Regulation Syllabus
Regulation Syllabus
Regulations – 2019
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM
for
Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (B.E)
(Applicable to the students admitted
from the academic year 2019—2020 onwards)
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ALAGAPPA CHETTIAR GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGG. &
TECHNOLOGY,
KARAIKUDI – 3.
(An Autonomous Institution, Affiliated To Anna University)
Regulations – 2019
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM
Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (B.E)
Applicable to the students admitted from the academic year 2019—2020 onwards.
II) ―Discipline‖ means specialization or branch of B.E. Degree Programme, like Civil
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, etc.
III) ―Course‖ means a theory or practical subject that is normally studied in a semester,
like Mathematics, Physics, etc.
2. Admission
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2.2 Lateral Entry Admission
2.2.1 The candidates who possess the Diploma in Engg. / Technology awarded by the
State Board of Technical Education, Tamilnadu or its equivalent are eligible to apply for
direct admission to the third semester of B.E degree Programme under Lateral Entry
Scheme in the branch corresponding to the branch of study.
Or
2.2.2. The candidates who possess the Degree of science (B.Sc) (10+2+3 stream) with
mathematics as a subject at the +2 level are eligible to apply for admission to the third
semester of B.E Degree Programme. Such candidate shall undergo two additional
engineering subjects in the third and fifth semester or fourth and six semester respectively
as prescribed by the respective discipline. (Annexure – I) .
3. Programmes Offered
A candidate may be offered admission to any one of the disciplines approved by AICTE
and it is offered by this Institution. The Programme offered by the institution is given in
Annexure II.
4. Structure of the Programme
The duration of UG Degree Programme is to be normally of 4 academic years (=8
Semesters), with the year being divided into two Semesters of 20 weeks (>=90 working
days) consisting of Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) in the Semester & Semester
End Examination (SEE) in every semester.
4.1. Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)
The CBCS provides choice to the students to select a number of courses from the
prescribed courses (core, elective or minor or soft skill courses, etc) in order to earn
required credit for the award of degree.
4.2. Course : Usually referred to, as ‗papers‘ is a component of a Programme. All
courses need not carry the same weight. The courses should define learning objectives
and learning outcomes. A course may be designed to comprise lectures/
tutorials/laboratory work / field work / outreach activities/ project work / vocational
training /viva / seminars / term papers / assignments / presentations / self-study etc. or a
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combination of some of these. The typical course structure suggested by AICTE is shown
in Annexure – III. The courses of a Programme are categorized as follows:
(i) Humanities and Social Sciences (HS) courses Engineering Ethics and Human
Values, Communication skills, Environmental Science and Engineering.
(ii). Basic Sciences (BS) courses include Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology,
etc.
(iii). Engineering Sciences (ES) courses include Engineering practices, Engineering
Graphics, Basics of Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical / Computer Engineering,
Instrumentation etc.
(iv). Professional Core Courses
A course which is compulsorily studied by a student for the requirement of a programme
in his / her discipline of study.
(v) Professional Elective Courses
Generally a course which can be chosen from a pool of courses and which may be very
specific or specialized or advanced or supportive to the discipline /domain or nurtures the
candidate‘s proficiency/ skill is called Professional Elective Course.
(vi) Open Elective Courses
An elective course chosen generally from other discipline / subject, with an intention to
seek interdisciplinary exposure is called an open elective. Every student shall earn 9
credits by choosing three of the open elective courses from the open elective list offered
by different departments. While choosing the electives, students shall ensure that they do
not opt for the courses with syllabus contents of which are similar to that of their
departmental core/elective courses.
(v) Employability Enhancement Courses (EEC) include Project Work and/or
Internship, Seminar, Professional Practices, Case Study and Industrial/Practical
Training
(vi) Mandatory Courses prescribed by AICTE/UGC (not for credit calculation)
(vii) Self Study Courses
An elective course designed to acquire a special/advanced knowledge, such as
supplement study/support study to a project work, and a candidate studies such a course
on his own with an advisory support by a teacher is called a Self Study. A student shall
undergo two self- study courses for the entire duration of study.
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(viii) One Credit Courses
One credit courses shall be offered by the Department with the prior approval from the
BOS and Academic Council. Normally one credit courses to be designed by Industrial /
Academic expert for 15 conduct hour. The credits earned through the one credit courses
shall be over and above the minimum credit requirement prescribed in the curriculum.
The students shall undergo one credit courses offered in other Departments with the
permission of Head of Department.
(ix) Online Courses
Students shall earn credit through on line courses offered by International / National
recognized Institutions with prior permission from the respective Head of the Deparment.
(x) Audit Courses
Students shall be able to register for Courses outside the prescribed range of Credits for
audit only, when interested to supplement their knowledge/skills; Optional for students to
appear/pass in CIE, SEE of these courses and/or seek their inclusion in the Grade cards or
Transcripts issued (but, not for earning Credit).
4.3 Credit Representation:
Credit values assigned for different academic activities are shown in the following table.
1 Hr. Lecture (L) per week 1 credit
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CIE and SEE to constitute the major evaluations prescribed for each Course. Each
Course has to be evaluated for 100 marks, irrespective of its Credits.
4.7. Credits Required for Degree Award
It is suggested that the minimum number of Credits to be earned by a student for the
award of Degree should be between 160 and 165 specified in the curriculum of the
relevant branch.
4.8. Grade Point Average (GPA)
It is a measure of performance of work done in a semester. It is ratio of total credit points
secured by a student in various courses registered in a semester and the total course
credits taken during that semester. It shall be expressed up to two decimal places.
4.9 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)
It is a measure of overall cumulative performance of a student over all semesters. The
CGPA is the ratio of total credit points secured by a student in various courses in all
semesters and the sum of the total credits of all courses in all the semesters. It is
expressed up to two decimal places.
4.10 Medium of Instruction. The medium of instruction is English for all courses,
examinations, seminar presentations and project / thesis / dissertation reports.
5.0 Duration of the Programme
5.1 A student is normally expected to complete the B.E. Programme in minimum
period of four academic years but in any case not more than 8 academic years, for HSC
candidates. For Lateral entry students the minimum and maximum period shall be 3 and 6
Academic years respectively.
5.2. Each semester shall normally consist of roughly 90 working days. The Principal
shall ensure that every teacher imparts instruction as per the number of periods / week
specified in the syllabus and that the teacher teaches the full content of the specified
syllabus for the course being taught.
5.3 The Principal may permit to conduct additional classes for improvement, special
coaching, conduct of model test etc., over and above the specified periods. The
end semester examination will follow immediately after the last working day of every
semester as prescribed in the academic schedule.
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5.4 The total period for completion of the Programme reckoned from the
commencement of the first semester to which the candidate was admitted shall not
exceed the maximum period specified in clause (5.1) irrespective of the period of break
of study in order that he / she may be eligible for the award of the degree (vide clause
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6. Faculty Adviser
To help the students in planning their courses of study and for general advice on the
academic Programme, the Head of the Department will attach a certain class of students
to a teacher of the Department who shall function as Faculty Adviser for those
students throughout their period of study. Such Faculty Advisers shall advise the students
and monitor the courses undergone by the students, check the attendance and progress of
the students attached to him/her and counsel them periodically. If necessary, the faculty
adviser may also discuss with or inform the parents about the progress of the students.
7. Class committee
7.1. Every class shall have a class committee consisting of teachers handling the class
concerned, student representatives and a chairperson. The objective of the class
committee is to monitor overall the goal of improving the teaching-learning process. The
functions of the class committee include:
Solving problems experienced by students in the class room and in the laboratories.
Clarifying the regulations of the degree Programme and other details relevant to
academic activities. Informing the student representatives on the details of Regulations
regarding weightage used for each course. In the case of practical courses (laboratory /
drawing / project work / Seminar etc.) the breakup of marks for each experiment /
exercise / module of work, should be clearly discussed in the class committee meeting
and informed to the students.
Analyzing the performance of the students of the class after each series test and
finding the ways and means of solving problems, if any.
Identifying the weak students, if any, and requesting the teachers
concerned to provide some additional help or guidance or coaching to
such weak students.
Informing the students about the attendance details of the class at every
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class committee meeting and advising the students to attend the classes
regularly to avoid shortage of attendance.
7.2. The class committee for a class under a particular branch is normally constituted by
the Head of the Department. However, if the students of different branches are mixed
in a class (like the first semester which is generally common to all branches), the class
committee is to be constituted by the Principal / Chief Faculty advisor.
7.3. The class committee shall be constituted within the first week of each semester.
7.4. At least 4 student representatives (usually 2 boys and 2 girls) shall be
included in the class committee.
7.5. The chairperson of the class committee may invite the Faculty adviser(s) and the
Head of the Department to the meeting of the class committee.
7.6. The Principal may participate in any class committee of the institution.
7.7. The chairperson is required to prepare the minutes of every meeting, submit the
same to Principal within two days of the meeting and arrange to circulate it among the
students and teachers concerned. If there are any recommendations in the minutes that
require necessary action by the Principal, the same shall be brought to the notice of the
Principal.
7.8. The first meeting of the class committee shall be held within one week from
the date of commencement of the semester, in order to inform the students about the
nature and weightage of assessments within the framework of the Regulations. Two or
three subsequent meetings may be held in a semester at suitable intervals. The Class
Committee Chairman shall put on the Notice Board the cumulative attendance
particulars of each student at the end of every such meeting to enable the
students to know their attendance details. During these meetings the student members
representing the entire class, shall meaningfully interact and express the opinions and
suggestions of the other students of the class in order to improve the effectiveness of the
teaching-learning process.
8.0 Examinations
Performance in each course of study shall be evaluated based on (i) Continuous
Internal Assessment throughout the semester and (ii) End semester examination.
8.1 Each course, both theory and practical (including project work & viva voce
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Examinations) shall be evaluated for a maximum of 100 marks.
If there is a theory course with Laboratory component, there shall be three tests:
the first two tests (each 100 marks) will be from theory portions and the third test
(maximum mark 100) will be for laboratory component. The sum of marks of
first two tests shall be reduced to 60 marks and the third test mark shall be
reduced to 40 marks. The sum of these 100 marks may then be arrived at for 30
and rounded to the nearest integer.
8.2.1.1 (a) The credits earned through the one credit courses other than curriculum
shall be over and above the minimum credit requirement prescribed in the
curriculum.
The one credit course shall carry 100 marks based on assessments and Semester
End Examination.
(b) The Industrial / Practical Training, Summer Project, Internship shall carry
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100 marks and shall be evaluated through internal assessment only. At the end
of Industrial / Practical training / internship / Summer Project, the candidate
shall submit a certificate from the organization where he / she has undergone
training and a brief report. The evaluation will be made based on this report and
a Viva-Voce Examination, conducted internally by a three member
Departmental Committee constituted by the Head of the Department. The
certificates (issued by the organization) submitted by the students shall be
attached to the mark list sent by the Head of the Department to the Controller of
Examinations.
(c) The Seminar shall be evaluated for 30 marks internal and 70 marks external
examinations.
8.3 Project Work
Project work may be allotted to a single student or to a group of students not exceeding 4
per group. The Head of the department shall constitute a review committee for project
work for each branch of study. There shall be three reviews during the semester by the
review committee. The student shall make presentation on the progress made by him /
her before the committee. The total marks obtained in the three reviews shall be reduced
for 30 marks and rounded to the nearest integer.
8.3.1 The project report shall carry a maximum of 20 marks. The project report shall be
submitted as per the approved guidelines, given by the COE. Marks shall be awarded to
every student within the project group for the project report. The viva-voce examination
shall carry 70 marks. Marks are awarded to each student of the project group based on
the individual performance in the viva-voce examination.
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8.3.2 If a candidate fails to submit the project report on or before the specified deadline,
then the student(s) is not eligible to appear for Project Viva Voce examination. Further, if
a student fails to secure a pass in project work or not eligible to appear for Viva Voce
Examination, the student shall register and repeat the project work again in the
subsequent semesters..
8.4 Internal marks approved by the Head of the Institution shall be displayed by the
respective HODs within 5 days from the last working day.
9. Requirements for appearing End Semester Examinations
A candidate shall normally be permitted to appear for the End Semester Examination of
any course in a particular semester for which he/she has registered the course if he
could satisfy 75 % attendance in a course. ( For all theory and practical courses except
self study courses).
However, a candidate who secures attendance between 65 % and 75 %, in a
particular semester due to medical reasons (hospitalization / accident / specific illness)
or due to participation in the College / University / State / National / International level
Sports events with prior permission from the Head of the Department concerned shall
be given exemption from the prescribed attendance requirement and he / she shall be
permitted to appear all courses registered in that particular semester examinations.
Candidates who secure less than 65 % attendance in a particular course will not
be permitted to write the Semester End Examination. They are required to repeat the
particular course when the course is offered next.
If a candidate fails to secure atleast 65 % attendance in the 50% of registered
courses, he/she shall be prevented to write the end semester examinations and repeated
all the regular courses registered in the next academic year after getting Re- admission
order from the Commissioner of Technical Education.
Registration is mandatory for semester examinations as well as arrears
examinations. A candidate already appeared for a course/ courses in a semester and
passed the examination is not entitled to appear in the same subject or subjects of the
semester for improvement of grades / marks.
10. Passing requirements
10.1 i) A candidate who secures not less than 50% of total marks prescribed for the
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courses with minimum of 45% of the marks prescribed for the End S emester
Examination in both theory and practical courses s h o w n i n t a b l e
(including Project work, except one credit and self study courses), shall be
declared to have passed the examination. The evaluation for the end semester
shall be 100 marks.
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45 x
(rounded to) 50
ii) Self study courses have only Semester End Examinations only which requires
50% of marks to be declared as pass. ( No Internal Assessment).
iii) One Credit courses shall be assessed with one internal assessment and end
semester examination for 50 marks.
iii) If anyone fail in a elective course, he may reappear or drop that course and
choose another elective course.
10.2 If a candidate fails to secure a pass in a particular course, it is mandatory that
he/she shall register and reappear for the examination in that course during the
subsequent semester when examination is conducted in that course; he/she
should continue to register and reappear for the examinations in the failed
courses till he / she secures a pass.
10.3 The internal assessment marks obtained by the candidate in the first
appearance shall be retained and considered valid for all subsequent
examination till the candidate pass the courses.
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Letter Grade Grade Points Marks range
O (Outstanding) 10 91-100
A+(Excellent) 9 81-90
A(Very Good) 8 71-80
B+(Good) 7 61-70
B( Average) 6 50-60
RA 0 Less than 50
AB (Absent) 0
I (Prevented) 0
W( Withdrawal) 0
12. GPA and CGPA Calculation
After results are declared, Grade Sheets will be issued to each student
which will contain the following details:
Name of the Institution
List of courses enrolled during the semester and the grade scored.
Grade Point Average (GPA) for the semester and
Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of all t he courses
enrolled from t h e first semester onwards.
GPA is the ratio of the sum of the products of the number of credits of
courses enrolled and the points corresponding to the grades scored in those
courses, taken for all the courses, to the sum of the credits of all courses
registered.
. GPA = Sum of C *GPi
Sum of C
“C” - Credits allotted for the subjects.
“GPi” – is the grade point corresponding to the letter grade obtained for each
course.
“GP” - Grade points earned.
“CGPA” will be calculated considering all the courses enrolled from first
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semester.
. “F”, “I” and “W” grades will be excluded for calculating GPA and CGPA.
13. Eligibility for the Award of Degree
A student shall be declared to be eligible for the award of the B.E. Degree
provided the student has
i) Successfully gained the required number of total credits as specified in the
curriculum corresponding to his / her Programme within the stipulated time.
ii) Successfully completed any additional courses prescribed by the BOS and
Academic Council whenever, any candidate is readmitted under regulations
other than R-2019 .
iii) No disciplinary action pending against the student.
iv) The award of Degree must have been approved by the Syndicate of the
University.
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Should have passed the End Semester Examination in all the courses registered
for the minimum credits prescribed in the curriculum of the respective
Programmes semesters within five years (Four years for lateral entry students).
Withdrawal from examination (vide Clause 16) will not be construed as an
appearance.
Should have secured a CGPA of not less than 7.0.
One year authorized break of study (if availed of) ) is permitted in addition to four
years for award of First class.
14.3 Second Class
All other candidates (not covered in clauses 14.1 and 14.2) who qualify for the award of
the degree shall be declared to have passed the examination in Second Class.
14.4. A candidate who is absent in semester examination in a course / project work after
having registered for the same shall be considered to have appeared in that examination
for the purpose of classification.
15. Revaluation
15.1 A candidate can apply for revaluation of his/her semester examination answer paper
in a theory course, within 2 weeks from the declaration of results, on payment of a
prescribed fee along with prescribed application to the Controller of Examinations
through the Head of Department. The Controller of Examination will arrange for the
revaluation and the results will be intimated to the candidate concerned through the Head
of the Department. Revaluation is not permitted for practical courses, seminar and for
project work. A candidate can apply for revaluation of answer scripts for not exceeding 5
subjects at a time.
15.2 If the candidate is not satisfied with the revaluation marks/results, he/she can
challenge, by paying required fee. If there is a change in the result after re-revaluation,
the challenged fee will be refunded to the candidate.
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degree Programme. Also only one application for withdrawal is permitted for that
semester examination in which withdrawal is sought.
16.2 Withdrawal application shall be valid only if the candidate is otherwise eligible to
write the examination (Clause 9) and if it is made within TEN days before the
commencement of the examination in that course or courses and also recommended by
the Head of the Department.
16.3 Notwithstanding the requirement of mandatory TEN days notice, applications for
withdrawal for special cases under extraordinary conditions will be considered on the
merit of the case.
16.4 Withdrawal shall not be construed as an appearance for deciding the eligibility of a
candidate for First Class with Distinction and First Class.
16.5 Withdrawal is NOT permitted for arrears examinations of the previous semesters.
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18. Industrial visits / Training
Every student is required to go for at least one Industrial Visit every year starting from
the second year of the Programme. The Heads of Departments shall ensure that necessary
arrangements are made in this regard.
The students may undergo Industrial training for a period as specified in the Curriculum
during summer / winter vacation. In this case the training has to be undergone
continuously for the entire period.
The students may undergo Internship at Research organization / University (after due
approval from the Head of the Department) for the period prescribed in the curriculum
during summer / winter vacation, in lieu of Industrial training.
19. Personality and Character development
All students shall enroll, on admission, in any one of the personality and character
development Programmes (the NCC/NSS/NSO/YRC) and undergo training for about 80
hours and attend a camp of about seven days. The training shall include classes on
hygiene and health awareness and also training in first-aid.
National Cadet Corps (NCC) will have about 20 parades.
National Service Scheme (NSS) will have social service activities in and around
the College / Institution.
National Sports Organization (NSO) will have sports, Games, Drills and
Physical exercises.
Youth Red Cross (YRC) will have activities related to social services in and
around college/institutions.
YOGA: Students shall practice yoga to improve their physical and mental
strength..
While the training activities will normally be during weekends, the camp will
normally be during vacation period.
Every student shall put in a minimum of 75% attendance in the training and attend
the camp compulsorily. The training and camp shall be completed during the first
year of the Programme. However, for valid reasons, the Head of the Institution
may permit a student to complete this requirement in the second year.
20. Discipline
Every student is required to observe disciplined and decorous behavior both inside and
outside the College and not to indulge in any activity which will tend to bring down the
prestige of the Institution. If a student indulges in malpractice in any of the Internal
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examination/End semester examination he / she shall be liable for punitive action as
prescribed by the university from time to time.
21. Revision of Regulation and Curriculum
The Institution may from time to time revise, amend or change the Regulations,
examination scheme and syllabi if found necessary.
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ANNEXURE- I
ADDITIONAL COURSES TO BE STUDIED BY THE B.Sc. GRADUATES
ADMITTED TO III SEMESTER B.E. / B.TECH. (R-2019) UNDER LATERAL
ENTRY SCHEME
THE FOLLOWING TWO ADDITIONAL COURSES ARE PRESCRIBED FOR
THE B.Sc. GRADUATES
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P M C
No. CODE
1. Engineering Graphics 1 0 4 100 3
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P M C
No. CODE
2. Basic Civil & Mechanical 4 0 0 100 4
Engineering
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ANNEXURE – II
B.E. Degree Programmes :
ANNEXURE – III
Suggested Breakup
Sl.No Course Work - Subject Area of Credits (160
credits)
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