Kanpur: The Core courses in IIT-K will be restructured to give greater flexibility to the core curriculum
The IIT-K Senate has approved the transformative steps of the Undergraduate Academic Review Committee Report 2020-21.
According to the director, IIT-Kanpur Prof Abhay Karandikar, "The revamping of the existing curriculum, introduction of courses relevant to today's changing world and the revised grading system is in continuation of our steps in this direction and line with the recommendations of the National Education Policy (2020) of the government."
He said that IIT-Kanpur already offers one of the most flexible academic programmes with options of double major, minor and dual degree with the option of master's degree in different departments.
The revamped curriculum will introduce new degree options, including the honours degree and options of new interdepartmental degree programs.
It will also extend the scope of learning to include social sciences communication, humanities, economics, management and environment.
The programme will also enable the outing of designated online courses done by students.
The transformational template for undergraduate education will include innovative features.
There will also be an exit option degree for those students who want to leave the programme in the middle.
The academic programmes and the associated curricula at IIT-Kanpur will undergo a comprehensive review every ten years.
The review process begins with exhaustive deliberations within a committee comprising members drawn from the various academic departments as well as the student community.
