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Regulations pertaining to Credits, Academic Programmes and Award of Degrees:

(l) There shall be clear definition of intended outcomes of learning, benchmarked to
identifiable stages of learning.
(m) There shall be the use of reference points and expertise from outside the Higher
Educational Institution, if required, in programme design and in the processes of
programme development and approval.
(n) There shall be relevance of curriculum to national competency requirement.
(o) There shall be description of credit value of each module or unit in the course.
Table I: Norms for offering programmes through Distance mode based on credit system

Duration of the programme Credits Level of the Programme

3 years 96-100 Bachelor’s Degree (General)
2 years 64-72 Master’s Degree (General)

Table 2: Norms for delivery of courses through distance mode
No. of Practical No. of Counseling Size of SLMs Range Study Credit Value
Assignments Sessions Sessions (in terms of units, input of the course
Theory (10% of to be divided into
total study hours) blocks)
1 60 hours 6 hours 6-8 units 60 hours 2 Credits

2 120 hours 12 hours 14-16 units 120 hours 4 credits
3 180 hours 18 hours 20-24 units 180 hours 6 credits

4 240 hours 24 hours 30-34 units 240 hours 8 credits
Table 3: Norms of Credit Structure for Self Learning Material Development Non-Print Form

No. of counseling sessions (theory)

Asyn** Size of e-content Study Credit value
Syn*
Syn Chat 5% Discussion (f2f)# (optl) 10% (in terms of units) input of the course
Forum (comp)

3 hrs 2-10 topics per 6 hrs 6-8 units 60 hours 2 credits
course as per
the subject

6 hrs -do- 12 hrs 14-16 units 120 hours 4 credits
9 hrs -do- 18 hrs 20-24 units 180 hours 6 credits

-do- 24 hrs 30-34 units 240 hours 8 credits

* Syn : Synchronous

**Asyn : Asynchronous

# f2f : face-to-face

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