Introduction
There are 8 semesters (4×2=8), 28 full unit courses (3+3+3+3+4+4+4+4=28), 8 partial unit courses (8×1=8) and 120 Credits (28×4+8×1=120) in 4 years B.A. Honours Course in Pali and Buddhist Studies. Each year has two semesters of 26 weeks (15 weeks for class teaching, 2 weeks break for final exams, 3 weeks for final exam, 3 weeks for evaluation of scripts and publication of result, and 3 weeks for vacation). Each full unit contains 4 credits and 100 marks and each partial unit contains 1 credit and 25 marks. So, 2800 marks (28×100) and 8 partial courses contain 200 (8×25) and thus total marks 3000. Each semester of 1st year has 3 full units and 1 partial unit of 13 credits (3×4+1). Thus, there are 6 full units and 2 partial units of 26 credits in 1st year. Second year has the same pattern. Each semester of 3rd year has 4 full units and 1 partial unit of 17 credits (4×4+1). Thus, there are 8 full units and 2 partial units of 34 credits in 3rd year. Fourth year also has the same pattern. Each course will be taught by two teachers of the Department; each course will have 4 classes per week of 60 minutes duration each; total classes in a semester for each course: 15 weeks; total contact hours in a semester for each course: 60 and 15 hours teaching is equivalent to 1 credit hour and will be treated as 1 credit.
A. Marks Distribution for each four Credit (1 unit)
Course: 100
Final exam: 60
Two Class Test or Mid-term test : 30 (15+15)
Class Attendance : 10
(Two class teachers share the same marks which will be treated as ratio)
Viva-Voce : 20
Presentation : 5
B. Grade Mark
|
Numerical grade |
Letter grade |
Grade point |
|
80 and above |
A+ |
4.00 |
|
75 to less than 80 |
A |
3.75 |
|
70 to less than75 |
A- |
3.50 |
|
65 to less than 70 |
B+ |
3.20 |
|
60 to less than 65 |
B |
3.00 |
|
55 to less than 60 |
B- |
2.75 |
|
45 to less than 50 |
C |
2.25 |
|
40 to less than 45 |
D |
2.00 |
|
Less than 40 |
F |
0.00 |
|
Incomplete |
I |
0.00 |
|
Withdrawn |
W |
0.00 |
C. Marking for class attendance
Attendance range Marks
90% and above 5.0/10.0
85% to less than 90% 4.5/9.0
80% to less than 85% 4.0/8.0
75% to less than 80% 3.5/7.0
70% to less than 75% 3.0/6.0
65% to less than 70% 2.5/5.0
60% to less than 65% 2.0/4.0
55% to less than 60% 1.5/3.0
50% to less than 50% 1.0/2.0
45% to less than 50% 0.5/1.0
Less than 45% 0.0/0.0
D. Calculation of GPA and CGPA
GPA = Course Credits x GP + Course Credits x GP + Course Credits x GP
Total Credits of the three Courses
CGPA = GPA x 1st Semester Credits + GPA x 2nd Semester Credits
Total Credits in 1st and 2nd Semester