PhD Course Overview
The Ph.D. programme of BITS requires a candidate to register in certain category of courses. These courses and their objectives are specified below :
I. Teaching Practices / Practice Lecture Series
|
Course Code |
Course Name
|
Units
|
| BITS
C791T |
Teaching
practice I |
1 |
| BITS
C792T |
Teaching
practice II |
1 |
The above two separate and independent courses, to be taken one at a time , are designed and operated to provide cumulative experience for Ph.D. student in the practice of teaching.
|
Course Code |
Course Name
|
Units
|
| BITS
E793T |
Practice
Lecture series I |
1 |
| BITS
E794T |
Practice
Lecture series II |
1 |
These two courses are in lieu of the two courses Viz. Teaching Practice I and II respectively, and are to be taken one at a time. These are designed and operated to provide cumulative experience for a Ph.D. student in the practice of teaching in his/her own professional setting where it is not feasible to operate the teaching practice courses. The student will deliver a predetermined series of technical talks before a professional audience as approved by Dean R&C.
II. PhD. Seminar / Independent Study
| BITS
C797T |
Ph.D.
Seminar |
(min)
2 |
While the total minimum number of units is 2,registration is done for one unit in each semester /term until the submission of the thesis.
| BITS
C790T |
Independent
Study |
(min)
2 |
A student may be asked to register in this course in lieu of BITS C797T by the Dean, Research & Consultancy if situation so warrants. While the total number of units 2, registration is done for 1 unit in each semester / term until the submission of the Thesis.
III. PhD. Thesis
| BITS
C799T |
Ph.D.
Thesis |
(min)
40 |
While the total minimum units assigned to this course are 40, the distribution of the units between different semester /terms would be determined by the Dean, Research & consultancy.
This section contains the course handouts of the above Ph.D. courses.