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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The Four Year Undergraduate Programme is designed to enable students to develop communication skills in the chosen language and to acquire a broad understanding of the society, history and culture within which these languages have developed and are used. Based on the conception of language as social and cultural practice, the courses integrate knowledge of social and political institutions, historical events, and literary and cultural movements into the acquisition of the four linguistic skills - reading, writing, listening and speaking. The courses are thus designed to simultaneously develop language skills and critical thinking. The Programme comprises of Discipline Course-I, Discipline Course-II and Application Courses.

For these courses, the process of language learning has been defined in accordance with the stages identified by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF), developed by the European Council. It provides a basis for mutual recognition of language qualifications obtained in different learning contexts, and thus facilitating educational and professional mobility for both students and teachers. These stages are indicative of the desired level to be reached by the learner at the end of each year using parameters that are internationally acceptable. Since the communicative approach will be used for the purpose of language teaching, grammatical and syntactical structures corresponding to the various stages of language acquisition will be taught and tested implicitly.

The Discipline Course-I and Applied Courses have two objectives. They equip students to continue their studies in a postgraduate programme in language, literary and cultural studies but also provide them with the competences necessary to immediately enter professional life for a variety of employment opportunities (in translation, interpretation, tourism, foreign language teaching at the school and equivalent levels, publishing, the print and electronic media, and in other emerging areas in the corporate world where knowledge of a foreign language is either required or seen as an advantage).

The Four Year Undergraduate Programme has multiple exit points:

• At the end of two years/4 semesters where a student will be awarded a Diploma.
• At the end of three years /6 semesters where a student will be awarded a B.A. degree.
• At the end of four years/ 8 semesters where a student will be awarded a B.A. Honours degree

The course structure for the Four Year Undergraduate Programme in the concerned languages (French / German / Italian / Spanish) is given below:

*These courses of study are open to modification / change in title / content after due process during the duration of this programme and of enrolment of the student

Admission to the Four Year Undergraduate Programme shall be based on the Discipline Course-I

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ELIGIBILITY

All those who have passed the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (Class XII) of the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi, or an Examination recognised as equivalent thereto and fulfil the conditions listed below are eligible to apply for admission to the Four-Year Undergraduate Programmes offered by the Department.

a) A minimum of 45% in aggregate percentage of marks in any one of the examinations mentioned above. Details of relaxation criteria.

b) Students already having a BA degree are not eligible to apply.

ADMISSION PROCEDURE

The candidates are required to register either online at www.du.ac.in or offline by completing OMR forms available and to be submitted at Admission Information Centers of the University of Delhi.

39 seats are available in each language. Candidates may give their options for the language(s) on the same form in order of preference.

Admissions will be made strictly in order of merit. In matters relating to admissions, the decision of the Admission Committee will be final.

ADMISSION SCHEDULE

Please refer to the following document:

Four Year Undergraduate Programme - Admission Brochure

SEAT ALLOTMENT

1. Seats will be allotted strictly by order of merit.

2. Candidates should bring the required documents (original as well as photocopies) and fees (as mentioned in the Admission Brochure of the University of Delhi, p. 19, when they come for seat allotment. In case a candidate is unable to be present at the time of seat allotment he / she can send his / her representative with the necessary documents and fees to complete the admission formalities. If either the candidate / representative is not present he / she will forfeit the seat and his / her case will not be entertained thereafter.

3. Seat allotment will continue till the seats are filled.

4. Students will be allowed to shift to their higher language preference by order of merit if seats become available in that language at a later date.

5. ALL DECISIONS OF THE ADMISSION COMMITTEE WILL BE FINAL.

MODE OF EVALUATION

All Discipline Course-I papers are of 100 marks: 25 marks are for internal assessment and 75 marks for the annual examination.

The Applied Courses are also for 100 marks each: 25 marks are for internal assessment and 75 marks for the annual examination.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

10% weightage is given for class tests and written assignments. Each student is required to submit at least one such class test/assignment per paper in each semester.
15% weightage is given to class presentations. Each student is required to make at least two presentations per paper in each semester.

Use of dictionary during the examination is allowed in AC Paper 2, 3, 4 (Translation).

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS

The minimum attandance requirement for the final examination is 66.6%.