In this endeavour, the college has several achievements to its credit such as participation in COSIP (College Science Improvement Program), COHSSIP (College Humanities and Social Sciences Improvement Program), UGC Extension programs, offering new courses as per the needs of time and community; Computerization; Internet connectivity, Vocationalisation and Restructuring of courses to name a few.

Courses of Study

1. INTERMEDIATE COURSE
2. UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
3. POSTGRADUATE COURSES

1.INTERMEDIATE COURSE
(A.P Board of Intermediate Education, Hyderabad)

1. BIOLOGY, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY
2. MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY
3. MATHEMATICS, ECONOMICS, COMMERCE
4. * HISTORY, * ECONOMICS, * CIVICS
   *Courses taught in Telugu medium

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES (Autonomous)

ACADEMIC PROGRAMME :

As an autonomous institution, St Joseph’s College for Women, Visakhapatnam has the academic freedom to determine its own courses of study and syllabi, to evolve innovative methods of evaluation and to conduct its own examinations as a means of achieving higher standards and greater creativity in the field of education. Every undergraduate student of the college who completes the course successfully will however be awarded the Degree by Andhra University. The degree will carry the name of St Joseph’s College for Women, Visakhapatnam.
The College follows the semester pattern requiring six semesters of study for the Bachelor’s Degree - each semester is of 18 weeks duration approximately. Courses are divided into Foundation, Core and Elective courses.
Foundation Courses and Core Courses are obligatory for all undergraduate students. Elective Courses are those, which a student can choose from among several courses offered by a Department. Some of these courses can be taken by any student of the college irrespective of the faculty to which she may belong.

Three Year B.A., B.Com., B.Sc., B.Sc.(Homescience) & B.Sc. (Vocational) Courses:

The following courses are offered to Degree students during the six semesters:

Part I (For four semesters)

I Language courses:

• General English
• Telugu/Hindi/French

II General Education Courses:

A. Obligatory for all students - 1.Indian Heritage & Culture
                                               2.Science and Society
                                               3.Environmental Studies
                                               4.General Elective*

*B. General Elective Courses Offered: 1. Consumer Education
                                                           2. Human Rights
                                                           3. Household Chemistry
                                                           4. Horticulture
                                                           5. General Homescience
                                                           6. Thread Craft
                                                           7.Fundamental Human Genetics
                                                           8. Basic Nutrition
                                                           9. Embroidery
                                                         10. Gender & Development

Part II (For Six Semesters)

III Core Courses : These courses are arranged as three major subjects to be offered as B.A., B.Com., B.Sc., and B.Sc.(Homescience)

B.A.

1. # ENGLISH, PSYCHOLOGY, OFFICE MANAGEMENT ( EPsO)
2. ENGLISH, PSYCHOLOGY, JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION (EPsJ)
3. * HISTORY, *ECONOMICS, *POLITICS (HEcP)

* Courses taught in Telugu medium

B.Com Computers(VOCATIONAL)

QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES ,ACCOUNTS, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

B.Sc.

1. CHEMISTRY, BOTANY, ZOOLOGY (CBZ)
2. MATHS, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY (MPC)
3. MATHS, PHYSICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE (MPC.Sc)
4. MATHS, ECONOMICS, COMPUTERS (MECs)
5. Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry (BtBcC)
6. # HOMESCIENCE (H.Sc) (with Human Development, Foods, Nutrition & Dietetics, Resource Management and Related areas)

B.Com. & B.Sc courses are in English medium only
# On job training is compulsory for completion of the Degree.

CERTIFICATE COURSES

• MS-OFFICE
• PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT
• UGC Sponsored ADD-ON Courses - One/two/three year Certificate/ Diploma /
  Advanced Diploma offered parallel to the Degree courses in -

                                            1.Communication Skills
                                            2.Copywriting & Editing
                                            3.Travel & Tourism Management

POST GRADUATE COURSES OFFERED (Admission through AUCET)

ð     M.Sc. – Mathematics

ð     M.Sc. – Analytical Chemistry

ð     M.Sc. – Organic Chemistry

 Our Strengths:

• Highly qualified, experienced, dedicated, motivated and enthusiastic faculty.

• Well ventilated and furnished class rooms.

• Spacious well equipped well-maintained laboratories with latest equipments.

• Innovative educational aids like LCD panel visualiser for regular Classroom teaching.

• Comfortable and secure Women's Hostel Inside the campus.

• Well stocked computerised library with the latest reference book.

• Online continuous examination.

Contact information.

Phone No- 0891-2558346      E-mail-     sjcwvizag@sify.com

Fax No-     0891-2706420      Web site- www.stjoseph-vizag.com