General Information for Admission to  B.Sc. 2011-2012

As per University of Calcutta requirements, for Admission to BSc Honours degree, the candidate must have

(a) 50% aggregate and a minimum of 45% in the subject taken as Honours,

or

(b)55% in the subject chosen for Honours.

English is compulsory.

To apply to St. Xavier's College a student must fulfill, in addition to the above, the eligibility criteria for application as defined by the College.

A candidate is not permitted to study a subject at the graduation level, if he/she studied the subject at the Class XII level and did not pass in the subject at the Class XII level.

Students passing the GCE examination of the UK are eligible for admission only if they have passed with 2 ‘A’ Levels and 3 ‘O’ levels. Only subjects passed at A-level can be taken for Honours. Candidates with projected mark sheets are not eligible.

For Computer Science Honours or General, a candidate must have passed Physics with Mathematics at the 10+2 level.

For Economics Honours, a candidate should have passed class XII with pure Mathematics as a subject. Business Mathematics is not accepted for Economics honours.

SUBJECTS COMBINATION OFFERED :

• B.Sc. Mathematics Honours: with any one of the following combinations: a. Physics and Computer Science, b. Physics and Chemistry, and c. Statistics and Economics.
• B.Sc. Physics Honours: with Mathematics (compulsory elective), and either Chemistry or Computer Science as second elective.
• B.Sc. Chemistry Honours: with Mathematics (compulsory elective), and either Physics or Microbiology as second elective.
• B.Sc. Statistics Honours: with Mathematics (compulsory elective), and either Computer Science or Economics as second elective.
• B.Sc. Computer Science Honours: with Mathematics and Physics as the electives.
• B.Sc. Economics Honours: with Mathematics (compulsory elective), and either Statistics or Political Science as second elective.
• B.Sc. Microbiology Honours: with Chemistry (compulsory elective) and either Physics or Computer Science as second elective.
• For B.Sc. with Mass communication and Videography as MAJOR, Film Studies is compulsory. The second elective has to be chosen from the following subjects: . Political Science or Bengali or History or Sociology or Economics.
• M.Sc (5 yr, integrated, no lateral movement after 3 yrs) Biotechnology : Physics, Chemistry, Maths & Biology / Biotechnology.
   

Note : Chemistry Honours students taking Microbiology as a general subject may not be eligible for studying M.Sc. (Chemistry) in Calcutta University, Jadavpur University etc.

Criteria for selecting subject combination :

Choice of Modern Indian Language:

Hindi / Bengali / Alternative English.

Alternative English will be given only to students not having Hindi or Bengali at the Class-X level.
 

SELECTION PROCEDURE

For all other B.Sc. courses, the selection is done on the basis of marks obtained in the previous qualifying examination.