MSPH Assessment Part 2 - Health Services Academy


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4. Method of Assessment/Examination (Continued)

The distribution of marks for each examination is as follows.

Semester I (Credits 18)

No.	Subject/Course	Marks
		Paper	Ongoing Assessment	Total Marks	Passing Marks
I	Basic Epidemiology Basic Biostatistics Foundations of Public Health Introduction to Population Dynamics Computer Applications in Public Health	225	225	450	225
II	Health Systems Analysis Environmental Health Aspects of Social and Behavioural Sciences in Public Health Foundations of Qualitative Research	225	225	450	225
	Total Marks (Semester I)	450	450	900	450

Semester II (Credits 20)

No.	Subject/Course	Marks
		Paper	Ongoing Assessment	Total Marks	Passing Marks
I	Research Process Part I Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics Communicable and Non-communicable Disease Control Health Promotion	250	250	500	250
II	Reproductive Health Child Health, Programmes and Interventions Health Planningl Health Systems Management	250	250	500	250
	Total Marks (Semester II)	500	500	1000	500

Semester III (Credits 20)

No.	Subject/Course	Marks
		Paper	Ongoing Assessment	Total Marks	Passing Marks
I	Research Process Part I Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics Communicable and Non-communicable Disease Control Health Promotion	250	250	500	250
Research Project
		Proposal and Dissertation Writing	Viva Voce Exam	Total Marks	Passing Marks
II	Reproductive Health Child Health, Programmes and Interventions Health Planningl Health Systems Management	250	250	500	250
	Total Marks (Semester III)	500	500	1000	500

Semester IV (Credits 2)

No.	Subject/Course	Marks
		Report Writing	Appraisal	Total Marks	Passing Marks
	Practicum (On-the-job Assignment)	50	50	100	50

Final Evaluation

Evaluation Area	Total Marks
Semester I Papers	450
Semester II Papers	500
Semester III Papers	250
Ongoing Assessment (Semester I + II + III)	1200
Research Project/Dissertation/Viva Voce	500
Practicum	100
Total Marks	3000
Passing Marks	1800

Candidates passing all the semester examinations shall be declared to have passed the MSPH programme and shall be awarded the degree.

The final evaluation of the students will be as per the existing university regulations. The minimum passing marks in each of the subjects will be 50%; however the overall cumulative minimum marks required for passing the MSPH programme will be 60%.

Grading of course work is as under:

Grade "A": 80% or higher
Grade "B": 60% to 79%
Grade "C": 50% to 59%
Fail: Less than 50%