Cusat’s UG honours from new academic year
The Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) have nalised the regulations, curriculum, and syllabi for its ve-year integrated MSc programmes, having multiple exit options, from the new academic year.
A meeting of the academic council scheduled on April 30 is expected to approve the regulations and the curriculum. The ve-year integrated MSc Major programmes are in the disciplines of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, and Photonics.
Students who wish to exit after three years of the programme will be awarded an undergraduate degree after the successful completion of three years, securing a minimum of 133 credits and satisfying the minimum course requirements. A four-year undergraduate honours degree will be awarded to those who complete a four-year degree programme after securing a minimum of 177 credits and having satised the minimum course requirements.
Honours with research
Students who are highly motivated to opt for research as their career can choose honours with a research stream in the fourth year and earn a four-year undergraduate degree (Honours with Research) once they attain the minimum course requirements. A ve-year postgraduate honours degree in a major discipline will be awarded to those who complete a ve-year degree programme, securing a minimum of 221 credits and having satised the minimum course requirements.
There are ve possible academic pathways in the four-year undergraduate programme. The single major pathway is recommended to those students who wish to do an in-depth study in a particular discipline without systematically exploring specic minor pathways, said P. G. Sankaran, Vice-Chancellor.