonder”

Unit –IV

Edward Said: From Orientalism

*Paul Ricoeur: “What is a Text?”and “The Task of Hermeneutics”

Hayden White: “The Historical Text as Literary Artifact’

Jean Baudrillard: From “The Precision of Simulacra”

Structure of the Question Paper1. There will be four passages with internal choices for explanation from the starred texts

of three marks each

2. There will be six short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks each.

3. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of ten marks each.

4. All texts marked with * are prescribed for detailed study(Semester –End Exam- 75 Marks, Internal Assessment 25 Marks)

M A - ENGLISHSemester III

Paper IIIndian Writing in English

Unit -I FictionR.K. Narayan : The Guide

Mulk Raj Anand : Untouchable

Arundhathi Roy - The God of Small Things

Unit –II DramaGirish Karrnad: Fire and the Rain

Manjula Padmanabhan - Harvest

Mahesh Dattani - Tara

Unit –III Non-fictional Prose

Shashi Tharoor :

Bookless in Baghdad

A. K. Ramanujan :“Is There an Indian Way of Thinking: An Informal Essay” (in The Collected Essays of A. K. Ramanujan, UP, 1999)

Amitav Ghosh: Dancing in Cambodia, At Large in Burma

Unit –IV Poetry *Toru Dutt : “Our Casuarina Tree”

*Sarojini Naidu : “Purdah Nashin”

*Nissim Ezekiel : “A Jewish Wedding In Bombay”

*Agha Shahid Ali: “The Wolf‟s Postscript to Little Red Riding Hood”

Vikram Seth: “Sonnet No. 1.9” from The Golden Gate

*Kamala Das: “The Dance of the Eunuchs”; “The Freaks”

(From Indian English Poetry since 1950: An Anthology, ed. Vilas Sarang, (Orient Longman)

Structure of the Question Paper1. There will be four passages with internal choices for explanation from the starred texts

of three marks each.

2. There will be six short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks each.

3. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of ten marks each.

4. All texts marked with * are prescribed for detailed study

(Semester –End Exam- 75 Marks, Internal Assessment 25 Marks)

M A - ENGLISHSemester III

Paper IIIAmerican Literature

Unit –I Poetry *Walt Whitman :“Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking*Emily Dickinson:“She Sweeps with Many Coloured Brooms”*“A Light Exits In Spring”*Wallace Stevens:“Anecdote of the Jar”Imamu Amiri Baraka :“An Agony as Now”*Robert Frost :“Home Burial”

Unit II Prose Sojourner Truth:“Ain’t I a Woman”Ralph Waldo Emerson:“The American Scholar”Henry David Thoreau:“Civil Disobedience”

Unit- III Fiction F. Scott Fitzgerald:This Side of ParadiseWilliam Faulkner:As I Lay DyingE.Hernest Hemingway:The Old Man and The Sea

Unit- IV Drama Tennessee Williams:A Streetcar Named DesireEdward Albee:Who’s Afraid OF Virginia Woolf?

Structure of the Question Paper1. There will be four passages with internal choices for explanation from the starred texts

of three marks each2. There will be six short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each.

3. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of ten marks each.

4. All texts marked with * are prescribed for detailed study

(Semester –End Exam- 75 Marks, Internal Assessment 25 Marks)

M A - ENGLISHSemester III

Paper IVTerm papers

Max. Marks -100

(MLA Handbook 7th Ed. is Compulsory for mechanics of writing and other details for Documentation)

Three on each paper offered by the student and one of his/her choice under the supervision of the teacher responsible for teaching that particular paper. Each term paper should be in approx 5000-7000 words. Topics for the term papers will be decided by the Department of Languages (Board of Studies), Integral University, Lucknow.

Structure of the Question PaperThere will be 4 term papers of 25 marks each (4x25= 100)

M A - ENGLISHSemester IV

Paper I VIVA –VOCE (Compulsory)

Max. Marks -100

M A - ENGLISHSemester IV

Paper II Dissertation

(Optional)

Max. Marks: 100

(MLA Handbook 7th Ed. Compulsory for mechanics and other details for Writing)

Topics for the Dissertations will have to be approved by the Board of Studies in the beginning of the IV Semester. Allotment of Supervisors will also be allotted by the same. Dissertation will be allowed to those candidates only who secure not less than 50% marks in the first three semesters.

M A - ENGLISHSemester IV

Paper IIILiterature and Films

(Optional)

Unit I : Basic Concepts

The Cinematic Image, aspects of Mis-en-scene, editing styles.Space in the Cinema: Scale, Shooting angle, Depth, Cutting, Camera movement & framing.Time in the CinemaPhysical Time: Time variation within a shot, Accelerated motion, slow motion, stoppedmotion, Montage and Physical time, the flash back.Psychological Time: Suspense, Rhythm & Tempo

Dramatic TimeSpace-Time in CinemaSpace-Time in Cinematographic movementSpace-Time and montage: Theories of montage and realismMis-en-scene Characteristics: Décor, Costume & MakeupPhotographic Characteristics: Lighting, Soft Focus, Double Exposure, Negative Image &Distortion.Colour: Dramatic use of color & Special effects.The Fifth Dimension: SoundFilm EditingAuthorship

Unit II: Adaptation of Literature to Film: Theory and AnalysisStudy of Film genres & sub-genres: Chick flick, war, Gangster/Crime, Comedy, Biopic,Drama/Suspense/Thriller, Romance, Sci-Fi, Disaster, Epic/Historical, Gay films, Musicals,Horror, Action, Adventure.

Analysis of the following films based on literary textsIn Love and WarA Farewell to ArmsTo Kill A MockingbirdTo the LighthouseFrankensteinMistress of SpicesHazar Chaurasi Ki MaaGrapes of Wrath

Additional Recommended ViewingLes MisrablesJohnny MnemonicThe Human StainProvokedThe Color Purple

Unit III: Relation of Theatre to Films

Study of cinematic versions of PlaysShakespeareMacbeth (Directed by Jack Gold for BBC Series)Maqbool (Directed by Vishal Bharadwaj)Throne of Blood (Directed by Akira Kurosawa)Romeo & Juliet (3 Versions) 1. Directed by Baz Luhrmann 2. Directed by Franco Zefferelli 3.Directed by Renato CastellaniDeath of a Salesman (Based on a play by Afthur Miller)My Fair Lady (Adaption of Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw)Utsav (based on Mrichchakatika by Bhasa)Phantom of the Opera (based on work by French Writer Gaston Leroux and stage musical byAndrew Lloyd Weber)

Addition Recommended ViewingOmkaraOthelloDance like a ManAngels in AmericaCat on a Hot Tin roofStreet Car named desireJoan of Arc

Unit IV: Film as Literature: Study of the following Films1. The Hours (Directed by Stephen Daldry, based on the life of Virginia Woolfe)2. Slumdog Millionaire (Directed by Danny Boyle)3. Pather Panchali (Directed by Satyajit Ray)4. Erin Brockovich (Directed by Steven Sonderbergh)5. Schindler’s List (Directed by Steven Speilberg)6. Khaamosh Paani (Directed by Sabiha Sumar)

Additional Recommended Viewing7. Sylvia (Directed by Christine Jeffs based on the life of American Author & Poet SylviaPlath)8. Tom & Viv (Based on the life of T.S. Eliot)

9. Rang De Basanti (Directed by Om Prakash Mehra)10. Iris (Directed by Richard Eyre adapted from the novel by John Bayley, based on the lifeof Iris Murdoch)11. Frida (Directed by Juilie Taymor, based on the life of Painter Frida Kahlo)12. Gandhi (Directed by Richard Attenborough, based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi)13. What Dreams May Come (Directed by Vincent Ward)14. Jodha Akbar (Directed by Ashotosh Gowarikar)15. Dahan (Directed by Rituparno Ghosh)16. Tamas (Directed by Govind Nihalani)17. Meghe Dhaka Tara18. Ek Din Pratidin

The Cinema as Art: Reality & Artistic CreationUnderstanding Film texts: Meaning & ExperienceCritical Analysis of Films

Structure of Question Papers1. There will be ten short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each. 2. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of 10 marks each.

(Semester –End Exam-Marks 75, Internal Assessment 25)

M A - ENGLISHSemester IV

Paper IVNew Literatures in English

(Optional)

Unit I- Australian LiteraturePatrick White : A Fringe of Leaves (1976)Les Murray : “Poetry and Religion”, “The Images Alone”, “A Retrospect of Humidity”Peter Carey : Oscar and Lucinda

UNIT II - Pakistani LiteratureKamila Shamsie : Broken VersesTehmina Durrani : BlasphemyMohsin Hamid : The Reluctant Fundamentalist

UNIT III - African LiteratureChinua Achebe : Anthills of the Savannah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie : Purple HibiscusNuruddin Farah : From A Crooked Rib

UNIT IV - Canadian LiteratureRohinton Mistry : A Fine BalanceMargaret Atwood : Cat’s EyeRobert Kroetsch : The Studhorse Man

Structure of Question Papers1. There will be ten short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each .2. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of 10 marks each.

(Semester –End Exam-Marks 75, Internal Assessment 25)

M A - ENGLISHSemester IV

Paper VFeminist Literary Theory and Criticism

(Optional Paper)

Unit-I

Virginia Woolf (Selections from A Room of One’s Own)Elaine Showalter: “Towards a Feminist Poetics” Mary Wollstonecraft:A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)

Unit-IIHelene Cixous’ “Sorties,” “Castration or Decapitation”?Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex (Introduction) Kate Millet : Sexual Politics

Unit III Michèle Barrett: “Ideology and the Cultural Production of Gender” (from Women’s Oppression Today: Problems in Marxist Feminist Analysis)Judith Butler’s “Subject of Sex/Gender/ Desire”

Unit-IVSandra Harding : “Is There A Feminist Method?”Chandra Mohanty’s “Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses” Shashi, Deshpande Roots and Shadows

Structure of Question Papers1. There will be ten short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each. 2. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of 10 marks each.

(Semester –End Exam-Marks 75, Internal Assessment 25)

M A - ENGLISHSemester IV

Paper VILiteratures in English Translation

(Optional)

UNIT I: Translation: TheoryConcept of TranslationTypes of TranslationPostcolonial translation theoryLanguage and Culture

UNIT II- Indian literature in translation*Ali Sardar Jafri : “Morsel”, “My Journey”

U.R. Ananthamurthy : Samskara

Qurratulain Hyder : Aag ka Dariya (River of Fire)

Mirza Mohammad Hadi Ruswa : Umrao Jaan Ada UNIT III- European literature in translation*Sophocles : Oedipus the King

Dostoevsky : The Idiot

Gustave Flaubert : Madam Bovary

*Kafka : “Metamorphosis”

*Bertolt Brecht : Mother Courage

Baudelaire : Les Fleurs du mal (Flower of Evil)

UNIT IV- African literature in translationMariama Ba : So Long a LetterOusmane Sembene : God’s Bits of WoodNgugi wa Thiong’o : Devil on the Cross

Structure of the Question Paper1. There will be four passages with internal choices for explanation from the starred texts of

three marks each.2. There will be six short answer questions to be answered in 150 words, of three marks

each. 3. There will be four long answer questions with internal choices of ten marks each.

4. All texts marked with * are prescribed for detailed study(Semester –End Exam- 75 Marks, Internal Assessment 25 Marks)

NOTE: Students will have to offer three optional papers besides the Paper I “Viva Voce” which is

compulsory. Paper II Dissertation can be offered by only those who secure not less than 50%marks in

the preceding three semesters cumulatively.

INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOWORDINANCESMaster of Arts

I. M.A (English)

1. Admission

1.1 M.A. program will be of two years /four semester duration. The admission will becarried out in the beginning of academic year as per rules prescribed from time totime by the Academic Council of the University.

1.2 The University can take up to 10% additional admissions, in view of the expectedshort fall in 2nd year due to failure of students or leaving the University.

2. Mode of Admission:

100% of the total intake shall be filled on the basis of the merit of the qualifying examination.

3. Eligibility:

Candidates must have passed B.A. with 50% marks with English as one of thesubjects from a recognized University. Candidates from other disciplines may alsobe admitted subject to the clearance of the entrance test.

4. Duration: 4.1 The Two years curriculum has been divided into four semesters and shall include

lectures, tutorials, seminars, and a dissertation as defined in the evaluation andexamination schemes and executive orders issued by the University from time totime.

4.2 The curriculum shall also include such other curricular, co-curricular andextracurricular activities as prescribed by the University from time to time.

4.3 The maximum time allowed for completing the M.A. course shall be of fouryears. If a candidate at any stage of his/her study is found unable to complete itwithin the said time, he/she shall not be allowed to continue the course further.

5. Registration:Each student has to register in every semester of M.A. Programme.

6. Attendance: 6.1 The attendance of student shall be reckoned from the date of his/her registration in

the class. 6.2 Each student is normally required to attend all the lectures, tutorials and lab

classes. However, a minimum attendance of 75% will be necessary. The Dean ofthe concerned faculty may condone the absence on medical reasons, further upto amaximum 15%.

6.3 The Academic Section will consolidate the attendance record for the lectures andpractical etc. Attendance on account of participation in the prescribed functions ofNCC, NSS, Inter University Sports and functions, Educational Tours, Field Work,Training and curricular/co-curricular activities sponsored by the University shallbe credited to aggregate, provided the attendance record duly countersigned bythe Teacher Incharge is sent to the Academic Section within two weeks of thefunction/activity etc

6.4 Head of the Department shall display statement of attendance of students on thenotice board of the faculty regularly. Notice displayed on the notice board shall bedeemed to be an official notification for all concerned. No separate notification toindividuals shall be issued.

6.5 If student is found to be continuously absent from the classes without properapplication and sanction for a period of 30 days or his/her attendance is less than30% then appropriate action shall be taken against him which may include

striking off his name from the rolls. Such a student whose name has been struckoff may, however, apply for readmission within 10 days from the date of issue ofthe notice of striking off his name. The request may be considered by the Deanfor readmission. Such a student shall not be readmitted after the prescribed period.The readmission shall be affected on payment of prescribed readmission fees.

6.6 A student, who fails to achieve the prescribed minimum attendance as per theprovisions of article 6.2 above, shall not be allowed to appear at the EndSemester/Annual Examinations and, shall be deemed to have been detained.

6.7 Notwithstanding any of the above provisions, under very special circumstances,the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor in consultation with Deans of the Faculty, has thepower to amend or condone all or any of the above said clauses or the prescribedpercentage in the interest of the academics and the University.

7. Curriculum and Credit System:7.1 The 2 year curriculum has been divided into 4 semesters and shall include

lectures, tutorials, seminars, and dissertation as defined in the scheme ofinstructions and examinations and executive instructions issued by the Universityfrom time to time.

7.2 The curriculum will also include such other curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities as may be prescribed by the University from time to time.

7.3 Credit System:Each M.A. programme will have a curriculum in which every course will beassigned certain credits reflecting its weight and contact periods per week, asgiven below:1 Lecture period (L) per week = 1 Credit1 Tutorial period (T) per week = 1 Credit1 Practical period (P) per week = 0.5 CreditIn addition to theory and laboratory courses there may be other courses such asseminar, project/industrial training and project evaluation etc., which will beassigned credits as per their contribution in the program without regard to contactperiods.

7.4 Minimum Credit Requirements:

The credit required for award of a M.A. degree is 92. This is normally dividedinto Theory courses, tutorials, laboratory courses, seminars and projects induration of four semesters. The credits are distributed semester wise as shown inthe structure and syllabus manual of each programme. Courses generally progressin sequences, building competencies and their positioning indicates certainacademic maturity on the part of the learners. Learners are expected to follow thesemester wise schedule of courses given in the syllabus manual of respectiveprogrammes.

I.5 Course Categories:The curriculum for each branch will contain courses in the following categorieshaving credits in the ranges given below in such a way that the total of all creditswill be equal to that required for the award of degree as specified elsewhere inthese ordinances.i. Core (C) : 66-72 credits

ii. Electives (E) : 16-22 creditsiv. Seminar (S) : 2-6 credits

7.6 Curriculum Structure:The curriculum for each branch will contain a listing of all courses, with eachcourse having a course category, course number, course title, number of contactperiods per week, number of credits assigned, and the marks assigned to variouscomponents of evaluation.

I.6 Course/Subject codes:

M.A. Programme: In the syllabus manual of each programme of a particular discipline, subject codeis assigned for each course. The subject code consists of seven digits First digitindicates level of the programme, next two three digits (letters) indicate specificbranch, next digit (letter) indicates course is either core/compulsory or elective orlaboratory or seminar or Project. A fifth and sixth digit (number) indicates yearand semester of a program & seventh digit (number) indicates serial number ofcourse. For example - MXY -C111Where,First digit M: indicates MastersSecond and Third digits XY : indicate program name Fourth digit C: indicates Core/Compulsory course;E : indicates Elective courseL : indicates laboratory course;S : indicates SeminarP : indicates ProjectFifth digit (number) 1: indicates year in which that course to be studiedSixth digit (number) 1: indicates semester in which that course to be studiedSeventh digit (number) 1: indicates serial number of course

7.8 Approval of the Curriculum:The curriculum for M.A. program will be prepared by the department concernedand will be approved by the Board of Studies of the department. It will then beplaced in the Faculty board for approval. Once approved by the Faculty board, itwill be placed in the Academic Council for final approval and then theCurriculum will be implemented. Same procedure shall be used for anymodification in the Curriculum.

8. Examination / Assessment and Grading8.1 Components of Evaluation

Each course will be evaluated out of 100 marks. The courses will normally have the following components of evaluation:

Theory/ Laboratory courses:Continuous Assessment (CA) : 25 marksEnd-Semester Examination (ESE) : 75 marks

8.2 Grading of Performance:8.2.1 Letter Grade and Grade Point Allocation:

The Credit and Grading system will be effective from the academic year 2015-2016 for Faculty of Sciences. In every course, based on the combinedperformance in all assessments in a particular semester as per thecurriculum/syllabus, the student is awarded a letter grade. These letter grades notonly indicate a qualitative assessment of the learner’s performance but also carrya quantitative (numeric) equivalent called the Grade Point. The letter grades andtheir equivalent grade point applicable for postgraduate programmes are givenbelow:

Percentage of Marks Obtained Letter Grade Points Performance85.00 and above O 10 Outstanding75.00 – 84.99 A 9 Excellent70.00 – 74.99 B 8 Very Good60.00 – 69.99 C 7 Good50.00 – 59.99 D 6 Fair45.00 – 49.99 E 5 Average41.00 – 44.99 P 4 PassLess than 41.00 F 0 Fail

A learner who remains absent in any form of evaluation/examination, lettergrade allocated to him/her should be AB and corresponding grade point is zero.She/he should reappear for the said evaluation/examination in due course.

8.2.2 SGPI/ CGPI Calculation:8.2.2.1 Semester Grade Performance Index (SGPI):

The performance of a learner in a semester is indicated by a number calledSemester Grade Performance Index (SGPI). The SGPI is the weighted average ofthe grade points obtained in all the courses by the learner during the semester. Forexample, if a learner passes five courses (Theory/labs./Projects/ Seminar etc.) in asemester with credits C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5 and learners grade points in thesecourses are G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5 respectively, then learners’ SGPI is equal to:

SGPI = (C1G1+ C2G2 + C3G3+ C4G4 + C5G5)/( C1 + C2 + C3+ C4+C5)The SGPI is calculated to two decimal places. The SGPI for any semester will takeinto consideration the “F” or “AB” grade awarded in that semester. For example ifa learner has failed in course 4, the SGPI will then be computed as:

SGPI = (C1G1+ C2G2 + C3G3+ C4*Zero + C5G5)/( C1 + C2 + C3+ C4+C5)

8.2.2.2 Cumulative Grade Performance Index (CGPI):An up to date assessment of the overall performance of a learner from the time s/heenrolled the University is obtained by calculating a number called the CumulativeGrade Performance Index (CGPI), in a manner similar to the calculation of SGPI.The CGPI therefore considers all the courses mentioned in the curriculum/syllabusmanual, towards the minimum requirement of the degree learner have enrolled for.The CGPI is calculated at the end of every semester to two decimal places and isindicated in semester grade report cards.

The CGPI will reflect the failed status in case of F grade(s), till the course(s)is/are passed. When the course(s) is/are passed by obtaining a pass grade onsubsequent examination(s) the CGPI will only reflect the new grade and not thefail grades earned earlier. Example: Up to semester r a learner has registered for ncourses, among which he/she has “F” grade in ith course. The semester gradereport at the end of semester r therefore will contain a CGPI calculated as:

CGPI= (C1G1+ C2G2 + C3G3………+ Ci*Zero …….+ CnGn)/( C1 + C2 + C3….+ Ci….+Cn)

Even if a learner has failed in a course more than once, the course will figureonly once in the numerator as well as the denominator. At the end of semesterr+1 s/he has appeared for examination for k number of courses including the ithbacklog course and has cleared all the courses including the backlog course, theCGPI at the end of this semester is calculated as,

CGPI= (C1G1+ C2G2 + C3G3………+ CiGi …….+ CnGn)/( C1 + C2 + C3….+ Ci….+Cn)There will also be a final CGPI calculated which considers all the credits earned by the learner specified for a particular programme.

8.3 Heads of Passing:Continuous Assessment (CA) and End Semester Examination (ESE) should be two separate heads for passing.

8.3.1 Award of Continuous Assessment (CA):Award of Continuous Assessment (CA) for theory subject, practical and projectshall be done as per the provisions in the schemes of examinations. The break-upof CA shall be as follows: (A) Theory Subjects:

i. Class Test (Two mid-term tests of equal weightage) : 15 Marks

(ii) Teacher’s Assessment (TA):a. Surprise test /Assignment /Quiz : 5 Marksb. Attendance : 5 Marks

8.3.2 Marks in Seminars, Dissertation and Viva-Voce shall be awarded by a committeeconsisting of following members constituted by the Head of the concerneddepartment:i. Concerned Officer – In-charge ii. Head of the Department or his/ her nominee iii. Senior Faculty Member of the department nominated by the Head of

Department. iv. One external subject-expert in case of viva-voce.

8.4 Promotion of Learner and Award of GradesA learner will be declared PASS if,

She/he secures at least 50% (Continuous Assessment) & 35% marks in End Semester Examination mentioned in clause 8.3.

OR

If she/he fails in Continuous Assessment but secures 50% or more in the total (Continuous Assessment + End Semester Examination) in that course.

8.5 Carry Forward of Marks:In case of a learner who does not fulfill criteria mentioned in section 8.4 and failsin the Continuous Assessment and/or End Semester Examination in one ormore courses:i. A learner who PASSES in the Continuous Assessment but FAILS in theEnd Semester Examination of the course shall reappear for the End SemesterExamination of that course. However his/her marks of the Internal Assessmentshall be carried over and he/she shall be entitled for grade obtained by him/heron passing.

ii. A learner who PASSES in the End Semester Examination but FAILS in theContinuous Assessment of the course shall reappear for the ContinuousAssessment of that course. However his/her marks of the End SemesterExamination shall be carried over and he/she shall be entitled for gradeobtained by him/her on passing.

8.6 Re-examination of Continuous Assessment and End Semester Examination:8.6.1 Re-examination for Continuous Assessment should be completed before the

commencement of next semester theory examination.Example: A learner who is supposed to reappear for Internal Assessment insemester-I course will appear for the reexamination before commencement of EndSemester Examination of semester -II. Re-examination of Continuous Assessmentwill be based on single examination having same marks as of original assessment.A learner who supposed to reappear for Continuous Assessment will be givensome work by the concerned teacher. The work assigned can be of the form of acourse project/ assignment problems/ test/ tutorials etc. A learner will do thesubmission of the assigned work in the predefined period. Records should bemaintained properly for all the re-examinations as well as ContinuousAssessments.

8.6.2 Re-examination of End Semester Examination will be conducted as per the schedule planned by the University

8.7 Allowed to Keep Terms (ATKT):i. A learner shall be allowed to keep term for Semester II irrespective of grades

obtained in each course of Semester I.ii. A learner shall be allowed to keep term for Semester III if she/he passes each of

Semester I and Semester IIOR

She/he fails in not more than eight heads of passing of which not more than five shall be in End Semester Examinations of Semester I and Semester II taken together.

iii. A learner shall be allowed to keep term for Semester IV irrespective of grades obtained in each course of Semester III.

Note: Grade AB should be considered as failed and treated as one head for deciding ATKT9. Re-admission in the University:

A candidate who has failed and has not been promoted to the higher class willhave to repeat the year as a regular student. He will be allowed for re-admission

on payment of prescribed fees provided he/she satisfies one of the followingconditions.

9.1 A candidate is declared failed. 9.2 A candidate did not appear in a semester examination and or he/she was granted

permission for not to appear in the examination on his/her own request. 9.3 A candidate has been detained by the University and has also been permitted to

take re-admission. 9.4 A candidate promoted with carry over subjects and he /she opted for re-admission.

10. Result:i. If a student passes all the examinations and fulfills all the requirements for the

award of degree his/her result will be shown as “Post graduated”.ii. The Division awarded to “Post graduated” students will be based on CPI as given

below:First Division (Honours) CPI ≥ 8.5First Division 6.5 ≤ CPI < 8.5Second Division CPI < 6.5

iii. Ranks/Positions will be determined at the end of even semesters. Only those students who fulfill the following conditions will be eligible for ranks/positions:a. They do not have any break in their studies;b. They have passed every scheduled course in first attempt;c. They have passed every course on time as per the curriculum;d. They have earned credits as per the schedule given in the curriculum; e. They have not improved grade in any course after passing the course.The students who violate any of the above conditions will not be awarded anyrank/position. The ranks/positions will be determined on the basis of CPI.

11. Grace Marks: 11.1 A candidate may be awarded grace marks up to a maximum of total 10 marks

distributed in maximum four subjects including theory papers, Practical, project,seminar, industrial training and/or aggregate marks in each academic yearprovided he/she can be declared to have passed the academic year by the awardof these marks.

11.2 The grace marks shall not be added to the aggregate marks. 11.3 No grace marks shall be awarded in carry over.

12. Scrutiny: 12.1 Scrutiny shall be allowed in only theory papers for which the candidate has to

apply within 15 days after declaration of semester result. 12.2 Re-evaluation is not permitted.

13. Cancellation of Admission: The admission of a student at any stage shall be cancelled if:

a. He/She is not found qualified as per guidelines or the eligibility criteriaprescribed by the University.

Orb. He/She is found unable to complete the course within the stipulated time as

prescribed in clause 5. Or

c. He/She is found involved in creating indiscipline in the University. Or

d. He/She is found involved in any criminal case/ has given any false statement. 14. Amendments / Relaxation Clause:

The Academic Council shall have the power to relax or amend anyprovision provided in the ordinance in any specific matter / situationsubject to the approval of Executive Council of the University.