Mangalore, October 5: The academic council of St Aloysius college has resolved to introduce choice based credit system in postgraduate programmes under autonomous system from the current academic year.
The academic council has also approved the proposal to request Mangalore University to grant three more postgraduate programmes from the next academic year (2012-13) namely MSc in physics; MSc in food and nutrition science and MSc in chemistry. Fr Swebert D'Silva, principal, chaired the meeting. Dr AM Narahari, registrar and Fr Francis Almeida, secretary were present. At present there are 14 PG programmes under the autonomous system.
The academic council approved the list of 1,334 candidates who have become eligible for the Undergraduate degree (872 candidates) and the Postgraduate degree (462 candidates) in the next Convocation of Mangalore University.
The structure and the syllabi of BTFS (Biotechnology Finishing School) Course approved by the Government of Karnataka were endorsed. The Postgraduate Diploma programme will be conducted under autonomous system. The students will have one semester programme in the college and the other semester in the industry. Four Industries have come forward to accommodate the students.
The academic council was informed that the Biotechnology and Biochemistry Departments of the college have been approved as a Research Center by Mangalore University. Three Professors have been allowed guide Ph.D candidates. Nine candidates have registered for Ph.D in the current year. It was also announced the UGC Review Committee will soon visit the college soon to review the extending autonomous status. The revised structure and the syllabi of several Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses were approved in the meeting.
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