PASSING SCHEME AND PROMOTIONAL CRITERION FOR UNDERGRADUATE COURSES IN SEMESTER MODE IN UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

1. Minimum marks required to pass any paper in a semester scheme isa. 40% in theory b. 40% in practical (in Science Subjects) 2. Student must secure 40% in the end of semester examination. 3. Student shall be eligible for promotion from first year to second year of course provided she/he has passed 50% papers of I and II semester taken together (excluding Qualifying papers). 4. Similarly, student shall be eligible for promotion from second year to third year provided she/he has passed 50% papers of III and IV semester taken together. 5. Students who do not fulfill the above criterion are declared as fail. 6. Student who has to reappear in semester I/III/V can appear in the semester examination to be held in November/ December. 7. Student who has to reappear in Semester II/IV/VI can appear in the semester examination to be held in April/May. 8. Qualifying course: 36%. 9. Credit course: 40% both in theory and practical separately, aggregate 40%. 10. Internal Assessment includes: a. Attendance: 5% b. Written Assignment/Tutorials/Project Report: 10% c. Class test: 10%

REAPPEARANCE IN PASSED PAPERS

1. Reappearance in theory paper is allowed. 2. Reappearance in practical paper is not allowed. 3. A Student may reappear in his/ her semester exam on the immediate subsequent semester exam, like a student reappearing in paper prescribed for semester examination I may do so along with semester III examination and not along with paper of semester V. 4. Students who have cleared part III (V and VI semester) may reappear in any paper of V or VI semester only once, at the immediate subsequent exam within the prescribed span period.

5. Student who reappears in a paper shall carry forward the internal assessment marks, originally awarded. 6. Reappearing includes both E.R (Essential reappear) and improvement papers. 7. In case, a candidate who had opted to re-appear in any paper fails to appear the concerned paper, the marks previously secured by the candidate shall be considered while determining his/ her results.

[NOTE: Candidate of this category shall not be allowed to join any postgraduate course.]

SPAN PERIOD
The span period to complete the course shall be six years from the year of admission in the first semester.

REAPPEARING OF THE FAILED STUDENTS

An Ex-Student shall be required to appear only in those papers in which he had failed. In case the Ex-Student does not fulfill the requirement of 50% in aggregate, then he/she has to repeat the whole semester. The examination of the student shall be taken, as per the notification of University of Delhi

DISCLAIMER: The above information is for the academic session 2012-13 and is subject to change by the University of Delhi.