About BSc Honours Course

St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru is identified as one of the premier institutions of the state by the Vishwesharaya Technological University Belagavi to start BSc honours course from 2021-22 academic year. The course will play a major role in the implementation of National Education Policy-2020.

B. Sc (Honours) is a four years programme. The course offers, Physics, Chemistry Mathematics and Computer Science as major subjects. The course consists of dynamic curriculum with Students Centered Teaching and Learning ecosystem. This program empowers and enriches students with the necessary tools to develop and grow as researchers, professionals and leaders. This program is emphasising and catering to a multidisciplinary atmosphere of learning and thereby ensuring, science and engineering education become mutual complementary to each other. To enhance holistic development and experience, the program includes, developing interpersonal skills, lifelong learning skills, innovation and entrepreneurship.

This four-year course has been designed by Indian Institute of Science, a leading institute of research. The course brings the latest developments of Physics/Maths/Chemistry research to the classroom environment. Studying these core Science subjects along with Computer science enhances critical thinking, problem solving and analytical thinking abilities. The programme enables students to understand science in a deeper sense and is very useful to undertake advanced research courses in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics and their applications. This course is a blend of Science and Computer Science with a potential of multidisciplinary collaboration and research.

Semesters 1, 2 and 3: A systematic exposure to scientific, mathematical and engineering principles will take place during the first three semesters. In each of these semesters, the students will take one course each in Physics, Chemistry, mathematics, Computer Science and the humanities. The teaching of the compulsory core courses in Science and Engineering subjects will include substantial components of laboratory demonstrations and hands-on experiments. The students will also be exposed to courses in the humanities that will help them appreciate science and its implications for society and also sharpen their skills in communicating science to both experts and to the general public.

Semesters 4, 5 and 6: At the beginning of the fourth semester, each student will choose a discipline for specialization ("major") according to his/her academic interest. The following specializations are available: (1) Physics (2) Chemistry (3) Mathematics. All these specializations are interdisciplinary in nature and will have adequate exposure to other disciplines. The number of students in each discipline will be approximately the same. Both the academic interests of the student and his/her performance in the first three semesters will be considered in assigning a major discipline. In addition to a "major" discipline, a student may also choose a "minor" discipline. In each of these semesters, the students will typically take four courses in the chosen major and minor disciplines; they will also take one elective course in engineering and one seminar course in the humanities.

Semesters 7 and 8: A research project will be started in the seventh semester along with advanced elective courses. The final semester will be devoted exclusively to the project. The project should be in the chosen major discipline or an interdisciplinary topic that substantially overlaps with the major discipline.

• Scheme: 1, 2, and 3 Semester (Common)
• Scheme: Physics (Major) (4 to 8 Semester)
• Sheme: Chemistry (Major) (4 to 8 Semester)
• Sheme: Mathematics (Major) (4 to 8 Semester)