PARUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES Academic Rules and Regulations for Bachelor Business Administration Programme under Parul University Effective from the Academic Year 2015-16 C O N T E N T S S r. N o. D e s c r i p t i o n P a g e N o. 1 SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT 2 2 DEFINITIONS OF KEY WORDS 3 3 ADMISSIONS 3 4 DURATION OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES 5 5 COURSE CURRICULUM 5 6 FACULTY ADVISER 6 7 ACADEMIC CALENDER 6 8 COURSE EVALUTION BY STUDENTS 6 9 EXAMINATION SYSTEM & EVALUTION 6 1 0 EVALUATION OF COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT WORK 7 11 GRADE POINT AVERAGE 8 12 CONDITIONS FOR PROMOTION 10 1 3 ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARD 11 1 4 AWARD OF CLASS 11 1 5 GOLD MEDALS & AWARDS 12 1 6 AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS 12 1 1
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES Academic Rules and Regulations for B.B.A. Programme under Parul University Effective from the Academic Year 2015-16 1. SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT: 1.1 These regulations may be called Academic Regulations for Bachelor of Business Administration-BBA 1.2. They shall come into effect from the Academic Year 2015-16 2. DEFINITIONS OF KEY WORDS: a) Academic Year: Two consecutive (one odd + one even) semesters constitute one academic year. b) Course: Usually referred to, as papers/subject is a component of a programme. All courses need not carry the same Weightage. The courses should define learning objectives and learning outcomes. A course may be designed to comprise lectures/tutorials/laboratory work/ field work/ outreach activities / project work / vocational Training / viva / seminars / assignments / presentations / self-study etc. or a combination of some of these. c) Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) : The CBCS provides choice for students to select from the prescribed courses (core, elective or minor or soft skill courses) d) Credit Based Semester System (CBSS): Under the CBSS, the requirement for awarding a degree certificate is prescribed in terms of number of credits to be completed by the students. e) Programme: An educational programme leading to award of a Degree certificate. f) Semester: Each semester will consist of 15-18 weeks of academic work equivalent to 90 teaching days. g) Regular Students: Any student who has registered for any semester of the programme. h) Credit: A unit by which the course work is measured. It determines the number of hours of instructions required per week. One credit is equivalent to one hour of teaching (lecture or practical) or two hours of tutorial work/field work per week. i) Grade Point: It is a numerical weight allotted to each letter grade on a 10-point scale. j) Letter Grade: It is an index of the performance of students in a said course. Grades are denoted by letters O,A+,A,B+,B,P & F. k) Credit Point: It is the product of grade point and number of credits for a course. l) Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA): It is a measure of performance of work done in a semester. It is ratio of total credit points secured by a student in various courses registered in a semester and the total course credits taken during that semester. It shall be 2
expressed up to two decimal places. m) Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA): It is a measure of overall cumulative performance of a student over all semesters. The CGPA is the ratio of total credit points secured by a student in various courses in all semesters and the sum of the total credits of all courses in all the semesters. It is expressed up to two decimal places. n) Grade Card: Based on the grades earned, a grade certificate shall be issued to all the registered students after every semester. The grade certificate will display the course details (code, title, number of credits, grade secured) along with SGPA of that semester and CGPA earned till that semester. 3. ADMISSIONS: 3.1. Admission to first year of Three Year B.B.A. Programme of study in Faculty of Management Studies: A candidate to be eligible for admission to BBA should have passed in the 10 +2 examination conducted by the Government of Gujarat or any other equivalent examination. A candidate who has completed a part of BBA programme in another university and seeks to continue the programme in Parul University shall be permitted to do so after transfer of marks scored in the earlier university are transferred to Parul University in those subjects which are considered as equivalent as suggested by Equivalence Committee of the University. Provided that such a transfer would be granted if only the student completes atleast 50 per cent of the prescribed course work in Parul University. 3.2 A student who desires to temporarily discontinue the studies may do so with the approval of the University, failing which the student shall not be permitted to continue the studies on return. 4. DURATION OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES: 4.1. The duration of an academic programme shall be three years for B.B.A. programme 4.2. The maximum duration allowed to complete the course is 2 years after completion of the minimum prescribed duration. However, if the student has successfully completed at least 75% of the prescribed course work and has secured a CGPA of not less than 4.75 out of 10, such candidates may be allowed another additional year for completion of the course. 4.3. After completion of Maximum Duration NO EXTENSION in any case will be granted. 3
5. FACULTY ADVISER: To help the students in planning their courses of study and to render general advice regarding either the academic programme or any other activity, the Head of the Department concerned, will assign every year, a certain number of students from the first semester to a faculty member who will be called Faculty Adviser. The set of students thus assigned will continue to be under the guidance of this Faculty Adviser till they complete the programme. 6. ACADEMIC CALENDAR: 6.1. Academic Calendar shall be prepared by the Faculty of Management studies and shall contain the following: (a) Dates of commencement & closure of semesters (b) Dates of internal & external examination (c) Preparatory Leave 7. COURSE EVALUATION BY STUDENTS: Every course offered in a semester is evaluated on the basis of feedback received from the students studied that course during the last week of a semester. The feedback system shall be computerized and coordinated by the Dean. The compiled feedback reports shall be forwarded to the concerned Principal of the Department who will scrutinize the same and may take appropriate steps to enhance the quality of teaching of the courses. 8. EXAMINATION SYSTEM & EVALUATION: Each course in the programme shall be evaluated for a total of 100 marks as follows. 8.1 Continuous Evaluation (CE) 20 Marks. This consists of a maximum of 5 marks for attendance calculated as follows. A student shall have a minimum of 75% attendance in a course to be eligible to appear in the End Semester Examination, failing which, the student shall have to repeat the course next year. 75-79% - 1 80-84% - 2 85-89% - 3 90-94% - 4 95% and above 5 However, the Dean is authorized to condone the shortage of attendance up to a maximum of 10% due to genuine reasons on the recommendation of the course teacher. 4
The remaining 15 marks shall be awarded by the course teacher based on the performance of the students in weekly/ fortnightly class tests, assignments, problem solving, group discussions, quiz, seminar participation, presentations, debates etc. 8.2 Mid Term Examination: 20 marks. This examination shall be conducted by the course teacher. The maximum duration for the examination shall be two hours. A student to be eligible for appearing in Semester End Examination shall score a minimum of 40% in (a) & (b) together. A student who fails to score a minimum of 40% in Mid Term Examination may appear for Remedial Examination to be conducted by the Course Teacher before the End Semester Examination. A student who fails in internal evaluation is not permitted to appear in the End Semester Examination. Such student can complete the course during the subsequent semester/s by self study. During each semester the students the student will have to appear in one internal examination of 20 marks to be conducted by the teacher. Further the student will be allotted assignments of 5 marks and the student will be evaluated for 40 marks internal for which student have to score 40% to become eligible to appear in ESE. 8.3 Semester End Examination: The Semester End Examination shall be conducted for 60 marks following the procedure as detailed below. (i) The Panel of the Board of Studies of the Faculty shall propose a list of (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) examiners. The provost shall select 3 examiners out of this list which will include at least 1 Internal & 1 External Examiner. The Controller of Examinations shall arrange to get one set of question paper each from the three examiners. The Question Paper shall cover the entire syllabus and will be in two sections, namely A & B. Each section will carry four questions with 25% options to the students to answer. Of the two sections, answers to one section will be evaluated by the Internal Examiner & the answers to the other section will be evaluated by the External Examiner. In case a student is aggrieved with the marks obtained in the subject in the Semester End Examination, the student may apply for Re-Assessment of answer script by paying the prescribed fees. Arrangement shall be made by the Controller of Examinations for Re-Assessment. If the difference in marks awarded between 1 st and 2 nd examiners is atleast 10% of maximum marks then the paper is sent to a 3 rd examiner. If the 5
(viii) (ix) difference in marks awarded between the 1 st and 3 rd examiner is a minimum of 10% of the maximum marks then, the average of the marks awarded by the 2 nd and 3 rd examiners shall be awarded to the student. The Controller of Examinations shall arrange for obtaining internal marks from the Course Teacher and announcing the result. totaling Internal & External Marks and The grades obtained by the students shall be finalized as follows. % of marks Description Letter Grade Grade Point 90-100 Outstanding O 10 80-89 Excellent A+ 9 70-79 Very Good A 8 60-69 Good B+ 7 50-59 Average B 6 40-49 Pass P 5 <40 Fail F 0 8.4 In case a student successfully completes the internal evaluation but fails in ESE, such students shall appear for supplementary examination. The passing marks scored in the previous year semester shall be carried forward to the subsequent semester in which the student has appeared for the supplementary examination. 9. Evaluation of Project: Comprehensive Project shall be taken up by the student with the approval of HOD. In the 6 th semester, the student shall select the Topic of the Project, finalize the objectives, review of the literature, and finalize on the Research Design. The student shall also make the requisite field visits, generate the data, analyze them and complete the project report. The evaluation of Project Work shall be for a total of 150 marks and shall consist of evaluation by an internal examiner for 60 marks on weekly basis and external examiner for 90 marks. Minimum 50% of marks shall be obtained in the Internal Evaluation & External Evaluation of SIP separately in order to be declared pass in SIP. External Evaluation shall be conducted by the External Examiner appointed by the University and shall consist of Presentation by the student and Viva-Voce examination. 6
10. GRADE POINT AVERAGE: Computation of SGPA and CGPA: As per The UGC recommendation the following procedure to compute the Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) and Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) has been adopted. 10.1. The SGPA is the ratio of sum of the product of the number of credits with the grade points scored by a student in all the courses taken by a student and the sum of the number of credits of all the courses undergone by a student, i.e. 10.1.1. SGPA (Si) = (Ci x Gi) / Ci where Ci is the number of credits of the ith course and Gi is the grade point scored by the student in the ith course. 10.2. The CGPA is also calculated in the same manner taking into account all the courses undergone by a student over all the semesters of a programme, i.e. 10.2.1. CGPA = (Ci x Si) / Ci where Si is the SGPA of the ith semester and Ci is the total number of credits in ith semester. 10.3. The SGPA and CGPA shall be rounded off to 2 decimal points and reported in the transcripts. llustration of Computation of SGPA and CGPA Illustration for SGPA Course Credit Grade letter Grade point Credit Point = (Credit Grade) x Course 1 3 A 8 3X 8= 24 Course 2 3 A 8 3X 8= 24 Course 3 3 A 8 3X 8= 24 Course 4 3 A 8 3X 8= 24 Course 5 3 A 8 3X 8= 24 Course 6 3 A 8 3X 8= 24 Course 7 4 A 8 4 X 8= 32 Course 8 2 A 8 2 X 8 =16 Course 9 2 A 8 2 X 8 =16 26 208 Thus SGPA = 208 / 26 = 8 Illustration for CGPA 7
Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 Credit : 26 Credit : 26 Credit : 26 SGPA:8 SGPA:8 SGPA:8 Semester 4 Semester 5 Semester 6 Credit : 29 Credit : 29 Credit : 28 SGPA:8 SGPA:8 SGPA:8 CGPA= 26X8 +26X 8+26X8 +29X 8+29X 8+28X 8 164 CGPA = 8 11. CONDITIONS FOR PROMOTION: 11.1.1. A student shall be allowed to keep term for 2 nd semester onwards as follows: A student shall be allowed to Condition be admitted in Semester 2 Semester 3 Semester 4,5,6 a) Appears and fails in all subjects or b) Due to emergency, with the permission of the Principal/Director of the college(must be approved by Dean), does not appear in End Semester Examination of any or all subjects Having Maximum 4 ( Four) Backlogs in semester 1 and 2 all together. Having Maximum 3 (Three) Backlogs in the immediately preceding 3 semesters 11.1.2. The candidate who has passed in a head of course [ESE, CE, practical (E), Practical (I)] will not be allowed to reappear for examination in that head. 11.1.3. The marks obtained by the candidate in the heads of passing in which he/she has passed will be carried over for the subsequent examination. 8
12. ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARD OF B.B.A. DEGREE: A student shall be eligible for award of the B.B.A. degree if he/she fulfils all the following conditions; a) Registered and successfully completed all the components prescribed in the Programme of study to which he/she is admitted, b) Obtained CGPA greater than or equal to 5.0 (Minimum requirements for Pass), c) Has no dues to the Institute, hostels, Libraries, NCC/NSS etc., and d) No disciplinary action is pending against him/her. 13. AWARD OF CLASS: A candidate who becomes eligible for the award of B.B.A. Degree shall be placed in one of the following Classes based on CGPA. Sr. No. CGPA Class 1 5.00-5.49 Pass 2 5.50 6.49 Second 3 6.50-7.49 First 4 7.50 & Above Distinction Formula for CGPA to % Marks conversion: % Marks = (CGPA 0.5) x 10% 13.0. Grade Sheet: A grade sheet will be issued to each student indicating his performance in all courses taken in that semester and also indicating the Grades and SGPA. 13.1. Transcripts: After successful completion of the total Programme of study, a Transcript containing performance of all academic years will be issued as a final record. Duplicate transcripts will also be issued if required after the payment of requisite fee. Partial transcript will also be issued up to any point of study to any student on request and by paying the stipulated fee in force. 13.2. The Dean, Faculty of Management Studies has to approve and recommend to the Parul University for the award of a degree to any student. 9
14. GOLD MEDALS & AWARDS: In order to be eligible for the award of medals/ prizes and ranks etc., the student should complete the course within the prescribed minimum duration. The students who have repeated any course shall not be eligible for the award. 15. AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS: The Academic Council reserves the right to revise, amend or change the Regulations, Schemes of Examinations, and/or Syllabi or any other matter pertaining to the needs of the students, society, and industry without any notice. 10