Satyawati College (Evening)

* There will be an increase of 18% in the total intake of students on account of reservation for OBC Candidates.

The Restructured B.A. Honours Programme came into effect from July 2005. The Programme has replaced the earlier B.A. Honours Programme in which there were subsidiary courses. Subsidiary courses are now known as Concurrent Courses in the restructured B.A. Honours Programme. They are also known as credit courses.

Note : The status of subsidiaries has been upgraded to that of concurrent courses and the marks (credits) of the concurrent courses shall count in the final result of the student for the purpose of calculating the aggregate percentage of marks obtained in the B.A. Honours Programme.

Each student will be required to take two courses each in the Ist year and IInd year besides the main subject course. Every student in the first year will also have to study one qualifying course. (The qualifying course is not a credit course, but the student is required to obtain at least the minimum qualifying marks in order to be eligible for obtaining a Degree in the Honours Course).

(a) In the first year a student will be required to take up courses under serial number1, 2 and 3.

(b) In the second year a student will be required to take two discipline centered courses from among the various options offered.

(f) The pass mark for the qualifying courses is 36 percent. A student has to pass in the qualifying course to be eligible for Honours degree; however, the marks in this course will not be counted in the final division awarded.

2. One qualifying course in a language other than the one offered under serial no. above

3. One inter-disciplinary course offered by the college as per details given below :

Note: Students are required to offer only those inter-disciplinary course (s) as indicated against the various honours courses.

The College offers the following Discipline centered Concurrent Courses to 2nd year Honours students. The students are required to opt for any two of the courses in disciplines (subjects) other than their main Honours Course discipline, and provided each of the course is from a different discipline:

2. Cultural Diversity, Linguistic Plurality and Literary Traditions in India (English Discipline)

NOTE:The College offers only the following combinations to the B.A. (Hons.) IInd Year students:

(a) Paper-I - Hindi Literature / Cultural Diversity, Linguistic Plurality and Literary traditions in India.

(b) Paper-II - Cultural Diversity, Linguistic Plurality and Literary Traditions in India.

It shall comprise four categories of courses, viz., Discipline Courses, Language courses, Foundation Courses and Application Courses.

(a) Discipline courses are courses that teach the basics of the disciplines, while at the same time introducing the student to the recent developments in the field of study.

(b) Language Courses are courses to enhance linguistic skills and literary sensibilities in students.

(c) Foundation Courses are courses to help the students learn certain basic things about pursuit of knowledge, such as economic, social cultural and political environment and major contemporary concerns.

(d) Application Courses are courses provide practical skills and additional competencies to better equip the student and for which students don’t have to go outside the University system.

There shall be a courses over a three-year period. The twelve courses shall have the following distribution over the three-year period, with four courses each year :

Discipline Courses 6
(in 2 disciplines) (3+3) 1+1 1+1 1+1

Language Courses 4
(in 2 Languages) (2+2) 1+1 1 1

Foundation Courses 1 - 1 -

Application Courses 1 - - 1

(a) The college offers the following combination for B.A.(Prog.) History Students :

(b) The applicant can choose any two optional subjects for study in B.A. Programme keeping in mind the following :

(i) Business Data Processing and Office Management & Secretarial Practice cannot be combined.

(ii) Economics is compulsory with Business Data Processing or Office Management & Secretarial Practice.

(c) In B.A. Programme seats are allocated to Business Data Processing, Office Management & Secretarial Practice, Buddhist Studies and Maths.

(d) The medium of instruction is English for all Honours courses except Hindi (Hons.). The medium of instruction for B.A. Programme and B.Com. (Pass) teaching is both Hindi and English.

A student shall do 4 language courses. Of these, 2 courses are to be in English and 2 courses in Hindi.

The college offered the following Application courses for the III year BA (Prog.) students in the academic year 2008-09:

Name of the Course Names of Eligibility Requirements
Co-ordinator

1Computer Application Dr. Satender Kumar Merit to be decided by the B.A. (Prog.) Committee

2.Theatre & Performance Mr. Akhilesh Kr. Yadav Interest and aptitude determined thorough interview. Experience in theatre will be preferred.

3.Indian Art Dr. Rajiv Kr. Verma Preference will be given to those who have studied History at +2 Level.

4.Tourism Dr. Rajiv Kr. Verma Preference will be given to those who have studied History/ Geography / Economics at +2 Level.

6. Voluntary Organizations Dr. Sadhana Arya Preference will be given to those who have been part of N.C.C/N.S.S/ Socially Useful Productive Work at School/ College level.

In B.A. Programme, the College offers a course in Office Management and Secretarial Practice (OMSP), which is a Job Oriented course. The contents of the course are as below :