Course experiences and academic achievement among postgraduate students

Assessment of academic achievement in higher education is a critical issue to be researched as higher education prepares an individual to venture out in the world of profession and enables to participate in the process of social progression. Talking of universities as institutions of higher learning where students come with certain aspirations and their perceptions about course experiences serve as their performance indicator. This study seeks to study the perceptions of university students about their course-experiences and how their academic achievement varies accordingly. A sample of 180 students pursuing post-graduation from Panjab University, Chandigarh was taken using purposive and stratified sampling. Course experience perceptions and academic achievement were studied using descriptive statistics and t-ratio was calculated to ascertain the significance of difference between the mean scores of academic achievement and course experiences of university students. The results revealed significant gender difference in the course experiences and academic achievement among post graduate students. Also the students pursuing different streams of study varied in their course experiences.