Academic Regulations

Definitions

The HITEC University follows Semester System of Education, quite akin to that in vogue in American universities. Singular features of this system are highly focused and very well delivered class room lectures, extensive experimentation in Laboratories and continuous assessment of student’s performance. It aims to infuse habits of regularity and competitiveness among students. The following few pages give definitions of various terms applicable to our system. They also contain a summary of our rules and regulations.

Academic Calender
Contact Hour
Grading System
Attendance Rule
Semester GPA
Student Evaluation
Registration
Temporary Suspension

Academic Calender:

Academic year at HITEC University comprises two regular and a condensed summer semester. Regular semesters are of nineteen weeks each and include sixteen weeks of teaching and three weeks of examinations, i.e. two weeks of sessional tests and one week of end semester examination. The summer semester is of eight weeks. The schedule of semesters for the academic year 2012-2013 is :-

Contact Hour

“Contact Hour” means one hour including ten minutes break spent on academic and research related activities such as class room lectures, tutorials, lab practical, research work, projects, seminars, workshops, etc during the course of studies at the University.

Credit Hour

“Credit Hour” means a lecture of one hour duration (including ten minutes break) per week per semester countable towards a student's Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). However, in case of seminars, tutorials and laboratory work, one credit hour may require two or three contact hours depending on the nature of the subject.

Semester Credit Load

Five to six subjects are offered, at undergraduate level, in every semester. Students must register in all the subjects. The academic load per semester ranges between 15 and 19 credit hours. For graduate students, the credit load varies from 3 credit hours (i.e. one course) to 9 credit hours (i.e. 3 courses)
per semester.

Grading System

The performance of each student in a course of study is graded as follows:

To earn course credits, a student must obtain a minimum of 1.00 grade points. To successfully complete the degree, a student must obtain a minimum CGPA of 2.00 for Bachelors and 2.5 for Masters Degree with out any 'F'

* Minimum grade in Master program is C

Award of Grade ‘F’

'F' grade is awarded on the basis of academic failure. The 'F' grade obtained by the student shall only be cleared by repeating the course whenever offered.

Award of Grade ‘I’

A student, who, because of illness or other acceptable reasons duly approved by the Faculty Board of Studies, fails to complete the required work in any course or misses any examination/test, provided his overall attendance is not less than 75%, is given ‘I’ as a grade. The student receiving such a grade makes up the unfinished portion of his course in time frame as decided by Board of Faculty. In case the student fails to make up the course work, he receives a grade ‘F’.

Attendance Rule

A student shall not be allowed to appear in final examination of a subject in which his attendance is less than 75%, and he shall be awarded ‘F’ grade in that subject.

Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)

Cumulative Grade point Average (CGPA) means the summation of grade points of all credit courses divided by the total number of credit hour taken by a student, i.e.

CGPA = Sum of (PxN) / Sum of N

Where 'P' represents a grade point assigned to a letter grade scored by the student in a subject and ‘N’ represents the number of credit hours associated with that subject. In simple words it is a ratio of total grade points earned in all the subjects to the total number of credit hours of those subjects studied so far.

Semester GPA

Semester Grade Point Average (GPA) means the summation of grade points of the particular semester credit courses divided by the total number of credit hours taken by a student in that semester,i.e.

GPA = Sum of (PxN) / Sum of N

Where 'P' represents a grade point assigned to a lettergrade scored by the student in a subject and N represents the number of credit hours associated with that subject. Here numerator is summation of grade points earned in a semester and denominator is summation of credit-hours attended in that semester.

Course Code Methodology

The courses are identified by the course numbers, which consist of two/three alphabets and three digits. The alphabets represent the discipline; the first digit indicates the year in which the course is offered, the remaining two indicate course serial number.

Student Evaluation

Students are evaluated as per following:

• Quizzes
• Home Assignments
• Hourly tests
• Case Studies
• Projects
• Practical/Lab test
• Viva voce
• End-Term Examination

Registration

A student may repeat a course under two circumstances i.e. to clear an 'F' Grade or to improve the CGPA. The student shall be required to complete all formalities applicable to repetition of courses i.e. sessional exams, projects, assignments, quizzes etc, and end semester examination. The student transcript shall show both old grade and new earned grade but the CGPA shall be based on new earned grade. The student shall also pay the prescribed tuition fee for the repeated course. Maximum achievable grade during summer semester will be B. Student who repeats a subject shall not be eligible for top honors / awards even if he/she improves the GPA/CGPA and comes in that bracket after repeating the course. For improving GPA, undergraduate students are permitted to repeat maximum of 5 courses. A Masters student, less MBA, is permitted to repeat 2 courses. MBA students can repeat 4 courses.

Temporary Suspension

Temporary suspension up to one year is allowed for those facing acute domestic problems based on the positive recommendations of Chairperson of the Department. During suspension period the student shall be required to pay 25% of the tuition fee for each suspended semester to continue his registration with HITEC University. Also, all previous outstanding dues, if any, should have been cleared prior to resumption of studies after the temporary suspension.