Credit System
One class room lecture hour = 1 credit and 1.5 lab hours = 1 credit. Thus a 3-Credit course requires 3 class room contact hours and 2 Lab credits correspond to 3 contact hours in the lab. 4-credit courses usually have lab/tutorial hours explicitly scheduled in the timetable for the course.
MCA: MCA programme will have a minimum of 100 credits comprising 25 courses, 4 labs and a final semester project. Of the 25 courses, 15 are core courses — 10 of CS core, 3 of Mathematics core, and 2 of Management core. Of the remaining 10 elective courses, at least 8 must be from CS/AI/IT advanced courses and at most 2 approved courses from outside the department. Students are strongly encouraged to take an interdisciplinary course for Elective I in the third semester.
MTech: It is assumed that students possess knowledge of computer science topics such as Digital Electronics, Computer Organization, Architecture, Data Structures and Algorithms, DBMS, Computer Networks, Theory of Computation and Programming Methodology and Languages (C/C++). These topics form the syllabus for the written test as well as GATE (CS) exam. Consequently, CS 700 – Foundations of Computer Science – is not included in the regular curriculum. All the MTech programmes now have a uniform scheme of minimum 56 credits comprising 10 theory, 3 Lab courses and a final year project.
MTech (CS) programme: Of the 10 courses, 4 are core courses and the remaining 6 are elective courses. The core courses are Operating Systems, Algorithms, Computer Architecture and Software Engineering.
MTech (AI) students are required to take one CS core course, i.e., Algorithms. They have 5 AI core courses and 4 electives. The second semester lab emphasizes AI programming and use of AI tools.
MTech (IT) has 8 core topics and 2 electives. Of the core subjects, 4 are CS related core and the rest are BT&IS related core subjects.
MTech Electives: The elective courses can be selected from the common list of CS/AI/IT electives shown in this document.
MTech final year project is worth 18 credits, of which the first semester evaluation is for 6 credits. It is recommended that the Final Mark Sheet for MTech programme should list the Course work GPA and Project GPA separately.
Communication Skills : This course has been formally introduced in the MCA and MTech curricula now as a 2-credit lab course.
MTech Project Evaluation: The committee felt that grades for MTech course work and Project work should be shown separately on the Final Mark sheet. Further, the grading process is to be spread over two semesters, the first semester accounting for 6 credits and the final semester for 12 credits. The first semester grade is given based on semester-end presentation/demo. The final-semester grade is based on evaluations by the internal supervisor and an external examiner.
Attendance and Assessment: Attendance Requirements: To be eligible to write the end-semester examination in a particular subject, a student must have at least 75% attendance in that subject. Continuous Assessment: Each course is for 100 marks. Of these, the end-semester examination will account for 60 marks. The other 40 marks are awarded based on continuous internal assessment. At the end of the major examination, grade points on a 10-point scale will be awarded as shown in the following table.
The University has a set procedure to deal with backlog of courses and improvement/supplementary examinations and are applicable to all the programmes offered by DCIS. Registration for each programme has a fixed duration. Additional information is available in the Section on Teaching and Evaluation of the prospectus for information on backlog/improvement/registration of courses.
Letter Grade |
Points |
Marks range MCA |
Marks range M.Tech. |
A+ |
10 |
85 to 100 |
85 to 100 |
A |
9 |
75 to 84 |
75 to 84 |
B+ |
8 |
65 to74 |
65 to74 |
B |
7 |
55 to 64 |
60 to 64 |
C |
6 |
50 to 54 |
55 to 59 |
D |
5 |
40 to 49 |
50 to 54 |
F |
0 |
<40 |
<50 |