Four Year Under Graduate Programme

The programme offers major in Politics & International Relations/ Economics/ History with focus on research. The programme will have two Broad Pathways, (a) 3 year UG Degree and (b) 4 year UG Degree (Honours) with Research. The course will have four major components- (1) Foundation Courses grouped into 4 major baskets as Ability Enhancement courses (AEC), Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC), Value Addition Courses (VAC) and Multidisciplinary Courses (MDC), (2) Discipline Specific Major (3) Discipline Specific Minor/Multidisciplinary and (4) Research Component with dissertation, internship and field surveys.

Students who choose to exit after 3 years shall be awarded UG Degree in their respective Major Discipline- Politics and International Relations or Economics or History- after the successful completion of the required minimum number of Courses and Credits. The candidates with a CGPA of 7.5 or above in the previous six semesters of the programme are eligible to join the Honours Programme with Research.

UG Honours Degree with research in the Major Discipline shall be awarded to those who complete the programme with specific number of Courses Credits in their major discipline. The programme will be conducted by the Centre for Under Graduate Studies, University of Kerala located at Kariavattom Campus.

The Curriculum shall be in accordance with the Curriculum Framework and Academic Regulations of the University of Kerala.The intake of the Programmeis 30 students.The candidates for the programme commencing in the academic year 2023-24, shall be admitted based on the marks obtained in the qualifying examinations,with necessary normalization.The candidates should be admitted by following the existing reservation system prevailing in the University teaching departments.The total marks in Higher Secondary or equivalent examination plus the average of the marks scored bythe candidate for Political Science, Economics and History shall be taken as the index mark forranking purpose.

1. 1. 1. Mandatory Reservation:The seats will be distributed as per the U.O (MS) No.107/08/H.Edn. dated 30.8.08 and corresponding U.O AcB/I/Admns BC/2008 dated 20.9.2008. To ensure the eligible percentage of reservation for all communities, the rotation of category is done with seat matrix every year.After allotting seats asper seat matrix, the remaining fraction (positive/negative) of each year will be carried over to the next year.

Lists of eligible communities for reservation are given in Annexures II, III, IV and V

*Candidates who enjoy communal reservation such as SEBC, SC/ST, who have BPL endorsement in the Ration Card are not eligible for EWS reservations. Only candidates belonging to Forward Communities, who are Economically Backward, are eligible for EWS reservations. Such candidates must produce EWS certificate from the Village Officer/Revenue Authority concerned.

Special Reservation for Foreign, Non-Kerala, Persons with Disabilities (PWD), Sports Persons, Transgender, Inmates of Govrenment Children’s Home

Candidates seeking admisson under any of the above special reservation category should register online. The candidates should also submit hard copy of online application along with the copy of Certificates to CSS. If any discrepancy is noted during the verification of original certificates, the candidate shall not beconsidered for admission.

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