The University follows the credit system for offering all its programmes. One credit is equal to 30 hours of learners’ study time. To earn BA (Honours) Degree in a discipline, a learner has to complete courses worth 148 credits in a minimum of six semesters (three years). The students have to complete 22 credits each in first and second semesters; 28 credits each in third and fourth semesters; and 24 credits each in fifth and sixth semesters.

The Honours programmes have a mix of courses. For earning 148 credits, a student has to study the following:

 

categories of courses:

Core Courses (CC)

Discipline Specific Electives (DSE)

Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC)

Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC)

Generic Electives (GE)

A learner can choose BA Honours programme in any ONE of the following Disciplines: Economics, English, Hindi, History, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology and Hindustani Music. The study load of the Honours programmes varies from semester to semester. Once the Discipline is chosen, the learner has to take the courses under categories (a) Core Courses and (b) Discipline Specific Elective Courses from that Discipline ONLY in all the semesters.

The programme has 14 core courses. Each core course is of six credits. These courses cover more than half of the programme, 84 credits (14 courses x 6 credits) out of 148 credits of the programme.

Discipline Specific Elective Courses (DSEs) are on offer in the fifth and sixth semesters of the programme. The 4 DSEs are specific(or specialized or advanced or supportive)to the discipline or subject of study and provide an extended scope. They are of 6 credits each (6 courses x 4 credits) and will thus be 24 credits in all.

Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses are of four credits each. As the name suggests, the Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECCs) are compulsory for all learners. There are two AECCs on offer, one each in the first and second semesters.the AECC courses will add upto 8 credits in all.

Skill Enhancement Courses (SECs) are also ability enhancement courses. These are value-based and/or skill based courses and are designed to develop competencies and skills. Each Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) is of four credits. These courses are on offer in the third and fourth semesters. One SEC in each semester (2 courses x 4 credits) will add up to 8credits.

Generic Electives (GEs) are the other type of electives that are on offer in the first, second, third and fourth semesters of the programme and are of 6 credits each. These courses are inter-disciplinary in nature and provide an exposure to other disciplines/ subjects. With one course in each of the first four semesters, (4 courses x 6 credits), GE will come to 24 credits in all.

 

 

In each semester, the students have to study four 4 courses in all from different categories of courses except in the third and fourth semesters when the number of courses goes up to 5. While the courses under CC, DSE and GE Categories are of 6 credits each, the courses under AECC and SEC are of 4 credits each. While the fourteen CCs are distributed across the six semesters, the four DSEs are available in the fifth and sixth semesters only. There will be a number of SECs and the GEs available in the common pool in each of the semesters in which they are offered. A student has to opt for only one GE for study in each of the first four semesters and one SEC during the third and fourth semesters of the programme. The university will be adding new SECs and electives (DSEs and GEs) to the existing pool of courses from time to time. The study load in the first and second semesters will be 22 credits each and while the credit load in the third and fourth semesters will be enhanced to 28 credits each, it will come down to 24 credits each in the fifth and sixth semesters. Thus the total study load will come to 148 credits. The following Table presents the CODES and TITLES of credit load and semester-wise courses available for BA (Performing Arts) Hindustani Music Honours.

Semester I

 

Course Code	Title of the Co rse	No. of Credits
BHMCT 101	Introduction to Hindustani Music and its Fundamentals	6
BHMCL 102	Hindustani Music Vocal Practicum - 1	6

Course Code	Title of the Course	No. of Credits
BHMCT 103	Fundamentals of Hindustani Music	6
BHMCL 104	Hindustani Music Vocal Practicum - 2	6