Minutes of the Second Academic Council Meeting held on ,W

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Minutes of the Second Academic Council Meeting held on ,W

. ^::--:rd

^{meeting of}

^the

Academic Council was held

on

13

iune,

²⁰⁰⁴

at

^{10 am}

in the

Confere'lct

.. - - _{,. -eading}

University.

The

meeting

was

^presided

over by Mr. M.

Nurunnabi Chowdhury, ^\tice

:, _{: if}

of the University.

--:

ollowing Members attended the meeting:

'

Drofessor Mohammad Mohabbat ^Khan, Department of Public Administratio ⁿ Dhaka UniversitY, Dhaka

- ^{Dr A}

N. M. Meshquat Uddin,

Dean, School of Business Administration, North South UniversitY, Dhaka

:

Professor Haruner Rashid

Professor of Geography and Environment lncl'ePendent UniversitY, Dhaka

*

Professor

Dr M

Habibul Ahsan

Head of the Department oi ^Physics, SUST.

i

Professor Sadruddln Ahmed Professor of English

Northern Univeriity,

Dhaka

^Member

:

l,"4ajor General (Rtd.) Professor Md. Nazmul lslam

Principal, Jalalabad Ragib-Rabeya'Medical College,

Sylhet

^Member

-

Professor Md. Rais ^Uddin

Princrpal, Ragib-Rabeya Degree College,

Sylhet

^Member

: ^Dr

Dipak Kanti Dutta

Professor of Business Administratlon, Leading

University'

^Member

:' ^{Dr S}

^M. Abdul Khaleque

Associate Professor, Department of English, Leading

University

^Member

'i Dr

Dulal Barua

Associate Professor, Department of computer science & Engineering

Member reading UniversitY'

'

1

_{Professoi i'v1cl. NuruiGoni}

Registrar, Leading ^UniversitY

Revised

curriculum of English undergraduate

Program (Agenda

-

¹⁾

irscussioits

ir ^{Dr S M}

^Abdul

Khalequeexplainedtherationalebehindmodifications<lftheexistingcurrtcl'lu'-:rf

Englrsh UnOergraOual.-Frogrr,r. The revised curriculum was then taken ^up for further disct'ss

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tr

^{The syllabus is} comprehenitve ^and ambiti.us, lt ^{may be} difficult-for students to cope ^with

l

^{The syllabus}

^{*rrt .inlor*}

to international siandards. Lowering the standard ^is not desira0l':

il

^Some cou;Ses mentiOn Only names

of

books and names

of their authors

^Short

desi

^t

;tlc

^:l

needed for each course'

0

Prerequisite for higher courses is not particularty needed becauselhe course Plan places ^r' oL

s

^:

in chronological order for the program'

Member

Member

Member'

Member

Secretary

--

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3-D

^ ,.:rn

_F,merican education system, which is followed in private universities, reference of boc<s

^ -.. ^{rirron in} the

svllabus, Usually

on. tu*!"[oi[ ^i, TJi.*.o Teacher glves

^{reference in}

,-_..:iJ;;X:;s[l';i',,,i.T1i}fl1,i,',,11'i',i?;rer

_{or books}

in

*terature have to be ^{studiecr a-s}

= .';:?trTl#liJJJlJilifi*. ^,-.p11.

^{courses or:}

^a

Ensrish Literature or Romantic ^{Per cd}

:.*,.iltffi:t:::Y'.:il::'J:T,,'Ji.sp:::1|j:,'"'.x.ation

^{that mav}

incrude viva voce ⁽⁴

-t'1 ffi ^,|t; [[.,ii;n',mi',T ilr[i',if,U:lii:

^{the U n ive}

^rsitv

^{It sho u Id co nro r}

ⁿ

^Ic

s::ndard ^structure

.t, ,.t.'ri ^i,

^{core, c.} concentration and Elective courses'

3 ^Ed

^courses

rto,.,io;.-;;;;;.a'nv,,,."..;;;il

teaching Department

These cour'e'

-nouN

covi'rsocial

Sciences' Humanities and Science

:

<,.

#svLrabus

^{sho u rd be modifred}

i:'l-l'fl

1*:':: *:ff

^$scussio

ns

, ^_h,

^{Engrish underf raduate program}

^{,vrrrtu, .i}

modrtied in the ^right of the discussions is pla';er al Annexure

-

^A

Revised

Curriculum

^{of CSE} Undergraduate Program (Agenda

-

²⁾

: :=fS!.!9!9

. ^l,T Dulal Barua presented the Revised curriculum be{ore the ^Academic council

^{FLrr he}

, {:t;;H::ffit?t'#tnon,s,rouate ^prosram

^shourd contain maximum 130 credit

hourr'

^trcl

133 as

proposed

.s

ior

non-science background students are,not sufficier't ^{i ''}

1":I'Ji?#,..iff:;Il'[',.'fiffll.|:,1ffi;i; ^o;;siun

ⁱⁿ

^c,,l.p,i*

s'Lnce

^ano

Ensineerirlq

^I

, il:':1nli'',??,'.1'o''n

^to

Business'*:,li ?:l*3': [itX[::i

compursory

G

^{Ed coutse}

Principles

tf ftl'iflirng'

may be cropped from the ^list of G' Ed courses'

'

^;leotsion

J- ^rrre

oepartment

of computer

^scrence

&

Engineering shourd revise the curricurum

in

the ^rrq

rt

_'l

discussion ⁱⁿ

tttt

""ting

^of

the Academic Council

b

The modified currbutum-is given at Annexure

-

^B'

Revised

Curriculum of

BBA Program (Agenda

-

³⁾

- _Drgslsgqls

a

^professor

^{D. K.}

Dutta presented BBA curricUrUm before

the

^councir

for its

consideratroir

-ll

e

, Eft[1Lt;t^lpl;;*: ^[3'|]lfJ IHij,iili;il,1,.,,'nts

^of

^core

courses ^{for BBA}

c ^G,

^{Ed, Qourses proposed}

^{ty il-"} ^o.nriment

shoutd

ne

acceptanb

to the

^concerned

tea;hi

^g

Departmenr All'G ^{Ed. courses} ffi::J;; ^d'tf;;- olpa't*'nts ^{should thereforr}

^re

., :l*ii1.",flilI5 ;lf;liil: i,irsLHil1n

^{view oi}

^its

^{mportance to Business} Adm':nisrrarjon

eMGT-'Irz'nirt'rci-iiishouldbecombinedtntoonecourse'

i ffi:irii'Ii!#ia"*tl*q ^{T ?.[iqi} T:itxi:;:sin,,.duc,on'io

^Managr

^m

ⁿ

Accounting

# il;i;;;o,niing

^strouto be adequate for accounting.

n

^BUA-Z1B

uni'g,;AIiiisrrcuio,o. t,.un;;.d ;;^teniration

and elective c0urses

;. n#:l[iirtT[il':'-'Hii*,Ll'i,iJf,temenr

^{shourd be} renamed'production ^&

orsa

ⁱ

'a.r

Management" ^{I c '}

\\?

: -:-;2;

^{s ^ot} needed and should ^be dropoed'

_ s::l"aie

^course

^of

^Business

^rtnics istloineeded.

Ethics should

be

included

in ali

^reletan

- -

,.'s.s

^{and taught there}

'

_{rd to be taken by} all students ^N

-- _,--: lsrlrses

^are compuisory All courses in the core ^{are requlre}

.t.;ni,.:ffillilti,.o,re

^{courses or 18} credit hours ^mav be siven ⁱⁿ severalsroups

-

].:.dents should be ^required

to

take up

a

number of courses compulsorily in

the

^G,

Ed

^{and th l}

-:si

_as they choose from ^a list of courses'

4r,...iculum

should be modified in the light of discussions ⁱⁿ the council'

--ie

_modified curriiulum of BBA is enclosed ^at Annexure

-

^C'

I

cnversion

of

^EMBA

to

MBA (Agenda

-

³⁾

=#ffi"r

D K

Dutta introduced the

proposalior ner1lj!1,91T:::.::1t'ts

^{who wish} to coml'letr :gulal. MBA program for degree ^rn MBA by taking up addlttonal courses'

. _:recutive

MBA

is

^designed

^{for the} nuit .it

;xecutives-

and otherl yv!3^l:::":^perietrce

^f

,,rorking

on

the

i.i "siri'arid

exemption

to

certain courses

is

^given

for experience lt is ncl

^{a I}

i,l5ii:?JHrui?y^:0^

have been persistent

in

their desire

ro

obrain resular MBA

desrer tv

raf<in'g up additional courses ^at par with regular MBA'

. ^{ir is}

^proposed

t;;ii ^{4 ;.urses} i rilrrigrrr.i

Accounting, Marketing Management

strareg;

i:lanagement ano inlernationar Businesr ^u'no

i ."oits

^for disiertation. ^That will make a total

.f [

]

. l;1ij,nf,::Lljff:t:iTffi.

added ror taking up

the

^remaining

po,tiol or

^MBA

prosran I

^rr :nose who have successfully finished

rrvraniiogrurn

should be allowed to take ^up the propo:ed 'l

!ourses and dissertation for MBA degree'

. _r!!r:e!

uccessfur compretion of EMBA

pros'?l:il:1i*:1Ii?Ifi 1?Ji'"f::::urses

of ^ACC

-

3002, MKT

_

3003, MGT _

4003

^BUS

14oos

ano a Thesis to ^tuttitt MBA degree requiremer';ts rf

,,

^?f

;ffi:J]aomissron

t0 MBA may be given ⁱⁿ rwo streams. The first stream

wi,

consist of grac,'at' ^s .,vith

work

experience and

the

second stream

wi]l be

^composed

of

students, ful{illrng elig,bil ^.y conditions of admission for MBA pr0gram'

Leading

University Academic Regulations

^(Agenda

-

⁴⁾

'1

Discus-sjoLs-ademic

Regulations

are

^primarily

a compilation,of

^oolicies

and

procedures ^{governi tg} academic ^affarrs that are scattered

o'eruu'iou'

places' Attempt has been made in rts preparatirn to make it a systematic body of regulations'

b

preparation

oitt . ^nluJ.*i. n*gurution.

that bring them at one ^prace

is an

admirabre piece ^ol work. No otnei private University

s

linown to have done ^it yet'

c, ^{At 1.02}

,,Candldates

in MBA p.g|..r.'"..-.- --... " shouid read "candidates in ^gralLtlle programs....,,s0aStocoverallfuturegraduateprograms'

d

Regulation

f Zi'aeafs

wlifr ieaOmission

oiituOtntsitter

tapse oi 4 years' lt does not indicatc tc al

length o{

tin, ^to

^complete

^{tnr rtujy. ir-\.} i.t"r rt'gth ^oi

study should not exceed

8 years

^ot undergraduate

students and 0 vt,it ^tot gi'J"tt

^students'

These may be written i1{1

^{I re} regulations'

e

Regulation ^,1.31 (c,) may be changed into.,A minimum CGPA of 2,00 including a minimunr

li.

⁵

for

core.o,""t'''L''eplice

^{'A mrnimum CGPA of}

2'00"

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I

Regulation 1.32 may

be

revised

in the

light

of

discussions

as

follows: ^,,course rrCergraduate degree programs generally _are:

: ^G

^Ed

Courses

30 credits 72 credits 18 credits

\\g

requirements o1

for

EMBA

arir

a

Comprehen: re :-. Core Courses

:

Concentration/Electives

g.

h

)

k

j

internship/

ProjecUDissertation

_{04 credits}

Total

124 credits Some programs may require more credits.,,

Regulation 1.33 may

be

amended

so

as

to

read ^,,a,

A

minimum

of s1

credits minimum of 60 credits for all other graduate programs ^"

Regulation

2.02

shoulcl

delete the term, 'comprehensive ,, from the

^,,Final

Examination' to read 'Final Examrnation,

't

regulation 2.06, requirement of time may be changed to 72 hours in place of 48 hours to re ic,

,,.T2hoursfromtheendof theFinal Examination,inplaceof ,,.,...4gh0ursfr0m

,

in

regulation

2.11,\he _following

_sentence

may be added "euestions shall be set in

VlCe Structured and Essay types as laid down in the Handbook on Question Setting and Assessmeirt ^,

rhe'first _sentence of regulation 2.10 may be changed to read, "Thi answer scripts

o1

tveekly/biweekly tests, excepi those

on

MCO tests and

issignment

papers, shall be returned to

the students after marking, MCQ answer scripts may

be

snown

to

students

in

^presence or ^, re

lourse

Teacher and taken back".

Regulation 3'01 shows A+ as the top grade. This is not done in the North American Universit;s

tiighest grade A, not,A+ is followed by all private

universities

in

Bangladesh. Grading rray therefore be brought in line with common practice. The said

,.grrrlion

may be modified.

:02

may be reconstructed in the light of changes proposed in

g,ot.

"XAbandoned, _{occurrrng at} ine end of regulation 3.02 may be deleted as it is noi useful additicn to record.

:

^Decision

'

^-rne Leading University Academic Regulations may be revised _in the light of discussrons _above

: ^-ie

Regulations _shair come into effect from Fail 2d04 semester.

' ^lne

new grading system shall be given effect to from Fall 2004 in eases of students admitted rn rn

=a||2004.

I ^rle

revised and approvecl Leading University Academic Regulations is placed _at Annexure

-

^D

Results on

semester

Examinations

of Fall 2002toFall

2003 (Agenda

-

⁵⁾

_ !aJSSlOn

l-Tmarfed

te.ndency to top scores is noticed in a large number of courses. Largest concentration of students _in A scores _is exhemely unusual. lt indicates that marking system

hal

to improve.

: ^ihe

statistical probability

is

concentration

in the

middle

and a few at either end.

Heacls of Departments have to ensure that marking is properly _done.

:

_'*'

"rorkshop on assessment of answer scripts may be held for improving system of marking Decision

a

^Heads

of

Departments should assess marking

by

each teacher

and

advise him/her

0n

pri1l er marking. lt shall be his responsibility to ensure proper assessment.

b

^A workshop with a resource person may soon be held to improve the assessment _system.

ia

tri

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t\

^{.a ,'t,l}

(M

Nur.uiinabi Chowgllqyl_

,t ----+ice-Cha=---nceilor

ⁱ

& 2_c

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Chairman, Academic Council, LU

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