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UNDERGRADUATE HONOURS PROGRAMME
Honours program is designed to allow a bright and motivated student:
- To over-reach and do extra academic work, and
To do concentrated work in an area (called a stream), usually pertaining to research and software development.
Honours program is completely optional.
- Student may decide to opt for it based on his interest and desire to overreach.
- Having entered the honours program, he may decide to come out of it.
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
In the honours program, the student has to:
- Choose a stream and take 3 prescribed courses in the area, under the usual elective
- slots given below showing year (2) and semester (II):
- 2 II Elective (Usual elective course slot must be used to take a stream course)
2 SMR Summer Training (Usual but must be done in the industry or research centre etc. in stream)
- 3 I Elective (Usual elective course slot must be used to take a stream course)
- Take three extra projects in the 3rd year (under Honours project)
- 3 I Honours project 4 credits
- 3 II Honours project 4 credits
- 3 SMR Project
Attend a specially designed summer camp taught by the leaders in the field. (Special 3 to 4 week summer or winter camps would be planned for the honours students.)
- Final year project must be in the area of the stream.
The overall minimum academic requirements are 16 credits more than the normal. (They include the extra credits earned during honours project.)
- The degree of a student who completes the honours program will show something like:
B.Tech with Honours Program
(specialization in xxx)
Any Student can apply for the honours program in a stream provided the concerned faculty member accepts him. Honours degree will be awarded only if a student has a minimum CGPA 0f 8.5 at the time of completion of the program.
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