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General Structure of Courses

Reservation of Seats

Courses Offered

Criteria for Admission

Fees

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Admission 2016

• Applications for admission to First Year B.A. / B.Sc. (Honours) courses for the Academic Session 2016-2017 will be received only online between 17.05.2016 (10:00 A.M.) and 30.05.2016 (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:

» bethunecollegeadmission@gmail.com

Application fee of Rs. 130/- (including Bank charges for each Honours subject) is to be deposited in any Branch of INDIAN BANK
from 18.05.2016 to 31.05.2016 (during Banking Hours)

Validity of Application is subject to payment of Application Fee within the stipulated date.
The application fee must be diposited within 10 days from the submission of the Application Form or within the last date which is 31.05.2016, whichever is earlier.

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 Test will be held for Bengali Honours and English Honours courses. Admission Test in each subject will be of 50 marks and 1 hour duration.
• A broad syllabus of Admission Test papers will be as follows :
  • BENGALI (Hons.) :
    History of Bengali Literature, Contemporary Bengali Literature and Grammar (10+2 level).
  • ENGLISH (Hons.) :
    Grammar, Composition, Acquaintances with the Literary Texts (10+2 level).
• Test Venue : College Premises.
• Schedule of Admission Test : 4th June, 2016.
• Examination Time :
  • BENGALI (Hons.) : 2:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M. (Reporting Time - 2:00 P.M.)
  • ENGLISH (Hons.) : 12:00 Noon to 1:00 P.M. (Reporting Time - 11:30 A.M.)
• Printout of Admit Card is to be taken along with printout of the form. Please follow instructions given in the Admit Card.
• Candidates will not be allowed to appear for the Admission test without Admit Card, original receipt copy of Bank Challan, original Admit Card of Higher Secondary or equivalent examination and original Photo Identity proof.
• 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 (22%), Scheduled Tribe (6%), OBC-A & OBC-B are shown againt each Honours subject (as per Govt. norms)
• For Physically Handicapped candidates 3% of seats are reserved in each category.
• Due weightage will be given to state level position holders and national level participants in sports as per New Sports Policy, 2015 of the Govt. of West Bengal subject to fulfillment of minimum eligibility criteria.
  After online submission a print out of the Application Form along with supporting documents is to be submitted to the College Office within 06.06.2016 by applicants under this category.
• Due weightage will be given to the UGC communication (No. F. Admin. - 1/2014-15 (ERO) dated January 20, 2016) regarding admission of students from Jammu and Kashmir subject to fulfillment of minimum eligibility criteria.
  After online submission a print out of the Application Form along with supporting documents is to be submitted to the College Office within 06.06.2016 by applicants under this category.

Courses Offered

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

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Honours Subjects	No. of Seats						General Subjects (Choose any two)
	General	SC	ST	OBC-A	OBC-B	Total
1. BENGALI	22	8	2	2	2	36	a) SANSKRIT b) PHILOSOPHY OR POLITICAL SCIENCE c) HISTORY
2. ENGLISH	31	10	3	1	1	46	a) HISTORY OR WOMEN'S STUDIES b) PHILOSOPHY OR PSYCHOLOGY OR POLITICAL SCIENCE
3. HINDI	12	4	1	2	1	20	a) HISTORY OR WOMEN'S STUDIES b) PHILOSOPHY OR PSYCHOLOGY OR POLITICAL SCIENCE
4. HISTORY	22	8	2	2	2	36	a) ENGLISH OR BENGALI OR HINDI OR SANSKRIT b) POLITICAL SCIENCE OR PHILOSOPHY
5. PHILOSOPHY	22	8	2	2	2	36	a) ENGLISH OR BENGALI OR HINDI OR SANSKRIT b) POLITICAL SCIENCE c) HISTORY OR WOMEN'S STUDIES
6. POLITICAL SCIENCE	22	8	2	2	2	36	a) ENGLISH OR BENGALI OR HINDI b) HISTORY OR WOMEN'S STUDIES c) PHILOSOPHY OR ECONOMICS
7. SANSKRIT	22	9	2	4	3	40	a) HISTORY b) BENGALI c) PHILOSOPHY OR POLITICAL SCIENCE

Bachelor of Science (Honours)
Honours Subjects	No. of Seats						General Subjects (Choose any one combination)
	General	SC	ST	OBC-A	OBC-B	Total
1. BOTANY	22	8	2	2	2	36	CHEMISTRY, ZOOLOGY.
2. CHEMISTRY	26	8	2	1	1	38	MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS
3. COMPUTER SCIENCE	14	5	1	2	1	23	MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS
4. ECONOMICS	22	8	2	2	2	36	a) MATHEMATICS, POLITICAL SCIENCE b) MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS (25) c) MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE (4)
5. MATHEMATICS	22	8	2	2	2	36	a) PHYSICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE (10) b) PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY c) PHYSICS, STATISTICS (5)
6. PHYSICS	22	8	2	2	2	36	a) MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY b) MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE (10) c) MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS (5)
7. STATISTICS	8	3	1	2	1	15	a) MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE (6) b) MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS c) MATHEMATICS, ECONOMICS
8. ZOOLOGY	22	8	2	2	2	36	CHEMISTRY, BOTANY

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 2016 or, 2015) is eligible for admission to the B.A. / B.Sc. (Honours) courses.
• Candidates passed in Vocational Stream are not eligible to apply Honours Course.
• 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 marks shall be calculated by adding the marks of the BEST FOUR subjects (at least 100 marks paper). Marks in compulsory Environmental Education / Studies will not be taken into account for calculation of 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 must have passed in English (at least 100 marks paper) to apply for B.A / B.Sc. (Honours) Course.

For GENERAL Category
Honours Subject	Compulsory Subject/s Required	Minimum Eligibility		Formula for INDEX MARK
		Aggregate	Subject Marks
Bengali	Bengali, English	55%	Bengali - 60% English - 50%	Admission Test marks (out of 50 marks) + 50% from (Aggregate + Bengali) in 10+2 level
English	English	75%	English – 85%	Admission Test marks (out of 50 marks) + 50% from English marks in 10+2 level
Hindi	English / Hindi	50%	Hindi – 50% English - 45%	Aggregate (%) + Hindi (%)
History	English	55%	English - 55%	Aggregate (%) + English (%) + 1/4th of History / Bengali / English (%) (whichever is higher)
Philosophy	English, Philosophy / Psychology	55%	Philosophy/Psychology – 55% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + English (%) + 1/4th of Philosophy / Psychology (%) (whichever is higher)
Political Science	English	55%	English – 55%	Aggregate (%) + English (%) + 1/4th of Political Science / Bengali / English (%) (whichever is higher)
Psychology	English	60%	English – 60%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x English (%)
Sanskrit	Sanskrit, English	50%	Sanskrit – 55% English - 50%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x Sanskrit (%)
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% Physics – 50% 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 (%) + Mathematics (%) + Physics / Computer Science / Computer Application (%) (whichever is higher)
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	Maths & English	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 and 40% marks in the subject or related subject(s).		Index marks 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)

A 2 year DIPLOMA Course in COMPUTER APPLICATION is conducted by WEBEL - A Govt. of West Bengal undertaking for all newly admitted students (within college hours).

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