In these regulations, unless
there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, the following expressions
shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:
Credit Course
means a course of study required for completion of degree programme. It is
counted in the computation of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA).
Non-Credit Course
means a course attended with liability of taking and passing its
examinations. However, it is not counted towards the computation of CGPA.
Credit Hour means a
course requiring one hour of instruction in theory or three hours in
practical / laboratory work per week for the duration of a semester.
Semester means a
period of 16-18 weeks in which 16 weeks shall be the actual teaching time
and the rest may be used for admission / registration, conduct of examination,
compilation and declaration of results, etc.
Trimester means
three terms in an academic year, each term comprises of 14-16 weeks.
Core Course means a
course which is directly related to a specific degree programme and can not
be substituted with any other course.
Supporting Course
means a course which is not directly related to a specific degree programme
but will improve its quality and is compulsory to complete a degree
programme.
Pre-Requisite Course
means a course which must be passed before registering for an advance
level course.
Deficiency Course
means a course in which a student has been declared deficient by a competent
authority of the university at the time of admission into a degree programme.
Elective is an
optional course which a student has to select from a number of choices to go
for a specific specialization.
University Elective
Course is a compulsory course prescribed by the University to improve
english, communication skills, computer literacy etc .
Compulsory Course
is a course which must be passed for award of degree.
Maximum Course Load
is the number of courses required to be registered by a student per semester
in order to complete the degree programme in the minimum laid down duration.
Specialization
means taking courses in order to focus on a specific area of study of a
degree programme.
All other expressions shall
have the same meanings as assigned to them in the Ordinance 2001, Statutes,
Regulations and Rules of the City University of Science & Information
Technology, Peshawar.
2.
Degree Programmes & Durations
The University shall offer courses leading to
Bachelor/Master/M.S/M. Phil/Ph. D degrees in various specializations such as
Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Management Sciences, Mathematics,
English, Education etc, under the Semester/Trimester System.
The duration and credit hours requirement of
various degree programmes is tabulated as under :
Programme
Programme
Years of Education
Duration
Total Semesters
Credit Hours
Minimum
Maximum
Bachelor
16
4 years
5 Years
8
130+
Master
16
2 years
3 years
4
72+
B.Ed / M.Ed.
15/16
1 year
2 years
3 (Trimester)
30+
PGD – BA / B&F
-
1 year
2 years
3 (Trimester)
30+
M.S. – C.S.
18
2 years
3 years
4
30+
M.S. – S.E.
18
2 years
3 years
4
30+
M.S. – BA
18
2 years
3 years
4
36+
M. Phil (Edu)
18
2 years
3 years
4
35+
Ph. D. (Edu)
21
3 years
6 years
9 (Trimester)
30+
All degree programmes must be completed within
the time period laid down above.
The curricula for various degree programmes
shall be notified each year and revised, if necessary, with the approval of
Academic Council.
Islamic Studies shall be compulsory for
Muslims at Bachelor level with option of Ethics for non-Muslim students.
Pakistan Studies shall be compulsory for all students.
If a candidate does not have adequate
background, for the degree programme he/she intends to take up, he/she may
be asked to take some deficiency course(s) as determined by the authorities
concerned. These courses will be mandatory but will not be counted in
calculating SGPA/CGPA.
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