The term "course work" at Anna University refers to a theory-based PG program requirement that the Doctoral Committee specifies the scholar must complete. In order to enjoin the course work pertinent to a research, the research committee of the phd scholar must convene in less than three weeks of the date on which the provisional registration was issued.
The Doctoral Committee shall recommend a minimum of four 12-credit course works that are pertinent to the research topic and are available under any recognized PG program of the University. The scholars, should not have enrolled in such a course during their Master's program. This requirement only applies to course material that was registered after the first Doctoral Committee meeting. Any phd course work that the scholar has already passed before registering provisionally will not be taken into account. Scholars will take classes alongside Masters students and be graded using the same grading scheme as Master's students throughout their period of study The Doctoral Committee must approve any changes to the prescribed research course work, and the Center must be notified in advance of any such changes.
The requisite course work and research must normally be completed within two years and five years of the date of registration for both full and part-time phd scholars, respectively. The number of times that part and full-time students may retake a topic to pass is limited to two, and the course must be completed in a span of three years of the date of enrollment. If the confirmation of registration is not finished in a span of three years of a scholar registering for a Ph.D. program, the registration will be canceled for that particular scholar.
The research scholar must wait until the department's Masters's students have access to the course materials before beginning commonly available Master's electives in order to use them as particular electives.
The phd scholars must have a cumulative grade point average of 7.0 in their course work to be qualified to take the comprehension test. With the recommendation of the Doctoral Committee, the scholar who falls short of a cumulative grade point average of 7.0 must either complete further course work related to a research area suggested by any University-approved postgraduate program, instead, a scholar may use one of the finished course work to write the arrears exam. The Examination must be passed in order to receive confirmation of your enrolment for a PhD.
