Keep Open Your Exit Options in DU Four - Year Course Programme

NEW FORMAT:

 

In a two-part series, HT explains the various options that the new programme provides.

 

 

 

THREE-YEAR EXIT OPTION

A student who chooses to opt out after three years will get a Bachelor in discipline 1. If a student, for example, chooses to study Physics, he/she will get a Bachelor in Physics degree. “A student who chooses to drop out after the third year will be at par with graduates in all parts of the country. These students are free to sit for MA entrances as well as the civil services examinations.

 

They will go in for a two-year long Masters’ degree,” said Gulshan Sawhney, deputy dean, students’ welfare. Such a student will have studied 11 foundation papers, 14 main papers, four papers from the minor course chosen in the third semester and fou rapplied courses.

 

FOUR-YEAR EXIT OPTION

 

Students who choose to stay on after the completion of the third year will get a Bachelor with Honours degree. The curriculum in the final year is research-based, with research methodology papers and projects. Such a student will have studied 11 foundation courses, 20 papers (including research) from the main discipline that the student took admission in, six papers from the course that was chosen as a minor in the third semester and four applied courses (skillbased courses) which will also be chosen in the third semester.

 

Such a student will have the opportunity to complete her Masters’ degree in only one year provided it is pursued in Delhi University’s departments. This student will also have the option of pursuing a Masters’ degree in the minor subject, provided she has studied all six papers of that subject.

 

 

Source: HindustanTimes.com