EXAMINATION SYSTEM RULES & GUIDELINES
All Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses follow semester pattern with respect to Teaching and Evaluation process. The Academic year is divided into Two Semesters. Each Semester has two Internal Examinations and End-Semester Examination.
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS):
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) is introduced in the college for both UG & PG from the Academic Year 2015 – 2016.
Features
- Elective Course allows the flexibility in education system – choice for students to select from the prescribed offered papers
- Offers opportunities and avenues to learn beyond the core subjects for holistic development of an individual and allows easy mobility of the students
- Makes education broad-based and at par with global standards
Outline of Choice Based Credit System:
Core Course: To be compulsorily studied by a student as a core requirement to complete the requirement of a programme in a said discipline of study.
Elective Course is a course which can be chosen from a pool of papers
- Generic Elective: Unrelated discipline/subject
- Discipline centric: Main discipline/subject
Ability Enhancement Course
- Ability enhancement Compulsory Course: For Knowledge enhancement(mandatory)
- Skill Enhancement Courses: value-based and skill-based
SEC papers Max Marks:50 (Int:20 ESE:30) only one internal will be conductcted.
CBCS GUIDELINES:
- Minimum 40% is Pass Mark
- No Supplementary Examination for those who completed 6 semesters study
- SGPA Shown in Semester Grade Report (No SGPA if fail in any one of the paper)
- CGPA is awarded after passing in all 6 semester papers
- SEC Grade will be Included in SGPA & CGPA
- No Part I & Part II Separation in final Results
- Only Grades & Credits indicated in the Grade Report
NOTE: Marks will not be shown in Grade report
Grades and Grade Points:
| Marks | Qualitative Meaning | Grades | Grade Point |
| 85 and Above | Outstanding | O | 10 |
| 70 – 84 | Excellent | A | 9 |
| 60-69 | Good | B | 8 |
| 55-59 | Average | C | 7 |
| 50-54 | Moderate | D | 6 |
| 40-49 | Pass | E | 5 |
| Less than 40 | Fail | F | 0 |
| Credit Points = Credits x Grade Points | |||
| SGPA = Sum of Credit Points obtained in Semester / Total no of Credits in that Semester | |||
UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMMES
EXAMINATION SYSTEM
Examination system has two components –Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) &End Semester Assessment (ESA).
Theory Papers:
Total Marks: 100 (40 for CIA and 60 for ESA)
Practical papers:
Total Marks: 50 (20 for CIA and 30 for ESA)
Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA)
a. Theory Papers
- Internal – I Examination – 30 marks
- Internal – II Examination – 30 marks
- Skilled Based Test (SBT) – 10 marks
Total: (Internal – I + Internal – II) / 2 + SBT = 40 marks
b. Practical Papers
Internal Practical Exam: 20 marks (Viva- voce, Record submission, Execution)
Note: No Re-Examination will be conducted if the student is absent for internals (The rule applies for both theory and practical papers).
End Semester Assessment (ESA)
a. Theory Papers
- Written Examination for each subject is conducted for 60 marks with duration of 3 hours.
- Students have to secure a minimum of 24 marks (40%) out of 60 in End Semester Examination and a total of 40(CIA+ESA) marks out of 100 marks to pass in every subject.
b. Practical Papers
- Practical Examination for each subject is conducted for 30 marks with duration of 3 Hours.
- Students have to secure a minimum of 12 marks (40%) out of 30 in End Semester Practical Examination and a total of 20(CIA+ESA) marks out of 50 marks to pass in every subject.
PROMOTION RULES
| S.No. | Semester | Conditions to be fulfilled for Promotion |
| 1. | From Sem – I to Sem – II | Should have undergone a regular course of study of Sem-I and applied for Sem-I examinations |
| 2. | From Sem – II to Sem – III | a)Should have undergone a regular course of study of Sem – II and
b)The number of backlogs if any of Sem- I & Sem- II together shall not exceed 50% of total No. of papers prescribed for Sem- I & II |
| 3. | From Sem – III to Sem – IV | Should have undergone a regular course of study of Sem- III and applied for Sem- III Examinations |
| 4. | From Sem – IV to Sem – V | a) Should have undergone a regular course of study of Sem- IV and
b) The number of backlogs if any of Sem- I, II, III & IV together shall not exceed 50% of total No. of papers prescribed for Sem– I, II, III & IV |
| 5. | From Sem – V to Sem – VI | Should have undergone a regular course of study of Sem- V and applied for Sem- V Examinations. |
Note: If the student has not submitted the examination application for the semester examinations due to any reason he/she has to repeat the semester.
BACKLOG EXAMINATION
Backlog examination of Semester I &III will be conducted along with the main examination conducted in October/ November(Odd Semester) for those who have not completed 6 semesters study in the College
Note: Students who have Completed 3 Years study are eligible to write backlogs only in Even Semester ie: in March/April
- Backlog of Semesters I – VI will be conducted along with main examinations (Even Semester) conducted in March/ April.(For All Students)
- In case of change in syllabus of any paper, student is allowed to write the exam in old syllabus in 3 times and thereafter He / She should switch over to new syllabus.
- In case of change of subject, student is allowed to write the exam in old subject for 3 times thereafter He/She should switch over to new subject or equivalent subject
- Instant examination will be conducted immediately after Results declaration for students who failed in any ONE of the VI semester papers only.(Only Current Year Students)
REVALUATION RULES
Within 10 days from the date of declaration of results, student has to apply for revaluation by paying specified amount mentioned in the revaluation notification.
- The application has to be submitted in a prescribed format along with the fee receipt and photocopy of the memo.
- The revaluation results will be declared within 30 days from the last date of the revaluation form submission.
- The students whose marks have improved in the revaluation will be displayed and a new memo will be issued in exchange of old memo.
NOTE: The students whose marks have not improved in the revaluation will not be mentioned in the list.
POST GRADUATE PROGRAMMES
Examination system has two components – Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) and End Semester Assessment (ESA).
Theory Papers:
Total Marks: 100 (40 for CIA and 60 for ESA)
Practical Papers:
Total Marks: 50 (20 for CIA and 30 for ESA)
Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA)
a. Theory Papers
- Internal – I Examination – 30 marks
- Internal – II Examination – 30 marks
- Skilled Based Test (SBT) – 10 marks
Total: (Internal – I + Internal – II) / 2 + SBT = 40 marks
b. Practical Papers
Internal Practical Exam: 20 marks (Viva- voce, Record submission, Execution)
Note: No Re-Examination will be conducted if the student is absent for internal examinations (The rule applies for both theory and practical papers).
End Semester Assessment (ESA)
a. Theory Papers
- Written Examination for each subject is conducted for 60 marks with duration of 3 hours.
- Students have to secure a minimum of 24 marks (40%) out of 60 in End Semester Examination and a total of 40(CIA+ESA) marks out of 100 marks to pass in every subject.
b. Practical Papers
- Practical Examination for each subject is conducted for 30 marks with duration of 3 Hours.
- Students have to secure a minimum of 12 marks (40%) out of 30 in End Semester Practical Examination and a total of 20(CIA+ESA) marks out of 50 marks to pass in every subject.
PROMOTION RULES
| S.No. | Semester | Conditions to be fulfilled for Promotion |
| 1. | From Semester– I
to Semester– II |
Should have undergone a regular course of study of Semester – I and applied for Semester – I Examinations |
| 2. | From Semester– II
to Semester– III |
a) Should have undergone a regular course of study of Semester– II and
b) The number of backlogs if any of Semester–I & Semester –II together shall not exceed 50% of total No. of papers prescribed for Semester– I& II |
| 3. | From Semester– III
To Semester– IV |
Should have undergone a regular course of study of Semester– III and applied for Semester– III Examinations |
Note: If the student has not submitted the examination application for the semester examinations due to any reason he/she has to repeat the semester.
BACKLOG & IMPROVEMENT EXAMINATION
MBA
- Backlog / Improvement Examination of Semester – I (Current Batch only)will be conducted along with the Semester – II Regular examination.
- Backlog / Improvement Examination of Semester – I, II, III & IV (any batch) will be conducted along with the Semester – IV Regular examination.
MA(MCJ)
Backlog / Improvement Examination of Semester – I & II will be conducted along with the Semester – II Regular examination.
- Backlog / Improvement Examination of Semester – III & IV will be conducted along with the Semester – IV Regular examination.
Note: A PG student shall get only one chance to appear for improvement in the immediate succeeding Semester Examinations.
RECOUNTING RULES
- Within 10 days from the date of declaration of results, student has to apply for recounting, by paying specified amount mentioned in the recounting notification.
- The application has to be submitted in a prescribed format along with the fee receipt and Xerox of memo
- The recounting results will be declared within 30 days from the last date of the recounting form submission.
- The students whose marks have improved in the recounting will be displayed and a new memo will be issued in exchange of old memo.
NOTE: The students whose marks have not improved in the recounting will not be mentioned in the list.
RESULTS DECLARATION & AWARD OF DEGREE (UG & PG)
- End Semester Examination Results are declared through the College Website. (www.josephscollege.ac.in)
- The Final Degree is awarded by the parent University (Osmania University) on submission of Degree in Absentia form.