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New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia has introduced
credit transfer system for its post-graduate courses under which
students get to opt for diverse subjects in an flexible academic
programme.
The university said in a statement here that the credit transfer
system will be implemented across all departments, centres and
faculties for post-graduate courses.
"Credit transfer system entails that the students can opt for
courses at the post graduate level cutting across disciplines and
faculties, which will bring greater diversity and flexibility in
academic programmes of the university," the university said.
Thus, Jamia Millia becomes one of the few institutions in the
country to have introduced the credit transfer system at
post-graduate level.
"For instance, a student doing M.A. in any department of the
faculty of humanities and languages can now choose courses in
other departments of the faculty of humanities and languages,
faculty of social sciences as well as centres for Jawaharlal Nehru
studies, Dalit and minorities, peace and conflict resolution,
culture, media and governance, and study of comparative religion
and civilization," the university said.
"The idea is to promote inter-disciplinary study by giving
students a wider choice of subjects. This will enable them not
only to acquire holistic knowledge, a better understanding of the
social universe around them but also help them evolve as better
citizens," it said.
Under the credit transfer system now in force, of the 16 papers
that a student has to do during the entire two-year duration of
the post-graduate programme, two could be chosen from outside the
department.
A student can do only one such course per semester and two during
the entire duration of the M.A. programme.
The university proposes to increase the number of such courses
from two to four in the future. This would mean that a student can
do four out of 16 courses from outside the department where he or
she is registered.
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