Under Graduate Programme
The Department of Dance conducts 4-years Under Graduate Programme. Beginning from the academic year 2014-2015 and with the introduction of the semester system the Under Graduate Programme has been divided into 8 semesters per academic year. These courses according to their specialized nature, have been divided into three groups which are Monipuri, Bharatanatyam and Kathak classical dance forms.
1. Admission: Students are admitted to this Department under the Faculty of Arts as per the university approved admission rules.
2. Duration of the programme:
3. Week-wise breakdown of each semester of 26 weeks
a. Classes: 15 weeks b. Break: 2 weeks c. Semester Final Exams: 3 weeks
d. Evaluation of scripts and publication of results: 3 weeks
e. Vacation: 3 weeks (included within the scheduled summer and winter vacations)
4. Total Courses, Marks, Credits and Grades
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1 |
Number of 4-Credit Courses: 28 |
Marks: 28×100=2800 |
Each Course: 4 credit hours |
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2 |
Number of 1- Credit Courses: 8 |
Marks: 8×25=200 |
Each Course: 1 credit hours |
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3 |
Total Marks: 2800+200=3000 |
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Total Credits: 28×4+8×1=120 |
5. Marks Distribution for each four-credit course
a. Two Class/Mid-term Tests of 15 marks each: 15+15=30 Marks
One test of one hour duration to be given by each course teacher at his/her convenience. Marks of two tests will be added. In the case of a single teacher teaching the course two tests will be given by the same teacher.
b. Class Attendance and Participation: 5+5=10 Marks
Each teacher will give marks out of 5. Total of the two marks will be the marks obtained. A single teacher teaching a course will give marks out of 10.
c. Semester Final Examination of 3 hour duration: 4×15=60 Marks
Two teachers will set questions and evaluate the scripts. Marks obtained in the semester final examinations will be the average of the two marks.
There may be 4 broad questions or a combination of broad questions, short notes, etc.
6. Class Representatives
Each batch/section of students will have two class representatives (preferably one male and one female) to maintain liaison with the coordinator regarding their class progress and problems.
7. Attendance
a. Attendance in the 4-credit courses only will be taken into consideration to determine eligibility of a student for examination.
b. Students with 75% attendance and above in each course will be eligible to sit for examinations. Students with attendance below 75% going down to 60% will be considered non-collegiate and will be allowed to sit for the examinations only after paying the required university fines.
c. Students with attendance below 60% will not be eligible to appear at the examinations.
8. Readmission
a. If a student is not eligible to appear at the examination owing to inadequate attendance, he/she must seek readmission to study with the following batch.
b. A student failing to get the requisite CGPA, i.e. 2.00, for promotion from one year to the next year must seek readmission to study with the available following batch if he/she wants to continue his studies.
c. In the case of a student getting w, he/she must go for readmission to continue in a class. Besides, the AC of the Department must be convinced of the genuineness of his/her absence.
d. A student may take readmission only two times. If required a student may take readmission twice to the same class and thus remain in the same class for three years, but the degree must be completed within twelve semesters, i.e. six years.
e. Time limit for readmission is up to a maximum of one month after the publication of result. In the case of readmission all grades earned earlier in the four credit and one credit courses will be cancelled.
9. Retaking of Examinations and Improvement of Grades
a. Improvement of grade/grades is applicable only for the students who get promoted.
b. A student getting less than B may improve his/her grades of any 4-credit courses by retaking the examination/examinations of the course/courses only once with the available immediate next batch at his/her own risk because in such cases the grade/grades obtained earlier in the concerned course/courses will be considered cancelled although marks for attendance and mid-semester test will be retained.
c. A student with F grade only in any course/courses will be allowed to improve the grade/grades by retaking the examination/examinations of the concerned course/courses for the second time with the available following batch if he/she gets F in the first improvement test/tests.
d. In the case of failure to take mid-semester teat, the concerned course teacher will arrange a supplementary mid-semester test within two weeks of the first test. The students taking the supplementary mid-semester teat must pay to the department office a fine Tk 500.00 (Tk. Five Hundred) for each teat.
e. Retaking of Mid-semester examination will not be allowed.
f. If a student has CGPA 2.00 in the 4th year i.e. 7th and 8th semesters combined but has F in any of the 7th of 8th semester four-credit course or the aggregate of one-credit courses his/her result will be treated as incomplete. To receive the degree the student will have the opportunity to improve his/her grade by retaking the four-credit course with F.
Beside if a student has F in the aggregate of eight One-credit courses, which together is called ‘Overall assessment’ he/she must take the final part of the 8th semester one-credit course. In either case marks for attendance and presentation will be retained.
g. In addition to the usual fees, a fine will be imposed for each course to be retaken as per university rules.
h. The student will have to be mentally prepared to take the test of a particular course even if it is held on the same day of his/her other examination.
i. The same rules will be applicable in the case of any student getting I (incomplete) in any course/courses.
10. Drop out
a. A student failing to get a minimum CGPA 2.00 even after readmission to the first semester of the same year for two times will be dropped out of the programme.
b. If a student getting F in any course fails to improve his/her grade even after retaking the examination twice, he/she will not be given any further chance for improvement and will be dropped out of the programme.