Bachelor or Social Sciences (BSS) (Hons) Programme
1. Title of the Programme: Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSS) (Hons)
2. Duration of the Programme: Four academic years divided into eight semesters
3. Medium of Instruction: English
4. Admission : Students shall be admitted in the BSS (Hons) Degree Programme in different department under the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) as per the rules of University of Dhaka.
5. The Programme :
a. The BSS (Hons) Programme shall be of four-year duration and divided into 8 (eight) semesters. Each semester shall be composed of 19 weeks, of which
- 15 weeks for class teaching
- 1 week break for preparation, and
- 3 weeks for holding the semester final examinations.
b. The programme shall include teaching of 32 course units for a total of 3200 marks, which will be translated into 128 credit hours.
c. The total credit hours shall be evaluated on the basis of 3200 total marks, of which 3000 marks shall be for 30 taught course units, 100 marks for field research/ project work/ internship, and 100 marks for viva-voce.
d. Each full unit course shall be of 100 marks: 50 marks for final examination and 50
marks for class attendance, class test, mid-term and assignment.
e. Since the credit hours are counted on the basis of lecture class/contact hours per
week, number of lecture classes/contact hours shall be determined according to the
credits assigned to each course unit.
- For a 4 credit course unit, there shall be two lecture classes of 90 minutes
each, and one 60 minutes discussion class/ tutorial class/ lab work/ group presentation/ class test every week.
f. In the course structure for the BSS (Hons) degree programme, in each semester, there shall be
- 4 courses with 100 marks each, resulting in 16 (sixteen) earned credits per semester, i.e., there shall be 4 courses with 4 credits assigned to each course from 1st Semester to 7th Semester.
- 2 taught courses for 200 marks (4 credit hours assigned to each course), 100 marks for Bachelor Thesis (4 credit hours) and 100 marks for viva-voce* with 4 credit hours assigned against it, in the 8th (eighth) semester.
The distribution of course units, marks and credit build up for the BSS (Hon’s) Degree Programme for 3200 marks for 32 courses with 4 credit hours per course shall be as following:
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Course Structure of the BSS (Hons) Degree Programme |
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Semester |
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No. of Courses |
Total Marks |
Earned Credits |
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One |
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4 |
400 |
16 |
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Two |
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4 |
400 |
16 |
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Three |
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4 |
400 |
16 |
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Four |
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4 |
400 |
16 |
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Five |
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4 |
400 |
16 |
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Six |
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4 |
400 |
16 |
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Seven |
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4 |
400 |
16 |
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Eight |
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2 |
200 |
8 |
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| Bachelor Thesis/ Internship/Project | 100 | |||||
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Viva-Voce |
100 (25*4) |
4 |
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Total |
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32 Courses |
3200 |
128 |
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* Total 100 marks for viva-voce will be distributed equally for every even number semester from first semester to eight semester.