Music (Folk Song)

NU First Year Music (Folk Song) GPA Calculator — BA Honours (2024-2025)

This is the First Year calculator for Music (Folk Song) under the BA Honours (2024-2025) syllabus at National University Bangladesh. It covers 8 courses worth 28 credit hours from a syllabus list of 10 options worth 36 credits — 100% of the 28 credits that make up the full Music (Folk Song) programme. It is the heaviest year of the 1 in this department by credit load, and averages 3.6 credits per course. The calculator below separates compulsory papers from selectable requirement packages so only the courses you actually take count toward GPA.

Practical and lab papers are counted when their compulsory block or selected option package is part of your requirement, so leave unselected packages out of the GPA. Enter a grade for each course below and the Yearly GPA updates as you go; switch to another year tab to see how this year's 28 credits weigh into your overall CGPA.

Music (Folk Song) First Year at a Glance — 2024-2025

Across the full Music (Folk Song) programme (2024-2025), the 1 academic years carry 28 credits in total after this year’s requirement is applied. Here is how the credit load is distributed — the year you are on is highlighted with its required, not fully listed, load:

Because NU's GPA is credit-weighted, the papers below have the largest single effect on your First Year result in Music (Folk Song). An A+ in বাংলা সংগীতের ইতিহাস ও ক্রমবিকাশ (বাংলা গানের হাজার বছর অষ্টম-ঊনবিংশ শতাব্দী) / History of Bengali Music and Its Evolution (Thousand Years of Bengali Music 8th–19th Century). Combined Theoretical is worth more to this year's GPA than an A+ in a 1-credit paper:

• 214501বাংলা সংগীতের ইতিহাস ও ক্রমবিকাশ (বাংলা গানের হাজার বছর অষ্টম-ঊনবিংশ শতাব্দী) / History of Bengali Music and Its Evolution (Thousand Years of Bengali Music 8th–19th Century). Combined Theoretical4 credits
• 214503রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর, কাজী নজরুল ইসলামের বাল্যজীবনে সংগীতের প্রভাব ও পরিবেশ, লোকসংগীতের বৈশিষ্ট্য ও বিষয় বৈচিত্র, ভারতীয় সংগীতের উৎপত্তি ও ক্রমবিকাশ, তালের উৎপত্তি ও ক্রমবিকাশ / The Influence and Environment of Music in the Childhood of Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam, the Characteristics and Subject Diversity of Folk Music, Origin and Development of Indian Music and the Origin of Tala and Its Gradual Development. Combined Theoretical4 credits
• 214504রবীন্দ্র, নজরুল ও লোকসংগীতের বিভিন্ন পর্যায়ের সহজ সুর ও সহজ তালে নিবন্ধ গান ও তালের প্রাথমিক পাঠ / Different Forms of Rabindranath, Nazrul and Folk Songs Composed in Easy Tune and Tala, Preliminary Study of Tala. Combined Practical4 credits

Step-by-Step: How to Calculate Your First Year GPA in Music (Folk Song)

1. 1

   Select the required option packages first

   Music (Folk Song) first year lists three allied/elective courses, but students complete only one of them with the compulsory Music and NU common courses. After selecting the option packages you took, use the Grade column for the 8 courses that count toward this year's GPA.

2. 2

   Give the 28-credit requirement its correct weighting

   Unselected option packages are ignored completely. Selected practical or lab papers are still graded separately, so they affect this year's GPA according to their own credits.

3. 3

   Watch the বাংলা সংগীতের ইতিহাস ও ক্রমবিকাশ (বাংলা গানের হাজার বছর অষ্টম-ঊনবিংশ শতাব্দী) / History of Bengali Music and Its Evolution (Thousand Years of Bengali Music 8th–19th Century). Combined Theoretical paper move the number most

   NU's GPA is credit-weighted, so a 4-credit paper like বাংলা সংগীতের ইতিহাস ও ক্রমবিকাশ (বাংলা গানের হাজার বছর অষ্টম-ঊনবিংশ শতাব্দী) / History of Bengali Music and Its Evolution (Thousand Years of Bengali Music 8th–19th Century). Combined Theoretical shifts this year's GPA roughly 14% per grade step — far more than a 1-credit paper does.

4. 4

   Add the other 0 years to get your CGPA

   This First Year contributes 100% of the 28 credits in the full Music (Folk Song) programme. Switch year tabs to grade the rest — the Overall CGPA at the bottom accounts for every year you have entered.

Grade Points Used for Music (Folk Song) First Year

BA Honours is graded on NU's standard 4.00 scale: A+ 4.00, A 3.75, A− 3.50, B+ 3.25, B 3.00, B− 2.75, C+ 2.50, C 2.25, D 2.00, F 0.00. Below 40% is an F, which still counts its 4 credits in the denominator.

Need the exact mark ranges? See the Music (Folk Song) overview or the full NU grading system guide.

The CGPA Formula Applied to Music (Folk Song) (First Year)

For the First Year of Music (Folk Song), your GPA is the sum of (Grade Points × Credits) for each of the 8 courses, divided by the total 28 credit hours. Failed courses (F) are counted in the denominator but contribute zero grade points, correctly penalising the GPA as per NU policy.