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Degree Programs |
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Teaching areas at undergraduate and
graduate levels
Urban Planning and Development
Housing and Settlement
Transportation Planning and Engineering
Disaster Studies including Earthquake, Cyclone
Environmental Studies
Urban Economics
Governance
Rural Planning and Development
Natural Resources Planning
Geo-referencing and Information System (GIS)
Project Planning and Management
Planning Law
Tourism Planning
Gender Issue
Besides, the Disciple imparts knowledge on the basics of construction technology, architecture, social and physical surveying, sociology, mathematics, statistics anthropology including profound use of computer technology.
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Course Assessment
Each course, irrespective of the credit hours attributed to the course,
will be graded in a scale of 4 (four). Initially the courses will be
assessed in 100 to obtain percentage of marks obtained by the students.
The percentage of marks will be attributed a letter grade and a grade
point as per following table.
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Percentage of marks |
Letter grade |
Grade point |
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80% and above |
A+ |
4.00 |
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75% to below 80% |
A |
3.75 |
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70% to below 75% |
B+ |
3.50 |
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65% to below 70% |
B |
3.25 |
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60% to below 65% |
C+ |
3.00 |
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55% to below 60% |
C |
2.75 |
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50% to below 55% |
D+ |
2.50 |
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45% to below 50% |
D |
2.25 |
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40% to Below 45% |
E |
2.00 |
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Below 40% |
F |
0.00 |
Method of Grading
Theory courses:
The total marks in the course will be in the following way:
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Attendance |
10 |
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Continuous Assessment |
30 |
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Term final Examination |
60 |
Conducting Term Final Examination
The duration of term final examination shall be of 3 hours for all
courses. The Controller of Examinations, in consultation with the Head
of the Discipline, shall prepare and circulate the schedule for final
Examinations of the courses offered by the Discipline in a particular
term at least 1 (one) week before the commencement of the Examinations.
There shall be one internal paper-setter (course teacher) and one
external paper-setter and examiner for each course. The questions shall
be equally divided into two sections A and B. In each section there
shall be 25% choice of questions.
Award of Credit
The courses in which a student obtains an "E" or higher grade will be
counted as credits earned by him/her. Obtaining an "F" in any course
will require students to repeat the course. However, in the case of
optional courses students may choose to take a substitute course, if
available.
When a student registers for a course for the second time, the marks
he/she obtains in attendance and continuous assessment will be retained
unless the student revokes his/her previous marks by written application
to the Head of the Discipline. The marks in attendance can not be
revoked.
When a student repeats a course, his/her obtained grade will be
downgraded to the letter grade immediately below his/her earned grade.
However, if the student earns an "E" in a 'repeated' course, his/her
grade will remain as it is.
Research/Planning Project Requirements
A student for MURP degree program specializing in any concentration
area of the MURP syllabus shall undertake a research/project thesis work
under the guidance of a teacher of the Discipline. Supervision shall
also be allowed from professionals from any recognized Research
Institutes/Organizations. A teacher or a professional, to be eligible
for providing supervision of thesis research must have prior approval
from the Board of Advanced Studies of the University.
The Head of the Discipline shall submit the names of thesis/project
supervisors together with the titles of the thesis/projects of the
students to the Board of Advanced Studies through the Executive
Committee, Science, Engineering & Technology School ordinarily by the
end of the second term of the student's enrolment.
The research/project work must be carried out in this University, or at
a place(s), approved by the supervisor, in consultation with the Head of
the Discipline.