KSKV KACHCHH UNIVERSITYBHUJ-KACHCHH

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

The Faculty has two affiliated colleges where basic science is being taught at UG level while six colleges teach BCA course. It has three PG departments in the campus viz. Department of Chemistry, Department of Earth & Environmental Science and Department of Computer Science. There are four PG courses being run in the campus viz. M.Sc. with Chemistry, Geology, Environmental Science and Computer Application and IT. For undergraduate programmes the following colleges are running courses: 1. Shri R. R. Lalan college: Chemistry, Geology, Physics and Mathematics 2. Tolani College of Arts and Science: Chemistry, Microbiology, Physics, Home Science

and Mathematics3. SRK Institute, Sapeda: BCA 4. Sanskar College, Bhuj: BCA5. Virayatan Institute, Jakhaniya, Mandvi: BCA 6. Shri Swaminarayan Gurukul, S.G.J. College of BCA, Koday, Mandvi: BCA 7. DNV International institute, Gandhidham: BCA 8. Shri Mahila Swaminarayan Institute of: BCA

B.Sc. (Honors) PROGRAMME

This is an undergraduate degree programme of six semester duration and comprises of 160 credits. Each year will be divided into two semesters. In all there will be 120 days engagement per semester which includes a minimum of 90 days of teaching (6 daysper week for 15 weeks), 30 days for internal examinations, co-curricular activities etc.

CREDIT SYSTEM A student of B.Sc. (Hons.) programme is required to choose three types of courses viz., core course, elective course, interdisciplinary, compulsory and foundation courses. Semester wise distribution of credits among the three types of courses is shown in the table below.

Semester Wise Credit Distribution

Semester Core courses

Elective courses

Interdisciplinary courses

Compulsory course

Foundation course

Project/Field/internship etc

TOTAL

1 12 6 0 4 4 262 12 6 0 4 4 263 20 5 3 0 284 20 5 3 285 24 6 306 24 6 30Total 112 12 10 14 8 12 168 Principal subject is the subject in which student will be awarded the B.Sc. (Hons.) degree

after successfully earning 160 credits. ONE CREDIT IN THEORY course is equivalent toclassroom learning of 1 hour per week for 15 weeks whereas ONE CREDIT IN PRACTICAL requires 2 hours of performing experiment per week for 15 weeks. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

1. Candidates must have passed Gujarat H.S.C. Examination (10+2) or equivalent examination from the Science Stream with English as one of the subjects.

2. A candidate who has passed an equivalent examination from any other

examining body will have to produce Eligibility Certificate from K S K V K a c h c hh University, Bhuj (which can be obtained from the University Office)along with the application for admission in the first semester.

DOCUMENTS REQUIREDOriginal as well as self attested copies of

1. H.S.C. (12th Science) or Equivalent Mark sheet.2. School Leaving Certificate.3. SC/ST/SEBC caste certificate 4. Non-creamy layer certificate in case of SEBC

ADMISSION PROCEDURE

• Counseling will be given to the candidates on the day of admission before actualadmission takes place in each college.

• On the basis of their group in H.S.C. (i.e. A, B group subjects) candidate has to selecttwo types of courses namely:

(A) CORE(B) ELECTIVE

• Core courses are selected in the form of Core – I (Principal subject) and Core – II

(Subsidiary subject).

Core - I (Principal subject) is the subject in which the B. Sc. (Hons.) degree will beawarded. Core - II (Subsidiary subject) is an allied subject which student will learn for first four semesters. Each of the Principal/ Subsidiary subjects consists of a set of predefined courses.

• A student will choose Core subjects (Principal+ Subsidiary) from amongst possible combinations, for example:

Group A:

Students who take Chemistry as Core subject I (Principal) can opt for any one Core subject II (subsidiary) which can be one of the following:

Geology/ Mathematics/ Physics

i.e. Core – 1, Core – 2 and Elective – 1 can be any of the FOUR mentioned above.

E.g. Students who take Mathematics as Core subject I (Principal) can opt for any one Core subject II (subsidiary) which can be one of the following: Chemistry/ Geology/ Physics

Group B: Students who take Botany as Core subject I (Principal) can opt for any one core subject II(Subsidiary) which can be one of the following:

Chemistry/ Geology/ Physics/ Zoology/.Microbiology

i.e. Core – 1, Core – 2 and Elective – 1 can be any of the SIX mentioned above.

E.g. Students who take Chemistry as Core subject I (Principal) can opt for any oneCore subject II (subsidiary) which can be one of the following:Botany/ Geology/ Microbiology/ Physics/ Zoology.

IMPORTANT In addition to core and elective subjects, candidate is also required to learn one compulsory English of four credits and one foundational course of Environmental Science of four credits,as per the UGC guidelines (in semester – 1 and semester – 2).

In third and fourth semesters, compulsory English course will have only two credits and new interdisciplinary courses of four credits will be added. These are known as Career Oriented Courses (COC) or Vocational Courses (VC). Amongst interdisciplinary courses, the candidate will have wide choice out of the following:

1. Computer Applications 2. Statistical Applications 3. Remote Sensing4. Food Science5. Disaster Management 6. Applied Mineralogy 7. Basics of Earthquake Science8. Biotechnology 9. Industrial Chemistry

However, the interdisciplinary courses will be chosen only if it is available in the respective colleges.

SEMESTER-1CORE SUBJECTS: (Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics) ELECTIVE: (Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Zoology)COMPULSORY COURSE: Functional English OR Creative writing etc. FOUNDATIONAL COURSE: Environmental Studies (as per the direction of UGC) Papers: Paper code Credits

(Theory) Credits(Practical)

Any one of the list (therefore the possible groups will be as under-see the lines below the table)

Core: 1 101/C 4 2 (the core and electives can be chosen as per the groups given below) BOT-101/E, CHE-101/C,GEO-101/C, MAT-101/C,MIC-101/C, PHY-101/C,ZOO-101/E

Core: 2 101/C 4 2Elective 101/E 4 2

Compulsory course

ENG-101 4 0 Functional English/ Creative writing etc.CE-101

Foundational course

ENV-101 3 1 Environmental Science (UGC has recommended) FC-101/X

19 7 Total Credit 26Total possible Groups CGB/ CGZ/ CGP/ CPB (CBG/ CZG/ CPG/ CBP)GCB/ GCZ/ GCP/ GCM (GBC/ GZC/ GPC/ GMC)MPC/ MPG (MCP/ MGP)PMC/ PMG (PCM/ PGM)MiCB/ MiCZ / MiCP/ MiBZ (MiBC/ MiZC/ MiPC)

R. R. LALAN COLLEGE: CGB/ CGZ/ CGP/ CPB (CBG/ CZG/ CPG/ CBP) GCB/ GCZ/ GCP/ GCM (GBC/ GZC/ GPC/ GMC) MPC/ MPG (MCP/ MGP)PMC/ PMG (PCM/ PGM)

TOLANI COLLEGE: CPB (CBP) MPC (MCP) PMC (PCM) MiCB/ MiCZ / MiCP/ MiBZ (MiBC/ MiZC/ MiPC)

SEMESTER-2

CORE SUBJECTS: (Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics) ELECTIVE: (Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Zoology)COMPULSORY COURSE: Functional English OR Creative writing etc.FOUNDATIONAL COURSE: Environmental Studies (as per the direction of UGC) Papers: Paper code Credits

(Theory)Credits (Practical)

Any one of the list (therefore the possible groups will be as under-see the lines below the table)

Core: 1 202/C 4 2 (the core and electives can be chosen as per the groups given below) BOT-202/E, CHE-202/C, GEO-202/C, MAT-202/C, MIC-202/C, PHY-202/C, ZOO-202/E

Core: 2 202/C 4 2Elective 202/E 4 2

Compulsory course

ENG-202 4 0 Functional English/ Creative writing etc.ENG-202

Foundational course

ENV-202 3 1 Environmental Science (UGC has recommended) ENV-202

19 7 Total Credit 26Total possible Groups CGB/ CGZ/ CGP/ CPB (CBG/ CZG/ CPG/ CBP)GCB/ GCZ/ GCP/ GCM (GBC/ GZC/ GPC/ GMC)MPC/ MPG (MCP/ MGP)PMC/ PMG (PCM/ PGM)MiCB/ MiCZ / MiCP/ MiBZ (MiBC/ MiZC/ MiPC)

R. R. LALAN COLLEGE: CGB/ CGZ/ CGP/ CPB (CBG/ CZG/ CPG/ CBP) GCB/ GCZ/ GCP/ GCM (GBC/ GZC/ GPC/ GMC) MPC/ MPG (MCP/ MGP)PMC/ PMG (PCM/ PGM)

TOLANI COLLEGE: CPB (CBP) MPC (MCP) PMC (PCM) MiCB/ MiCZ / MiCP/ MiBZ (MiBC/ MiZC/ MiPC)

SEMESTER-3CORE SUBJECTS: (Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics) ELECTIVE: (Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Zoology)COMPULSORY COURSE: Functional English, Creative writing etc. INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE: Career Oriented Courses are introduced from third semester as interdisciplinary courses Papers: Paper code Credits

(Theory)Credits (Practical)

Possible groups

Core-1 303/C 4 2 (the core and electives can be chosen as per the groups given below) BOT-303/E, BOT-304/E CHE-303/C, CHE-304/C GEO-303/C, GEO-304/C MAT-303/C, MAT-304/C MIC-303/C, MIC-304/CPHY-303/C, PHY-304/C ZOO-303/E, ZOO-304/E

304/C 4 2Core-2 303/C-E

304/C-E 44

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Compulsory course

ENG-303 2 0 Functional English/ Creative writing etc. ENG-303

Interdisciplinary *COC/301-I 2 2 Career Oriented Courses in the category of Interdisciplinary courses will be like

1. Computer Applications 2. Statistical Applications 3. Remote Sensing4. Food Science5. Disaster Management6. Applied Mineralogy7. Basics of Earthquake science8. Biotechnology 9. Industrial Chemistry

20 10 Total Credit 30 Total possible GroupsCG/ CZ/ CP/ CB (GC/ ZC/ PC/ BC) GC/ GZ/ GP/ GM (CG/ ZG/ PG/ MG)MP/ MG (PM/ GM) PM/ PG/ PC (MP/ GP/ CP)MiC/ MiZ / MiP/ MiB (CMi/ ZMi/ PMi)

R. R. LALAN COLLEGE: CG/ CZ/ CP/ CB (GC/ ZC/ PC/ BC) GC/ GZ/ GP/ GM (CG/ ZG/ PG/ MG)MP/ MG (PM/ GM)PM/ PG/ PC (MP/ GP/ CP)

TOLANI COLLEGE: CZ/ CP/ CB (ZC/ PC/ BC)MP/ (PM/) PM/ PC (MP/ CP) MiC/ MiZ / MiP/ MiB (CMi/ ZMi/ PMi)

COC coding of the subjects will beTolani College Lalan College Both colleges

FOS/301/I RES/301/I DIM/301/IAPM/301/IBES/301/I

COA/301/I STA/301/I

SEMESTER-4

CORE SUBJECTS: (Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Zoology)ELECTIVE: (Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Zoology)COMPULSORY COURSE: Functional English, Creative writing etc. INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE: Career Oriented Courses are introduced from third semester as interdisciplinary courses Papers: Paper code Credits

(Theory) Credits(Practical)

Possible groups

Core: 1 405/C 4 2 (the core and electives can be chosen as per the groups given below)BOT-405/E, BOT-406/EC CHE-405/C, CHE-406/C GEO-405/C, GEO-606/C MAT-405/C, MAT-406/C MIC-405/C, MIC-406/C PHY-405/C, PHY-406/C ZOO-405/E, ZOO-406/E

406/C 4 2Core: 2 405/C-E

406/C-E44

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Compulsory course

ENG-404 2 0 Functional English/ Creative writing etc. ENG-404

Interdisciplinary *COC/402-I 2 2 Career Oriented Courses in the category of Interdisciplinary courses will be like

1. Computer Applications2. Statistical Applications3. Remote Sensing4. Food Science 5. Disaster Management 6. Applied Mineralogy 7. Basics of Earthquake science8. Biotechnology9. Industrial Chemistry

20 10 Total Credit 30 Total possible GroupsCG/ CZ/ CP/ CB (GC/ ZC/ PC/ BC) GC/ GZ/ GP/ GM (CG/ ZG/ PG/ MG)MP/ MG (PM/ GM) PM/ PG/ PC (MP/ GP/ CP)MiC/ MiZ / MiP (CMi/ ZMi/ PMi)

R. R. LALAN COLLEGE: CG/ CZ/ CP/ CB (GC/ ZC/ PC/ BC) GC/ GZ/ GP/ GM (CG/ ZG/ PG/ MG)MP/ MG (PM/ GM)PM/ PG/ PC (MP/ GP/ CP)

TOLANI COLLEGE:CZ/ CP/ CB (ZC/ PC/ BC) MP/ (PM/)PM/ PC (MP/ CP)MiC/ MiZ / MiP/ MiB (CMi/ ZMi/ PMi)

COC coding of the subjects will be Tolani College Lalan College Both colleges

FOS/402/I RES/402/I DIM/402/IAPM/402/IBES/402/I

COA/402/I STA/402/I

SEMESTER-5CORE SUBJECTS: (Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics) Papers: Paper code Credits

(Theory)Credits(Practical)

Possible groups

Core: 507/C 5 3 CHE-507/C, CHE-508/C, CHE-509/C GEO-507/C, GEO-508/C, GEO-509/C MAT-507/C, MAT-508/C, MAT-509/CMIC-507/C, MIC-508/C, MIC-509/CPHY-507/C, PHY-508/C, PHY-509/C

508/C 5 3 509/C 5 3

Project / Field work – tours/ Dissertation etc.(As suggested by the Departmental Heads)

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21 9 Total Credit 30 Total possible GroupsCHEMISTRYGEOLOGYMATHEMATICSMICROBIOLOGYPHYSICS

R. R. LALAN COLLEGE: CHEMISTRYGEOLOGY MATHEMATICSPHYSICS

TOLANI COLLEGE: CHEMISTRY MATHEMATICSMICROBIOLOGYPHYSICS

SEMESTER-6CORE SUBJECTS: (Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics) Papers: Paper code Credits

(Theory)Credits (Practical)

Possible groups

Core: 610/C 5 3 CHE-610/C, CHE-611/C, CHE-612/C GEO-610/C, GEO-611/C, GEO-612/C MAT-610/C, MAT-611/C, MAT-612/C MIC-610/C, MIC-611/C, MIC-612/CPHY-610/C, PHY-611/C, PHY-612/C

611/C 5 3 612/C 5 3

Industry/ institute internship/ Dissertation (As suggested by the Departmental Heads)

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21 9 Total Credit 30 Total possible Groups CHEMISTRYGEOLOGYMATHEMATICSMICROBIOLOGYPHYSICS

R. R. LALAN COLLEGE: CHEMISTRYGEOLOGY MATHEMATICSPHYSICS

TOLANI COLLEGE: CHEMISTRY MATHEMATICS MICROBIOLOGYPHYSICS

KSKV KACHCHH UNIVERSITYFaculty of Science

CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION: (An example of CPM group is given here for understanding: CPM is Chemistry as first core subject, Physics as second core subject and Maths as one of the elective subject)

SEMESTER-I

Theory/ Practical

Total Marks 100%

CCE weightage 40%

Semester End examination 60%

CHE/101-C 100 40 60 PHY/101-C 100 40 60 MAT/101-C 100 40 60 ENG/101 100 40 60 ENV/101-F 100 40 60 Practicals 150 - 150Total 650 200 450 SEMESTER-II

Theory/ Practical

Total Marks 100%

CCE weightage 40%

Semester End examination 60%

CHE/202-C 100 40 60 PHY/202-C 100 40 60 MAT/202-C 100 40 60 ENG/202 100 40 60 ENV/202-F 100 40 60 Practicals 150 - 150Total 650 200 450

SEMESTER-III

Theory/ Practical

Total Marks100%

CCE weightage40%

Semester End examination60%

CHE/303-C 100 40 60 CHE/304-C 100 40 60 PHY/303-C 100 40 60 PHY/304-C 100 40 60 ENG/303 100 40 60 COA/301-I 100 40 60 Practicals 200 - 200Total 800 240 560(For interdisciplinary subject Computer Application is taken here)

SEMESTER-IV

Theory/ Practical

Total Marks 100%

CCE weightage 40%

Semester End examination 60%

CHE/405-C 100 40 60 CHE/406-C 100 40 60 PHY/405-C 100 40 60 PHY/406-C 100 40 60 ENG/404 100 40 60 COA/402-I 100 40 60 Practicals 200 - 200Total 800 240 560(For interdisciplinary subject Computer Application is taken here)

SEMESTER-V

Theory/ Practical Total Marks100%

CCE weightage40%

Semester End examination60%

CHE/507-C 100 40 60CHE/508-C 100 40 60CHE/509-C 100 40 60Project/ Dissertation/Field Work Viva Voce

200 80 120

Practicals 150 150 Total 650 200 450

SEMESTER-VI

Theory/ Practical Total Marks100%

CCE weightage 40%

Semester End examination 60%

CHE/610-C 100 40 60CHE/611-C 100 40 60CHE/612-C 100 40 60Project/ Dissertation/Field Work/Viva Voce

200 80 120

Practicals 150 150 Total 650 200 450 Total Marks Theory/ Practical

Total Marks 100%

CCE weightage 40%

Semester End examination 60%

Semester-I 650 200 450Semester-II 650 200 450Semester-III 800 240 560Semester-IV 800 240 560Semester-V 650 200 450Semester-VI 650 200 450Total 4200 1280 2920

CHANGE OF SUBJECT

• In case student needs a change it will be given within Core Courses. This will be subject to the availability of seats at the end of 1st as well as 2nd semester and on meritobtained at H.S.C.

• Student can choose different Interdisc iplinary courses (COC) in different semesters as given in the table.

EVALUATION SCHEME:

A. Theory: There will be mid-semester and end-semester examinations

1. All examinations will be conducted by respective departments. However, they will be centrally coordinated by the faculty examination cell so that overlapping of examination schedules can be avoided.

2. Mid-semester examination will have 40% weightage.3. End semester examination will have 60% weightage.4. The grades obtained in mid-semester examination will be taken into account for

deciding the final grade in course only in case of regular students. 5. E nd sem este r Examination papers will contain four Questions (each with 15 marks)

with internal option only for the descriptive section (i.e. B section) out of four units of the syllabus. Each question contains 10 marks descriptive type as section B, and 5 marks objective type question as section A. (Internal option will be given for each section B individually)

6. External examiners should be involved for evaluation of 50% of the total credits(Core courses) in 6th semester examination.

B. Practical: Totally external with viva voce

Note: The Dean, Faculty of Science is authorized to resolve any issue related to any

courses or in the proposed examination structure.

PATTERN OF QUESTION PAPER

FOR SEMESTER-END EXAMS

1. Internal options are compulsory (i.e. Q.1 or Q.1; Q.2 or Q.2 etc.)

2. There are four questions (Q. 1 to Q. 4) each question carries 15 marks

The structure for the questions is as under:

Questions Section MarksQuestion – 1 A (Objective type) (no internal option) 5 marks

B (Descriptive - Essay type - Short notes with internal option)

10 marks

Question – 2 A –do- 5 marks B –do- 10 marks

Question – 3 A –do- 5 marks B –do- 10 marks

Question – 4 A –do- 5 marks B –do- 10 marks

Types of questions for section A are varied: like: one line answers/ two line answers/

definitions/ reasoning/ derivations of equations/ derivations of sums/ drawing small

figures/ matching the figures etc.

Continuous Evaluation-CCE: 40 % Semester-End Evaluation-Uni-Exam: 60% A. Theory (concurrent with the class-room teaching) a. Assignments b. Seminars c. Unit - end test d. Attendance B. Tutorials and Practical (concurrent with the laboratory teaching) a. Laboratory performance b. Field performance c. Journal preparation

d. Lab-Teste. Attendance