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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

St. Joseph's College, Bangalore is one of the premier institutions of higher education
in India. Established in the year 1882 by the Fathers of the French Foreign Mission,
and then handed over to the Society of Jesus in 1937 through the Diocese of Mysore,
the College strives for a just, secular, democratic, and economically equitable society
that cares for the poor, the oppressed, and the marginalized through the formation of
men and women who are agents of change in modern society.

College motto: Fide et Labore, from the Latin for ‗Faith and Toil‘.

Vision: to prepare men and women for the service of their fellow-citizens, especially
the poor and the oppressed.

Mission statement: ‗St. Joseph‘s College, seeks to create men and women who will
be agents of change, committed to the creation of a society that is just, secular and
democratic. The education we offer is therefore, oriented towards enabling our
students to strive for both academic and human excellence. The College pursues
academic excellence by providing a learning environment that constantly challenges
the students and supports the ethic of intellectual curiosity and ceaseless enquiry. We
promote human excellence through courses and activities that help students achieve
personal integrity and conscientise them to injustice prevalent in society‘.

Criterion I: Curricular Aspects

The granting of academic autonomy to College in 2005 has enabled us to establish an
academic system that best implements the Vision and Mission statements. The motto,
‗Faith and Toil‘, encapsulates the institutional vision of creating men and women who
are prepared to work in service of their fellow citizens, especially the poor and the
oppressed. The academic programs of College are strongly influenced by and ideated
through this institutional vision. The curriculum aims to balance excellence in
academics with the larger concerns of human excellence and lifelong learning.

St Joseph's College offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses,
some of which have traditions rooted deep in the history of the College, and others
which have dynamically evolved and come into existence as a response to the rapid
changes characteristic of modern society. College offers 18 undergraduate courses, 11
postgraduate courses, three professional courses, and two vocational courses which
are diversified over several relevant and pertinent fields of knowledge.

In the past four years, responding to local and national needs, College has introduced
several new courses including two B.A. programs: English, Journalism, and
Psychology (EJP), Communicative English, Political Science, and Economics (CPE);
a B. Com. (regular), and a B. Com-BPS (industry-integrated). Two vocational (B.
Voc.) courses: Visual Media & Filmmaking and Digital Media & Animation have
also been introduced at the undergraduate level. At the postgraduate level, two
courses have been introduced - M. Sc. Mathematics, and M. Sc. Big Data Analytics,
the latter in collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Choice Based Credit
System (CBCS) has been introduced from this academic year.

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