BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY

This is a graduate programme for a period of threeyears with both Indian and Western philosophies as main subjects and EnglishLiterature and Psychology as subsidiary subjects. The minimum academicqualification for admission to this programme is PDC/PUC/Higher Secondary.  Students are admitted to this course onlyafter they pass an entrance test for English, which is conducted three timesbefore the beginning of each academic year.

Credit System: The length and weightage of a courseare determined by the credit it carries. One credit is 20 hours or their equivalent.  Accordingly, a course of 60 hours will havethree credits; a subsidiary course or an elective with 40 hours has twocredits.  A tutorial is estimated to havetwo credits because of two sessions with the tutor and personal efforts putinto it.  The Thesis carries threecredits.  The degree course and the basiccourse will be distinguished mainly on the basis of credits.  As a rule, 141 credits are to be obtained toqualify for the BPh degree; of these, 82 will be for philosophy subjects, 16credits for English Literature, 17 credits for Psychology, and 14 credits forlanguages. There are 12 credits allocated for add-on courses, which are notmerit oriented. The optional courses include electives, interdisciplinaryseminars, and tutorials (on classics in philosophy).  In the following list, the number of creditsfor each optional course is given in Arabic numerals and the semester in whichthey are offered in Roman numbers.

  Bachelor of Philosophy

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