The University offers the following degrees for its undergraduate programmes:
Bachelor with Honours (4 Academic Years)
Bachelor (3 Academic Years)
Diploma (2 Academic Years)
Education in the 21st century has undergone a paradigm shift. Through its new 4-year undergraduate programme across disciplines, to be introduced in the academic session 2013-2014, University of Delhi is taki
ng a leadership in encapsulating the inevitable sea of changes and reflecting the need of the hour. The emphasis is to tone down the classical mode of overburdening theory-based dissemination of knowledge within the confines of a lecture hall and thus redefine education. The out-of-the box new curriculum ensures simple concept based learning with emphasis on examples from the real world, interactive analysis, group discussions, hands-on-training, visit to appropriate sites for a grasp of the realistic demands and project handling. The programme promises integral, all-round development of individuals and fulfillment of their needs, ambitions, aims and objectives. To cater to the needs of students with diverse talents, aspirations and professional requirements, the programme has built in flexibility allowing multiple exit points with multiple degrees appropriate to the exits. Students will have the option to pursue a 3-year programme leading to award of Bachelor degree and the option to pursue a 2-year programme leading to the award of Diploma. A significant innovation of this multiple-exit scheme is the opportunity for those exiting early with Diploma or Bachelor degree to return back to carry on for higher degree, if they so desire and have the requisite qualifications. For multi-faceted development of a student, the first two years of the curriculum emphasizes on several foundation building (core) courses (FC) that include language, arts, commerce, science and life, building mathematical ability, culture and civilization and governance and citizenship. These courses would empower students with the ability for communication and analytical skills. One value-based course (IMBH– Integrating Mind Body & Heart /CA-Cultural Activities Including NCC, Sports, NSS etc.) per semester throughout the curriculum has been included to enable students to reflect upon values and culture. These courses are hands-on, interactive and based on a practitioner’s approach. The discipline courses (DC-I) will train students with the basic concepts of a particular discipline. All students pursuing the Bachelor with Honours degree shall study 20 discipline papers and the number will be fewer accordingly for individuals who exit earlier. The applied courses (AC), while grounded in the concerned discipline, are aimed at helping the students in applying the knowledge as means for capability building. The students will study five application papers, which will be introduced in the second semester with a course each in second to sixth semester. Another set of discipline papers(DC-II), for which the students are allowed the choice at the commencement of the second year, will permit individuals to augment and satiate their quest for knowledge by opting for papers that complement their learning in the principal discipline course (DC-I). A special feature here would be that a student by passing all six DC-II courses in one discipline would have an alternate choice for post-graduation in that discipline in addition to their first discipline. Students pursuing the four-year Honours programme shall study 6 papers in the second discipline. In the fourth year of the course, students will pursue research-based papers and innovative projects, which will provide them with requisite skills and prepare them for higher studies, teaching or reaching assignments across the globe.
