B.Com.

Lecture Basis

OC-66.4 Course structure Each Course can carry different weightage in terms of number of Credits. Each Course should define learning objectives and outcome. A course may be designed so as to comprise any or combination of lectures/ tutorials/ laboratory work/ field work/ outreach activities/ project work/ vocational training/ viva/ seminars/ term papers/ assignments/ presentations/ self-study/ such other.

Core Course A Core Course (CC) shall be of 4 or 6 credits and may consist of only theory component, or theory and practical components, in which case the theory component shall be of 3 Credits and the practical component shall be 1 Credit for 4 credit courses and the theory component shall be of 4 Credits and the practical component shall be 2 Credits for 6 credit courses, or as prescribed by BoS and approved by the Academic Council.

Generic Elective Course A Generic Elective (GE) course shall be of 4 Credits, and may be chosen from an unrelated discipline/subject, with an intention to seek exposure. A Core Course offered in a discipline/subject may be treated as GE Course for another discipline/subject, and may consist of only Theory component, or Theory and Practical component, in which case the Theory component shall be of 3 credits and the Practical component shall be of 1 Credit or as prescribed by BoS and approved by the Academic Council.

Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC) The Ability Enhancement (AE) Courses may be of two kinds: Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) and Skill Enhancement (SE) Courses. AEC Courses are based upon the content that leads to Knowledge enhancement. Environmental Studies as AEC Course is mandatory for all disciplines. Each Course shall have only Theory component of four credits or two separate Courses of 2 credits each.

SE Courses are value-based and/or skill-based and are aimed at providing hands-on-training, competencies, skills. These courses may be chosen from a pool of courses designed to provide value-based and/or skill-based knowledge. Each course will be of four credits.

(A) To be eligible for admission to the Semester I of the Three Years Programme leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Commerce (Hon.) the candidate should have passed: (i) The Higher Secondary School Certificate (Std. XII) examination conducted by the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in any stream, including Vocational stream in the subjects notified by the University from time to time. OR (ii) Std XII Arts/Science/Commerce or similar examination of another body, equivalent to Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Goa, and recognised as such by Goa University. (C) A Candidate not covered under any of the above categories but desirous of seeking admissionto the said course may apply to the College. However, the Registrar along with Dean of concerned Faculty and Chairperson(s) of Board(s) of Studies of concerned subjects shall decide the eligibility. (D) A candidate admitted for Semester-I shall be deemed eligible for admission to Semester-II. (E) A Candidate migrating from another recognised University and desirous of direct admission to Semester –II may be considered for admission provided he/she has cleared/passed First Term/Semester-I examination of that University with those subjects for which admission is sought and undertakes to successfully complete the other compulsory Courses of Semester-I.