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

• 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
		Aggregate	Subject Marks
Bengali	Bengali, English	55%	Bengali - 60% English - 50%
English	English	75%	English – 85%
Hindi	English / Hindi	50%	Hindi – 50% English - 45%
History	English	55%	English - 55%
Philosophy	English, Philosophy / Psychology	55%	Philosophy/Psychology – 55% English – 50%
Political Science	English	55%	English – 55%
Psychology	English	60%	English – 60%
Sanskrit	Sanskrit, English	50%	Sanskrit – 55% English - 50%
Botany	Botany / Biology, Chemistry & English	60%	Botany / Biology – 65% Chemistry – 55% English – 50%
Chemistry	Physics, Chem, Maths & English	60%	Chemistry – 65% Mathematics – 60% Physics – 50% English – 50%
Computer Science	Physics, Maths & English	60%	Physics / Computer Science / Computer Application – 60% Mathematics – 60% English – 50%
Economics	Maths & English	60%	Mathematics – 65% English – 50%
Mathematics	Physics, Maths & English	60%	Mathematics – 65% English - 50%
Physics	Physics, Maths & English	60%	Physics – 65% Mathematics – 60% English – 50%
Zoology	Zoology / Biology, Chemistry & English	60%	Zoology / Biology – 65% Chemistry – 55% English – 50%
Statistics	Maths & English	60%	Mathematics – 65% English – 50%
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).

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