Course Information
There are 8 semesters as per the curriculum comprising courses in Humanities like Cultural Education, Management courses; Language courses like Business Communication; Proficiency in Foreign languages; Mathematics courses; Science Electives; Core Electives; etc. Each semester, students learn courses in the sciences; computers; mathematics and language. This helps the students to get a fair idea not only on the core courses; but also in the related courses.
Conduct of Courses
Courses are conducted in the normal way. However unlike the earlier system, here the teacher teaching the course will take the classes, evaluate the performance of the students at regular intervals and conduct the end semester examination and award the grade. Students will also be involved in deciding on the pattern of continuous evaluation planned for a course. They will also have a forum to bring to notice any difficulty they face with reference to the course. For this a Course Committee or a Class Committee will be formed. Credit system encourages learning. Students will be given major assignments, which will form a part of the course and will also be considered for evaluation. Seminars, design assignments, technical paper writing etc could also be a part of the course being conducted. Amrita have organized their education on a credit-based system under a semester pattern. This allows flexibility on courses, time frame, teaching and learning, evaluation procedures and mobility. It provides an internationally accepted system, which benefits the students. Knowing the system is important to gain from it.
Academic year and Semesters
An academic year (July to June) consists of two semesters and possibly a summer term. An academic program is organized around a credit system. Each semester has a minimum of 75 instruction days and about 8-10 days for the semester examinations including practical.
Credit based Academic System
A credit based system is a systematic way of describing an educational programme ( B.Tech / B.Sc / M.Sc.) by attaching credits to its components. Credit is a way of quantifying the knowledge content- a sort of a currency or value for the knowledge acquired which could be credited. When enough credits are accrued or earned, the program is completed successfully. Credit System makes educational programmes easy to understand and compare both nationally and internationally.
Courses & Credits
Each course, except for a few special courses, has a certain number of credits assigned to it depending on the lecture, tutorial and laboratory work contact hours in a week. Lectures and tutorials will have one credit per each contact hour in a week. Laboratory and practical classes carry one credit for three contact hours in a week. Projects, fieldwork etc are given a specific number of credits without any direct reference to the hours spent.
Programme duration
Normal duration of the program is 8 semesters for B Tech, 6 semesters for all other UG programmes, 4 semesters for M Sc., 6 semesters for MCA. In specific cases like illness and accidents, a student may be permitted to go beyond 12 semesters by the competent authority
Curriculum
We have adopted a credit based course curricula and continuous evaluation. Faculty can decide on the evaluation policy adopted for their course .70% of the weightage is assigned to theory component and 30% of weightage to lab component. Evaluation is also done by giving assignments, tutorials, quizzes, term paper presentations and seminar presentations.
Wide range of elective course added in emerging technologies from 5th semester.
Various elective courses are categorized as Areas of Focus.
Students are free to choose the electives as a goal towards specialization in any of the emerging areas.
In the previous curriculum, there was more focus on the engineering part rather than the software application development part
Curriculum is changed so as to meet the industry needs, after making an analysis from the feedback of the passed out students working in the industry.
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