The Masters Degree Programme

• Master of Arts in English
• Master of Arts in Political Science

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A) The Masters Examination System:

• The masters level follows the semester system. The duration of Semester I and III shall be from July to December while the duration of Semester II and IV shall be from January to June during which Admission, Course Work, Conduct of Examinations and Declaration of Results shall be completed, including Semester Break.
• Nagaland University conducts the end semester examinations while the remaining internal assessment is conducted by the College. For all the end-semester Examinations, questions papers are prepared by Nagaland University.

B) Student Assessment and Progression:
The performance of a postgraduate student shall be evaluated on a 30:70 basis i.e. 30 Marks for Internal Assessment and 70 Marks for End-Semester Examinations.
To pass, a student shall have to secure a minimum of 12 (out of 30) marks in the Internal Assessment & 28 (out of 70) marks in End semester. Marks to be considered passed in a given semester.

• 30 marks Internal Assessment is conducted and evaluated by the College for every semester.
• 70 marks End Semester Examination is conducted and evaluated by Nagaland University.

C) Internal Assessment:

• The Internal Assessment for 30 marks might consist of the following activities: Class Tests/Unit Tests, Assignments, Seminars, Online tests, Projects, Tutorials, Presentations & Attendance.
• Internal marks are necessary and students who fail to qualify in their internal assessment will not be allowed to appear for the end-semester NU examinations. Students should contact their teachers regarding the dates for Internal Assessment.
• In case of any grievances related to internal marks, students may approach the subject teacher first after which the issue may be brought to the notice of the Vice-Principal/Dean if required. However, internal marks allocated are primarily at the discretion of the subject teacher and will not be altered under normal circumstances.

The mark distribution pattern for each paper is:
30% (internal assessment) + 70% (external examination) = 100 marks
A student should secure a minimum of 40% in internal assessment i.e. 12 marks and 28 marks in external assessment.

The internal assessment mark break up is given below:
Comprehensive and Continuous Internal Assessment
Total internal marks : 30 Marks

COMPONENTWEIGHTAGE (MARKS)

No students will be allowed to appear semester end exam (external examination) unless he or she secures 45% (13.5 marks) in internal assessment and 75% in class attendance.

D) Advancement to the next Semester & Backlog Information:

* NOTE: Students should avoid backlogs. Carrying backlogs have a negative effect and usually results in failing or students dropping out because of the added pressure of preparing and giving examinations in both the morning and afternoon.

E) Grading System: The NU grading system is as follows:

The assessment of individual courses in the End-semester Examinations shall be on the basis of Marks only, but the Marks shall be converted into Grades wherein, the overall performance of the learners shall be reflected considering the Credit Points for any given Course.