College Street: The Calcutta University syndicate approved on Monday the syllabi of 100 subjects for undergraduate courses in science and humanities under the choice-based-credit and semester systems that will come into effect in the 2018-19 academic year.

"The university has drawn up the syllabi of 100 subjects after seeking feedback from the heads of colleges over the past several months," vice-chancellor Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee said.

"The final draft, which the syndicate has approved, will be uploaded on the university website www.caluniv.ac.in to make the colleges aware of the syllabus they will have to follow," she said.

The syndicate had on April 21 resolved to introduce the choice-based credit system (CBCS) at all postgraduate and undergraduate courses in the 2018-19 academic year.

The system had been introduced in the BCom course last year.

The decision to roll out CBCS in the other courses followed a prod from the University Grants Commission.

A CU official said they were yet to draw up the syllabi for the postgraduate courses.

The university had on May 21 issued a notice announcing the deadline for admission to first-year undergraduate classes under the choice-based credit system.

The notice asked all colleges to "keep the students' strength for each subject within the intake capacity as sanctioned by the university".

The syndicate meeting on Monday decided to make the examination rules to be followed in all three streams under CBCS uniform, VC Chakravarti Banerjee said.

One area of mismatch relates to awarding of marks based on attendance during internal assessment, an official said.

Internal assessment accounts for 20 per cent of the marks in each paper. The scores in the internal exams and class attendance are taken into account in equal measure to decide the internal assessment marks.

The CBCS exam regulation for BCom says: "Remaining 50 per cent of (internal assessment) will be assessed based on the class attendance (5 marks for attending 60% or more but less than 75% of the number of lectures delivered and 10 marks for attending 75% or more of lectures delivered, and such attendance will be calculated from the date of commencement of classes or date of admission whichever is later)".

The rule for BA and BSc states six marks will be allotted for "attending 60% or above but less than 75% of the number of lectures delivered; 8 marks for attending 75% or above but less than 90% of the number of lectures delivered; and 10 marks for attending 90% or above of lectures delivered and such attendance will be calculated...."

The mismatch was detected after the university came up with the exam regulations for BA and BSc under CBCS in early May.