In a recent communication from the UGC, issued vide F.No.1-8/2017(SWAYAM Board) dated 19-05-2020, the Universities have been conveyed a list of MOOCs courses at PG Level, which are scheduled to be offered from July 2020. The Higher Education Institutions have been advised to peruse these identified courses numbering 42 Courses at PG level, and facilitate adoption of the relevant and equivalent courses within the PG Programmes curriculum by the concerned departments. These courses shall be eligible for Credit transfers after relevant academic bodies approve these courses as per the UGC Credit Framework Regulations 2016.
In light of the above and in continuation to earlier notification of this office issued vide No. F (CBCS- SWAYAM-OCs)/20, dated 18-05-2020 regarding the subject under discussion, all the Heads/Directors of Departments/Centers/Principals are informed to kindly expedite on the following:
1. Peruse the enclosed list of MOOCs courses identified by the UGC for PG levels, and shortlist relevant and interdisciplinary courses to be incorporated into respectivecurricula on priority.
2. Initiate the process of adoption of these courses within PG curricula by way of conducting PGBOS meetings on any virtual platform or the same may be approved at the Departmental level in anticipation of further ratification by the PGBOS as and when possible. It is requested to speed up this activity and approve these courses as soon as possible as these are slated to be offered by SWAYAM platform from July 2020
3. The Equivalent Courses approved by the BOS from the list should formulate an alternate choice platform for the learners. No course/s can be discarded from the curriculum under the plea that the same is available online. One Course from DCE Category and One Course from OE/GE Category in each semester can have equivalent alternate choice from the online platform. However, the total credit take off from the Online SWAYAM
platform should be between 20%-25% of the total credits of the programme. Core
Courses cannot be alternated with online structures
4. Those Departments/Centers which do not find any Course/s from the enclosed list relevant and equivalent to the curriculum domain of the PG Programme should explore online courses laden with credits from the SWAYAM Platform offered by other National Coordinators. There are Nine (09) National Coordinators offering free online courses at SWAYAM.
5. The list of identified PG MOOCs courses is placed on the University Website under “CBCS tab” at the footer portion. The complete Curriculum Scheme shall be submitted by or before June 20, 2020 positively at cbcs@uok.edu.in. For any query or clarification please contact our coordinators on these numbers: 7889665644 or 9419403278.Issued with authorization from Dean Academic Affairs.
