FOUR YEAR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME WITH MULTIPLE DEGREE OPTIONS

 

Structure of Four year Undergraduate Programme

 

Semester	Foundation Course	Discipline I	Discipline II*	Applied Course	IMBH/CA
I	4	2			1-IMBH
II	3	2		1**	1-IMBH
III	2	2	1	1	1-CA
IV	2	2	1	1	1-CA
V		3	1	1	1-CA
VI		3	1	1	1-CA
VII		2+1 (Research Methodology and Project work)	1		1-CA
VIII		2+1 (Research)	1		1-CA

 

* Students shall opt for Discipline-II (DC-II) at the beginning of the third semester, **Language

 

Course IMBH: Integrating Mind Body & Heart CA: Cultural Activities include NCC, Sports, NSS, etc.

 

Foundation Courses

S.N.	Name of the Course	Semester
1.	Language, Literature and Creativeity-I (Hindi/Sanskrit/Persian/Arabic/MIL/ Indian Literature*)	I/II
2.	Language, Literature, and Creativity-II (English)	I/II
3.	Information Technology	I/II
4.	Business, Entrepreneurship and Management	I/II
5.	Science and Life	I/II
6.	Building Mathematical Ability	I/II
7.	History, Culture and Civilization	I/II
8.	Government and Citizenship	III/IV
9.	Psychology, Communication and Life Skills	III/IV
10.	Geographic and Socio-Economic Diversity	III/IV
11.	Environment and Public Health	III/IV
12	Applied Language Course	I/II

 

* Only for Students who have not studied Hindi/Sanskrit/Persian/ Arabic/ Punjabi upto 8th class.

 

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• Foundation Course: Language, Literature, and Creativity to be offered in Semester–I and Semester– II : 5 periods/week (4 lectures + 1 student presentation) Hindi/Sanskrit/MIL/ Persian/Arabic/English
• Other foundation papers: 3 periods/week (2 lectures + 1 student presentation)
• DC–I & DC–II: 5 periods/week (4 lectures + 1 student presentation)
• Applied Course: 3 periods/week (2 lectures + 1 student presentation)
• IMBH/CA: 2 periods/week (to be part of the workload)
• Tutorial/Practical will continue wherever applicable

Important

1. All courses of study are open to modification/change in title/content after due process during the duration of this programme and enrolment of the student. Students—who rejoin the course at any time within the prescribed span period—will have to study the courses which will be on offer at the time of re-admission to the course.

2. The student—who opts for all Six courses of Discipline-II (DC-II) offered by a department— shall be eligible for admission to the respective Postgraduate degree course offered by the Department after qualifying an Entrance Test.

3. Any student shall have the option of not pursuing all 6 courses of DC-II in a single discipline and can instead choose 3 courses each in 2 distinct DC-II disciplines from the available list of DC-II disciplines offered by the College

4. The student may opt for Applied Courses—from among the Applied Courses offered by the College—during a particular academic year.

5. In view of the special needs of students with disability, suitable modifications shall be made

in the curriculum, mode of instruction and assessment.

 

ADMISSIONS

 

Admissions to the four year undergraduate degree programme shall be based on the eligibility criterion for Discipline I (DC-I)

Degree Nomenclature

The University offers the following degrees for its undergraduate programmes:

1. Bachelors with Honours/B.Tech (4 Academic Years)*
2. Bachelors (3 Academic Years)*
3. Diploma (2 Academic Years)

 

Courses Offered

 

The College offers Admissions to the following courses [Discipline -I (DC-I)]

 

Bachelors with Honours in:

 

Commerce	Hindi	Philosophy
Economics	History	Political Science
English	Mathematics	Sanskrit

 

Four Year Intake Capacity of Students

 

Name of Course (Bachelors)	Intake	Gen.	SC	ST	OBC
Commerce	290	146	44	22	78
Economics	080	40	12	06	22
English	170	85	26	13	46
History	080	40	12	06	22
Hindi	170	85	26	13	46
Mathematics	080	40	12	06	22
Political Science	290	146	44	22	78
Sanskrit	070	36	10	05	19
Philosophy	080	40	12	06	22

 

* Sports 3.5% total seats of Intake. E.C.A. 1.5%

 

Special Courses

1. Foreign Languages: Part time certificate courses in French, German, Japanese, Chinese and Korean. Students who wish to join these classes are required to pay an additional fee for the same. Subject to conditional admisson of at least 30 students each course would entail a fee structure of Rs. 10,000/-.

 

2. Programme for Visually Impaired : Career Oriented Programme in Computer Training Skills-based modutes for visually impaired students.

 

ADMISSIONS SCHEDULE FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-15

Reservations

Reservation of Seats for Scheduled Caste/Tribe Candidates

1.  22½% of the total numbers of seats are reserved for candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes (15% for Scheduled Caste and 7½ for Scheduled Tribes,
interchangeable, if necessary);
2.  Relaxation to the extent of 5% in the minimum marks will be given to Scheduled Caste/Tribe students to determine their eligibility and merit for admissions to the courses concerned; and
3.  In case, after giving 5% relaxation, the reserved seats still remain vacant, further relaxation would be given to the extent required in order to fill up all the reserved seats. (AC Resolution A88, 14.6.1983) (EC Resolution 157, 24121.2001).

Note : SC/ST students—who get admission under open merit—will not be included in the reserved quota i.e. 22.5%.

Reservation of Seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC)

1.  27% seats will be reserved for OBC candidates.

Note : The merit list for the general category seats will comprise of candidates in the order of merit. No one will be excluded from the same. In other words, it will also include SC/ST/OBC candidates. If they come in general merit, the candidate will not be excluded from the general category merit list just because he belongs to SC/ST/OBC. Such a candidate is entitled to be considered under the general- as well as the reserved- category. Admissions to open category seats will be strictly in the order of merit without excluding SC/ST/OBC candidates.

Reservation for Differently-Abled Students

Three percent (3%) seats—in all undergraduate courses—are reserved for candidates with physical disabilities (not less then 40% of disability). The 3% reservation will be allocated as follows:1% for persons with low vision or blindness; 1% for hearing impaired; 1% for those with locomotor disabilities and cerebral palsy. However, if sufficient candidates are not available in a sub-category then candidates from other sub-categories would be considered in their place.

Reservation for Armed Forces/ Kashmiri Migrants

5% seats in each course will be offered to the Children/Widows/Widows/Wives of officers and Men of the Armed Forces including Para-Military Personnel, in the order of preference given below. Such candidates will be required to get their names registered at Room No. 218, IInd Floor, New Administrative Block, North Campus, University of Delhi (between 5 June 2014 to 19 June 2014 from 10.00 a.m. onwards excluding Sundays).

Note : For additional concessions, students are advised to contact the Principal.

Reservation of Seats for Foreign Students

All foreign students—including those who have completed their schooling from an Indian Board—may be treated as Foreign Students for the purpose of their registration / admission in various Departments and Colleges of the University and they may be considered for admission under 5% quota prescribed for foreign students. Colleges / Departments are advised to keep a column of nationality in their admission forms. Foreign candidates—seeking admission to undergraduate courses—should apply to Deputy Dean (Foreign Students), Conference Centre, University of Delhi- 110007. Email: Dydean_fs@du.ac.in

Admissions on the Basis of Sports

In addition to the form submitted for admission to the course of their choice, candidates— seeking admission on the basis of sports—must submit a separate application form, available from the Sports Office along with attested copies of relevant certificates. The existing provision—of not more than 3.5% sports and 1.5% ECA quota (subject-wise)—will be continued. The College is free to decide the actual number of seats to be filled on sports basis (not more than 5%) keeping in mind the facilities available, requirement of the College and other relevant factors.

The guidelines—for admissions under Sports/ECA categories—will be carried out as per notifications No. Aca. I/Sports/2012/82 dated 18 May 2012 and Aca. I/82/ECA/2012/163 dated 5 June 2012 respectively.

The criteria for admissions on sports basis is as follows:

1. Sports Certificates: Maximum Marks 50 as per the specified criteria.
2. Qualifying Physical Fitness Test: As per the University norms, it is essential for all the candidates to qualify any two of the following Fitness Test items:
                      a. Standing Broad Jump for Strength -1.15 metres;
                      b. 1000 m. Run/Walk for Endurance in 6.0 minutes; and
                      c. 5O m. Dash for Speed in 9.0 seconds.
3. Sports Skill Test: Maximum 50 marks for sports trials including skill test, game performance
test, sport-specific fitness, fundamentals of the game/ sport etc.

Procedure :

1.   Copy of sports certificates should be accompanied by a photograph of the sportsman duly attested by the respective Issuing authority or Head of the Institution last attended;
2.   Any student—submitting false/ forged/fake certificate—shall be debarred from admission to any course in the college for three years. If she is admitted, her application will be cancelled. Such cases will be notified to all colleges;
3.    The applicant, as per age, must be eligible to participate in Inter-University competitions for the next three years and should not be employed part-time/ full-time anywhere;
4.    An undertaking shall be given by the finally selected candidates on Judicial Stamp Paper of Rs. 100/- that “he/she will play for the College and University, all the years, during his/her Undergraduate course” at the time of admission.
5.  The details of trials will be put up on the notice board and no individual information will be sent. For further details contact Dr. Sunita Arora, Convener (Admissions on Sports Basis);
6.   Minimum 18 marks are required to be attained by the candidate in sports trial for sports admission;
7.   Evaluation and marking shall be done by the technical staff only;
8.  The list of finally selected candidates—containing trials marks as well as certificate marks and the course allotted—shall be submitted along with a copy of qualifying examination (12th class) to Delhi University of the grievances, if any; and
9.   The level of competency will be determined only of the candidate who has achieved distinction is the last 3 years in the sports events recognized by AIU and IOA. Preference will be given to sports events in which Delhi University Inter-College and Inter-University Competitions are held.

Guidelines for Extra Curricular Activities (ECA)

The following guidelines for admissions to various undergraduate courses—on the basis of Extra Curricular Activities (ECA)—will be followed by all concerned:

1. The existing provision—of not more than 5% Sports and ECA quota (subject-wise)—be continued as per circular No. Aca. I/Sports/2010-11/178 dated 29 May 2010. College Prospectus should contain this information;

2. Candidates—seeking admission under ECA category—shall register in the respective colleges.

3. Trials will be held at two levels : (i) Preliminary trials; (ii) Final trials:

(i) The date/dates for the Preliminary/ Final trials shall be notified and displayed on the College Website and also displayed on the College Notice Board well in advance;
(ii) The candidate—seeking benefit of any participation/ winning certificate—must submit evidence of having participated in the concerned activity during the last three years.
(iii) Weightage will be given to the certificates of winners/participants at International, National, State, Zonal and School levels and trials are as follows:
Certificates : 25%
Trials : 75%
(iv) All candidates shall be allowed to appear at the preliminary level only once in an event; and
(v) If a candidate wishes to appear in the preliminary round for more than one activity, pre-conditions would remain the same.

4. The list of short-listed candidates for final trials will be notified on the College Website and also displayed on the notice board of the college;

5. Not more than 15% concession in academic merit vis-a-vis general category candidates may be given for admission to specific courses (subject to the minimum eligibility of the course); and

6. The trials for admissions under ECA category shall be conducted by the ECA Admission Committee. The ECA Admission Committee will be nominated by Staff Council of the College. At least two experts shall be invited from outside in the selection process. The experts may be drawn from the following:
(a) National School of Drama;
(b) Sri Ram Centre for Performing Arts;
(c) Faculty of Music & Fine Arts;
(d) Indian Council for Cultural Relations; and
(e) College of Art.

Post-Admission

Important Information

1.      Once a candidate is selected and takes admission after payment of fees and completing other procedures, she becomes a student of the college subject to the approval of her enrollment by the University;

2.      No migration from this College to another College of Delhi University is permitted in the 2nd and 3rd years. Students will sign a declaration form attached with the prospectus accepting this rule at the time of admission; and

3.      Any student—submitting false/forged/fake certificates—will be debarred from admission to any course, and would be liable to legal action. Admission can also be cancelled. Such cases will be notified to all colleges and to the police.

Orientation Day for New Entrants

The College welcomes its new student members by organizing an Orientation Programme. Students are familiarized with the college environment, acquainted with the rules and regulations of the college and also informed about the facilities available and other extra curricular activities held in the college. This helps them in making their stay in college comfortable and fruitful. The first term is scheduled to commence on 21 July 2014. The Orientation Day will be on Tuesday 21 July 2014, at 10.30 a.m.

All the new students are advised to carry their admissions slip with them.

Identity Card

Every student is given an Identity Card, which she must bring to the College every day. This card must be produced as and when required. Disciplinary action may be taken on failure to do so. If the Identity card is lost, a duplicate must be obtained on payment of Rs. 40.00*.

*Proforma enclosed.

Notice Boards

All important notices—concerning various activities—are put up on the Notice Board. Students are required to read the Notice Board every day.

The College—in association with an NGO called V.I.S. V.A.S.—has put up web-based noticeboards. The aim of the system is to provide an effective channel of communication between students, student organizations, administration and faculty.

Academic Requirements

1.         Foundation Courses : Each FC paper consists of 75 marks.
            Internal Assessment 55 marks.
            Theoretical exam 20 marks.
            Internal Assessment 25 marks for Group Project
                                                  15 marks for Power Point Presentation
                                                  15 marks for Group Discussion.
2.         Discipline Courses: Each DC I paper consists of 100 marks.
            Theory Examination 75 marks.
             Internal Assessment 25 marks
                                                   15 marks / presentation:
                                                   10 marks Assignments / tests.

Internal Assessment

All students are required to attend tutorial classes and submit the assignments and project reports/ term papers / presentations / seminars. The marks given for these are part of the internal assessment.

The internal assessment marks are displayed on the notice board before sending them to the University in the month of May. Students should check their marks.

Marks—obtained by each student in Internal Assessment—are sent to the University and will be shown separately in the Marksheet issued by the University for determining the division of the student.

Promotion Rules for all the Undergraduate Courses in Semester Scheme

Pass Percentage and Promotion Criteria

(a) The minimum marks—required to pass any paper in a semester—shall be 40% in Theory and 40% in Practical, wherever applicable. The student must secure 40% in the End of Semester Examination and 40% in the total of End Semester Examination and Internal Assessment of the paper for both theory and practical separately;

(b) A student shall be eligible for promotion from 1st year to 2nd year of the course provided she/he has passed 50% papers of I and II Semester taken together;

(c) Similarly, a student (irrespective of Part I results) shall be eligible for promotion from 2nd year to 3rd year of the course provided she/he has passed 50% papers of III and IV Semesters taken together;

(d) Students—who do not fulfill the promotion criteria (b) & (c) above—shall be declared fail in the Part concerned. However, they shall have the option to retain the marks in the papers in which they have secured Pass marks as per Clause (a) above; and

(e) A student who has to re-appear prescribed for Semester I/III/V /VII—may do so only in the semester examinations to be held in November/December. A student—who has to re-appear in a paper prescribed for Semester II/IV/VI/VIII—may do so only in the examination to be held in April/May.

Re-appearance in Passed Papers

(a) A student may re-appear in any theory paper prescribed for a semester, on foregoing in writing her previous performance in the paper/s concerned. This can be done in the immediate subsequent semester examination only (for example, a student, re-appearing in a paper prescribed for Semester I examination, may do so along with subsequent Semester III examination and not along with papers for Semester V);

(b) A candidate—who has cleared the papers of Part III (V & VI Semesters) —may re-appear in any paper of V or VI Semester only once, at the immediate subsequent examination on foregoing in writing her/his previous performance in the paper/s concerned, within the prescribed period; (Note: The candidate of this category “will not be allowed to join any postgraduate courses)

(c) In the case of re-appearance in a paper, the result will be prepared on the basis of the candidate’s current performance in the examination;

(d) In the case of a candidate, who opts to re-appear in any paper/s under the aforesaid provisions, on surrendering her earlier performance but fails to re-appear in the paper/s concerned, the marks previously secured by the candidate in the paper/s in which she has failed to reappear  shall be taken into account while determining her result of the examination held currently;

(e) Re-appearance in Practical Examinations shall not be allowed; and

(f) A student—who re-appears in a paper—shall carry forward the internal assessment marks, originally awarded.

Division Criteria

A student—who passes all the papers prescribed for Semester I to Semester VI Examinations— would be eligible for the degree. Such a student shall be categorized on the basis of the combined result of Semester I to Semester VIII Examinations as follows:

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Fee Structure for the Academic Year (1 & II Sem.)   2014-2015

Note

1.  Refund of Fees : As per University guidelines;

2.  If the Bank Fee Slip is lost, verification will be done by College Office on payment of Rs. 30;

3.  No student will be permitted to appear for the University Examination unless all dues of the College are cleared and a clearance certificate obtained;

4. Only fifty percent of the Security Deposit is refunded, in the month of December, to those students who have passed the Annual Examinations, provided they submit the refund form duly filled to the College Office between 1 September and 30 November of the year. The remaining fifty percent of the Security Deposit goes to the Golden Jubilee Fund. A Deduction will be made from the Security Deposit if any College property has been damaged, or a library book has been lost or damaged;

5.  Clearance certificate must be obtained from the Library, N.C.C., Sports and Office before the refund of Security money;

6.  Rs. 500/- (UGC-recommended)would be charged from each student only once in the new academic year 2014-2015 for the Golden Jubilee Account;

7.  Rs. 1000/- would be charged for the laboratory based courses like — FAN 8 FAS/ Commerce/ Music / Mathematics / ADC;

8.  Only Maths DC I students will start paying Rs. 1000 from the first year. Others, above mentioned, will pay in their second and third years.

                                                                             Academic Calendar

The Following Academic Calendar is to be followed for the Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses for the academic Year 2014-2015, is hereby notified for necessary compliance by all concerned:

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

In order to promote all-round development of the personality, every student is expected to join at least one of the following:

Sports

The College provides facilities as well as coaching for various sports and games including Athletics, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Chess, Cross-Country, Cricket, Judo, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Netball, Powerlifting, Softball, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Volleyball, Weight-lifting, Wrestling and Yoga. Our students have brought laurels to the college at International, National, All- India, Inter-University, Inter-College and State levels. Numerous sports activities are also organized for general students, sports students, teachers and non-teaching staff on the occasion of Annual Sports Day.

Whether admitted on merit- or sports- basis, any student can join sports and practice to achieve excellence at various levels of competition and even make it a career choice. Interested students can contact Dr. Sunita Arora or Dr. Seema Kaushik in the Department of Physical Education and Sports.

National Service Scheme (NSS)

Candidates can opt for any of the following projects :

1.   Institutional Services;
2.  Working with NGOs;
3.  Skill Development Projects;
4.  Community Services;
5.  Solving Daily Problems; and
6.  Leadership Abilities.

A ten-day camp is organized during October, December and summer vacations. Volunteers will be awarded certificates of merit provided they complete 120 hours in the various co-curricular activities and attend at least one of the three special camps organized by the unit. Students who want to join the scheme are advised to contact Dr. Babita Verma and Dr. Geeta Sahare of the Department of Political Science.

National Cadet Corps (NCC)

The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is the largest voluntary uniformed youth organization, where the enrolled Cadets are given basic military training in small arms and parades. Training in NCC instills qualities like unity, patriotism, discipline, team spirit, esprit-de-corps, leadership, selfconfidence and promotes personality development irrespective of caste, creed, religion, or economic status.

The vibrant and dynamic NCC wing of Lakshmibai College under 7 Delhi Girls Bn. (Battalion) at Kirti Nagar is continuously scaling new heights. The enrolled 160 cadets participate in weekly training (on Saturday) of drill/ lecture/ inter-class competition in the college along with different Camps within or outside Delhi. The NCC trains its cadets in drill, signaling, weapon-training, map reading, civil defence, first-aid, home-nursing etc. during different camps including Annual Training Camps (ATC), National Integration Camp (NIC), Army Attachment Camp (AAC), Basic Leadership Camp (BLC), Personality Development Camp (PDC), Trekking and Mountaineering, Skiing, Water Sports, Adventure Sports, Youth Exchange Programme as well as the Prime-Minister’s Rally and the prestigious Republic Day Parade. NCC training enables its cadets to obtain ‘B’ Certificate after one year and ‘C’
Certificate after completion of two years of training and appearing in the exam conducted.

Only those students should join NCC who consider themselves to be disciplined, sincere and committed or those who have interest in joining the Armed Forces. For details, contact Lt. (Dr.) Seema Kaushik, the Associate NCC Officer (ANO) in the NCC Room.