MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

COURSE DETAILS

  1. Duration of the Course:

    2. The Master of Science (Information Technology) course will be of four-semester duration to be conducted in two years. Each semester will be of approximately 5 months (minimum 100 working days in a semester) duration.

  2. Eligibility:

    3. Candidates seeking admission to the first semester of Master of Science Information Technology must have a bachelor's degree with 50% marks in any discipline. Candidates seeking admission must also be conversant with Computer Fundamentals & Programming. Good aptitude in Mathematical logic is required to pursue the course and the same will be tested in the entrance examination.
    Note: Candidates who have passed graduation (except engineering Graduates) with 10+2+3 scheme only will be considered for admission.

  3. Admission procedure:

    4. Admission will be made purely on the basis of the marks obtained in the entrance examination conducted by the University. The entrance examination shall consist of a test on mathematical ability (25%), mental ability (25%) and information technology (50%). The entrance test will be of 2 hrs duration and will carry 100 marks. There will be total 100 questions of objective type. (Each correct answer carries 1 marks and -1/3 for an incorrect answer). Candidates who fail to score at least 40% in the entrance examination will not be eligible for admission in M.Sc IT. Outline for the admission test is given in Appendix - A. The standard of the syllabus of the entrance test is that required by the candidate to pursue the M.Sc (IT) course.

    The course is designed basically for Graduates of Physical Sciences and Engineering Graduates. However, candidates from other streams who have good knowledge in Information technology topics of DOEACC O level and 10+2 level Mathematics are made eligible for this course. Since the course requires high logical thinking, hard work and mental make up to work about 12 hrs daily in the department without routine breaks & holidays, candidates are advised to make a self assessment of their capabilities before applying for the course.

  4. Seats:

    5. The total number of seats in Master of IT will be 25, out of which 3 seats will be reserved for SC, 2 seats for ST candidates and 5 seats for Business Sponsored/Foreign Candidates. Out of the total candidates admitted, at least 50% of the candidates admitted would be from students who have graduated from constituent/affiliated colleges of Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur including candidates admitted against reserved seats. No other reservation will be allowed in the M.Sc IT course.

Semester - I
Paper/Code Paper Name Lecture hrs Exam Hrs Ext. Int. Max
Paper - I
(MIT-101)		 Computer Architecture 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - II
(MIT 102)		 Programming Languages 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - III
(MIT-103)		 Data structure and Algorithm 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - IV
(MIT-104)		 Digital Communication Technologies 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - V
(MIT-105)		 Computer Networks 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - VI
(MIT-106)		 Mathematical Foundations 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - VII
(MIT-107)		 Marketing & Business Strategy for IT Professionals 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - VIII
(MIT-108)		 Practical-1: Programming Lab & IT workshop 300 6 75 25 100

Semester - II
Paper/Code Paper Name Lecture hrs Exam Hrs Ext. Int. Max
Paper - I
(MIT-201)		 Database & Distributed Computing 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - II
(MIT-202)		 Computer Graphics 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - III
(MIT-203)		 Object Oriented Programming 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - IV
(MIT-204)		 Operating System 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - V
(MIT-205)		 Internet & Web programming 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - VI
(MIT-206)		 Information Security 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - VII
(MIT-207)		 Information systems and Technology Strategy Planning 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - VIII
(MIT-208)		 Practical-2: Programming Lab & IT Workshop 300 6 75 25 100

Semester - III
Paper/Code Paper Name Lecture hrs Exam Hrs Ext. Int. Max
Paper - I
(MIT-301)		 Embedded Systems 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - II
(MIT-302)		 Application Development for Windows 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - III
(MIT-303)		 Design, Installation and Management of Networks 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - IV
(MIT-304)		 Unix System Administration and Programming 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - V
(MIT-305)		 Software Engineering 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - VI
(MIT-306)		 Electronic Commerce 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - VII
(MIT-307)		 Data Mining 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - VIII
(MIT-308)		 Practical-3 : Programming Lab & IT Workshop 300 3 75 25 100

Semester - IV
Paper/Code Paper Name Lecture hrs Exam Hrs Ext. Int. Max
Paper - I
(MIT-401)		 IT Infrastructure Management 50 3 75 25 100
Paper - II
(MIT-402A-402E)		 Specialization (any one of the following): -
  1. Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing
  2. Bioinformatics
  3. Computer Vision and Image Analysis
  4. Parallel Processing
  5. Integrated Enterprise Wide Systems/SAP
 100 3 75 25 100
Paper - III
(MIT-403A-403D)		 Practical -4: Programming Lab 200 6 75 25 100
Project
(MIT-404)		 Project Work: 300 hrs 300 - 250 50 300

Candidates are required to stay in the department from 8.00 AM to 8.00 PM attending lectures and Lab work.

Note: Specialization offered will depend on the infrastructural facilities and availability of visiting faculties. Specialization 402E will be offered only on the basis of additional cost sharing by the candidates.

Scheme of Instruction:
Each semester will be of five months (100 working days) duration. Details of lecture hours per week are as follows:
Theory: 3 hrs/week for each paper

Practical: Students are required to work in the laboratory for 24 hrs/week carrying out practical assignments & projects as per instruction of the teachers. The practical work will be carried out under the supervision of lab tutors. Faculty guidance for three hrs/week for each of the theory papers on which practical are based will be available for carrying out programming lab work.

Professional/Industrial Training: 100-hrs/semester professional training to the students by software professionals from industry.

Visit to Software Industry/Institutions: Students are required to visit software industrial houses /institutions, make reports and present the same at the end of the third semester to the project examiner.

Examination Scheme:

  1. University shall conduct examinations only after completion of at least 80 working days of instruction in each semester. External examination will be conducted on consecutive working days without any gap.

  2. Each theory paper shall be of 100 marks (75 marks for written examination of 3-hrs duration and 25 marks for internal assessment.

  3. Each practical/Project paper shall be of 100 marks (75 marks for semester practical examination of six hours duration and 25 marks for internal assessment.

  4. Students are required to answer total five questions out of eight questions in each theory paper in the external examination.

  5. A committee consisting of Programme co-coordinator, Teacher concerned and One advisory committee member will award the internal marks. The committee will ensure that norms given below are followed in the award of internal marks for each theory & Practical paper.

  6. Detailed outline of the course and a list of textbooks and reference books followed to teach the course will be intimated to the examiner along with a model paper to provide necessary guide lines to set question paper for the external examination.

  7. In case of questions in the external examination is found outside the prescribed syllabus or not within the scope of the syllabus, the matter will be referred to the advisory board. The advisory committee will examine the matter in detail and will make specific recommendation to the University Grievance committee. If the students walk out or boycott the examination, they will be declared failed in that paper/examination and their grievance will not be examined by the board of examiners.

  8. Internal Evaluation Scheme to award internal marks

Assignments: 40% of the internal assessment marks for each theory paper will be awarded on the basis of the performance in the assignments regularly given to the students.

Internal examination: 40% of the total internal assessment marks for each theory paper will be awarded on the basis of the performance in the written examination conducted by the faculty, one at the end of the two months and another at the end of the semester.

Seminar & Oral examination: 20% of the total internal assessment marks for each paper will be awarded on the basis of the performance in a seminar and Internal viva examination. At least one Internal Viva Voice examination per paper will be conducted by a committee consisting local examiners preferably during internal examination

Over all performance: Performance report of the student will be prepared by each teacher based on the active role played by the candidate in understanding the subject in the form of asking questions, participating in the discussion, group work, sharing of resources and knowledge with fellow students etc. The performance sheet will be made available to the prospective employers for making analysis of the capabilities of the student.

Note: Candidate who attends less than seventy percent of the total classes conducted in a paper will be awarded zero marks in the internal marks of that paper. This rule will not be relaxed under any circumstances

Students are required to keep record of the assignments, Seminars and answer books of the internal examinations and present them at the end of the semester to the advisory board of the course. The attendance / Lab log book and performance sheet of each student will be examined by the board .The internal marks awarded by the teacher will be moderated by the advisory board if necessary.

PROJECT WORK
If a student has undertaken project work but failed to submit Project report before the prescribed date for submission, he/she shall be declared failed in IV semester. However he/she will be allowed to submit the same whenever next Semester examination is conducted and internal marks will be carried over.

If the project work of a student is found unsatisfactory or he/she is not carried out the project work he or she will be declared Failed in the IVth Semester examination and shall not be eligible for award of M.Sc degree. Such students will be given one more chance within one year provided they undertake a fresh project work as per rules. Internal marks if any awarded shall be treated as cancelled and student is required to undergo fresh internal examination as per rules

Vacation/holidays: Normal holidays except national holidays and vacations declared by the University for Traditional Courses will not be applicable to this course due to professional and semester nature of the course. If required, classes may be conducted even on Sundays. However, limited semester /summer breaks applicable to the course will be declared by the Programme co-ordinator

Minimum passing marks and classification of the successful candidates:
1: First semester

  1. The minimum marks for passing 1st semester shall be 40% in each paper and 50% marks in the aggregate.

  2. A candidate may be promoted to second semester if he or she has secured at least 40% marks in each papers but has failed to secure 50% marks in aggregate. He/she shall be required appear in some of the papers when these papers are offered again by the university so as to satisfy the passing criteria laid in 1 (a). However, candidate will not be allowed to reappear in the practical papers to improve the percentage.

  3. A candidate may be promoted to the second semester if he/she has secured at least 40% marks in any six papers prescribed in the first semester, provided that aggregate of marks in all papers together is at least 50%. Such candidate shall be required to appear in papers in which he/she has secured less than 40% marks when these courses are offered again so as to satisfy the passing criteria laid in 1 (a)

  4. A candidate fails to satisfy the criteria 1 (a), 1 (b), and 1 (c) for promotion to 2nd semester shall be required to rejoin the course in the first semester, if otherwise eligible in accordance with the university regulations laid in this regard.

  5. In case result of the first semester is not declared by the university, before the starting of the second semester, all the students who have appeared in all the papers in the first semester will be allowed to attend the class of the second semester at their own risk. Candidates who are not eligible to be promoted to the second semester will have to leave the semester.

2: Second Semester

  1. The minimum marks for passing 2nd semester shall be 40% in each paper and 50% marks in the aggregate.

  2. A candidate may be promoted to third semester if he or she has secured at least 40% marks in each papers but has failed to secure 50% marks in aggregate. He/she shall be required appear in some of the papers when these papers are offered again by the university so as to satisfy the passing criteria laid in 2 (a). However, candidate will not be allowed to reappear in the practical papers to improve the percentage.

  3. A candidate may be promoted to the third semester if he/she has secured at least 40% marks in any six papers prescribed in the second semester, provided that aggregate of marks in all papers together is at least 50%. Such candidate shall be required to appear in papers in which he/she has secured less than 40% marks when these courses are offered again so as to satisfy the passing criteria laid in 1 (a)

  4. A candidate fails to satisfy the criteria 2 (a), 2 (b), and 2 (c) for promotion to 3rd semester shall be required to rejoin the course in the second semester, if otherwise eligible in accordance with the university regulations laid in this regard.

  5. In case result of the second semester is not declared by the university, before the starting the third semester, all the students who have appeared in all the papers in the second semester will be allowed to attend the class of the third semester at their own risk. Candidates who are not eligible to be promoted to the third semester will have to leave the semester.

3: Third Semester:

  1. The minimum marks for passing 3rd semester shall be 40% in each paper and 50% marks in the aggregate.

  2. A candidate who has secured at least 40% marks in each papers but has failed to secure 50% marks in aggregate shall be required appear in some of the papers when these papers are offered again by the university so as to satisfy the passing criteria laid in 3 (a). However, candidate will not be allowed to reappear in the practical paper to improve the percentage.

  3. A candidate may be promoted to the fourth semester if he/she has secured at least 40% marks in any six papers prescribed in the third semester, provided that aggregate of marks in all papers together is at least 50%. Such candidate shall be required to appear in papers in which he/she has secured less than 40% marks when these courses are offered again so as to satisfy the passing criteria laid in 3 (a).

  4. A candidate fails to satisfy the criteria 3(a), 3(b) and 3(c) shall be required to rejoin the course in the third semester, if otherwise eligible in accordance with the university regulations laid in this regard.

  5. In case result of the third semester is not declared by the university, before the starting the fourth semester, all the students who have appeared in all the papers in the third semester will be allowed to attend the class of the fourth semester at their own risk. Candidates who are not eligible to be promoted to the fourth semester will have to leave the semester.

4: Fourth Semester

  1. The minimum marks for passing 4th semester shall be 40% in each paper and 50% marks in the aggregate.

  2. A candidate who has secured at least 40% marks in each papers but has failed to secure 50% marks in aggregate shall be required appear in some of the papers when these papers are offered again by the university so as to satisfy the passing criteria laid in 4 (a). However, candidate will not be allowed to reappear in the practical paper to improve the percentage.

  3. No candidate shall be deemed to have satisfied examination requirement for award of M.Sc degree unless he/she fulfills the criteria for passing first, second third and fourth semester as laid in 1(a), 2(a) and 3 (a) and 4(a).

No candidate will be allowed to reappear in the practical papers of first, second and third and fourth semester in which he/she obtained 50% marks to improve the percentage to satisfy the criteria for passing First, Second, third and fourth semester examination.

Note:

  1. In order to avoid loss of working days/classes due to delay in declaration of the results of the each semester examination, classes of next semester will be started after provisional admission immediately after previous semester examination. If any candidate is found not eligible for promotion to the next semester on the basis of results of their previous examinations or any other reason, their admission will be cancelled and fee deposited for that particular semester will be refunded.

  2. If more than 50% students submit their project, University will conduct project evaluation and declare results. Candidates who fail to submit the project in time due to longer-term project offered by Industry may be evaluated separately if allowed by advisory committee.
RESULT

At the end of final examination the candidate's eligible for the award of M.Sc. Degree in Information Technology with specialization in the subject he/she had chosen in the IV the Semester. The Specialization subject will be mentioned in the mark sheets as well as on the degree. Degree shall be classified on the basis of the marks obtained in the first, second, third and fourth semester examination taken together, as follows:

(a) First Division with distinction:
75% or more marks in the aggregate and provided the candidate has passed all the papers and examination in the first attempt.

(b) First Division:
60% or more marks but fails to satisfy criteria being classified as first division with distinction laid in (a).

(c) Second Division:
All other than those included in (a) and (b) above.

The Specialization of the Course will be marked in the Degree as well as in the mark sheet to emphasize the area of specialization. A candidate must pass the M. Sc examination within three years of the initial admission to the first semester of the course.

Note: Since M.Sc (Information Technology) is a Professional course, all other examination rules will be that applicable to professional PG courses of the University.

Syllabus - Detailed Course of study and examinations

First Semester, M.Sc (Information Technology)
Second Semester, M.Sc (Information Technology)
Third Semester, M.Sc (Information Technology)
Fourth Semster, M.Sc (Information Technology)

Fee Structure
The applicables fees for this course will be as in the following detailed table: -

ITEM COST (Rs)
Application form and Information bulletin fee: 200.00
Entrance examination fee: 300.00
Semester Fee (Per Semester): 25,000.00

In each semester students are required to deposit Semester fee in one installment in the form of crossed DD in the name of Coordinator, MSC (IT).

In addition to the above, the following fee may be paid at the time of admission to 1st and 3rd semesters: -

Admission fee: Rs 5.00

Fee on behalf of Dean
College of Science Rs 330.00 * (approximate amount only)

Accruals as per university rules.

Examination fee, enrollment fee etc to be paid as per university rules and Rs 1000/- (Refundable) as caution deposit at the time of admission.

Note: In case higher and very specialized training is required, same to be arranged on the basis of additional cost sharing by students. The specialization Paper 402E will be offered only on the basis of cost sharing by students.

Other Admission and academic related matters

Fee Structure for Foreign Students, NRI, NRI sponsored and Industries sponsored candidates
Facilities, Staffing and Visiting Professors
Syllabus for the Entrance Examination
Admission Rules for Foreign Students
About the M. Sc. (IT) Course