A Bachelor of Arts (BA) is a three year degree that focuses on subjects within the liberal arts, humanities, social sciences, languages, and culture. At GCASCK the BA programme is offered as both a General programme and Honours programme in the following disciplines:-
B.A.(General)
B.A.(Honours)
Programme Structure for B.A.(General) Semester I – VI
| Semester
|
Core Course
(CC)
|
Ability
Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC)
|
Skill
Enhancement Course (SEC)
|
Elective:
Discipline Specific (DSE)
|
Elective:
Generic (GE)
|
| I
|
English 1
DSC 1A DSC 2A DSC 3A
|
English/MIL
Communication OR Environmental Studies* |
GE 1
|
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| II
|
English 2
DSC 1B DSC 2B DSC 3B
|
English/MIL
Communication OR Environmental Studies* |
GE 2
|
||
| III
|
English 3/
MIL/Hindi DSC 1C DSC 2C DSC 3C |
SEC 1
|
GE 3
|
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| IV
|
English 4/
MIL/Hindi DSC 1D DSC 2D DSC 3D
|
SEC 2
|
GE 4
|
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|
V
|
Any two
subjects: DSC 1E DSC 2E DSC 3E |
Any two as
in core DSE 1A DSE 2A DSE 3A
|
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| VI
|
Any
combination taken in Sem. V DSC 1F DSC 2F DSC 3F
|
Any two as
in V sem. combination DSE 1B$ DSE 2B$ DSE 3B$
|
*A student shall offer Language in one semester and Environmental Studies in the other semester. However, Colleges may offer Language and Environmental Studies in both the semesters for different batches of students.
DSC – Discipline Specific Core (1- subject 1; 2- subject 2; 3 – subject 3)
DSE – Discipline Specific Elective (1- subject 1; 2 – subject 2; 3 – subject 3)
Alphabets A, B, C, D, E & F refer to courses of subjects 1, 2 & 3 in various semesters
GE – Generic Elective; SEC – Skill Enhancement Course
$DSP – In lieu of one of the DSEs, a compulsory Discipline Specific Project (DSP) shall be taken up.
Programme Structure for B.A.(Honours) Semester I – VI
| Semester
|
Core Course
(CC)
|
Ability
Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC)
|
Skill
Enhancement Course (SEC)
|
Elective:
Discipline Specific (DSE)
|
Elective:
Generic (GE)
|
| I
|
English 1
DSC 1A DSC 2A DSC 3A
|
English/MIL
Communication OR Environmental Studies*
|
GE 1
|
||
| II
|
English 2
DSC 1B DSC 2B DSC 3B
|
English/MIL
Communication OR Environmental Studies*
|
GE 2
|
||
| III
|
English 3/
MIL/Hindi DSC 1C DSC 2C DSC 3C
|
SEC 1
|
GE 3
|
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| IV
|
English 4/
MIL/Hindi DSC 1D DSC 2D DSC 3D
|
SEC 2
|
GE 4
|
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|
V**
|
DSC 5
DSC 6 DSC 7 |
DSE 1
DSE 2 DSE 3
|
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| VI**
|
DSC 8 DSC 9 DSC 10
|
DSE 4
DSE 5 DSE 6$
|
*A student shall offer Language in one semester and Environmental Studies in the other semester. However, Colleges may offer Language and Environmental Studies in both the semesters for different batches of students.
**A student who desires to acquire Honours degree shall offer DSCs and DSEs in a single
subject of his/her choice in Semesters V and VI.
The core courses shall be common for B.A. and B.A. (Hons.) programmes.
DSC – Discipline Specific Core; DSE – Discipline Specific Elective
GE – Generic Elective; SEC – Skill Enhancement Course
$DSP – In lieu of one of the DSEs, a compulsory Discipline Specific Project (DSP) shall be taken