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General Structure of Courses

Reservation of Seats

Courses Offered

Criteria for Admission

Fees

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Admission 2015

• Applications for admission to First Year B.A. / B.Sc. (Honours) courses for the Academic Session 2015-2016 will be received only online between 1st June 2015 (10:00 A.M.) and 13th June 2015 (8:00 P.M.) through the following websites : -

» www.bethuneadmissions.ac.in
or
» www.collegeadmission.in



• Queries related to B.A. / B.Sc. admission may be directed to:

» bethuneadmission2015@gmail.com

Application fee (Rs. 120/- for each Honours subject) is to be deposited in any Branch of INDIAN BANK from 3rd June 2015 to 15th June 2015.

Admission to the college is granted on the understanding that the student undertakes to conform in all respects to the rules and discipline of the college.

• A candidate may apply for a maximum of three honours subjects. Separate applications must be submitted for each honours subject.
• The college does not offer any three years General Course.
• SC / ST / OBC-A (non-creamy layer) / OBC-B (non-creamy layer) candidates from West Bengal are only eligible for reserved seats.
• Admission to any course of the college is provisional, subject to the final approval of the University of Calcutta.
• In exercise of the power conferred by clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 26 of the University Grant Commission Act, 1956, “UGC Registration on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Education Institutions, 2009”, an anti-ragging cell shall be constituted in 2013.
• There is no hostel facility in the college.
• Admission will be made strictly in order of merit.

General Structure of Courses

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• Language Group
  • English (Compulsory)
  • Bengali / Hindi / Alternative English *
  * Alternative English is not available for English (Hons.) candidates
• Honours Subject with Two General subject combinations
• Environmental Studies

Reservation of Seats

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• Number of Reserved seats for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, OBC-A & OBC-B (Non-creamy layer) are shown against each Honours subject.
  For Physically Handicapped candidates 3% of seats are reserved in each category.

Courses Offered

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The college offers the following Honours courses of study in the B.A. / B.Sc. stream.

Combination of Subjects

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Honours Courses With General Subject Combinations
Honours Subjects		*No. of Seats						General Subjects (Choose any two) *
		General	SC	ST	OBC-A	OBC-B	Total
1	BENGALI	22	7	2	1	1	33	a) SANSKRIT b) PHILOSOPHY OR POLITICAL SCIENCE c) HISTORY
2	ENGLISH	31	10	3	1	0	45	a) HISTORY OR WOMEN'S STUDIES b) PHILOSOPHY OR PSYCHOLOGY OR POLITICAL SCIENCE
3	HISTORY	22	7	2	1	1	33	a) ENGLISH OR BENGALI OR HINDI OR SANSKRIT b) POLITICAL SCIENCE OR PHILOSOPHY
4	PHILOSOPHY	22	7	2	1	1	33	a) ENGLISH OR BENGALI OR HINDI OR SANSKRIT b) POLITICAL SCIENCE c) HISTORY OR WOMEN'S STUDIES
5	POLITICAL SCIENCE	22	7	2	1	1	33	a) ENGLISH OR BENGALI OR HINDI b) HISTORY OR WOMEN'S STUDIES c) PHILOSOPHY OR ECONOMICS
6	SANSKRIT	22	9	2	4	3	40	a) HISTORY b) BENGALI c) PHILOSOPHY OR POLITICAL SCIENCE
7	HINDI	12	4	1	2	1	20	a) HISTORY OR WOMEN'S STUDIES b) PHILOSOPHY OR PSYCHOLOGY OR POLITICAL SCIENCE
8	PSYCHOLOGY (B.A.)	13	4	1	0	0	18	a) ENGLISH OR BENGALI OR HINDI OR SANSKRIT b) HISTORY OR WOMEN'S STUDIES
* Choice of General subjects will be subjected to availability of seats.

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Honours Courses With General Subject Combinations
Honours Subjects		*No. of Seats						General Subjects (Choose any one combination) *
		General	SC	ST	OBC-A	OBC-B	Total
1	BOTANY	22	7	2	1	0	32	CHEMISTRY, ZOOLOGY
2	CHEMISTRY	26	8	2	1	0	37	MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS
3	COMPUTER SCIENCE	14	4	1	1	0	20	MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS
4	ECONOMICS	22	7	2	1	1	33	a) MATHEMATICS, POLITICAL SCIENCE b) MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS (20) c) MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE (4)
5	MATHEMATICS	22	7	2	1	1	33	a) PHYSICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE (10) b) PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY (18) c) PHYSICS, STATISTICS (5)
6	PHYSICS	22	7	2	1	1	33	a) MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY b) MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE (10) c) MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS (5)
7	ZOOLOGY	22	7	2	1	1	33	CHEMISTRY, BOTANY
8	PSYCHOLOGY (B.Sc.)	13	4	1	0	1	19	a) ZOOLOGY (10), BOTANY (10) b) HISTORY, ECONOMICS. c) WOMEN'S STUDIES, ECONOMICS.
9	STATISTICS	8	3	1	2	1	15	a) MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE (6) b) MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS c) MATHEMATICS, ECONOMICS
* Seats available for Computer Science (General), Statistics (General), Botany (General) and Zoology (General) for Honours in Physics, Mathematics, Economics, Psychology (B.Sc.) and Statistics are given within brackets.

Criteria for Admission to B.A./ B.Sc. Honours Courses

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• A candidate who has passed the Higher Secondary or its equivalent Examination (on 2015 or, 2014) may apply for admission to the B.A. / B.Sc. (Honours) courses.
• Candidates must have passed in English (at least 100 marks paper) in the previous qualifying examination.
• Candidates must secure pass marks in the General Subjects opted for (applicable to candidates who had the subjects at (10+2) level).
• Aggregate means total marks of the BEST FOUR subjects (at least 100 marks paper). Marks in compulsory Environmental Education / Studies shall not be included in Aggregate marks.
• Admission will be conducted strictly on the basis of merit. Merit list will be prepared based on INDEX MARK for all categories of students.
• For admission a SC/ST candidate must secure not less than 25% and an OBC candidate must secure not less than 10% of index mark of the last admitted candidate in General category in each Honours subject.

A candidate should secure at least 50% marks in English (at least 100 marks paper)
to apply for B.A/ B.Sc Course.

For General Category
Honours Subject	Compulsory Subject/s Required	Minimum Eligibility		Formula for INDEX MARKS
		Aggregate	Subject Marks
Bengali	Bengali, English	55%	Bengali - 60% English - 50%	Aggregate(%) + Bengali (%) + 1/4th of Bengali (%) for candidates with Bengali as first language
English	English	75%	English – 85%	Aggregate(%) +2 x  English (%)
History	English	60%	English - 50%	1. Aggregate (%) + English (%) + 1/4th of History (%) for candidates with History 2. Aggregate (%) + English (%) for candidates without History
Philosophy	English, Philosophy / Psychology	55%	Philosophy/Psychology – 60% English – 50%	1. Aggregate (%) + English (%) + 1/4th of Philosophy (%) for candidates with Philosophy 2. Aggregate (%) + English (%) for candidates without Philosophy
Political Science	English	55%	English – 55%	1. Aggregate (%) + English (%) + 1/4th of Political Science (%) for candidates with Political Science 2. Aggregate (%) + English (%) for candidates without Political Science
Psychology	English	60%	English – 60%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x English (%)
Sanskrit	Sanskrit, English	55%	Sanskrit – 55% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + Sanskrit (%)
Hindi	Hindi, English	50%	Hindi – 50% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + Hindi (%)
Botany	Botany / Biology, Chemistry & English	60%	Botany / Biology – 65% Chemistry – 55% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x Botany / Biology (%) (whichever is higher) + Chemistry (%)
Chemistry	Physics, Chem, Maths & English	60%	Chemistry – 65% Mathematics – 60% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x Chemistry (%) + Physics (%) + Mathematics (%)
Computer Science	Physics, Maths & English	60%	Physics/ Computer Science/ Computer Application – 60% Mathematics – 60% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x {Physics/ Computer Science/ Computer Application (%)(whichever is higher) + Mathematics (%)}
Economics	Maths & English	60%	Mathematics – 65% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x {English (%) + Mathematics (%)}
Mathematics	Physics, Maths & English	60%	Mathematics – 65% English - 50%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x Mathematics (%)
Physics	Physics, Maths & English	60%	Physics – 65% Mathematics – 60% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x {Physics (%) + Mathematics (%)}
Zoology	Zoology / Biology, Chemistry & English	60%	Zoology / Biology – 65% Chemistry – 55% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x Zoology / Biology (%) (whichever is higher) + Chemistry (%)
Statistics	Mathematics	60%	Mathematics – 65% English - 50%	Aggregate (%) +  Mathematics (%)
For SC / ST / OBC-A / OBC-B Category
All Honours Subjects	Same as above	40% marks in aggregate or 40% marks in the subject or related subject		Formula is same as mentioned above for each subject

Fees to be deposited at the time of Admission

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B.A. (Hons.)	Rs. 1181.00	Rs. 1196.00 (with Psychology as General Subject)
B.Sc. (Hons.)	Rs. 1356.00 (Economics)	Rs. 1371.00 (Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Psychology, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics)

An Optional 2 years Computer Training Course (by WEBEL – A Govt. of West Bengal undertaking) is available for all newly admitted students.
DIPLOMA in PC APPLICATION :
Course Fee – Rs.1800/- for 2 years
1st year – Rs. 900/- (at the time of admission).

The College reserves the right to modify the above criteria as necessary. Please refer to the website for the latest information.

Principal Bethune College, Kolkata