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VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BELAGAVI-590018

Scheme of Teaching and Examinations

Master of Computer Application (MCA)
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Outcome Based Education (OBE)

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I SEMESTER (MCA)
Teaching Hours per Week Examination

Practical/Semin

Tutorial/SDA

Duration in hours

Credits
Sl. No

Course Course

Total Marks
Theory

SEE Marks
Course Title

CIE Marks
Type Code

ar
L P T/SDA

1 IPCC MMC101 Programming and Problem-Solving in C 2 2 0 03 50 50 100 4

2 BSC MMC102 Discrete Mathematics and Graph Theory 2 0 1 03 50 50 100 3
3 PCC MMC103 Database Management Systems (DBMS) 3 0 0 03 50 50 100 3
4 PCC MMC104 Operating System 2 0 1 03 50 50 100 3
5 PCC MMC105 Web Technologies 3 0 0 03 50 50 100 3
6 PCCL MMCL106 DBMS and Web Technologies Laboratory 0 2 2 03 50 50 100 2
7 NCMC MRMI107 Research Methodology and IPR (Online) Online courses (online.vtu.ac.in) PP
8 NCMC MMAT108 Mathematics for MCA Students 2 2 0 03 100 - 100 PP
Total 300 300 600 18
Note: BSC-Basic Science Courses, PCC: Professional core. IPCC-Integrated Professional Core Courses, PCC(PB): Professional Core Courses (Project Based),
PCCL-Professional Core Course lab ,NCMC- None Credit Mandatory Course, ,L-Lecture, P-Practical, T/SDA-Tutorial / Skill Development Activities(Hours
are for Interaction between faculty and students) MRMI107- Research Methodology and IPR (Online) for the students who have not studied this course
in the Undergraduate level. This course is not counted for vertical progression, Students have to qualify for the award of the master's degree.
BSC: Basic Science Courses: Courses like Mathematics/ Science are the prerequisite courses that the concerned engineering stream board of Studies will
decide. PCC: Professional Core Course: Courses related to the stream of engineering, which will have both CIE and SEE components, students have to
qualify in the course for the award of the degree. Integrated Professional Core Course (IPCC): Refers to a Professional Theory Core Course Integrated
with practicals of the same course. The IPCC's theory part shall be evaluated by CIE and SEE. The practical part shall be evaluated by only CIE (no SEE).
However, questions from the practical part of IPCC shall be included in the SEE question paper. Project Based Learning Course (PCC(PB): Project Based
Learning course is a professional core Course only Students have to complete a project out of learning from the course and SEE will be viva voce on project
work. PCCL: Professional Core Course Laboratory: Practical courses whose CIE will be evaluated by the class teacher and SEE will be evaluated by the
two examiners.
Skill development activities: Under Skill development activities in a concerning course, the students should
1. Interact with industry (small, medium, and large).
2. Involve in research/testing/projects to understand their problems and help creative and innovative methods to solve the problem.
3. Involve in case studies and field visits/ fieldwork.
4. Accustom to the use of standards/codes etc., to narrow the gap between academia and industry.
5. Handle advanced instruments to enhance technical talent.

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6. Gain confidence in the modeling of systems and algorithms for transient and steady-state operations, thermal study, etc.
7. Work on different software/s (tools) to simulate, analyze and authenticate the output to interpret and conclude.
All activities should enhance student’s abilities to employment and/or self-employment opportunities, management skills, Statistical analysis, fiscal
expertise, etc. Students and the course instructor/s are to be involved either individually or in groups to interact together to enhance the learning and
application skills of the study they have undertaken. The students with the help of the course teacher can take up relevant technical –activities that will
enhance their skills. The prepared report shall be evaluated for CIE marks.

MRMI107-Research Methodology and IPR- None Credit Mandatory Course (NCMC) if students have not studied this course in their undergraduate
program then he /she has to take this course at http://online.vtu.ac.in and to qualify for this course is compulsory before completion of the minimum
duration of the program (Two years), however, this course will not be considered for vertical progression.

Bridge Course: Non-Credit Mandatory Course MMAT108-Mathematics for MCA Students: Students who have not taken Mathematics at the 10+2 or
degree level are required to study and pass this course in the 1st semester. However, this course/subject will not be considered for vertical progression.

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II SEMESTER (MCA)
Teaching Hours per
Examination
Week

Practical/Semin

Tutorial/SDA

Duration in hours

Credits
Sl. No

Course Course

Total Marks
Theory

SEE Marks
Course Title

CIE Marks
Type Code

ar
L P T/SDA

1 IPCC MMC201 Machine Learning and Data Analytics using python 2 2 0 03 50 50 100 4
2 PCC MMC202 Object Oriented Programming using JAVA 4 0 0 03 50 50 100 4
3 PCC MMC203 Data Structure and Algorithms 4 0 0 03 50 50 100 4
4 PCC MMC204 Software Engineering 2 0 1 03 50 50 100 3
5 PCC MMC205 Web Application Development 2 1 0 03 50 50 100 3
6 PCCL MMCL206 Object Oriented Programming using JAVA Laboratory 0 2 0 03 50 50 100 2
7 PCCL MMCL207 Data Structure and Algorithms Laboratory 0 2 2 03 50 50 100 2
8 NCMC MAEC258 Ability Enhancement Courses with Seminar-I PP
Total 300 300 600 22
Note: BSC-Basic Science Courses, PCC: Professional core. IPCC-Integrated Professional Core Courses, PCC(PB): Professional Core Courses (Project Based),
PCCL-Professional Core Course lab ,NCMC- None Credit Mandatory Course, ,L-Lecture, P-Practical, T/SDA-Tutorial / Skill Development Activities(Hours
are for Interaction between faculty and students) MRMI107- Research Methodology and IPR (Online) for the students who have not studied this course
in the Undergraduate level. This course is not counted for vertical progression, Students have to qualify for the award of the master’s degree.
BSC: Basic Science Courses: Courses like Mathematics/ Science are the prerequisite courses that the concerned engineering stream board of Studies will
decide. PCC: Professional Core Course: Courses related to the stream of engineering, which will have both CIE and SEE components, students have to
qualify in the course for the award of the degree. Integrated Professional Core Course (IPCC): Refers to a Professional Theory Core Course Integrated
with practicals of the same course. The IPCC's theory part shall be evaluated by CIE and SEE. The practical part shall be evaluated by only CIE (no SEE).
However, questions from the practical part of IPCC shall be included in the SEE question paper. Project Based Learning Course (PCC(PB): Project Based
Learning course is a professional core Course only Students have to complete a project out of learning from the course and SEE will be viva voce on project
work. PCCL: Professional Core Course Laboratory: Practical courses whose CIE will be evaluated by the class teacher and SEE will be evaluated by the
two examiners.
Skill development activities: Under Skill development activities in a concerning course, the students should
1. Interact with industry (small, medium, and large).
2. Involve in research/testing/projects to understand their problems and help creative and innovative methods to solve the problem.
3. Involve in case studies and field visits/ fieldwork.
4. Accustom to the use of standards/codes etc., to narrow the gap between academia and industry.
5. Handle advanced instruments to enhance technical talent.
6. Gain confidence in the modeling of systems and algorithms for transient and steady-state operations, thermal study, etc.

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7. Work on different software/s (tools) to simulate, analyze, and authenticate the output to interpret and conclude.
All activities should enhance student’s abilities to employment and/or self-employment opportunities, management skills, Statistical analysis, fiscal
expertise, etc. Students and the course instructor/s are to be involved either individually or in groups to interact together to enhance the learning and
application skills of the study they have undertaken. The students with the help of the course teacher can take up relevant technical –activities that will
enhance their skills. The prepared report shall be evaluated for CIE marks.

MAEC258- Ability Enhancement Courses with Seminar-I - None Credit Mandatory Course (NCMC), Students have to select the Topic like ERP, R
Programming, Scripting language, Web Development Application, etc. They have to develop a small prototype and demonstrate to all the class.

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III SEMESTER (B)

Teaching Hours /Week Examination

Skill Development

Duration in hours
Mini–Project/
Internship
Practical/

Tutorial/

Total Marks
Activities
Theory

SEE Marks
Course Title

Credits
CIE Marks
Course
Course
Sl. No

Code

L P SDA
1 PEC MMCx311x Specializations 3 0 03 50 50 100 3
2 PEC MMCx311x Specializations 3 0 03 50 50 100 3
3 PEC MMCx311x Specializations 3 0 03 50 50 100 3
4 PROJ MPRJ384 Project Work 25-30 hours per week 03 100 100 200 15
TOTAL 12 250 250 500 24

Students can opt three specialisations from the listed below:

Specializations
Specialization Data Science and Analytics(A) Specialization Web Application Development(B) Specialization Network and System
Administration(C)
Course Code Course Title Course Code Course Title Course Code
Data Mining and Visualization Web Development using Full Stack Computer Networks
MMCA311A MMCB311A MMCC311A
Open
Big Data Analytics Rich Internet Application Network and Linux Administration
MMCA311B MMCB311B MMCC311B
Development
Business Data Analytics TCP/IP
MMCA311C MMCB311C Web Development Using PHP and MMCC311C
MySQL
MMCA311D Enterprise Resource Planning MMCB311D Enterprise Application Programming MMCC311D Unix Shell Programming
Advances in Web Technologies Cloud Essentials
MMCA311E Exploratory Data Analysis MMCB311E MMCC311E

Social Media Analytics Web Programming using Java Introduction to ERP and SAP Basis
MMCA311F MMCB311F MMCC311F
Administration

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Specialization Software Development and Systems(D) Specialization Computer Networks and Cloud(E)
Course Code Course Title Course Code Course Title
MMCD311A Management Information Systems MMCE311A Computer Networks
Database Design & Applications Data Storage Technologies and Networks
MMCD311B MMCE311B
Software Architectures Design and Operation of Data Centres
MMCD311C MMCE311C
Computer Organization and Software Systems Wireless and Mobile Communication
MMCD311D MMCE311D
Software Design and Patterns Software Defined Networks
MMCD311E MMCE311E
Object-oriented Analysis & Design Cloud Computing
MMCD311F MMCE311F

Specialization AI and ML(F) Specialization IoT(G) Specialization Security(H)

Course Code Course Title Course Code Course Title Course Code Course Title
MMCF311A Introduction to Generative AI MMCG311A Data Management for IoT MMCH311A Ethical Hacking

Artificial Neural Networks Networked Embedded Applications Cyber Security

MMCF311B MMCG311B MMCH311B
Natural Language Processing Cross Platform Application Cryptography and Network Security
MMCF311C MMCG311C Development MMCH311C

MMCF311D Deep Learning Fundamentals MMCG311D IoT Technology and Applications MMCH311D Blockchain Technologies
Introduction to Machine Learning Communication and Networking Database & Web Application Security
MMCF311E MMCG311E MMCH311E
Technologies in IoT
MMCF311F Computer Vision MMCG311F Software and Programming in IoT MMCH311F Mobile and Wireless Security

Project work is a significant component aimed at fostering research, practical application of knowledge, and innovation. The evaluation process generally
follows these steps:
1. Selection and Approval of Project Work:
• Topic Selection: Students propose project topics, often in consultation with their faculty advisor.
• Approval Process: The proposed topic is submitted for approval by a project committee or department, ensuring alignment with academic standards and
relevance.
2. Project Execution:
• Research and Development: Students carry out research, experiments, or development work as per the project plan.
• Periodic Reviews: Regular progress reviews are conducted by faculty to monitor the project’s progress and provide feedback.
• Documentation: Students maintain a detailed record of their methodology, data, results, and analysis.

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3. Submission of the Project Report:

• Format and Guidelines: The report must follow the prescribed format by the university or department.
• Plagiarism Check: The report is often checked for plagiarism to ensure originality.

4. Evaluation Process:
• Internal Evaluation: Faculty members from the department review the project report and presentation for content quality, innovation, and depth of
research.
• External Evaluation: An external examiner, often an industry expert or academician from another institution, reviews the project.
• Viva Voce Examination: The student defends their project work before a panel comprising internal and external examiners. This assesses their
understanding, analytical ability, and application of the project work.

5. Grading Criteria (Guidelines only)

• Report Quality: Depth of research, organization, and clarity of the document.
• Presentation Skills: Effectiveness in communicating key aspects of the project.
• Technical Merit: Innovation, accuracy, and the applicability of the research.
• Viva Performance: Understanding of the subject, responses to questions, and ability to discuss the work effectively.

6. Final Outcome:
• Marks Allocation: Typically, evaluation is a blend of internal (guided by the department) and external (examiner’s input) assessments, distributed over the
report, presentation, and viva.
• Pass Requirement: Students must meet a minimum threshold to pass, as per university policies.

This structured evaluation ensures a comprehensive assessment of the student’s practical and research capabilities, preparing them for further research or
professional practice.

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IV SEMESTER (B)
Teaching Hours /Week Examination

Course

al/Field

Credits
Course

Duration in
Theory

Practic

SEE Marks
Sl. No

CIE Marks

Viva voce
work
Course Title

Marks
hours

Total
Code

L P
1 PEC/MDC MMC411 (Online Courses)12 weeks duration -- -- -- -- -- 100 3
2 TS MMC452 Technical Seminar -- -- 03 100 -- 100 2
Research Internship /Industry-Internship / Startup
4 INT MINT483 03 100 100 200 11
Internship

TOTAL -- -- 06 200 100 400 16

INT: Industry/ Research Internship leading to the project work /startup PROJ: Project work outcome of Internship (Project Work Phase-II is Viva voce SEE)

TS: Technical Seminar: Students can present the seminar based on the new technologies in the seminar by all postgraduate students of the program shall be
mandatory. The CIE marks awarded for the Seminar shall be based on the evaluation of the Report, Presentation skill, and performance in the Question and Answer
session in the ratio 50:25:25. Seminar shall be considered as a head of passing and shall be considered for the award of degree. Those, who do not take up/ complete
shall be declared as fail in the seminar course and have to complete the same during the subsequent semester.

Mxxx401: 1 course Online NPTEL can be cumbersome so one research article may be accepted/Published. A patent can be also one option.

Industry Internship: The main objective of the industry internship is to ensure that the intern is exposed to a real-world environment and gain
practical experience. Often, it may be a practical exposure to the theory that has been learned during the academic period. The industry internship
helps students understand of analytical concepts and tools, hone their skills in real-life situations, and build confidence in applying the skills learned.

Research Internship: A research internship is an opportunity for students or early career professionals to gain hands-on experience in conducting
research under the guidance of a mentor or within a research team. These internships can take place in academic institutions, research organizations,
government agencies, or private companies

Research /Industry Internship: In the third-semester Students have to be in touch with a guide/mentor/coordinator and regularly submit the report
referred to the progress internship. Based on the progress report the Guide/Mentor/coordinator has to enter the CIE marks. he/she has to attend the
SEE at the parent Institute.