Delhi University in a meeting on Saturday approved multiple courses from the department of Social Work and African Studies of Faculty of Social Science under the new-four year undergraduate programme.
Now, only two departments are awaited to get approved and then all courses would be ready for the submission to Academic Council.
The 13 courses are — English, Hindi, Urdu, Modern Indian languages and literary Studies, German and Romance Studies, Arabic, Bhudhist Studies, linguistics, Persian, Psychology, Phylosophy, Punjabi and Sanskrit.
“The courses include entire Honours programme which are Discipline-I courses, Discipline-II courses and Applied Courses. The courses of the department of African Studies will offer Discipline-II courses. With the approval of these courses, barring two departments, all other courses from the faculties and departements stand approved for the submission to the Academic Council,” said Alka Sharma, the registrar of the university. She said that the remaining four courses would soon be tabled for the approval.
Several courses including Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Economics and Political Science have already been approved by their respective departments for the four-year degree programme which will be implemented from this year.
The programme, with multiple degree options ranging from an associate baccalaureate in two years, will entail a shift from the present 10+2+3 scheme to a four-year graduation with multiple exit points.