REGULATIONS

NON-TEACHING CREDIT COURSES (Registration, Conduct, Supervision, Progress Monitoring, Assessment & Grading)

AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR

C O N T E N T S

S. No. Description Page No.

1 Definitions 1

2 Institution Project Committee (IPC) 2

3 NTCC Review Committee 3

4 Types of NTCC 3

5 Procedure for Conduct of NTCC 4

6 Finalization of place to undertake NTCC 4

7 Procedure for Registration 4

8 Allocation of Faculty Guide 5

9 Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Work Schedule 5

10 Procedure for Conduct and Progress Monitoring of NTCC 5

11 Assessment Plan and Continuous Assessment 5

12 Submission of Continuous Internal Assessment Marks 7

13 Plagiarism 7

14 Submission of Final Report 7

15 Student Not Meeting the Eligibility Criteria 8

16 Final Assessment 9

17 Grading

9

18 Improvement of Scores / Grades

11

19 Course-wise Detailed Guidelines – Domain-wise/Institution-wise

11

REGULATIONS FOR NON-TEACHING CREDIT COURSES

(Under Section 7(c ), 7(p) and 28(g) of The Amity University Uttar Pradesh Act, 2005, Art. 6(3)(b)(viii) of

First Statutes, and Clause 10 of the First Ordinances)

1. DEFINITIONS:

(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires –

a) “NTCC” shall mean Non Teaching Credit Courses which cannot be effectively taught in the Academic Environment such as Term Paper, Seminar, Field Work, Summer Internship, In-house Practical Training, Major Project, Dissertation etc.

b) “Academic Year” is a period of nearly 12 months devoted to completion of requirements specified in the Scheme of Teaching and the related examinations.

c) “Board of Examiners” shall mean a Board constituted with the approval of the Vice Chancellor for the conduct of practical examinations, workshops, viva-voce examination and evaluation of student performance at the Departments and Constituent Units of the University.

d) “Course Unit “ is a component of an Academic Programme for which a syllabus and required number of contact hours per week are specified

e) “Course Code” shall mean a curricular component identified by a designated code number normally consisting of a string of alphanumeric characters.

f) “Course Credits” shall mean an integer number indicating the weightage assigned to a Course Unit, project, research work or any other academic component, on the basis of contact hours per week on all learning activities.

g) “SGPA” shall mean the Semester Grade Point Average in a semester.

h) “CGPA” shall mean the Cumulative Grade Point Average at the end of semester / programme.

i) “End Term Examination” means an examination conducted by the Amity University Uttar Pradesh at the end of year/semester as prescribed in Scheme of Evaluation of a programme.

j) “Examination Discipline Committee” shall mean the Committee constituted by the Vice Chancellor at the University to consider and decide the cases relating to the acts of misconduct, misbehaviour, indiscipline and/or use of unfair means by the students in the examinations.

k) “External Examiner” shall mean a person who is not in the employment of the Amity University Uttar Pradesh or its Constituent Units and is appointed as an Examiner.

l) “Grade Points” shall mean Grade Points of a course.

m) “CIA” (Continuous Internal Assessment) shall mean Continuous Internal Assessment of a course during the semester.

n) “Internal Examiner” shall mean an Examiner for practical, viva-voce, workshop practice,

seminars etc. including a paper setter and evaluator who is a teacher of the University and its Constituent Units.

o) “Maximum Registration Period” shall mean the maximum period specified in the Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation for a degree, diploma and certificate programme for which a candidate may be registered.

p) “Minimum Registration Period” shall mean the minimum period specified in the Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation of a degree, diploma and certificate programme for which a candidate may be registered.

q) “Ordinances” shall mean the Ordinances of Amity University Uttar Pradesh framed Under Section 4(e) of the Act.

r) “Scheme of Teaching and Examination” shall mean the scheme of teaching and examination for a programme as approved by the Academic Council.

s) “Year” means the academic year.

t) “Institution NTCC Committee (INC)” shall mean a committee at institutional level to approve the area / topic, work schedule of NTCC.

u) “NTCC Review Committee (NRC)” shall mean a review committee at the University level to examine and review the cases for considerations by the Vice Chancellor.

(2) Definitions specified in the Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances shall apply unless the

context requires otherwise.

(3) “He” & “His” imply “he”/ “she” and “His”/ “Her” respectively.

2. INSTITUTION NTCC COMMITTEE (INC) : a) There shall be an Institution NTCC Committee at the Institutional level constituted by the

Vice Chancellor.

b) The composition of the Institution NTCC Committee shall be as under:

(i) Head of Institution / Nominee of HoI - Chairperson (ii) Two Professors / Associate Professors - Member (iii) Area Expert - Member

The tenure of the committee shall be of one academic session. Two third members shall form the quorum of the meeting. There shall be at least two meetings of the Committee, one prior to registration for NTCC and 2nd before conduct of viva-voce. The decisions of the Committee shall be sent to Academic & Examination Department through HoI for records.

c) Functions of the Institution NTCC Committee shall be to approve the area / topic, work

schedule of NTCC after the presentation before the committee on specified date, time and venue. Specified by the Head of the Institution.

3. NTCC REVIEW COMMITTEE:

a) There shall be a NTCC Review Committee at the University level constituted by the Vice Chancellor to examine the cases for consideration by the Vice Chancellor shall be as under:

Pro VC/Dean/HOIs nominated by Vice Chancellor - Chairperson One nominee of VC from Academic Office - Member of the University One HoI - Member Two Professors / Associate Professors from the University - Member Controller of Examinations - Member Secretary

b) The tenure of the committee shall be of one academic session.

c) Function of the committee will be, to consider the cases of the students not meeting the

eligibility criteria for submission of report.

d) The recommendations of the HoIs for all such cases with detailed explanation given by students shall be submitted to the office of Controller of Examinations for consideration of NTCC Review Committee.

e) All such recommendations shall be submitted atleast 10 days prior to the final assessment date for examination.

f) NTCC Review Committee shall decide the eligibility of the students after approval of the Vice Chancellor.

4. TYPES OF NTCC

Various types of NTCCs are Term Paper, Seminar, Field Work, Summer Internship / Industry Internship, In-house Practical Training, Major Project, Dissertation etc.

5. PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCT OF NON TEACHING CREDIT COURSES

a) The procedure shall apply to all NTCCs and shall provide information to both faculty-guides and students, on roles and responsibilities; the conduct and monitoring process; supervision, assessment and submission as per the Guidelines of NTCC.

b) Detailed Guidelines on methodology, lab experiments, field work or analysis of data for each

NTCC shall be defined separately by the Institution/Faculty of studies as per the Regulations of the University.

6. FINALISATION OF PLACE TO UNDERTAKE NTCC (INSTITUTION OR OUTSIDE IN INDUSTRY, RESEARCH LABS, OTHER UNIVERSITIES ETC.) a) The NTCC shall be done at the Institution or outside facilities as per the nature of the

course/choice of student.

b) The Institution NTCC Committee shall decide the place of work.

7. PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION

a) The students shall register on-line on AMIZONE for all NTCCs.

b) A student having genuine reason may be permitted for late registration on grounds such as ill health, student is on approved official duty and in case where institution arranged the internship, but awaits confirmation, provided the student did not opt for self arrangement, initially.

c) The student shall be allowed to register late for NTCC at AUUP or approved external organisation with late registration charges as given below :

i) Upto 10 days after the date of registration for course, with late registration fine of Rs.

500/- . ii) From 11th day to 15th day of the date of registration, with late registration fine of Rs.

1000/-. iii) 16th day to 20th day of registration, with late registration fine of Rs. 2000/- provided

student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the course. iv) After 21st day to 30th days of registration, with late fine of Rs. 5000/- provided student

meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses.

d) The late registration charges may change from time to time as recommended by Finance

Committee.

e) The students who have not registered for the NTCC as per regulations shall be treated as failed in the course.

f) Further, student shall not be promoted to next year especially if he/she has failed in fieldwork / or industry internship etc.

8. ALLOCATION OF FACULTY GUIDE

a) Each student shall be assigned a faculty guide for the NTCC well in advance in a formal manner, depending on the number of students per faculty member, the available specialization among the faculty guides, by Institution NTCC Committee.

b) The allotment / allocation of faculty guide shall not be left to the individual student or teacher.

c) In case a student is undertaking NTCC outside in an industry or research lab or other

university, the students shall have two guides – a faculty guide from the institution and an external guide from the concerned organisation. In such cases of joint guidance, the main guide shall be the faculty guide.

d) The external guide shall be provided with brief guidelines for performance monitoring and

assessment of the student of NTCC.

9. APPROVAL OF TOPIC, SYNOPSIS AND WORK SCHEDULE

a) Student shall finalise the broad area /topic, synopsis and work schedule of his / her NTCC in consultation with the faculty guide.

b) The area/topic, synopsis work schedule of NTCC shall be approved by the Institution NTCC Committee (IPC). The final list, cleared by the IPC and approved by HoI shall be sent to Academic Office in AUUP HQ and CoE, before the date for submission of first Weekly Progress Report.

10. PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCT AND PROGRESS MONITORING OF NTCC The detail procedure for conduct and progress monitoring of Non Teaching Credit Courses shall be given in the Guidelines of NTCC.

11. ASSESSMENT PLAN AND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

a) The weightage of Continuous Internal Assessment and Final Assessment shall be as under:

Sl. No. Continuous Internal Assessment Final Assessment Credit Units

1 50 50 > 8 Credit Units

2 40 60 5-8 Credit Units

3 30 70 Upto 4 credit Units

b) The break up (components and their weightage) of Continuous Internal Assessment shall be

as under:

Sl. No.

Activity Marks

(CIA = 40%) Marks

(CIA = 50%)

1 Timely Registration 01 01

2 Topic and Synopsis Approval 02 02

3 WPRs (No. of WPRs Submitted) (Satisfactory WPR)

08 07

10 10

4 2 Periodic Progress Review by a board of faculty through presentation

08 08

5 1st Draft on time 01 01

6 2nd Draft on time 01 01

7 Final Report (Plagiarism Report with <10% Plagiarism) *

01 01

8 Final Report timely submission 01 01

9 Final Report Assessment 10 15

* As per Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.

c) The break up (components and their weightage) of Continuous Internal Assessment in case

of CIA = 30%, shall be as decided by the Institution.

d) The faculty guide shall assess the project report as part of Continuous Internal Assessment as under:

S.No. Parameter Weightage (10) Weightage (15)

1. Introduction and Statement of the Problem 1.5 2

2. Review of Literature: 1.5 2

3 Methodology/methods/Approach 1 2

4 Data Collection, Analysis, Results findings/Outcomes and conclusions

3 4

5 Future scope and Limitations outlined 1 1

6 Quality of work and written expression 1 2

7 Student Learning Outcomes 1 2

e) The institutions / faculty of studies may define the components of report assessment and

their weightage as per the course objectives, and student learning outcomes. f) In case the NTCC is under joint supervision of faculty guide and external guide, the

weightage of Internal assessment shall be equally divided between both the supervisors (faculty guide and external guide) as per following:

i) The faculty guide shall give the Continuous Internal Assessment marks as per the

university guidelines.

ii) The marks provided by external guide shall be converted into 30/40/50 as the case may be on Continuous Internal Assessment norms, for specific course.

iii) The average of marks given by faculty guide and converted marks of external guide shall be treated as final Continuous Internal Assessment marks for NTCC.

iv) It is the responsibility of the student and faculty guide to ensure the external guide forwards the assessment on time to the institution. In case the marks of external guide are not received the Institution NTCC Committee shall review the case and put up its recommendations to HoI and CoE.

12. SUBMISSION OF CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT MARKS a) The institution shall send the Continuous Internal Assessment marks along with all the reports

from AMIZONE and supporting documents of all the students to Controller of Examinations (CoE).

b) CoE shall declare the list of eligible students for the final assessment, after examining all the

cases.

13. PLAGIARISM

The NTTC report must be written in students own words. However, if required to cite the words of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments and ideas) have to be appropriately acknowledged. It is mandatory that each project report shall be checked for plagiarism through Turnitin or similar software before submission. The content which is based on existing published work must come from properly quoted material and from the references cited section. After checking the accuracy of the citations and references of such content the plagiarism report should not return similarity index of

more than 15% in any circumstance. However, if the matching text is one continuous block, the index of 15% could still be considered plagiarism. Any report with higher than this percentage matching must be explained by the student. The details of copy rights, professional ethics are given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.

14. SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT

a) The student shall write the project report / dissertation and submit the final report as per instructions given in Guidelines.

b) Following shall be submitted along with final report,: i) WPR ii) NTCC Dairy iii) Plagiarism Report

c) A student shall be eligible to submit his/her report and final assessment provided he/she meets following conditions:

i) Did Online Registration on Amizone for the NTCC course. ii) Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan are approved by the faculty guide. iii) Atleast 90 % of WPRs were submitted iv) Atleast 80% of the WPRs were satisfactory v) Under special circumstances, Vice Chancellor may condone upto 5% of eligibility

criteria for submission of report. vi) Similarity index not more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

15. STUDENTS NOT MEETING THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

a) The students who are not eligible to submit the report shall re-submit the report as per the following norms:

Parameter Action

Online Registration for the NTCC course not done

Re-do the NTCC

Has not taken the approval of the Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the faculty guide

Re-do the NTCC

< 90 % of WPRs were submitted

Penalty in Continuous Internal Assessment marks as under: 80 - 89% = 10 marks deducted 75 - < 80% = 12 marks deducted 70 - < 75% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on recommendations of NTCC Review Committee with cap of B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks from Continuous Internal Assessment. < 70 % = Re-do the NTCC

< 80% of the WPRs were satisfactory

<80-75% = 10 marks to be deducted <75-70% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on recommendations of a committee with cap of B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks from Continuous Internal Assessment.

Similarity index more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

If in plagiarism report the similarity index is >15%, the student is required to re-write the report/thesis provided meets all the other criteria.

Important:

The students not meeting the eligibility criteria, shall be required to provide detailed justification for special consideration by the NTCC Review Committee.

The students re-submitting the thesis due to plagiarism shall be eligible for the grade earned by him provided he/she has submitted same atleast 10 days prior to the final assessment of the batch. If the student fails to submit the revised thesis in the prescribed time he / she shall not be awarded more than B+ grade.

The students who shall re-do the NTCC shall be awarded grade not more than B+.

b) Duly constituted NTCC Review Committee shall examine the cases of students for special consideration by Vice Chancellor

c) The recommendations of the HoIs for all such cases with detailed explanation given by students shall be submitted to the office of Controller of Examinations for consideration of NTCC Review Committee.

d) All such recommendations shall be submitted atleast 10 days prior to the final assessment date for examination.

e) NTCC Review Committee shall decide the eligibility of the students after approval of the Vice Chancellor

16. FINAL ASSESSMENT a) The final assessment and submission of NTCC shall be done only for eligible students.

b) The final assessment of NTCC shall be treated as End Semester Examination.

c) It shall be mandatory for the students to appear for final assessment as per scheduled date and

time.

d) If a student fails to appear in the final assessment as per schedule, he/she shall be treated as absent.

e) For such cases same rules shall be applicable as those for examinations of teaching courses. The assessment of ‘I’ category students shall be done within one month of final assessment of the batch.

f) The board of evaluators shall assess the eligible students as per prescribed guidelines and assessment sheets.

g) The evaluation shall be done separately by each evaluator and duly signed copy of same shall be forwarded to CoE on the same day.

h) The evaluators shall be paid the honorarium as per the rules of the university.

i) The CoE shall appoint an observer and the observer shall submit the report as per the regulations of the University.

17. GRADING

a) Absolute Grading for a Class of students upto 30 and Relative Grading for a Class of more than 30 students shall be followed.

b) For NTCC with ≥ 15 credits, letter grades shall be ‘S’ for Satisfactory and ‘U’ for Unsatisfactory. Grades shall be decided based on regulations and guidelines on “Conduct, Assessment & Evaluation of Non Teaching Credit Courses”.

c) Arithmetic Mean in case of Relative Grading shall be ‘B+’ Grade while calculating Grades for NTCCs as under:

Table - ‘A’ for NTCC (For Both UG and PG Courses)

TABLE – B of Regulation 01 Table - ‘A’ for NTCC

(For Both UG and PG Courses)

Lower Range

of Marks

Grade Upper Range

of Marks

A+ > x¯ +

1.5

x¯ + 1.0

<

A x¯ +

1.5

x¯ + 0.5

<

A- x¯ +

1.0

x¯ < B+ x¯ +

0.5

x¯ - 0.5

<

B x¯

x¯ - 1.0

<

B- x¯ -

0.5

x¯ - 1.5

<

C+ x¯ -

1.0

x¯ - 2.0

<

C x¯ -

1.5

F x¯ -

2.0

Lower Limit of Marks starts at

Grade Upper Limit of Marks ends

at

And 91

≤ 100

But not more than 49

0 ≤

d) For NTCC Courses, the minimum percentage of Marks for award of A+ grade shall not be less

than 91%.

e) For Absolute Grading, the table for calculation of grades shall be as under:

Table - ‘B’ for NTCC (For Both UG and PG Courses)

Grade Range of Marks

A+ 100-91

A 90-81

A- 80-71

B+ 70-61

B 60-51

B- 50-45

C+

44-40 (for PG) 44-35 (for UG)

C 39-37 (for PG) 34-32 (for UG)

F Less than 37 (for PG) Less than 32 (for UG)

f) It shall be mandatory to qualify in Continuous Internal Assessment.

g) If Continuous Internal Assessment is below the required criteria as given in guidelines then student shall not be allowed to appear for Viva-voce.

h) ‘S’ Grade shall be awarded on more than 50% of the marks obtained in total for PG and 45% marks for UG, provided the student meets the eligibility of submission of project report as per the guidelines for NTCC.

18. IMPROVEMENT OF SCORES / GRADES

The students shall be allowed to improve his / her Scores / Grades as under:

a) The student who has passed in the NTCC but failed in semester where semester has only one course i.e., NTCC, the student may be allowed to re-do the NTCC again. The student shall not be awarded grade more than B+.

b) The student shall apply to repeat the NTCC to his HoI within fifteen days of result declaration.

c) HoI shall send the recommendation to the CoE for consideration of NTCC Review Committee and for approval of Vice Chancellor.

d) The student shall repeat NTCC in corresponding semester or immediately after the final

semester result declaration or during extended period. The students shall register again for the NTCC course as per the regulations and guidelines of the University.

e) The students shall complete the mandatory time required for the course. The date of

registration, submission of Continuous Internal Assessment, final report and final assessment of NTCC shall be announced by CoE along with block examination calendar and with supplementary examinations.

f) The student shall do the NTCC on a new topic and shall be assigned the faculty guide as per the

guidelines. g) The progress monitoring, continuous assessment, submission of report and final assessment

shall be done as per the regulations and guidelines of the University. The previous marks of Continuous Internal Assessment shall be treated as NULL and VOID once the student is registered again. Institution shall submit new Continuous Internal Assessment marks.

19. COURSE-WISE DETAILED GUIDELINES – DOMAIN-WISE/INSTITUTION-WISE Faculty of Studies / Institutions shall follow the detailed guidelines for each NTCC being conducted by respective institutions as per the Regulations and Guidelines of the University.

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GUIDELINES

NON-TEACHING CREDIT COURSES (Registration, Conduct, Supervision, Progress Monitoring, Assessment & Grading)

AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR

C O N T E N T S

Sl. No. Description Page No.

1 Introduction 1

2 Objectives of Non Teaching Credit Course: 1

3 Types of Non Teaching Credit Courses 2

4 Credit Units 3

5 Student Learning Outcomes: 4

6 Issues in Conducting of NTCC 4

7 Guidelines for Conduct of Non Teaching Credit Courses 5

8 Assessment Plan and Continuous Assessment 9

9 Plagiarism 11

10 Submission of Final Report 11

11 Students Not Meeting the Eligibility Criteria 12

12 Procedure for Examination of Cases for Special Consideration 13

13 Final Assessment 13

14 Components of Final Assessment 14

15 Report Requirements 16

16 Guidelines for Writing the Report 17

17 Improvement of Scores & Grade 19

18 Course-Wise Detailed Guidelines – Domain-wise/Institution-wise 19

1. INTRODUCTION

The academic philosophy of Amity University revolves around student centric learning, which takes into consideration their varied learning needs and significantly accelerates their retention of both knowledge and skills. It inspires and gives the chance to the student to operate, manage and monitor his/her own learning process under the supervision and the guidance of a faculty supervisor, so that he/she could train himself to be independent and develop oneself to be a good professional. Non Teaching Credit Courses (NTCCs) have proved to be great tools to achieve the objectives of student centric learning. Following are attributes of Non-Teaching Credit Courses (NTCCs):

NTCCs are part of Programme Structure and are compulsory

have credit units assigned to them

not conducted as regular class lecture, lab practical or tutorial

are self exploratory / application oriented /field work oriented in nature

are done under the supervision/guidance of faculty guide and/or external guide depending upon the place of course being undertaken

conducted during the summer break or during the semester

allows students to pursue their area of interest to greater depth

help students to relate theory to actual practice in the industry

help students to be innovative, creative and through independent study The courses are conducted either at institution, industry, other research labs or universities in India and abroad.

2. OBJECTIVES OF NON TEACHING CREDIT COURSE:

There are certain phases of every student’s professional development that cannot be effectively taught in the academic environment. These facets can only be learned through direct, on-the-job experience working with successful professionals and experts in the field. The internship programme can best be described as an attempt to institutionalize efforts to bridge the gap between the professional world and the academic institutions. Entire effort in NTCCs is in terms of extending the program of education and evaluation beyond the classroom/laboratory of a university or institution.

The objectives of the NTCCs are

To provide an opportunity to students to demonstrate the ability to devise, select and use a range of methodologies and tools to the Chosen/Given project, applying the theoretical knowledge to a real life situation.

Experiential Learning outside classroom through self exploration, practical experience, Industry, field experience, live experience, research, design projects etc.

The learning process in the NTCC seeks out and focuses attention on many latent

attributes, which do not surface in the normal class room situations.

Research and its importance in experiential learning through NTCC. These experiential learning attributes through NTCC include:

– Intellectual ability, – Professional judgment and decision making ability, – Inter-disciplinary approach, – Skills for data handling, – Ability in written and oral presentation, – Sense of responsibility – Developing professional Skills – Application of theory, concepts in given industry /practical / field scenario

3. TYPES OF NON TEACHING CREDIT COURSES

Various types of NTCCs include

Term Paper: A 'term paper' is a research paper written by students during a specified semester or summer break. They are generally intended to describe an event, a topic, a concept, to put forth a point.

Seminar: A Seminar is an important component of learning in a programme where the student learns to prepare a report and presentation on a particular topic.

Field Work: Fieldwork provides an opportunity to students to integrate theory and practice from courses to an organizational context. This opportunity to observe, participate, and perform independently in a supportive environment is especially useful for students without previous experience in the field. It also helps the students to decide the area of specialization or career path.

Summer Internship/Industry Internship: Summer internship / industry Internship programme is an integral part of the academic curriculum of most of the programmes. It aims at widening the student's perspective by providing an exposure to real life organisational and environmental situations. This enables the students to explore an industry/organistion, build a relationship with a

prospective employer, or simply enhance their skills in a familiar field. The internship also provides invaluable knowledge and networking experience to the students. Ideally the duration of the Industry internship is six to eight weeks. However, in some cases this period could be extended, but not more than 18 weeks.

In-house Practical Training: In-house Practical training is mainly for technical programme. The objective of this training is to provide the students with sufficient skills to meet the practical requirements of the course in-house (within Department/Institution/Faculty) and to develop design and experimental skills.

Major Project: Major Paper/Project is a scholarly essay/research project/design project that shows evidence of critical analysis and understanding of the topic. Project is also design based where a group of students on various aspects of an integrated design.

Dissertation: A substantial, sustained and independent exercise in research or scholarship produced by an individual student involving substantial data collection in the field and/or the laboratory with the work presented as a written report, which demonstrates scholarship at an appropriate level and in an area relevant to the chosen degree of the student. Dissertation provides an opportunity to the students to demonstrate the ability to devise, to show the application of skills of data collection, critical analysis and concept synthesis necessary for formation of defensible conclusions. It also provides a platform to demonstrate ability to draw appropriate conclusions argued from the evidence presented and also a forum to demonstrate the skills of structuring and present a balanced informed, complete, clear and concise written argument.

Research: Research is an integral part of any NTCC. Research can generally be classified by Purpose or by Method or by Source of Data.

Research by purpose:

– Basic Research – Applied Research,

Research by Method:

– deductive research and – inductive research.

Research by source of Data:

– Primary research – Secondary research

4. CREDIT UNITS a) The range of credit units of NTCCs is from 1-30 credits depending upon nature, level

and duration of NTCC’s as given below:

S.No. Course Title Credit Units

1 Term paper 01 - 10

2 In-house Practical Training 03 - 04

3 Industry/Summer Training/Internship/ Assignment 03 - 30

4 Minor Project 02 - 06

5 Major Project 08 - 22

6 Field work 01 - 15

7 Seminar/Conference 01 - 12

9 Dissertation 04 - 30

10 School Experiences 16

11 Performing & Fine Arts in Education 02

12 Reflection Journal of Practices & Experiences 01

13 Clinical Training /Internship 04 - 16

14 Orientation to Clinicals 08

15 Physiotherapy Clinicals 08 – 12

16 Rural Camps 04

17 Block Placement 08 – 10

18 Empirical Research 06 – 09

19 Landscape Architecture Thesis 28

20 Public Relations & Events 08 – 12

21 Photography 08 – 12

22 Electronic Communication project 12

23 Media Marketing & Planning –corporate experience 08

24 Client Servicing & Account Planning- Corporate experience 08

25 Creative Advertising 08

26 Digital Portfolio 10

27 Film Making 10

28 Computer Animation 10

29 Survey Camp 02

b) Following are the Credit Units associated with different modes of

Teaching/Learning: – Lecture : 100% – Tutorials : 100% – Laboratory : 50% – Field Work/Self Exploratory

Learning in Lab : 15-20%

c) Therefore eight weeks full-time NTCC will have credit units:

– 40 days × 8hrs per day/6hrs = 5.3 credit units (i.e. 5 to 6 credit Units)

d) To earn 9 credit units for a NTCC, a student must put in self efforts:

– 9 credits × 55 to 60 hrs / per credit = 495 to 540 hrs – No. of days required in Full-time mode : 495hrs/8hrs per day = 62days =

2months – No. of Days required in part-time mode : 495days/3hrs per day:=165 days = 5 to

6 months

e) Therefore, faculty guide must ensure the minimum efforts put in by students commensurate with the prescribed credit units of a course.

5. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

The student learning outcomes are very critical for every course. Therefore, these must be clearly defined keeping in mind the programme objectives and course objectives.

6. ISSUES IN CONDUCTING OF NTCC

• Lack of Clarity of objectives • Lack of Clarity about Expectations • Lack of proper guidelines about conduct of course • Relationship between objectives, methodology, output, quality and credit units • Commencement & Duration • Progress Monitoring & Report • Role of Faculty & Guidance • Discipline & deadlines • Originality of Work / Plagiarism • Output and Quality • Evaluation Scheme • Non Submission of marks on time • Conduct of back paper of a NTCC

7. GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCT OF NON TEACHING CREDIT COURSES

Irrespective of the nature of the NTCCs, these guidelines are described as Guidelines for all

the NTCCs. The guidelines give a methodical approach to NTCC that will ensure effective supervision and manage student expectations to improve student learning experience. It aims:

To provide a systematic approach to NTCCs across the university.

To provide students taking NTCC with a valuable learning experience.

To enable students to develop as independent learners

To promote the dissemination of effective practice.

To support faculty guides in the supervision, progress monitoring and assessment of NTCC.

To enable students to follow prescribed guidelines for the course.

a) These Guidelines apply to all NTCC’s and provides information to both faculty-guides and students, on roles and responsibilities, the conduct & monitoring process, supervision, assessment and submission.

b) The prime responsibility for managing the NTCC lies with the student and the faculty guide. A faculty guide will be identified for each student.

c) There will be clarity regarding the role and responsibilities of the student, faculty guide, and external guide and NTCC Review committee.

d) These guidelines do not offer guidance on detailed methodology, lab experiments, field work or analysis of data. These aspects of each NTCC must be defined separately by the Institution/Faculty of studies as per the Regulations/Guidelines of the University.

7.1 Briefing the Students about NTCC Regulations & Guidelines

A briefing session for all the students and concerned faculty guides must be organized by the institutions well in advance so that the students and faculty guides are able to prepare well & proceed for the course as per guidelines. For example the briefing for Project / Dissertation in final semester for UG / PG students must be done in mid of odd semester of the academic session so that the students are able to finalise:

(i) the broad area of work, and (ii) the industry/research lab/ external university on their own or with the help

of Institution.

The Guidelines for concerned NTCC must also be uploaded on AMIZONE for students and faculty guides. 7.2 Roles and Responsibilities of students a) Commit to a schedule of meetings, in order to ensure that the agreed schedule is

adhered to and deadlines met. b) use supervisory time allocated effectively, c) manage tutorial / gap lectures/ briefing sessions effectively by preparing for same

in advance, d) keep appointments which have been arranged, e) to send regularly Weekly Progress Report (WPR) to Faculty guide f) maintain a record of supervisory meetings, g) act responsibly and professionally during fieldwork /industry internship/work in

external labs etc h) make use of AUUP guidance and documentation to plan and monitor progress of

the NTCC, to maximise the benefit of tutorial support, and to implement the feedback and approved action plan for development of the project.

i) recognise ethical responsibilities and understand the regulations with regard to plagiarism,

7.3 Roles and Responsibilities of Faculty Guide/Supervisor To advise on:

the topic, synopsis and work schedule of NTCC and its resources

To assist the student in identifying problems/issues and suggest/agree on specific action to address those

risk assessment, where appropriate

methodologies

referencing / plagiarism

ethical practice, as appropriate

information sources, including AUUP material, to support planning, monitoring progress of the NTCC

structure and presentation of NTCC

To discuss progress of NTCC

To offer feedback on partial versions of NTCC

To maintain regular supervisory contact.

To contact any student who fails to attend supervisory sessions

To advise the student of NTCC who are considered exemplary 7.4 Finalisation of Place to undertake NTCC Course (institution or outside in

industry, research labs, other universities etc)

a) The NTCC can be done at the Institution or outside facilities as per the nature of the course/choice of student. Certain courses can be done at both internally or externally. Further, certain courses can only be done in industry, such as Industry internship, Social work, Clinical Psychology & legal practice etc.

b) The Institution NTCC Committee will decide the place of work. c) The student is given the choice to either arrange the external organisation for NTCC

on his own or avail the institutional facilities. d) If the training/project etc is organized by the institution in an industry etc, then the

student has to undertake his NTCC in the assigned organisation. e) The student can arrange outside organisation for NTCC on his /her own also. In

such cases the student has to take permission from HoI / Faculty Coordinator atleast three months prior to the commencement of the NTCC course so that ‘Bonafide Student Letter’ (maximum seven organisations chosen by the student) can be given to students by the institution as per guidelines of the university.

7.5 Registration for the Course

a) The students are required to register on-line on AMIZONE for the NTCC courses as

per the guidelines. For example a student is required to register for a summer Internship in industry during summer break or during the semester as the case may be, before joining the company.

b) A student having genuine reason may be permitted for late registration on following grounds:

i) Ill health - provided the student has informed the institution on time and had taken sick leave from HoI.

ii) Institution arranged the internship, but awaits confirmation provided the

student did not opt for self arrangement, initially. iii) Student is on approved Official Duty, representing university/ institution in

competitions, seminars, placements activities etc.

c) The student will be allowed to register late for NTCC at AUUP or approved external organisation upto a certain period with certain late registration charges as per following conditions:

i) Upto 10 days after the date of registration for course with late registration

Charges of 500/- . ii) From 11th day to 15th day of the date of Registration with late registration charges

of 1000/-. iii) 16th day to 20th day of Registration with late registration charges of 2000/-

provided student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses iv) After 21st day to 30 days of Registration with late charges of 5000/- provided

student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses.

d) The late registration charges may change from time to time as recommended by Finance Committee.

e) The students who have not registered for the NTCC course as per regulations will not be permitted to submit any report and will be treated as having failed in the course.

f) Further, student will not be promoted to next year specially if he/she has failed in fieldwork / or industry internship etc.

7.6 Allocation of Faculty Guide

a) Each student shall be assigned a faculty guide for the NTCC well in advance in a formal manner depending on the number of students per faculty member, the available specialization among the faculty guides by Institution Project Commiittee.

b) Incase a student is undertaking NTCC outside in an industry or research lab or other university, the students will have two guides – a faculty guide from the institution and an external guide from the concerned organisation. In Such cases of joint guidance, the main guide will be faculty guide.

c) The allotment / allocation of supervisor shall not be left to the individual students or

teacher.

d) The external guide must be provided with brief guidelines for performance monitoring and assessment of the student of NTCC.

e) The faculty guide from Amity must closely interact with the external guide and monitor the progress of the student in NTCC at the host institution/ industry/ research lab etc. Faculty guide must also strengthen the relationship with the host organisation of the student for future collaborative research and placement of the student in that organisation.

7.7 Briefing Sessions/ Tutorials/Gap Lectures for students

Briefing Sessions/Tutorial/Gap Lectures are very important for undertaking the NTCC. Therefore, it is mandatory for the students to attend the same whenever institution/faculty guide have scheduled the same: During such sessions students should expect to:

discuss ideas and concerns.

be guided on resources and the development of a topic / area,

be provided with direction to help them to manage the process,

to be provided with advice on academic style, format and the scope of NTCC.

be provided with general feedback,

be provided with feedback on their NTCC and apply the comments they receive through processes of reflection and action-planning to other parts of their development work.

7.8 Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Work Schedule

a) Student will finalise the broad area /topic, synopsis and work schedule of his / her NTCC in consultation with the faculty guide. If the student is undertaking the NTCC outside Amity, he/she will provide broad area of NTCC course at the time of Registration. However, within ten days after the registration / joining the organisation, whichever is earlier, the student will work on the topic, synopsis and work Schedule of his/her project /training/ dissertation under the guidance of external supervisor and faculty guide.

b) The student will sent the synopsis along with work schedule duly approved and signed by external guide to his faculty guide as per attached format. He will also update the details on AMIZONE for approval of faculty guide. If faculty guide feels certain lacuna in the synopsis and work schedule, he / she will discuss with the external guide and finalise same in order to meet the Course Objectives (COs) and Learning Outcomes (LOs) in accordance with Programme Learning Objectives (PLOs).

c) The work / project Schedule (Project Plan) to be prepared using GANTT or PERT chart as per attached appendix.

d) The area/topic, work schedule of NTCC will be approved by the Institution NTCC Committee (INC). The student will make a presentation before the INC on specified date, time and venue. The final list cleared by the INC and approved by HOI will be sent to Academic Office in AUUP HQ and CoE, before the date of first Weekly Progress Report.

7.9 Conduct and Progress Monitoring of NTCC a) The students will undertake NTCC as per the course requirement and work

schedule.

b) The students will regularly report to their faculty guide for their weekly progress as per the prescribe format of Weekly Progress Report (WPR).

c) The student is required to send regularly Weekly Progress Report (WPR) even if he/she is working outside Amity under the supervision of external Guide. A Sample format of WPR is attached.

d) Faculty guide will mark the status of Weekly Progress Report (WPR) received and quality of work done on AMIZONE. Faculty guide will also give feedback to students.

e) The student will also maintain daily diary of the work done which need to be submitted to the faculty guide.

f) The student will maintain the record of interaction and feedback by Faculty Guide as

per the attached Appendix-.

g) Periodic progress Review by a faculty board will be done. For this institution will announce at the time of registration for the course. The institution must chalk out the plan (Skype presentation etc) for periodic progress review of the students who are working out of country.

8. ASSESSMENT PLAN AND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

a) The institute will define the assessment plan and tools keeping in mind the Program

Learning Outcomes (PLOs), Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Course objectives.

b) The assessment will have clearly defined Continuous Internal Assessment and Final Assessment weightage, which have various components to assess various learning outcomes.

c) The weightage of CIA and Final Assessment will be as under:

Continuous Internal

Assessment Final

Assessment Credit Units

1 50 50 > 8 Credit Units

2 40 60 5-8 Credit Units

3 30 70 Upto 4 credit Units

d) The breaks up (components and their weightage) of continuous internal assessment are

given as under:

S. No. Title Marks

(CIA = 40%) Marks

(CIA = 50%)

1 Timely Registration 01 01

2 Topics & Synopsis Approval 02 02

3 WPRs (No. of WPR Submitted) (Satisfactory WPR)

08 07

10 10

4 2 Periodic Progress Review by a board of faculty through presentation

08 08

5 1st Draft on time 01 01

6 2nd Draft on time 01 01

7 Final Report (Plagiarism Report with <10% Plagiarism)

01 01

8 Final Report timely submission 01 01

9 Final Report Assessment 10 15

e) The institution may define the weightage of each component depending upon type,

learning student outcomes, level and duration of NTCC.

f) In case the NTCC is under joint supervision of faculty guide and external guide, the weightage of Continuous Internal Assessment will be equally divided between both the supervisors (faculty guide and external guide) as per following:

i) The faculty guide will give the CIA marks as per the university guidelines.

ii) The marks provided by external guide will be converted into 30/40/50 as the case

may be on CA/IA norms, for specific course.

iii) The average of marks given by faculty guide and converted marks of external guide shall be treated as final CA/IA marks for NTCC.

iv) It is the responsibility of the student and faculty guide to ensure the external guide sends the assessment on time. In case the marks of external guide are not received the Institution NTCC Committee will review the case and put up it recommendations to HoI and CoE.

8.1 Project Report Assessment:

The faculty guide will assess the project report as part of IA/CA as under:

S.No. Parameter Weightage (10) Weightage (15)

1. Introduction and Statement of the Problem 1.5 2

2. Review of Literature: 1.5 2

3 Methodology/methods/Approach 1 2

4 Data Collection, Analysis, Results findings/Outcomes and conclusions

3 4

5 Future scope and Limitations outlined 1 1

6 Quality of work and written expression 1 2

7 Student Learning Outcomes 1 2

The institution / faculty of studies may define the component of report assessment as per the course objectives and student learning outcomes.

8.2 Submission of Continuous Internal Assessment Marks

a) The institution will send the CIA marks along with all the reports from AMIZONE

and supporting documents of all students to CoE.

b) CoE will declare the list of students eligible for the final assessment after examining all the cases.

9. PLAGIARISM

a) The NTTC report must be written in students own words. However, if required to cite the words of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments and ideas) have to be appropriately acknowledged.

b) It is mandatory that each project report shall be checked for plagiarism through Turnitin or similar software before submission. The content which is based on existing published work must come from properly quoted material and from the references cited section. After checking the accuracy of the citations and references of such content the plagiarism report should not return similarity index of more than 15% in any circumstance. However, if the matching text is one continuous block, the index of 15% could still be considered plagiarism. Any report with higher than this percentage matching must be explained by the student. The details of copy rights, professional ethics are given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.

10. SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT

The most important aspect of the courses is the final report. Therefore following must be ensured for producing quality report. a) The student will start the project report / dissertation while doing his/her NTCC course

as per the prescribed guidelines

b) The students will submit 1st draft of the report to the guide for guidance. Followed by

the submission second of draft of report after making necessary changes as suggested by the guide.

c) The final report shall be submitted after checking plagiarism through Turnitin or any

other format subscribed by University. Copying material should not be more than 10% provided source is mentioned in the report along with proper acknowledgement and referencing as per plagiarism policy of the university.

d) Following will be submitted along with final report,: o WPR o NTCC Dairy o Plagiarism Report

e) A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided he/she meets following conditions:

a. Online Registration for the NTCC course b. Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the guide c. 90 % of WPR were submitted d. 80% of the WPR were satisfactory e. Similarity index not more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

11 STUDENTS NOT MEETING THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The students who are not eligible to submit the report will re-submit the theses as per the following guidelines:

Parameter Action

Online Registration for the NTCC course not done

Re-do the NTCC

Has not taken the approval of the Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the faculty guide

Re-do the NTCC

< 90 % of WPRs were submitted

Penalty in Continuous Internal Assessment marks as under: 80 - 89% = 10 marks deducted 75 - < 80% = 12 marks deducted 70 - < 75% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on recommendations of NTCC Review Committee with cap of B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks from

Continuous Internal Assessment. < 70 % = Re-do the NTCC

< 80% of the WPRs were satisfactory

<80-75% = 10 marks to be deducted <75-70% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on recommendations of a committee with cap of B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks from Continuous Internal Assessment.

Similarity index more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

If in plagiarism report the similarity index is >15%, the student is required to re-write the report/thesis provided meets all the other criteria.

Important:

The students not meeting the eligibility criteria, shall be required to provide detailed justification for special consideration by the NTCC Review Committee.

The students re-submitting the thesis due to plagiarism shall be eligible for the grade earned by him provided he/she has submitted same atleast 10 days prior to the final assessment of the batch. If the student fails to submit the revised thesis in the prescribed time he / she shall not be awarded more than B+ grade.

The students who shall re-do the NTCC shall be awarded grade not more than B+. 12. PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINATION OF CASES FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

a) To examine the cases for consideration by Vice Chancellor, the NTCC Review Committee for the Academic Session will be constituted at the University level as per norms prescribed in the regulations of NTCC.

b) The recommendation of HoIs of all such cases after detailed explanation given by

students must be submitted to the CoE office atleast 10days prior the Final Assessment Date for examination to be decided by NTCC Review Committee after consideration by the Vice Chancellor.

13. FINAL ASSESSMENT

a) The final assessment of NTCC need to be done only of those students who have

qualified on the basis of Conduct and progress monitoring guidelines & Submission of report/thesis guidelines as stated above.

b) The Final assessment will be treated as end semester examination. It is mandatory for

the students to appear for final assessment as per scheduled date and time. If fail to appear in the students final assessment as per schedule, he/she will treated as absent. For such cases same rules will be applicable as those for theory examination. The assessment of I category students will be done within one month of final assessment of the batch.

c) While evaluating the NTCC, institution, faculty guide and board of evaluators will consider the following aspects:

I. Institution:

i) Institutional Project Committee must check the eligibility of all the students

before sending the list to CoE. ii) Guidelines for the students and board of evaluators must be prepared and

approved by competent authority/academic Council. iii) Only eligible students will be assessed as per the approved list provided by

CoE board-wise & according to approved guidelines. iv) Date of evaluation will be announced by CoE on the recommendations of HoI. v) A board comprising 03 members will be constituted. Two faculty members

from any of the Institutions of AUUP and one service external expert from Industry/academia at the faculty guide will not be the member of the evaluation board for his/her own students.

vi) The institution will send the budget along with the list of external expert for assessment board to CoE for necessary approval as per the University regulations and Guidelines.

vii) The assessment guidelines must be provided to evaluators. viii) The Format for evaluation will be provided along with the list of students, for

each evaluator. ix) The duly signed evaluation sheets along with attendance sheets and printout of

consolidated marks from Amizone will be submitted on same day. x) Faculty guide/ any other member of the institution will not try to influence the

board evaluators for favouring /punishing any student appearing for final assessment.

II. Board of Evaluators:

i) The board of evaluators will assess the eligible students only as per the prescribed guidelines and assessment sheets.

ii) The evaluation will be done separately by each evaluator and duly signed copy of same will be submitted before leaving the evaluation room.

iii) The evaluators will be paid the honorarium as per the university policy.

III. Observer CoE will appoint an observer and submit the report as per the regulations of the University.

14 COMPONENTS OF FINAL ASSESSMENT

Sl. No. Parameter Weightage

(Marks) (60%)

Weightage (Marks)

(50%)

1.

Introduction and Statement of the Problem

Does the introduction provide a general overview of the issues surrounding the study?

Is the problem under investigation clearly stated?

Is evidence used to demonstrate the significance of the problem?

Are important terms defined?

Are assumptions clearly stated?

Are major assertions that lay ground work for the study articulated?

6 5

2.

Review of Literature:

Is the study grounded in a larger body of research?

Is the review current and representative of the work in the area?

Are related studies critically examined and gaps identified?

Does the review provide a clear rationale of the study?

Is the review well organized, using sub-sections where appropriate?

7 6

3

Methodology/methods/Approach

Is the research design described clearly and appropriate for the study?

Are the sample and participants fully described?

Is the sampling plan appropriate for the study?

Are the data gathering procedures fully explicated and appropriate for the study?

Have the analytical procedures been fully explained and are appropriate for the study?

Is the technical merit of instruments described clearly?

Are issues related to limitations and/or trustworthiness satisfactorily identified and addressed?

Do the sampling, data collection, and analytical procedures appropriately match the problem statement and research questions?

Are the instruments or interview guides acceptable and appropriate for the study?

4 3

5.

Data Collection, Analysis, Results findings/Outcomes and conclusions

All pertinent results well reported and are in clear and concise in manner

The arguments, discussion

A Clear presentation of fully justified findings and logical conclusions, based upon the research evidence, which demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate the research results.

15 14

5

Future scope and Limitations outlined

Have all potential weaknesses of the study been described?

Are the limitations appropriate to the methodology?

5 3

6

Quality of work and written expression

Does the proposal demonstrate a high quality of written expression?

Is the potential cohesive and coherent?

Is it accurate?

Is there consistency in conceptual framework and/or paradigm to unite the problem statement, research questions, and methods section?

Is the tone of the proposal impartial, unbiased, and scientific?

Are applicable support documents (appendices) included and satisfactory?

Is appropriate style used correctly and consistently?

Does the proposed study adhere to conventional wisdom related to ethics?

Does the abstract summarize the contents of the proposal clearly

10 8

7

Presentation and Communications

Is Presentation in line with the report?

Did relied on notes or presented as fluently in own words?

Was the quality of presentation material upto mark?

Were the communication and presentation skills upto mark?

Were the queries handled properly?

8 7

8 Student Learning Outcomes Have the students learning outcomes met?

5 4

The institutions will develop detailed assessment parameters as per course objectives, student learning outcomes and guidelines as above for necessary approval of Academic Council.

15. REPORT REQUIREMENTS

The final report is important component of all NTCC. Therefore must adhere to following parameters (word length, No. of Copies, binding type etc) depending upon the credit units associated and course objectives. Word length, or word equivalent, (if for instance, a practical based, practice-based and professional NTCC) should be specified in the module guide.

S.No. CREDIT UNITS

Word length (excluding)

No. of Copies Binding Type Report Retention details

1 Upto 2 Credits

Upto 2,000 words

02 copies Plastic Folder

upto 1 month of declaration of final result of semester by institution

2 3 to 4 Credits Upto 3,000

words 02 copies Plastic Folder

upto 1 month of declaration of final result of semester by institution

3 5 to 8 credits 5,000 - 7,000

words 02 with a soft copy in CD.

Spiral Bound 1 Academic session at institution level

4 9 to 15 credit 10,000 - 12,000

words 02 with a soft copy in CD.

Hard Bound

At institution level upto 2 years. Best project reports to be kept for longer period

5 More then 15

credits 12,000 - 15,000

words 02 with a soft copy in CD.

Hard Bound

Institution/Central Library upto 3 Years Best project reports to be kept for longer period

Word length will be exclusive of Preface Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures, Certificates etc.

16. GUIDELINES FOR WRITING THE REPORT

Language English (unless other wise specified in the course curriculum)

Paper size A4

Margins The text of the document must be justified. The left and right margin of 1.25 inches. The top and bottom margin of 1.00 inch.

Typing On One side of page only. The text will follow line spacing of 1.5 lines. Table and figures, tabular material as necessary and appendix material as appropriate may be single space. Centered material is to be centered between the left and right margins. The first line of all paragraphs of running text will be indented 0.5inches.

Pagination Each page must be numbered, except the Title Page. The pre pages—including the Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures and Abstract (if any) —will be numbered with lower-case Roman numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.) centered from the bottom edge of the page. The first page that will show a page number is page ii. All remaining pages carry consecutive numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). The page number will be placed in the upper right-hand corner of the page, right aligned.

Arrangement of Contents

Every NTCC Project Report should have three parts: the pre pages, the main text, and the reference material. Each part has several sections, which are normally arranged in the order as discussed below. 1. Preliminary Pages

a. Title page b. Declaration c. Faculty Guide Approval page d. Acknowledgement(s) e. Table of Contents f. List of Tables g. List of Figures h. Abstract

2. Text (usually divided into chapters and sections) 3. Reference Material

a. References b. Appendix

Tables and figures

Each table of figure should be placed immediately after the paragraph in which it is mentioned. If it has a separate page, this page should be the one following the page on which the table/figure was first mentioned. Tables and figures that must be positioned horizontally (landscaped) will face the outer edge of the page, with the widest margin at the binding edge. Tables and figures are numbered in separate series. Each table and figure, including any in the appendices, has a number in its own series. Each series is numbered consecutively within chapters (e.g., Figure 10.1, Figure 10.2, and Figure 10.3).

Each table and figure will be separately numbered. All titles/captions of Table & Figures will appear in the pre pages in the List of Tables and List of Figures.

References In the text, give the surname and date in parentheses, e.g. (Edwards, 2010). At the end of the study, provide a section headed ‘References’ in which the references are listed alphabetically by family name. Include references for electronic sources of information e.g. web pages. For further detail, see Appendix 6. Any books, articles, websites or other published sources (retrievable data) that have been used (cited in the text) either in direct quotation or by reference, must be listed in the References. Personal interviews/raw data (not retrievable) do not appear in the reference list. The first line of the citation starts at the left margin and the second and subsequent lines of that citation are indented 0.5 inches. The referencing style to be used as per the forma. The format for the references shall be given separately by each faculty of Study/institution.

Appendices Appendices contain supplementary or illustrative material or explanatory data too lengthy to be included in the text or not immediately essential to the readers’ understanding of the text. Appendices should be lettered in the order in which they are referred to in the text. Each appendix will be listed with its title in the Table of Contents (e.g., APPENDIX A. TITLE OF THE APPENDIX).

Standard Formats Various formats to be used as per the General Guidelines for NTCC of the University are as under:

Format for Title Page

Format for Declaration

Format for Faculty Guide Certificate

Format for Table of Contents

17. MPROVEMENT OF SCORES & GRADE

The students shall be allowed to improve his / her Score / Grade as under :

a) The student who has passed in the NTCC but failed in semester where semester has only NTCC, the student may be allowed to re-do the NTCC again. The student shall not be given grade more than B+.

b) The student shall apply to repeat the NTCC to his HOI within fifteen days of result declaration.

c) HoI shall send the recommendation to CoE for NTCC Review Committee for approval of Vice Chancellor.

d) The student shall repeat NTCC in corresponding semester or immediately after the final semester result declaration or during extended period. The students shall register for the NTCC course as per the university guidelines.

e) The students shall complete the mandatory time required for the course.The date of registration, submission of Continouns Internal Assessment, final report and final assessment of NTCC shall be announced by CoE along with block examination calendar and with supplementary examinations.

f) The student shall do the NTCC on a new topic and shall be assigned the faculty guide as per the guidelines.

g) The progress monitoring, continuous assessment, submission of report and final assessment shall be done as per the guidelines. The previous marks of Continouns Internal Assessment shall be treated as NULL and VOID once the new Continouns Internal Assessment is submitted by the Institution for new NTCC.

18. COURSE-WISE DETAILED GUIDELINES – DOMAIN-WISE/INSTITUTION-WISE

Faculty of Studies / Institutions must develop detailed guidelines for each NTCC being conducted for the students as per regulations and general guidelines of the University for NTCC. Suggested Contents List for a NTCC Guidelines to be prepared by Faculty of Studies/Institutions may include:

a) Introduction b) Definition c) Course Objectives d) Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) e) Briefing Session f) Finalisation and approval of area/topic of NTCC and schedule of activities g) Allocation of Faculty Guides h) Role and expectations of Faculty Guides and External Guides

i. Frequency of meetings and contact time (face to face and virtual) ii. Nature of tutorials/briefing sessions/gap lectures iii. Checklist for NTCC

i) Role and expectations of students i. responsibility for attending meetings ii. details about supervision log/record iii. checklist for NTCC

j) Structure of NTCC, Registration, Conduct of course, progress monitoring and activity

calendar i. Registration and Conduct of the course, ii. progress monitoring (weekly by faculty guide and Periodically by Institutional

Project Committee /Project Review Committee) iii. Assessment components & tools for Learning Outcomes

k) Assessment components and tools for learning outcomes

i. assessment criteria ii. weighting of various components iii. assessment plan and schedule

l) Disciplines, Ethical issues and Plagiarism m) Quality of work n) Guidelines for writing the Reports /Term paper/Project /Dissertation etc o) Standard formats to be used p) Make-up policy q) NTCC Activities Calendar

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