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evaluated through mid-term examination (30%), final term examination (50%) and
assignments/presentations (20%). Following table shows the details of the
workshops and assessment.
S. NO
Mid-semester Workshop 8-12 days after seven weeks (02 days for
each course)
1-
Mid-term exam
Final-semester
Workshop
each course)
Final-term exam
2-
HEC and are subject to change on the directions of HEC issued from time
to time.
Program
BS four
Year
Semester Duration
Number
of
Regular
Master
M. Phil
PhD
two year
124-136
62-68
30
30
16-18
16-18
16-18
16-18
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
Weeks
15-18
15-18
15-18
15-18
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Hours
Hours
Hours
Hours
Semesters
coordinator to show the students and declare the result before the end of
the workshop.
4-
Program committee
There will be a program committee that will consist of the following
members:
a) For Departments of Main Campuses in Bahawalpur
i)
ii)
Program coordinator
iii)
iv)
v)
Admin Officer.
Director
ii)
iii)
Program Coordinator/s
iv)
Course coordinator/s
v)
vi)
Admin Officer.
Principal
ii)
iii)
Program Coordinator/s
iv)
Course coordinator/s
v)
vi)
Admin Officer.
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
Review
and
make
decision
regarding
learning
material,
or
misconduct
during
the
examination.
The
Malpractices or misconduct
Cheating during exam
Penalty
Fine of Rs: 1000/- or Cancellation of
paper or both
exam
paper
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Provoke to boycott
malpractice
paper or both
6) Rights of appeal
A student who feels not satisfied with the assessment of her/his
assignments, presentations, workshops, mid-term and final term papers
may file an appeal to the Program Committee. The student must approach
the Head of the Department within five working days from the date of
declaration of the result by paying a prescribed fee of
resolve
any
dispute
related
to
the
evaluation
of
parts of the paper on the space given in the questions paper. For essay
type part of the question paper the Controller of Examinations will provide
answer/continuation sheets to all the departments on demand. The
department concerned will keep the used answer sheets for one year after
completion of the concerned session and declaration of its final term result.
The record of blank answer/continuation sheets will be maintained as to be
prescribed by Controller of Examinations.
8-
9.
Performance evaluation
Students shall be evaluated through a system of continuous evaluation
spread over the entire
Assignments
10%
05%
Two workshops
presentation/discussion/group work
Sessional Marks
05%
Mid-term Exam
30%
Final term-Exam
50%
9.2 Criteria
a) Assignment: One assignment (minimum) will be given to the students in
each course. The teachers may give more than one assignments where
necessary. However, the total marks will remain the same. The
assignments will be assessed on the basis of information and references
included, logical reasoning and organization of material.
Separate
number of questions included in the exam, the division of marks and the
time allocated for each component is given below:
Types of
No. of
Questions
Questions
Marks
Time Allocated
10
10
15min
10
25min
10
35min
30
1:15 hour
Total
Types of Questions
No. of
Questions
Marks
Time Allocated
20
20
30 min
15
35 min
2-3
15
55 min
50
2 hours
Course components
10
20
Field work/Internship
30
25
15
b)
100
Marks
Time
principles and
10
1.15
hrs
10
10
c) Field work/Internship
For each such course that involves field work/internship, the total number
of hours required to complete the task will be calculated by the department.
The student will be placed for field work/internship at the place of mutual
convenience. This placement will be considered as the substitute of
mandatory workshops and assessed by both the placement supervisor and
the teacher concerned. Student must submit a report as evidence of her/his
field work. If required the group of the students may be taken anywhere in
Pakistan for field work at their own expenses.
10.
Semester duration
The total duration of a semester will be 16 weeks. Student will be given self
study material for to study at home or at workplace and complete the given
assignment within a period of 6/7 weeks. After 6/7 weeks a face to face two
day workshop will be conducted for each theoretical course of 12 hours
duration and 3/4 day (24 hours) for practical course according to the given
schedule. The mid-term examination will be conducted at the end of the
mid-term course workshop. Similarly, the self study material will be given
for the second half of the semester and workshops of the same duration
will be conducted after 14/15 weeks for each course followed by the finalterm examination or presentation of report/viva voce for the respective
course. The final term exam will be based on the entire syllabi of the
semester. However, the weightage of the syllabi taught before mid-term
should be 20%.
11-
12.
Practical:
Grading
i) Students will be rated according to the 4 letter grade system i.e. A, B, C
and D, with nine performance levels of A+, A, B, C and D for Master
Degree. For these grades F will be the failing grade.
Equivalence
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Grade
Letter
Remarks
Numeric
Grade
Letter
Equivalence
Point
Grader
Remarks
Equivalence
Point
Grade
100
4.0
A+
Excellent
74
3.3
Good
99
4.0
A+
Excellent
73
3.2
Good
98
4.0
A+
Excellent
72
3.1
Good
97
4.0
A+
Excellent
71
3.1
Good
96
4.0
A+
Excellent
70
3.0
Good
95
4.0
A+
Excellent
69
2.9
Satisfactory
94
4.0
Very Good
68
2.8
Satisfactory
93
4.0
Very Good
67
2.7
Satisfactory
92
4.0
Very Good
66
2.6
Satisfactory
91
4.0
Very Good
65
2.5
Satisfactory
90
4.0
Very Good
64
2.4
Satisfactory
89
4.0
Very Good
63
2.3
Satisfactory
88
4.0
Very Good
62
2.2
Satisfactory
87
4.0
Very Good
61
2.0
Satisfactory
86
4.0
Very Good
60
2.0
Satisfactory
85
4.0
Very Good
59
1.9
Poor
84
3.9
Good
58
1.8
Poor
83
3.9
Good
57
1.7
Poor
82
3.8
Good
56
1.6
Poor
81
3.7
Good
55
1.5
Poor
80
3.7
Good
54
1.4
Poor
79
3.6
Good
53
1.3
Poor
78
3.5
Good
52
1.2
Poor
77
3.5
Good
51
1.1
Poor
76
3.4
Good
50
1.0
Poor
75
3.3
Good
Below 50
Fail
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Course
Credit
Hours
Marks
Obtained
Grade
GP
Quality Point
CxG
(%)
C
I
95
A+
4.00
08.00
II
88
3.70
11.10
III
87
3.70
11.10
IV
70
3.00
09.00
67
2.70
05.40
Total
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44.60
13.1
The minimum CGPA for award of degree will be 2:00 with no F grade
13.2
D grade by
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13.4
A student who fails to attend the workshops of all courses without any
genuine reason will have to attend the workshops together with the next
group of the same semester. In case of no such group the student has to
request for a special workshop on payment of Rs; 3000 for M. Phil and PhD
and Rs: 2000 for each BS and master level courses.
14 Repeating courses
Student who fails in any course has to pass the course within the specified
time duration of the degree. The student(s) desiring to repeat fail course(s)
with subsequent workshop/s will request in writing to the HOD/Chairman
concerned within ten days of the commencement of the workshop. If
allowed by the HOD/Chairman, the student will have to deposit fee of Rs.
1500/- for each course. Similarly, a student can improve D & C grades
with a view to improve CGPA. Following are the conditions for repeating a
course:
I. Whenever a student fails should repeat the course when it is offered to
improve her/his grade.
II. A student can repeat a maximum of three courses at BS and master levels
and maximum two at M. Phil and PhD levels during a semester to improve
or pass her/his grades.
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III. In case a student repeats the course which has already been awarded D
or C grade/s only better course grade should be included in her/his
transcripts.
IV. The student(s) shall have to deposit a prescribed fee of Rs. 3000/- per
course at BS/ Master and Rs. 5000/- per course at M. Phil/PhD in advance.
15-
Semester break//Freezing
15.1
15.2
The total time period however, for completion of the program will remain
same as already prescribed in these rules.
15.3
five years. The maximum period for M. Phil and PhD will remain same as
approved for such programs in formal system.
17. Thesis/Research Report
Students at BS, MA/MSc, MS/MPhil and PhD levels may be required to
conduct a small or large scale study as the partial fulfillment of their degree
program. Students will prepare thesis/research report under the guidance
of a supervisor. The supervisor will generally be a full time faculty member
whether regular or contract and paid remuneration as per approved rates.
However, the co-supervisor may be a full-time or part-time senior faculty
member from within the Islamia University of Bahawalpur or from any other
institution in or out of Pakistan.
Explanation: Other rules for conducting research at M. Phil and PhD levels
will remain same as already approved for formal programs.
18. Internship/Project
Every student at graduate level is required to write a project report (similar
to thesis with less intensity) or will do his / her internship in an organization
which relates to his / her discipline. This is to be done when the student is
at senior level, i.e. final year under the supervision of a full time (regular
and contract) faculty member.
19. Thesis/Project evaluation
For undergraduate and postgraduate programs there will be a departmental
Research Committee (DRC) comprising HOD/Chairman and two senior
most teachers of the department with one co-opted member of the
concerned specialized area (if any). It will be approved by the Dean
concerned on recommendations of HOD/Chairman.
19.1
Functions of DRC
i)
ii)
Approval of supervisors
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iii)
iv)
v)
19.2
At BS and master levels four hard copies along with one soft copy in
the form of CD of the thesis or project report shall be submitted by
the student(s) on a topic approved by the Departmental Research
Committee (DRC) within 2 months (extendable upto a maximum of
15 days by the Dean concerned) after the date of the last paper of
final-term written examination.
a)
b)
c)
The candidate who does not qualify the thesis examination may
revise the same in the light of the instructions given by the
examiners or shall conduct research on new topic duly approved by
the DRC. Student(s) failing to submit the thesis within stipulated
duration may be allowed to re-submit thesis in the next session of
the same program as to be scheduled by the department. Such
student will pay additional fee of Rs. 2000/= for the evaluation of the
thesis.
d)
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b)
c)
21.
In order to qualify for the award of any of these positions; a student is required to:
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i.
Pass all the courses (both credit and non-credit) in the first
attempt
ii.
Complete all courses opted and never withdrawn any course due
to any reason.
iii.
iv.
In case of tie, the same position will be awarded to the number of students
securing the same percentage of marks.
NOTE:
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