2 3 M.A. Part I Philosophy (Credit Based Semester System) (w.e.f. Academic Year 2016-17) 4 Course Structure: 1.1 Credits: A course that is taught for 4 hours a week for a period of 15 weeks will carry six credits. 1.2. Course credits: To qualify in a given course, a student will have to acquire six credits in the course. Out of these, four credits are central teaching component and two credits are for the self-study component. The self-study component will consist of academic tasks outside the classroom that will be assigned by the teacher from time to time. The self-study component assigned in this manner will be related to or an extension of but not in lieu of the prescribed syllabus. The self-study component will be given a weightage of 33% in the evaluation of the student. In case of courses with practical component/ field-work components, four credits are for theory course and two credits shall be practical component/filed-work component (regulation 5.1 to 5.9). 1. 3. M. A. Programme: A student who acquires a minimum of 100 credits over four semesters will be declared eligible for the award of the M.A. degree. 1.4. Courses: There shall be five types of courses: (i) Core Course; (ii) Elective Course; (iii) Interdisciplinary/Cross-disciplinary Courses; (iv) Audit Courses; (v) Project-based Courses; (vi) Ability Enhancement Courses (i) Core Course: Core courses are courses that impart instruction in the basic non-specialized aspects of a discipline that constitute the minimum basic competency in that discipline, regardless of any specialization that the learner might choose in the future. Core-Courses shall be offered by the parent department. Core courses shall be for six credits. Minimum 50% courses of the MA programme over four semesters must be core courses. (ii) Elective Courses: Elective courses shall be courses offered by the parent department that impart instructions in specialized/advanced/supportive aspects of the relevant discipline. Each department shall offer a pool of such courses from which a student can choose. Elective Courses shall be for six credits. The syllabus for each elective course will have a preamble clearly stating the course and the learner objectives for the elective, along with the pre-requisites if any and a detailed list of references. (iii) Interdisciplinary/Cross Disciplinary Courses (I/C courses): I/C courses shall be offered by parent department and departments other that parent department. One ‘course basket’ shall be created for the same. Each MA program has to offer a minimum of two courses and maximum of four courses in the basket. Every I/C course shall be for six credits. A student may opt for an I/C course offered by his/her parent department. 5 (iv) Audit Courses: Students can audit a course from the parent department as well as from other departments in addition to the core, elective and I/C courses that are mandatory, with the prior permission of the head/s of the relevant department/s. Such a student will have to apply in writing at most a week after the relevant course has commenced. For the audit course, a student shall attend lectures of the audited course. The student cannot appear for the semester-end examination for the audited course. However, the student shall appear for the internal examination/assessment. The audit course appears on the mark-sheet only when the student passes the internal assessment with minimum 50% marks, failing to which, the student cannot claim the audit for that course. The internal marks shall not be displayed on final mark-sheet. The internal marks shall not be used for the credit computation. A student is permitted to audit maximum four courses in the MA program. (v) Ability Enhancement Course: The ability enhancement courses are skills based course. The ability enhancement courses are to be offered at fourth semester. (vi) Project based courses: Project based courses shall consist of a dissertation. Each dissertation course will carry 10 credits. Every learner shall choose one project based course. 2: Rules for programmes not having a practical component 2.1: Four core courses shall be offered in semesters 1 and 2 each. 2.2. Five elective courses shall be offered in the third semester. No other courses will be offered in the third semester. 2.3. The fourth semester shall consist of one ability enhancement course, one interdisciplinary/cross disciplinary courses (I/C courses) and one project based course. 2.4 Each department will offer at least one I/C course during semester 4. The learner can choose any one course from this basket, including the course offered by his/her parent department. The preamble to this course will clearly specify the prerequisites for this course. 2.5 A learner will have to apply to the relevant department in writing no later than two weeks after the commencement of the fourth semester for taking the I/C course offered by that department. 6 2.6. A learner can relinquish an I/C course chosen by him/her no later than two weeks after the commencement of the fourth semester by applying to the Head of the Department whose I/C course the student wishes to opt for. The application will have to be endorsed by the head of the Department whose I/C course the student has relinquished and the Head of the parent department. 2.7. The Head of the Department offering a specific I/C course will convey the marks of the internal examination obtained by students taking the course to the Head of the parent department before the commencement of the end semester examination of the parent department. Lecture Pattern: There will be 60 lectures per paper during the semester. All papers have 4 units. 15 lectures will be conducted per unit during the semester. There will be 4 lectures per week per paper for 15 weeks. 6.1: The examinations shall be of two kinds: (i) Internal Assessment (ii) Semester End Examination. 6.2. The learner who obtains less than 40 % of the aggregate marks of the relevant examination in that course either in the internal assessment or in the end –semester examination will be awarded the letter grade F in that course. 6.3 Internal Assessment for theory courses: The internal assessment shall be for 40 marks. 6.4 Internal Assessment for practical component/ field work component: The internal assessment shall be for 40 marks. 6.5: The existing rules for moderation of answer sheets will be followed in the case of internal examinations in core courses excluding practical component/ filed work component. 6.6: Semester-End Examination: The semester end examination shall be for 60 marks for theory courses (core /elective) and for practical component/field work component. The semester–end examination for practical component/ filed work component shall be conducted separately. 6.7: If a student is absent from the internal or end semester examination in any course including the project course and practical/filed-work component, he/she will get a grade point of 0 and a letter grade of F. 7 6.8: If a student fails in the internal examination of a core or elective course, or practical/filed work component, he/she will have to appear for the internal examination of the course when the course is offered again. 6.9: If a student fails in the end-semester examination of a core or elective course or practical/filed work component, he/she may reappear for the same examination when it is held again in the following semester. A student can appear at the most three times, including the original attempt. If a student obtains a letter grade F in all the three attempts, he/ she will have to seek fresh admission to the MA programme. 6.10. If a student obtains the letter grade F in any course in a given semester including practical/filed work component, the letter grade F will continue to be shown in the grade card for that semester even when the student passes the course subsequently in another semester. 6.11. If a student obtains minimum 40% marks in the internal assessment and fails to obtain minimum 40% percent marks in the end-semester examination of any course in any of the semester, the marks of the internal examination shall be carried forward. 6.12: The letter grade and the grade point for the course will be computed as in 3.13. 6.13: In any semester, the students GPA will be calculated as follows: where = credits for that course offered in that semester and = grade point obtained in that course offered in that semester. Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA ) at the ned of semester m is calculated as follows: m , where, is the credits for the ith course offered in semester j and is the grade point obtained in the ith course in semester j. There shall be no rounding of GPA and CGPA. 6.14. The semester wise GPA and CGPA shall be printed on the grade card of the student along with table 3.13. 6.15. The final semester grade card shall also have the aggregate percentage marks scored by the student in all the courses including practical/filed work component in which the student has obtained the relevant credits. 8 6.16. In case, if it is required to scale the internal assessment marks and end-semester examination marks to 400 marks per semester and 1600 marks for entire MA course, then internal assessment marks, end- semester examination marks and total marks shall be multiplied by factor 0.8. 6.17: The rules for gracing: the existing ordinance for gracing shall continue to be used. Evaluation Pattern: (I) The paper will be for 100 marks (II) The end of semester exam will be for 60 marks with 24 marks as the standard of passing (III) There will be continuous evaluation for 40 marks with 16 marks as the standard of passing. (IV) The end of semester exam for 60 marks will have 4 questions (1 for each unit for which internal choice may be given) for 15 marks each (V) The continuous evaluation for 40 marks will be as follows: a. 20 marks Project/Practical and Presentation b. 20 marks Internal Test and Overall Participation Attendance requirement: The candidates are required to attend a minimum of 75% of the total number of lectures in each paper in order to be eligible to appear for the end of semester exams at the M.A. Part I level. 9 Overview of Core Papers for Semester I and II with code numbers Semester I Paper I (Core): PAPHI101 Metaphysics (Indian and Western) Paper II (Core): PAPHI102 Epistemology (Indian and Western) Paper III (Core): PAPHI103Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) B Paper IV (Core): PAPHI104 Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) A Semester II Paper V (Core): PAPHI201 Ethics (Indian and Western) Paper VI (Core): PAPHI202 Philosophy of Consciousness(Indian and Western) Paper VII (Core): PAPHI203 Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) C Paper VIII (Core): PAPHI204 Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) D 10 SEMESTER I Paper No. Paper Name Page No. Paper I (Core) Metaphysics (Indian and Western) 09 Paper II(Core) Epistemology(Indian and Western) 12 Paper III (Core) Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) A 14 Paper IV (Core) Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) B 17 11 SEMESTER I Paper I (Core): Metaphysics (Indian and Western) Section I: Indian Metaphysics Unit I: (a) Substance: Monism, Dualism and Pluralism (Vedanta, Samkhya and Nyaya-Jaina); Realism and Idealism (Samkhya-Nyaya-Jaina and Vedanta/Idealist Buddhist schools) (b) Theory of Causation: SatkaryavadaandArambhavada/Asatkaryavada; Vivartavadaand PratityaSamutpada Unit II: (a) Theories of Soul: Soul as Substance (Jainism, NyayaVedanta ), Soul as Reality (Samkhya-Yoga); Anatmavada (Buddhism) and Dehatmavada (Charvaka) (b) Status of World: Vyavahrik and Paramarthika (Vedanta); SamvrittiandParmarthik (Buddhism) Section II: Western Metaphysics Unit III: Basic Concepts of Metaphysics (a) The Nature of Speculative Metaphysics: Being and Becoming; Existence and Essence; Universals and Particulars (b) The problems of causality, space and time Unit IV: Some Metaphysical Debates (a) Realism and Idealism Debate (b) New Directions in Metaphysics: Critique of Speculative Metaphysics; Reconstruction in Metaphysics (Strawson and Heidegger)