These Regulations shall be called the Dibrugarh University Regulations for the Under Graduate Academic Programmes in the Choice Based Credit System, 2018.

• The Regulations shall be effective from the Academic Session 2019-2020.
• Applicable for Bachelor Degrees in Arts (BA), Science (B.Sc.), and Commerce (B.Com.) of three years duration comprising six semesters.
• Applicable to students enrolled under CBCS conducted by Colleges/Institutes affiliated to Dibrugarh University.

• CBCS: Flexible learning system permitting students to learn at their own pace, choose electives, adopt interdisciplinary approaches, and more.
• College: Colleges or Institutes affiliated to Dibrugarh University.
• Department: Department of College/Institute affiliated to Dibrugarh University.
• Programme: Whole learning experience in a particular field of study.
• Course: Unit of instruction within a Programme. Replaces the traditional concept of "paper."
• Academic Year: A period of 12 months consisting of two semesters.
• Semester: A half-yearly term including examinations, vacations, and breaks.

• Odd Semester: June - November (including exams and breaks).
• Even Semester: December - May (including exams and breaks).
• Changes in the Academic Calendar may be made by the University whenever necessary.

• BA: Higher Secondary Examination (10+2) pass from recognized boards. Economics Honours requires Mathematics as a subject or opting for a 2-credit Mathematics course.
• B.Sc.: Higher Secondary Examination (10+2) in Science stream. Chemistry, Physics, and Geology Honours require Mathematics.
• B.Com.: Higher Secondary Examination (10+2) in Commerce stream. Students from Arts or Science streams with Mathematics/Statistics are eligible.
• Eligibility criteria may be revised by the Academic Council as needed.

The Academic Programmes under CBCS follow the structure given in Annexure I. The nature of the courses for all undergraduate academic programmes is as follows:

• Core Course: Compulsory components of an academic programme. These courses are to be compulsorily studied as a core requirement for the programme. The contents of the Core Courses shall be as per the UGC Model Curriculum for the subject/discipline concerned. However, the Boards of Studies concerned may recommend a maximum of 20% deviation from the UGC Model Syllabi wherever required.
  In case the UGC does not provide model syllabi/curriculum, the Board of Studies shall propose their own Core Courses keeping parity with the total number of credits/courses of similar subjects/disciplines.
• Elective Course: Elective courses shall be chosen by each student from a pool of courses. These courses may be intra-departmental, i.e., Generic Elective (GE). Students shall have to choose a minimum number of Discipline-Specific Elective (DSE) and GE courses in every semester as prescribed in the course structure. These courses aim to:
  • Be supportive to the discipline of study.
  • Provide an expanded scope.
  • Enable exposure to other disciplines/domains.
  • Nurture student proficiency/skill.

  There shall be a basket of at least eight Elective Courses with equal credits. For students of the same discipline/subject, these elective courses shall be intra-disciplinary and called DSE Courses. If students of other disciplines/subjects (within the programme) opt for these electives, they shall be considered inter-disciplinary and called GE courses.

  Additionally, there may be courses conducted under the UGC's Programmes on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The University may time-to-time fix the criteria for MOOCs as per relevant UGC guidelines on digital education.

• Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC):

  These courses shall be of two kinds:

  1. Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC): Courses based on content that leads to knowledge enhancement. These include:
     • Environmental Science (2 Credits)
     • Communicative English (2 Credits)
     • Alternative English/Communicative Hindi/MIL (2 Credits)

     For BA and B.Com programmes, there shall be a multi-disciplinary course of 4 credits.

  2. Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC): (Minimum 4 credits): These courses are designed to provide value-based and/or skill-based knowledge and include both theory and lab/hands-on training/fieldwork. The main purpose is to provide students with life skills in a hands-on mode, increasing employability. Each university has the freedom to suggest their own papers based on expertise, specialization, and requirements.

Note: A course may also take the form of a dissertation/project work/practical training/fieldwork/seminar, etc.

A student shall study the academic programme as per the scheme of the programme. Even if a candidate earns the required number of credits before the completion of the full duration of the programme, he/she shall not be entitled to the degree.

• The course teacher shall be responsible for maintaining a record of attendance of students who have enrolled for the course.
• All course teachers shall intimate the Principal/Director of a college/Institute through the Head of the Department concerned at least thirty calendar days before the last instruction day in the semester, the particulars of all students who have less than 80% of attendance during the total number of class days.
• A student who has less than 80% attendance in average shall not be permitted to sit for the End-semester examination. Provided that it shall be open to the University to grant exemption to a student who has attended a minimum of 70% classes but failed to obtain the prescribed 80% attendance for valid reason, on recommendation of the Head/Chairperson/Principals of the Department/ Centre/College on payment of a prescribe fee(s). The Principal of the Colleges shall announce the names of all students who shall not be eligible to take the End-semester examinations in the various courses and send a copy of the same to the Controller of Examinations. Such candidates shall have to repeat the concerned course (s) when it is offered next.
• A student declared as discollegiate shall not be allowed to procced to the next higher Semester. He/She shall need to pursue the Semester afresh in which he/she was declared as discollegiate along with the next fresh batch.