Tagging, also called re-tagging, allows final year undergraduate students to change the tags of non-core courses, such as department electives, institute electives, additional learning courses, minors, and honors. Some students re-tag courses to increase their core CPI, while others use it to complete honors or minor requirements. Students have two opportunities to re-tag - before placements and after the 8th or 10th semester. The process involves logging into the academic portal and making changes, then getting approvals from the faculty advisor and head of department to submit to the Dean's office.

1. Academic Awareness Video by UG Academic Affairs Council
Tagging
For final year IITB UG students

2. What is tagging?
 Tagging or Re-tagging is a facility provided to final
year UG students to change the tags of ‘non-core’
courses (i.e. Dept. Elective / Institute Elective /
Additional Learning / Minor / Honor)

3. Why tag/re-tag?
Some students re-tag to increase their Core CPI1 (CPI
excluding minor, honor and additional learning courses)
How? – e.g. Tag a Dept. Elective (grade lesser than the smallest
integer greater than your CPI) as Additional Learning (CPI:
7.97, tag a D with grade 7/6/5/4/FR2 as Add. Learning to
increase CPI)
Note 1 : Core CPI is the one which appears on your placement resume as well
2 :‘Non-core’ courses with a fail grade – FR/DX/XX can be tagged as Additional Learning. Addition
Learning
courses with fail grades do not appear on your transcript as well.
 Some students utilize the facility to complete their honors or
minor
 Some students utilize the facility to tag Minor as Institute
Elective or Honor as Dept. Elective to complete their electives
requirements
 Some students tag (have to) extra electives as Additional

4. When to tag?
 2 opportunities:
 Before placements (usually August end)
 After 8th semester for B.Techs and 10th semester for DDs
 NOTE: Courses once re-tagged in first window
cannot be re-tagged in the next window.

5. How to tag?
 Log on to asc.iitb.ac.in The re-tagging link can be found
in the menu tree under Academic -> Change of Tag on
the left hand side of the screen.
 Make required changes
 Take a printout of the submitted form and get it signed by
your Faculty Advisor and HoD.
 Submit the signed application form in Dean AP office.
The applications if approved together by the Dean (after
the deadline) will be sent to Academic Office. Academic
Office will implement the changes and update your CPI

6. Tag Code Tag Description Changeable to
T Additional Learning D, I, O, E
C Core Course -
D Dept. Elective O, T, E
O Honors Core D, E, T
E Honors Elective D, O, T
H Humanities Elective T
I Institute Elective T
M Minor Course I, T

7. FAQs
 What if I want to make a change that the interface
does not allow?
You need to take special permission! Write an
application addressed to Dean AP mentioning the
course code, the required change (e.g. EE 731: D
(Dept. Elective) to T (Additional Learning)), get it
approved by your Faculty Advisor and HoD, and
submit it in Dean AP office
 If I have been awarded FR in one of my
electives, do I need to tag it as additional
learning or will it happen automatically?
Yes, you need to tag it as additional learning!

8.  Has re-tagging been abolished for the junior
batches?
No!
 What if my Fac Ad or HoD is not available for
approval?
Fac-Ad unavailable – Ask HoD to sign on his/her
behalf
HoD unavailable – Ask Acting HoD to sign on his/her
behalf
Both unavailable – Tough luck!

9. End of Presentation
 For any queries or grievances:
 http://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~ugacademics/qng.php