Regulations 2008 (Credit System) - Anna University Chennai
Regulations 2008 (Credit System) - Anna University Chennai
Regulations 2008 (Credit System) - Anna University Chennai
REGULATIONS 2008
CREDIT SYSTEM
AFFILIATED COLLEGES
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING / TECHNOLOGY
III) “Course” means a theory or practical subject that is normally studied in a semester,
like Mathematics, Physics, etc.
IV) “Director, Academic Courses” means the authority of the University who is
responsible for all academic activities of the University Departments for
implementation of relevant rules of this Regulations.
2. ADMISSION
2.1 Candidates seeking admission to the first semester of the eight semester B.E. / B.Tech.
Degree Programme:
Should have passed the Higher Secondary Examination of (10 +2) Curriculum (Academic
Stream) prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu with Mathematics, Physics and
Chemistry as three of the four subjects of study under Part-III or any examination of any
other University or authority accepted by the Syndicate of Anna University as equivalent
thereto.
(OR)
Should have passed the Higher Secondary Examination of Vocational stream (Vocational
groups in Engineering / Technology) as prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
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2.2 Lateral entry admission
(i) The candidates who possess the Diploma in Engineering / Technology awarded by
the State Board of Technical Education, Tamilnadu or its equivalent are eligible to
apply for admission to the third semester of B.E. / B.Tech. in the branch corresponding
to the branch of study.
(OR)
(ii) The candidates who possess the Degree in Science (B.Sc.,) (10+2+3 stream) with
Mathematics as a subject at the B.Sc. Level are eligible to apply for admission to the
third semester of B.E. / B.Tech.
Such candidates shall undergo two additional Engineering subject(s) in the third and
fourth semester or fourth and six semesters respectively as prescribed by the
respective Faculty. (See Annexure – I).
3. PROGRAMMES OFFERED
A candidate may be offered a programme in any one of the branches of study approved
by the University (See Annexure - II), and offered by that college where the candidate is
admitted.
4. STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMMES
4.1 Every Programme will have curricula with syllabi consisting of theory and practicals such
as:
(i) General core courses comprising mathematics, basic sciences, Engineering sciences,
humanities and engineering.
There shall be a certain minimum number of core courses and sufficient number of
elective courses that can be opted by the student. The blend of different courses shall be
so designed that the student, at the end of the programme, would have been trained not
only in his / her relevant professional field but also would have developed as a socially
conscious human being.
4.2 Each course is normally assigned certain number of credits with 1 credit per lecture
period per week, 1 credit per tutorial period per week, 1 credit for 2 periods of laboratory
or practical or seminar or project work per week (2 credits for 3 or 4 periods of practical)
and 1 or 2 credits for 4 weeks of industrial training during semester vacations.
4.3 Each semester curriculum shall normally have a blend of lecture courses not exceeding 7
and practical courses not exceeding 4. However, the total number of courses per
semester shall not exceed 10.
4.4 For the award of the degree, a student has to earn certain minimum total number of
credits specified in the curriculum of the relevant branch.
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4.5 The medium of instruction is English for all courses, examinations, seminar
presentations and project / thesis / dissertation reports.
5.2 Each semester shall normally consist of 90 working days or 450 periods of 50 minutes
each. The principal shall ensure that every teacher imparts instruction as per the number
of periods / hours specified in the syllabus and that the teacher teaches the full content of
the specified syllabus for the course being taught.
5.3 The Head of the Institution / Principal may conduct additional classes for improvement,
special coaching, conduct of model test etc., over and above the Specified periods. But
for the purpose of calculation of attendance requirement or writing the end semester
examinations (as per clause 6) by the students 450 periods conducted within the
specified academic schedule alone shall be taken into account and the overall
percentage of attendance shall be calculated accordingly.
The University Examination will ordinarily follow immediately after the last working day of
the semester commencing from I semester as per academic schedule prescribed from
time to time.
5.4 The total period for completion of the programme reckoned from the commencement of
the first semester to which the candidate was admitted shall not exceed the maximum
period specified in clause 5.1 irrespective of the period of break of study (vide clause
18.3) in order that he/she may be eligible for the award of the degree (vide clause 15).
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6.3 Candidates who secure less than 65% of overall attendance shall not be permitted to
write the University examination at the end of the semester and not permitted to go to the
next semester. They are required to repeat the incomplete semester in the next academic
year, as per the norms prescribed.
7. FACULTY ADVISER
To help the students in planning their courses of study and for general advice on the
academic programme, the Head of the Department of the students will attach a certain
number of students to a teacher of the Department who shall function as Faculty Adviser
for those students throughout their period of study. Such Faculty Advisers shall advise
the students and monitor the courses undergone by the students, check the attendance
and progress of the students attached to him/her and counsel them periodically.
If necessary, the faculty adviser may also discuss with or inform the parents about the
progress of the students.
8. CLASS COMMITTEE
8.1. Every class shall have a class committee consisting of teachers of the class concerned,
student representatives and a chairperson who is not teaching the class. It is like the
‘Quality Circle’ (more commonly used in industries) with the overall goal of improving the
teaching-learning process. The functions of the class committee include
• Solving problems experienced by students in the class room and in the laboratories.
• Clarifying the regulations of the degree programme and the details of rules therein
particularly clause 5 and 6 which should be displayed on college Notice-Board.
• Informing the student representatives the academic schedule including the dates of
assessments and the syllabus coverage for each assessment.
• Informing the student representatives the details of Regulations regarding weightage
used for each assessment. In the case of practical courses (laboratory / drawing /
project work / seminar etc.) the breakup of marks for each experiment / exercise /
module of work, should be clearly discussed in the class committee meeting and
informed to the students.
• Analyzing the performance of the students of the class after each test and finding the
ways and means of solving problems, if any.
• Identifying the weak students, if any, and requesting the teachers concerned to
provide some additional help or guidance or coaching to such weak students.
8.2 The class committee for a class under a particular branch is normally constituted by the
head of the department. However, if the students of different branches are mixed in a
class (like the first semester which is generally common to all branches), the class
committee is to be constituted by the Principal.
8.3 The class committee shall be constituted within the first week of each semester.
8.4 At least 4 student representatives (usually 2 boys and 2 girls) shall be included in the
class committee.
8.5 The chairperson of the class committee may invite the Faculty adviser(s) and the Head of
the department to the meeting of the class committee.
8.6 The Principal may participate in any class committee of the institution.
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8.7 The chairperson is required to prepare the minutes of every meeting, submit the same to
Principal within two days of the meeting and arrange to circulate it among the students
and teachers concerned. If there are some points in the minutes requiring action by the
management, the same shall be brought to the notice of the management by the head of
the institution.
8.8 The first meeting of the class committee shall be held within one week from the date of
commencement of the semester, in order to inform the students about the nature and
weightage of assessments within the framework of the Regulations. Two or three
subsequent meetings may be held in a semester at suitable intervals. The Class
Committee Chairman shall put on the Notice Board the cumulative attendance
particulars of each student at the end of every such meeting to enable the students
to know their attendance details to satisfy the clause 6 of this Regulation. During
these meetings the student members representing the entire class, shall meaningfully
interact and express the opinions and suggestions of the other students of the class in
order to improve the effectiveness of the teaching-learning process.
9. COURSE COMMITTEE FOR COMMON COURSES
Each common theory course offered to more than one discipline or group, shall have a
“Course Committee” comprising all the teachers teaching the common course with one of
them nominated as Course Coordinator. The nomination of the course Coordinator shall
be made by the Head of the Department / Principal depending upon whether all the
teachers teaching the common course belong to a single department or to several
departments. The ‘Course committee’ shall meet in order to arrive at a common scheme
of evaluation for the test and shall ensure a uniform evaluation of the tests. Where ever
feasible, the course committee may also prepare a common question paper for the
internal assessment test(s). The committee on common courses, after the evaluation of
the end-semester examination papers of common courses shall decide on the range of
marks for awarding letter grades as per clause 14.1.
Project work may be allotted to a single student or to a group of students not exceeding
4 per group.
10.2.2 For project work, the continuous internal assessment will carry 40 marks while the
University examination will carry 160 marks (see also 10.4.1).
10.3 The University examination (theory and practical) of 3 hours duration shall ordinarily be
conducted between October and December during the odd semesters and between April
and June during the even semesters.
10.4 The University examination for project work shall consist of evaluation of the final report
submitted by the student or students of the project group (of not exceeding 4 students) by
an external examiner followed by a viva-voce examination conducted separately for each
student by a committee consisting of the external examiner, the guide of the project
group and an internal examiner.
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10.4.1 The project report shall carry a maximum 60 marks (same mark shall be awarded for the
report submitted to every student within the project group) while the viva-voce
examination shall carry 100 marks. (Marks are awarded to each student of the project
group based on the individual performance in the viva-voce examination).
10.5 For the University examination in both theory and practical courses including project work
the internal and external examiners shall be appointed by the University.
For all theory and practical courses the continuous assessment shall be for a maximum of
20 marks (consisting of 15 marks for tests/experiments and 5 marks for attendance) and
for project work, the continuous assessment shall be for a maximum of 40 marks
(consisting of 35 marks for project assessment and 5 marks for attendance). The above
continuous assessment shall be awarded as per the procedure given below:
11.1.
(a) Theory Courses
Three tests each carrying 100 marks shall be conducted during the semester by
the Department / College concerned. The total marks obtained in all tests put
together out of 300, shall be proportionately reduced for 15 marks and rounded
to the nearest integer (This also implies equal weightage to all the three tests).
If there is a theory course with Laboratory component, there shall be three tests:
the first two tests (each 100 marks) will be from theory portions and the third test
(maximum mark 100) will be for laboratory component. The sum of marks of first
two tests shall be reduced to 30 marks and the third test mark shall be reduced
to 30 marks. The sum of these 60 marks (Vide clause 11) may then be arrived at
for 15 and rounded to the nearest integer.
The Principal shall constitute a review committee for each branch of study. There shall be
three assessments (each 100 Marks) during the semester by the review committee. The
student shall make presentation on the progress made by him / her before the committee.
The total marks obtained in the three assessments shall be reduced for 35 marks and
rounded to the nearest integer. (This also implies equal weightage to all the three
assessments).
11.3 Attendance
The remaining 5 marks for attendance shall be awarded as given below:
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Theory and Practical courses and Project Work
76% to 80% of attendance - 1 mark
81% to 85% of attendance - 2 marks
86% to 90% of attendance - 3 marks
91% to 95% of attendance - 4 marks
96% to 100% of attendance -5 marks
11.3 Every teacher is required to maintain an 'ATTENDANCE AND ASSESSMENT RECORD'
which consists of attendance marked in each lecture or practical or project work class,
the test marks and the record of class work (topic covered), separately for each course.
This should be submitted to the Head of the department periodically (at least three times
in a semester) for checking the syllabus coverage and the records of test marks and
attendance. The Head of the department will put his signature and date after due
verification. At the end of the semester, the record should be verified by the Principal who
will keep this document in safe custody (for five years). The University or any inspection
team appointed by the University may inspect the records of attendance and assessment
of both current and previous semesters.
A candidate shall normally be permitted to appear for the University examination of any
semester commencing from I semester if he/she has satisfied the semester completion
requirements (Subject to Clause 6) and has registered for examination in all courses of
the semester. Registration is mandatory for semester examinations as well as arrears
examinations failing which the candidate will not be permitted to move to the higher
semester.
A candidate already appeared for subjects or any subject in a semester and passed the
examination is not entitled to reappear in the same subject or subjects of the semester for
improvement of grades / marks.
13.1.1 If a candidate fails to secure a pass in a particular course, it is mandatory that he/she
shall register and reappear for the examination in that course during the subsequent
semester when examination is conducted in that course; he/she should continue to
register and reappear for the examinations in the failed subjects till he / she secures a
pass.
13.1.2 The internal assessment marks obtained by the candidate in the first appearance shall be
retained and considered valid for all subsequent attempts till the candidate secure a
pass.
However, from the 3rd attempt onwards if a candidate fails to obtain pass marks (IA + End
Semester Examination) as per clause 13.1 then the passing requirement shall be as
follows:
13.2 The candidate should secure 50% and above the maximum marks prescribed for course
in the university examinations alone irrespective of Internal Assessment mark obtained.
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14.1.1 All assessments of a course will be done on absolute marks basis. However, for the
purpose of reporting the performance of a candidate, letter grades, each carrying certain
number of points, will be awarded as per the range of total marks (out of 100) obtained by
the candidate in each subject as detailed below:
S 10 91 – 100
A 9 81 – 90
B 8 71 – 80
C 7 61 – 70
D 6 56 – 60
E 5 50 – 55
RA 0 < 50
I 0
W 0
“RA” denotes reappearance is required for the examination in the course. (This grade
will figure both in Marks Sheet as well as in Result Sheet “W” denotes withdrawal from
the course).
The Grade “I” denotes inadequate attendance (as per clause 12) and hence prevention
from writing the end semester examination.
The Grade “I’ and “W” will figure only in the Result Sheets.
Grade sheet
After results are declared, Grade Sheets will be issued to each student which will contain
the following details:
The college in which the candidate has studied
The list of courses enrolled during the semester and the grade scored.
The Grade Point Average (GPA) for the semester and
The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of all courses enrolled from first semester
onwards.
GPA is the ratio of the sum of the products of the number of credits of courses enrolled
and the points corresponding to the grades scored in those courses, taken for all the
courses, to the sum of the number of credits of all the courses in the semester to the sum
of the credits of all courses registered.
Sum of [C * GP]
GPA = ______________
Sum of C
CGPA will be calculated in a similar manner, considering all the courses enrolled from
first semester. “RA”, “I” and “W” grades will be excluded for calculating GPA and CGPA.
14.1.2 Whenever students, having arrear subjects, appear for the end semester examination
during which there are no regular batch of students writing the same subjects, then, the
letter grades for the arrears subjects shall be awarded based on the range of marks
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approved by the class committee immediately preceding end semester examination in
which regular students wrote.
14.2 REVALUATION
A candidate can apply for revaluation of his/her semester examination answer paper in a
theory course, within 2 weeks from the declaration of results, on payment of a prescribed
fee through proper application to the Controller of Examinations through the Head of the
Institution. A candidate can apply for revaluation of answer scripts for not
exceeding 5 subjects at a time. The Controller of Examination will arrange for the
revaluation and the results will be intimated to the candidate concerned through the Head
of the Institution. Revaluation is not permitted for practical courses, seminars, practical
training and for project work.
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17.3 Withdrawal application is valid only if it is made within 10 days prior to the
commencement of the examination in that course or courses and recommended by the
Head of the Institution and approved by the Director, Academic Courses.
17.3.1 Notwithstanding the requirement of mandatory TEN days notice, applications for
withdrawal for special cases under extraordinary conditions will be considered on the
merit of the case.
17.4 Withdrawal shall not be construed as an appearance for the eligibility of a candidate for
First Class with Distinction. This provision is not applicable to those who seek withdrawal
during VII semester.
17.5 Withdrawal from the End semester examination is NOT applicable to arrears subjects of
previous semesters
17.6 The candidate shall reappear for the withdrawn courses during the examination
conducted in the subsequent semester.
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National Service Scheme (NSS) will have social service activities in and around the
College / Institution.
National Sports Organization (NSO) will have sports, Games, Drills and Physical
exercises.
Youth Red Cross (YRC) will have activities related to social services in and around
college / institutions.
While the training activities will normally be during week ends, the camp will normally be
during vacation period.
Every student shall put in a minimum of 75% attendance in the training and attend the
camp compulsorily. The training and camp shall be completed during the first year of the
programme. However, for valid reasons, the Principal may permit a student to complete
this requirement in the second year.
21. DISCIPLINE
Every student is required to observe disciplined and decorous behavior both inside and
outside the college and not to indulge in any activity which will tend to bring down the
prestige of the University / College. The Principal shall constitute a disciplinary committee
consisting of Principal, Two Heads of Department of which one should be from the faculty
of the student, to enquire into acts of indiscipline and notify the University about the
disciplinary action recommended for approval.
If a student indulges in malpractice in any of the University / internal examination he / she
shall be liable for punitive action as prescribed by the university from time to time.
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ANNEXURE- I
THE FOLLOWING TWO ADDITIONAL COURSES ARE PRESCRIBED FOR THE B.SC.
GRADUATES
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P M C
No. CODE
1. GE2111 Engineering Graphics * 2 3 0 100 5
* The above course is presently offered to I semester B.E. / B.Tech. students admitted during
2008-09 and therefore the B.Sc. (III semester Lateral Entry) students shall undergo the above
course and write the University examinations along with the I semester students as already
informed.
The student can register for any ONE of the following courses as applicable to their
Branch of study.
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P M C
No. CODE
1. ME2151 Engineering Mechanics * 3 1 0 100 4
2. GE2151 Basic Electrical & Electronics Engineering* 4 0 0 100 4
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P M C
No. CODE
Circuit Theory * (For branches under 3 1 0 100 4
1. EE2151
Electrical Faculty)
2. GE2152 Basic Civil & Mechanical Engineering * 4 0 0 100 4
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b. For Branches under I & C Faculty (Any one of the Following)
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P M C
No. CODE
Electric Circuits and Electron Devices * (For 3 1 0 100 4
1. EC2151
branches under I & C Faculty)
2. GE2152 Basic Civil & Mechanical Engineering * 4 0 0 100 4
* The above courses are offered to the II semester B.E. / B.Tech. students admitted during 2008-
09 and therefore, the B.Sc. students shall undergo any one of the above courses and write
University examination in the selected subject along with the II semester of the students of
2008-09 batch.
NOTE:
The B.Sc. students who were admitted for the academic years
2007-08 and 2008-09 and taking the above additional courses will be governed by
the mark system only as they are admitted in
III semester of R-2004 Curriculum and Regulation.
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ANNEXURE – II
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