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UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG
CHITTAGONG UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (CUCBA)
FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ORDINANCE FOR THE DEGREE OF EVENING MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
1. THE NATURE OF DEGREE
The Degree of Master of Business Administration will be awarded by the University of Chittagong under the provision of this ordinance will be called “EVENING M.B.A.” Program.
This Programme is a Professional graduate program e for working executives and other who are unable to pursue normal academic career under compelling circumstances. The core of this programme is the development of skill, creativity and judgment so essential to every manager regardless of functional area or level within an organization.
2. DURATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF STUDY
Duration of the M.B.A. programe will be two academic years i.e. 4 regular semesters and shall be completed by a student in not more than 6 (six) Semesters.
3. ACADEMIC YEAR AND SEMESTER
The academic of this programme will be divided into two regular semester and one short session (summer) as follows: Spring: January to May; June to July: Fall August to December.
4. SUBJECTS
There shall be the following areas in this programme i. Accounting and Information Systems; ii. MIS; iii. Management Studies; iv. Marketing and International Marketing v. Finance and Banking; vi. International Business; vii. HRM and such other area/s as may be approved by the University Authority from time to time.
5. QUALIFICATION FOR ADMISSION
The qualification for admission to the Evening M.B.A. programe is graduate in any discipline from an University of Bangladesh or a recognized equivalent examination from home and abroad may be admitted to the programme of Evening M.B.A. in any of the above mentioned subjects in this Centre of such terms and conditions as may be determined by the University Authority from time to time.
6. RESISTRATION
A candidate shall attain studentship of the university on admission to a program as per rules. S/he shall be required to be registered separately with the University through such processes and on payment of such fees as determined by the CUCBA and approved by the University Authority from time to time and it will be valid for three years.
7. COURSE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
Each course shall be designated by three/four letters for the subject/discipline as decided by the CUCBA followed by a three digit number starting with 6, i.e.AIS.601 for the first course in Accounting and Information Systems, MGS.604 for the fourth course in Management Studies and so on.
8. MARKS AND CORRESPONDING CREDITS
Theoretical course, Internship/Business Research report and viva-voce of 100, 50 and 25 marks are equivalent to 3, 1.5 and 0.75 credits, respectively.
9. NATURE OF COURSES AND DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS
i. The Evening M.B.A. programme shall be carrying a total of 2200 marks as distributed below.
Semester / Theoretical / Internal Evaluation / Credits / Internship or Business Research Report / Viva-voce / Credits / Total Marks / Total CreditsFirst / 400 / 100 / 15 / ---- / 25 / 0.75 / 525 / 15.75
Second / 400 / 100 / 15 / ----- / 25 / 0.75 / 525 / 15.75
Third / 400 / 100 / 15 / ----- / 25 / 0.75 / 525 / 15.75
Forth / 400 / 100 / 15 / 100 / 25 / 3+0.75 / 625 / 78.75
Total / 1600 / 400 / 60 / 100 / 100 / 6 / 2200 / 66
ii. The Committee of Courses and Studies of the CUCBA shall prepare the syllabus.
iii. Internal evaluation marks shall be awarded on the basis of series of periodic tests (number to be determined by the CUCBA) to be conducted by the course teachers/s during the session.
10. CLASS HOURS (90 MINUTES EACH)
Theoretical courses of 50 marks (1.5 credits) in 15 class hours and 100 marks (3 credits) in 30 class hours. One credit hour shall be 15 (fifteen) classes of one hour duration For each course there will be 2 classes of one and half hour duration each in a week.
11. DURATION OF EXAMINATION
Examinations will be held on semester basis. Time allotted for theoretical course/s examinations will be as follows: 2 hours for 50 marks and 4 hours for 100 marks.
12. MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION AND EXAMINATION
The medium of instruction and answer in the examination scripts shall be English.
13. ELIGIBILITY FOR APPEARING AT THE EXAMINATION
i. In order to be eligible for appearing at the examination, a candidate shall be required to attend on an average not less than 75% of the lectures. The Academic Committee of the CUCBAmay recommend marginal cases of shortage of attendance (not below 60%) on special ground with documentary evidences. In this case, the candidate shall have to pay the requisite non-collegiate fee as determined by the University Authority.
ii. The course teacher shall submit the class attendance register to the Director of the CUCBA before processing the examination entry forms. The CUCBA shall verify the eligibility of the candidates. Eligible candidate shall submits his/her examination entry form together with necessary certificates, documents and fees to the director of the CUCBA for necessary action.
iii. The director shall issue admit card and distribute only to the eligible candidates as per rules. If the examination e*** forms remain incomplete, admit cards shall not be issued. Each student shall mention his/her registration/ID number with session and Previous examination roll/ID number in the entry form, if any.
14. GRADING SYSTEM
Letter grades and corresponding grade points shall be awarded as follows:
Numerical Grade / Letter grade / Grade point / Numerical Grade / Letter grade / Grade point80% and above / A+ / 4.00 / 55% to less than 60% / B- / 2.75
75% to less than 80% / A / 3.75 / 50% to less than 55% / C+ / 2.50
70% to less than 75% / A- / 3.50 / 45% to less than 50% / C / 2.25
65% to less than 70% / B+ / 3.25 / 40% to less than 45% / D / 2.00
60% to less than 65% / B / 3.00 / Less than 40% / F / 0.00
15. PASS MARKS
Course Marks / 100 / 75 / 50 / 25Pass marks / 40 / 30 / 20 / 10
16. GPA/CGPA CALCULATION
i. No credits are granted for grade less than D. Calculation of GPA (Grade Point Average)and CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average)is shown in Appendix- A. To calculate CGPA, no grades from any source other than that of the prescribed credits will be considered.
ii. In the Academic Transcript/ Grade sheet, only Letter Grade (LG), corresponding Grade Points (GP), Points Secured (PS) and finally GPA, CGPA not the numerical marks, shall be shown.
17. PROMOTION TO NEXT HIGHER SEMESTER
A student is require to fulfill the following conditions for promotion to the next higher class:
i. A student must earn at least 12 credits out of 15 credits in 1st /2nd /3rd semester without viva-voce at his /her respective examination of the semester, failing which s/he shall be declared to have failed in the respective examination.
ii. At stage a student shall be allowed to earn the remaining credit/s and to improve the grades of the 1st/2nd /3rd semester class by appearing at the examination of the two consecutive batch only.
iii. If a student fails to earn the said remaining credits of the 1st/2nd/3rd year examination, s/he shall be dropped out of the programme.
iv. Promotion to 2nd/3rd/4th semester after the respective examinations shall be given effect on the basis of the results published by the controller of examination.
18. VIVA-VOCE EXAMINATION
i. A regular student must appear at the viva-voce of the respective examination. At the end of each annual examination, the Examination Committee shall hold a viva-voce marks shall not be taken into consideration for the determination of yearly GPA. All marks of 4 viva-voce examinations will be added up to determine LG, GP and PS and to calculate CGPA.
ii. If a student fails appear at the viva-voce, the Examination Committee may recommend him/her for appearing at the viva-voce on special grounds with documentary evidences subject to approval of the vice-chancellor before the publication of result of the respective examination. In this case, s/he shall have to bear all expenses to conduct the viva-voce as fixed by the University Authorities.
iii. If a student does not avail the above clause i. & ii he does not appear at annual viva-voce, s/he shall be declared to have failed in the respective examination.
19. INTERNSHIP/BUSINESS RESEARCH REPORT
i. A Student must submit his/her Internship/Business Research Report at the end of 4th year annual examination. These marks shall be converted into LG. GP and PS and to calculate CGPA.
ii. If a student fails to submit or fails to earn required GP in his/her Internship/Business Research Report, s/he shall be declared to have failed in the programme.
20. IMPROVEMENT OF GRADES
i. Students earning C, D and F in any course in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd semester examinations may also choose to improve their grades by appearing at the semester examination of the same course only with the immediate next batch. If such a student fails to improve his/her grade/s, the previous grade/s of the same course shall remain valid.
ii. No improvement shall be allowed in internal evaluation, viva-voce and Internship/Business Research Report.
iii. For improvement of his/her grade in a particular course, the student shall apply to the Director of the CUCBA at least 4 weeks before the start of the next semester examination.
iv. The Director of the CUCBA Shall prepare list/s of candidates for the regular, irregular and improvement categories and send one copy of each to the office of the controller of Examinations after the last date of filling up of examination entry forms.
21. Degree Requirements
for the degree of Evening MBA, a student shall require to fulfill the following conditions:
- A Student must earn 66 credits, failing which s/he will be declared failed in the programme.
- A student must earn a minimum GP 2.00 in each individual course.
- A student must earn a minimum CGPA 2.25. Failing which s/he shall be declared failed in the progrmme.
- A regular student must earn a minimum GP 2.00 at the Internship/Business Research Report, failing which s/he shall be declared failed in the programme.
- A regular student must earn a minimum GP 2.00 at the consolidated viva-voce examination, failing which s/he shall be declared failed in the programme.
22. A Student earning GPA 4.00 Shall be awarded M.B.A with Distinction and citation so made in the academic transcript.
23. FAILED STUDENT
- If a student fails to earn the credits, s/he will be treated as failed. The failed student shall be allowed to appear in the failed course/s with the batch that immediately follows as an irregular candidate, failing which s/he shall be dropped out of the program.
- If a student fails to appear at the examination after depositing examination fees, s/he shall be treated as a failed student. The failed student shall be allowed to appear at the examination with the batch that immediately follows as an irregular candidate, failing which s/he shall be dropped out of the program.
- The failed student shall appear at the examination as an irregular candidate, generally as per syllabus in force with re-admission. If any drastic changes in the syllabus are made, the irregular candidate shall appear at the examination in his/her original syllabus on the recommendation of the Academic Committee of the Department.
- A Student failing to earn required GP at the Internship/Business Research Report shall have to resubmission in the immediate next batch only as an irregular candidate, failing which s/he shall be declared failed in the programme.
- A student failing to earn required GP at the consolidated viva-voce examination shall have to appear at viva-voce examination of 100 marks with the immediate next batch only as an irregular candidate, failing which s/he shall be declared failed in the programme.
24. READMISSION
If a student fails to appear at the examination due to shortage of required percentage of class attendance or any other reason, s/he shall have to get himself/herself re-admitted as an irregular student with the batch that immediately follows on recommendation of and within the date fixed by the Academic Committee of the Department. S/he must have to fulfill the requisite class attendance for appearing at the examination as an irregular candidate.
The student shall be allowed to appear at the examination only once with the batch that immediately follows as an irregular candidate, failing which s/he shall be dropped out of the program.
25. Improvement Of Result
i. A student can also improve his/her results after the degree is awarded by appearing only once at the examination of all courses with the two consecutive batch. In such case, previous mark of his/her Internship/Business Research Report will remain valid but s/he must appear at the viva-voce examination. If a student improves his/her results, the word ‘Improvement’ and ‘the year’ of improvement should be mentioned in his/her academic transcript and certificate. If such student fails to improve his/her grade/s, his/her previous grade of the same course will remain valid.
ii. A re-admitted student shall not be allowed to improve results under any consideration.
iii. A student willing to cancel his/her improved results and have the previous results reinstated shall apply in this respect to the controller of Examination through the Director of the Institute and the Provost of the concerned hall with necessary fees prescribed by the University Authority from time to time.
iv. No improvement shall be allowed in Internship/Business Research Report/Viva-voce examination.
v. For improvement of his/her results, the student shall apply to the Chairman of the Department at least 4 weeks before the start of the next examination.
26. FORMATION OF THE EXAMINATION COMMITTEE
The Examination Committee shall consist of – one Chairman, two internal Members and one external Member (from other public University)
27. GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE HONOURS, MASTERS, M. PHIL. AND ANY OTHER DEGREE/ CERTIFICATION/ DIPLOMA EXAMINATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY
- Functions of the Academic Committee/ Chairman/Director of the Departments/ Institutes/ RCMPS shall be according to General rules and regulations no. 1.
- Functions of the Examination Committee shall be according to General rules and regulations no. 2.
- Functions of the Chairman of the Examination Committee shall be according to General rules and regulations no. 3.
- Functions of the course teacher/examiner shall be according to General rules and regulations no. 4.
- Functions of the tabulators for finalization of the results shall be according to General rules and regulations no. 5.
- Functions of the Controller of Examinations regarding examinations and publication of results shall be according to General rules and regulations no. 6.
28. ADMISSION OF THE EXPELLED STUDENT
If a student is expelled from the University for any Reason as the case may be, s/he shall have to get himself/herself re-admitted in progrmme for once only. Generally, the syllabus in force for the examination concerned will be applicable for such a student. If any drastic changes in the syllabus are made, s/he shall have to appear at the examination with his/her original syllabus on the recommendation of the Academic Committee of the CUCBA.
29. ACADEMIC CALENDAR
The Academic Committee of the concerned Departments/Institutes/RCMPS shall prepare an Academic Calendar showing the beginning of each academic year, date for commencement and suspension of classes, commencement of each examination. (Class will be suspended at least 15 days before the commencement of semester examination.) There will be a gap of at least 30 days from the date of publication of results of previous year and date of commencement of the current year.
30. REVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE
The ordinance may be reviewed by the Academic Council on recommendation of the Faculty through Ordinance Committee.
31. EFFECT OF THE ORDINANCE
This ordinance shall be effective from the Academic session 2008-2009 and shall supersede any decision taken before.
APPENDIX- A
COMPUTATION OF GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)
∑PA. (Total Point Secured in a year)
GPA = ------
∑Cr. (Total Credits offered in a year)
Example: GPA calculation
Course / No. of credits / Marks (%) / Letter grade / Grade Points / Points Secured / GPAC – 501 / 3 / 58 / B- / 2.75 / 8.25 / 39.75/15
=2.65
C – 502 / 3 / 48 / C / 2.25 / 6.75
C – 503 / 3 / 35 / D / 1.75 / 5.25
C – 504 / 3 / 66 / B+ / 3.25 / 9.75
C – 505 / 3 / 68 / B+ / 3.25 / 9.75
Total / 15 / 39.75
Example:
TPS of (1st semester to 2nd semester +3rd semester +4th semester) + PS of Internship or Business research Report + PS of 4 Semester viva voce
CGPA =
Total number of credits in the whole program
Semesters / Total Points secured / Total No. of Credits / CGPAFirst / 39.75 / 15 / 198.00/66
=3.00
Second / 45.00 / 15
Third / 48.25 / 15
Fourth / 47.00 / 15
Internship or Business Research Report / 09.00 / 03
Viva-voce / 09.00 / 03
198.00 / 66
(As per recommendation of 217th Extra ordinary Academic Council meeting vides resolution no. 1 held on 15.09.2008 & approved by 457th syndicate meeting vides resolution no. 3 held on 23.09.2008 and later on amended and revised as per the syndicate empowerment.)
General Rules and regulations for honours, masters, M.Phil and any other degree/certificate/diploma examinations of the University of Chittagong.
1. Functions of the academic committee/chairman/director of the departments/institutes regarding examination.
i. The Academic Committee of the Departments/Institutes/RCMPS constitutes Examination Committee as per ordinance of the University.
ii. The Academic Committee of the Departments/Institutes/RCMPS shall constitute the Examination Commi9ttee at least 50 days for semester and 75 days for anneal system before the date of commencement of the examinations.
iii. The Chairman/Director of the Departments/Institutes/RCMPS with the approval of the Academic Committee shall announce detail schedule of each of the examinations.
iv. If any examination is postponed for any reason, the Academic Committee shall refix the date of the postponed examination and it shall be circulated by the chairman/Director of the Departments/Institute according to decision of the Academic Committee.
v. If the University authorities postpone any examination due to unavoidable circumstances, the Academic Committee of the Departments/Institute/RCMPS, subject to approval of the University authority, shall refix the date of examination and the Chairman/Director of the Departments/Institutes/RCMPS shall make arrangement to circulate the same.
vi. The Chairman/Director of the Departments/Institutes/RCMPS will preserve sessional (tutorial, term paper, class test, field works, field tour, study tour, class attendance etc.) marks submitted by the course teacher and pass three copies of the same to the Chairman of the Examination Committee at least one month before the Final Examination in scaled covers.
vii. The Chairman/Director of the Departments/Institutes/RCMPS will preserve practical marks of students on the basis of their class performance submitted by the course teacher and pass three copes of the same to the Chairman of the relevant Examination Committee at least one month before the Final Examination in scaled covers.
2. Functions of the examination Committee
i. The Internal members of the Examination Committee will recommended for the appointment of “paper setters” and “script examiners” from the panel of examiners as prepared by Committee of Courses and Studies of the Departments/Institutes and approved by the concerned authorities of the University to the Controller of Examination of the University.