The broad objective of the MCAOL programme is to prepare graduate students for productive careers in software industry and academia by providing an outstanding environment for teaching and research in the core and emerging areas of the discipline. The programme’s thrust is on giving the students a thorough and sound background in theoretical and application-oriented courses relevant to the latest computer software development. The programme emphasizes the application of software technology to solve mathematical, computing, communications / networking and commercial problems.
This Master’s Degree Programme has been designed with a semester approach in mind. The first year courses are aimed at theoretical knowledge and practical skills development in core computers science subjects. The second year is more focused on advanced courses providing conceptual framework and the project work.
Fee Structure: Rs. 48,000/- for full programme to be paid semester wise @Rs. 12000/- per semester. The Fee of bridge courses, MCS-201 and MCS208, would be as per the norms of Coursewise Registration and Certification Scheme (CRCS).
MCA Programme Coordinator
E-Mail ID: mcaolsocis@ignou.ac.in
The theory and practical counselling sessions may be conducted through online mode. The details of the theory and practical counselling sessions are given in the following sections.
Theory Sessions:
In online mode the interaction between the learners and their tutors/counsellors is relatively less. The purpose of such a contact is to answer some of your questions and clarify your doubts that may not be possible through any other means of communication.
There are academic counsellors to provide online counselling and guidance to you in the courses that you have chosen for study. Normally, these sessions will be held online on Saturdays and Sundays. However, theory counselling sessions may be conducted on weekdays too.
You should note that the counselling sessions would be very different from the classroom teaching or lectures. Counsellors will not be delivering lectures as in conventional teaching. They will try to help you to overcome difficulties that you face while studying for the MCAOL programme. In these sessions, you must try to resolve your subject-based difficulties and any other related problems.
Practical counselling Sessions and Compulsory Attendance:
The practical counselling sessions will also be held online. The participants should have their own facility to use the computer and software packages relevant to the syllabus. No hardware or software will be provided by IGNOU. The following points regarding the practical attendance must be noted:
· 75% attendance is compulsory for each lab course. This is a pre-requisite for taking the term-end practical examination in the respective lab courses.
· A student who fails to fulfil the 75% attendance requirements will be allowed to re-register for that lab course. For fee details and the application form, you may contact your coordinator.
· Students are required to prepare a separate lab record for each lab course. These lab records should be mailed to practical counsellor after each session.
· Student attendance for practical sessions will be recorded course wise on receipt of lab record.
· Strictly follow the guidelines given in the Lab manuals for the respective lab courses.
· No hardware or software facility will be provided by IGNOU for the online students. They have to make their own arrangements
Note: Before attending the counselling session for each course, please go through your course material as per the session schedule and make a plan of the points to be discussed. Unless you have gone through the Units, there may not be much to discuss and a counselling session may not be fruitful.
Number and Duration of Counselling Sessions:
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Courses
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Sessions
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Total Hrs
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Theory Courses of 2 Credits
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3 sessions of 2 Hrs each.
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6 Hrs.
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Theory Courses of 4 Credits
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6 sessions of 2 Hrs each.
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12 Hrs.
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Practical Courses of 2 Credits
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20 practical sessions of 3 Hrs each.
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60 Hrs.
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Evaluation:
Completion of the programme requires successful completion of both assignment component and the Term-end Examination component for each course in the programme. The total number of courses in this MCAOL programme are 22 (including a Project course) and the total number of credits are 80. In addition, three bridge courses, BCS-012, MCS-201 and MCS-208 are required to be successfully completed by those students who are required to register for these courses based on eligibility conditions for admission to Master of Computer Applications programme.
Evaluation for each course of MCAOL programme (except project course) and bridge courses covers two aspects:
a) Continuous evaluation through Assignment with a weightage of 30%. Viva- voce is compulsory for all the Assignments for which 20 marks are allocated.
b) Term-end examination with a weightage of 70%.
Note: A learner should not apply for appearing at the term-end examination of any course without getting registered for the same and that if s/he does so, her/his result would not be declared and the onus shall be on her/him.
Assignments and Term - End Examination
The main purpose of assignments is to test student’s comprehension of learning the materials they receive from the University and also to help them get through the courses by providing feedback to them. The information given in the course materials should be sufficient for answering the assignments. However, as Computer Science is an ever-enhancing area, the students should make an attempt and work with extra reading material through websites. This will enhance your learning capabilities. Mostly the assignments are designed in such a way as to help you concentrate mainly on the course material, exploit their personal experiences and apply the knowledge gained from various sources.
Assignments
There will be at least one assignment for each course worth 100 marks (weightage of 30%). Assignments, course wise are uploaded to LMS (https://lms.ignouonline.ac.in/) course pages.
