Even before you have entered your Final Year[BE], most Engineering Colleges might have already compelled the students to submit their preferences for Elective subjects for the upcoming academic year. If this is not the scenario, then as soon as the 7th semester commences, your college would ask you to choose your elective subject.
Today, we are publishing a few guidelines/ [Frequently Asked Question] which would give you little more clearer picture about What are Elective Subjects, What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of having an Elective Subjects.
Let us have a brief look at the Frequently Asked Question about Elective Subjects.
What is an Elective Subject?
Pune University has introduced the system of Elective subjects in the Engineering curriculum for all branches in the 7th and 8th Semester. This system allows a candidate to choose a particular subject for his/her course from a given set of options. Normally for each elective subject, a candidate has to select a subject from given 3 or 4 choices.
Why are Elective Subjects allowed in BE ? Why not have a regular pattern with same subjects for all students?
The University has wisely understood the diversity associated in each stream. In spite of students being in the same field ( say IT or Computer) the domain they choose for their career will most probably be different. Some may choose networking, some may choose Development, some may opt security and many others may choose Testing etc... the list is never ending. Now since, the fields can be extremely diverse, the learning phase associated with this is also diverse.
The University has hence wisely introduced the system of elective subjects which allows a candidate to make his Engineering Degree more precise and more specialized for his domain of interest. On a simple note, a student can choose his favorite subject from the given options.
How many Elective subjects are there in all ?
There are in all 4 Elective subjects in an academic year, 2 in each semester. Earlier before the 2008 pattern, there were only 2 Elective subjects allotted (One in each Semester). From the 2012 batch on wards , Pune introduced 2 Elective subjects in each semester i.e. 4 in an academic year.
Mostly NO, only a small crowd is associated with each Elective Subject,which makes this deal not so profitable for local author publications. Very few subjects get published by publication like Nirali, Technical or Techmax. For most other subjects , the only option is Reference Books.
Are Elective subjects difficult to study?
I would never say that any Elective subject is really difficult to study, but the reason why most BE students find this tough is 'Studying from Reference Books is mandatory in most cases'. You are left with no other option apart from studying from Reference Books when you don't have any local author books for the subject. The Elective subject are extremely vast and along with this, finding the syllabus among different Reference books recommended by the Univresity is also not an easy task. But one good point about Elective subjects is that : The question papers are normally easy and quite predictable (in most case , but not always true).
What is Open Elective?
Open Elective is a new step introduced by the university last year for the 2012 batch . It allows a candidate to choose a subject of his choice with syllabus designed by himself or the institution and then approved by the University. This technique allows a candidate to get subjects from other branches into his/her stream.
We would be providing a detailed article about Open Elective, how to choose an Open Elective Subject and how to design it and then get it approved from the University.
Are Elective Subjects Scoring ?
It completely depends on the subject you choose. But in most cases scoring above average in Elective Subjects is not as difficult as it was in other regular subjects.
In our next article , we would be posting about which Elective Subject should you choose, giving you detailed analysis about each Elective Subject offered
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