SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY,KOLHAPUR

NAAC “A++” Grade with CGPA 3.52

(NEP-2020)

Syllabus for

M.Sc. (Information Technology)

(under Faculty of Science and Technology)

PART I SEMESTER I & II

(Syllabus to be implemented from Academic year 2023-24)

 (NEP-2020)
Program Structure M.Sc.I.T Part – I (Level-6)
SEMESTER-I (Duration- Six Month)
Sr. Course Code Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme
No. Theory and Practical University Assessment (UA) Internal Assessment (IA)
Lectures Hours Credit Maximum Minimum Exam. Maximum Minimum Exam.
(Per (Per Marks Marks Hours Marks Marks Hours
week) week)
1 CC-101: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8
Advanced
Web
Technology
2 CC -102: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8
Cloud
Computing

3 CCPR -103: --- 6 4 80 32 3 20 8

Practical-I
4 CC-104: 2 2 2 40 16 2 10 4
Resear
ch in
Compu
ting
5 CCS-105: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8
Elective
1) Machine
Learning
Processing
2) Advanced
Database
Management
System
6 RM -106: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8 --
Research
Methodology
Total (A) --- ------ 22 440 ------ ------------ 110
 SEMESTER-II (Duration- Six Month)
Sr. Course Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme
No. Code Theory and Practical University Assessment (UA) Internal Assessment (IA)
Lectures Hours Credit Maximum Minimum Exam. Maximum Minimum Exam.
(Per (Per Marks Marks Hours Marks Marks Hours
week) week)
1 CC-201: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8 --
Data
Science

2 CC -202: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8 --
Advanced
Java
Programmin
g
3 CCPR - --- 6 4 80 32 3 20 8 --
203:
Practical-II
4 CC-204: 2 2 2 40 16 2 10 4 --
Big Data
Analytic

5 CCS-205: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8 --
1) Natural
Language
Processing
2) Modern
Networking
6 OJT 206: --- --- 4 80 32 -- 20 8 --
Internship

Total (B) 14 22 440 110

20
Total (A+B) 44 880 220

 Student contact hours per week : 24 Hours (Min.)  Total Marks for M.Sc.-I : 1100
 Theory and Practical Lectures : 60 Minutes Each  Total Credits for M.Sc.-I (Semester I & II) : 44
 CC-Core Course  Practical Examination is Semester wise before
 CCPR-Core Course Practical Theory Examination.
 RM: Research Methodology  Examination for CCPR -103shall be based on
 OJT: On job training Internship: Student must Semester-I Practical.
complete On job training/ Internship during  Examination for CCPR -203 shall be based on
semester break. Semester II Practical.
 *Duration of Practical Examination as per respective
BOS guidelines
 Separate passing is mandatory for Theory,
Internal and Practical Examination

 Requirement for Entry at Level 6:

Completed all requirements of the Bachelor’s degree (Level 5).
 Exit Option at Level 6: Students can exit after Level 6 with Post Graduate Diploma in Computer
Science if he/she completes the courses equivalent to minimum of 40-44 credits.
 (NEP-2020)
M.Sc. Program Structure Part – II (Level-6.5)
SEMESTER-III (Duration- Six Month)
Sr. Course Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme
No Code
.
Theory and University Assessment Internal Assessment (IA)
Practical (UA)
Lectures Hours Cred Maximu Minim Exam Maximu Minimu Exam
(Per (Per it m um Hour m m .
week) week Marks Marks s Marks Marks Hour
) s

1 CC-301: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8
Artificial
Intelligen
ce
2 CC -302: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8
Image
Processing

3 CCPR - --- 6 4 80 32 3 20 8
303:
Practical-
III
4 CC-304: 2 2 2 40 16 2 10 4
Web
Developm
ent
5 CCS-305: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8
1) R Progra
mming
2) Cyber Sec
urity
6 CC -306: --- 6 4 80 32 3 20 8 --
Research
Project
Total (C) 14 22 440 110
26

SEMESTER-IV (Duration- Six Month)

Sr. Course Code Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme
No. Theory and Practical University Assessment (UA) Internal Assessment (IA)
Lectures Hours Credit Maximum Minimum Exam. Maximum Minimum Exam.
(Per (Per Marks Marks Hours Marks Marks Hours
week) wee)
1 CC-401: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8
Android
Programming
2 CC -402: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8
Advance
Python
Programming
3 CCPR -403: -- 6 4 80 32 3 20 8
Practical-IV -
4 CCS-404: 4 4 4 80 32 3 20 8
1) Deep
Learning
2) Agile
Project
Management

5 CC-405: --- 10 6 100 40 3 50 20 --

Research
Project
Total (D) 12 22 420 130
28
Total (C +D) 44 860 240

 Student contact hours per week : 26  Total Marks for M.Sc.-II : 1100
Hours (Min.)
 Theory and Practical Lectures : 60  Total Credits for M.Sc.-II (Semester III & IV) : 44
Minutes Each
 CC-Core Course  Practical Examination is Semester wise before theory
 CCS- Core Course Specialization examination.
 CCPR-Core Course Practical  Examination for CCPR -303shall be based on Semester III
 RP: Research Project Practical.
 Examination for CCPR-403 shall be based on Semester IV
Practical.
 *Duration of Practical Examination as per respective BOS guidelines
 Separate passing is mandatory for Theory, Internal and
PracticalExamination
 Requirement for Entry at Level 6.5:
Completed all requirements of the relevant Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (Level
6)
 Exit at Level 6.5: Students will exit after Level 6.5 with Master’s Degree in Information Technology if
he/she completes the courses equivalent to Minimum of 88 credits.

M.Sc.I.T-I M.Sc.I.T-II Total

Marks 1100 1100 2200
Credits 44 44 88
 Shivaji University, Kolhapur
M.Sc. (Information
Technology)
(Under faculty of Science & Technology)

Program Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the M.Sc.I.T the student should have met the following Student
Learning Outcomes:

1. Students will acquire the ability to identify and formulate research problems, enabling them to
contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field of computer science

2. Identify, analyze, and synthesize scholarly literature relevant to the field of computer science.

3. Employ software development tools, software systems, and modern computing

platforms.

4. Prepare for academic roles such as NET/SET/PhD.

5. Apply design and development principles when constructing software systems of varying
complexities.

6. The program cultivates the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate as part of a
team in multidisciplinary projects, utilizing essential skills for seamless coordination and
cooperation.

1. Introduction
1. The name of the programme shall be M.Sc. (Information Technology).
2. The M.Sc. in Information Technology is a postgraduate degree program that provides in-depth
knowledge and expertise in various aspects of computer science. This program is designed for
students to make a strong foundation in computer science and wish to further their education and
skills in specialized areas. It offers advanced coursework and research opportunities to explore
cutting-edge topics and contribute to the field of computer science.
3. Completing MSc. in Information Technology equips students with a diverse set of skills and
knowledge that can lead to various career opportunities in academia, research, industry, or
entrepreneurship. They can pursue roles such as software engineer, data scientist, artificial
intelligence specialist, cyber security analyst, research scientist, consultant, or pursue further
academic studies such as a Ph.D. in Computer Science.
4. The University Department offering the MSc.I.T program will determine the number of
electives based on recent trends in IT industry.

5. The MSc. program in Information Technology is a combination of computer-related courses

that cover programming techniques, software packages, databases, and system analysis and design
tools. The program includes projects to enhance students' technical skills, IT understanding, and
domain knowledge, preparing them for successful careers as software professionals. Emphasis is
placed on domain knowledge in various areas, enabling students to develop software applications.
The curriculum covers Software Engineering, data science, cyber security and cloud computing,
mobile technologies and advanced Internet and web technologies. Soft skills development is
integrated to enhance students overall personality and employability. The projects in the M.Sc.
program prioritize emerging fields such as mobile app development, full stack development. The
current curriculum emphasizes learning from three perspectives: conceptual learning, skills
learning, and practical/hands-onexperience.

6. The inclusion of projects at second year ensures the focus on applying the skills learnt at
respective levels. It will enhance student’s capability to work on various technologies. It will
make appropriate platform for students to work in IT Industry. This program aims to enhance
student’s technical orientation and foster their eagerness to do the research projects as per the IT
industry demand.

2. Duration of the Course:

The M,SC.I.T programme will be a full-time TWO years i.e. 4 semesters.
Patternof examination will be Semester System.

3. Medium of Instruction:
The medium of Instruction will be English only.

4. Admission Procedure
Eligibility:
 Eligibility: B.Sc. Information Technology (Entire/ optional), B.Sc. Computer Science
(Entire) / B.C.S / B.Sc. Computer Science (Optional) /B.Sc. IT /B.C.A(under Science
faculty), B.Sc. Mathematics, B.Sc. Statistics, B.Sc. Electronics
 Admission through University Entrance exam only.
 Only entrance marks should be considered for admission process.
 Reservation of Seats as per rules of Government of Maharashtra

5. Course Structure:
Lectures and Practical should be conducted as per the scheme of lectures and practical indicated in
the course structure.
 6. Teaching and Practical Scheme
1. Each contact session for teaching or practical should be of 60 minutes each.
2. Minimum 48 periods should be conducted for each subject of 100 Marks.
3. Minimum 24 periods should be conducted for each subject of 50 Marks.
4. One Practical Batch should be of 30 students.
5. Practical evaluation should be conducted before the commencement of University
examination.

7. Project Work:
1. Project work may be done individually or in groups in case of bigger projects. However, if
project is done in groups, each student must be given a responsibility for a distinct moduleand
care should be taken to see the progress of individual modules is independent of others.

2. Students should take guidance from assigned guide and prepare a Project Report on "Project
Work" in two copies to be submitted to the Director of the Institute/Head of the Department.

3. The project report will be duly accessed by the assigned guide and internal marks will be
communicated by the Director of the Institute/Head of the Department.

4. The project report should be prepared in a format prescribed by the University. The external
viva shall be conducted by a panel of minimum two examiners out of which one will be
external and other will be internal examiner.

OR
Students will be provided the opportunity to formulate a research project proposal. It requires
careful planning, critical thinking, and a thorough understanding of existing literature and
technological advancements.

5. Assessment:
1. The final total assessment of the candidate is made in terms of an internal assessment and
anexternal assessment for each course.

 For each theory paper, 20% marks will be based on internal assessment and 80%marks for
semester examination (external assessment), unless otherwise stated.

 The division of the 20 marks allotted to internal assessment of theory papers is as

Follows:
 Two tests should be conducted of MCQ type questions. Each test will be of 10marks.
 The division of the 10 marks allotted to internal assessment of theory papers is as
 follows. Test o f 1 0 m a r k s should be conducted of MCQ type questions.
2. The project will be evaluated by the university appointed examiners both internal as well as
external.

3. The final practical examination will be conducted by the university appointed examiners both
internal as well as external at the end of semester for each lab course and marks will be submitted
to the university by the panel. The pattern of final Practical Examination will be as follows;

1 Coding and Execution of Program 60 Marks

2 Viva-voce 20 Marks

3 Journal 20 Marks

4 Total 100 Marks

The practical examination will be conducted semester wise in order to maintain the relevance of the
respective theory course with laboratory course.

4. The internal marks will be communicated to the University at the end of each semester,but before
the semester end examinations. These marks will be considered for the declaration of the results.

5. The final Examinations shall be conducted at the end of the semester.

6. Nature of question paper:
Nature of question paper is as follows for University end semester examination.

a. Theory Examination (80 marks): For 80 marks:

1. There will be seven (7) questions of 16 Marks and out of which four (4) to be attempted
fromquestion no 2 to 7.

2. Question No.1 is compulsory and is of multiple-choice questions. There will be 8 multiple

choice question each carrying 2 marks.

3. Question No.2 to Question No. 7 should consist of 2 sub questions each carrying 8 marks.

4. Question No. 7 should be a short note, where 4 questions will be given, out of which two
questions should be attempted.

For 40 marks:

1. There will be six (6) questions of 10 Marks and out of which three (3) to be attempted
from question no 2 to 6.

2. Question No.1 is compulsory and is of multiple choice questions. There will be5 multiple
 Choice question each carrying 2 marks.

b. Practical Examination:
1. Duration of Practical Examination: 3 Hrs
2. Nature of Practical Question paper: There will be three questions out of which any two
questions to be attempted and each question carries 30 Marks.

9. Standard of Passing:
Internal as well as external examination will be held at the end of semester. The candidate must score
40% marks in each head of internal as well as external Examination

10. Board of Paper Setters /Examiners:

For each Semester end examination there will be a board of Paper setters and examiners for every
course. While appointing paper setter /examiners, care should be taken to see that there is at least one
person specialized in each unit of the course.

11. Award of Class:

There will be numerical marking on each question. At the time of declaration of the resultthe marks
obtained by the candidate is converted into grade point as shown below;

Grade Point Table

Range of Marks obtained out of Grade Points
100 or any fractions
0 0 To 5
1 6 To 10
1.5 11 To 15
2 16 To 20
2.5 21 To 25
3 26 To 30
3.5 31 To 35
4 36 To 40
4.5 41 To 45
5 46 To 50
5.5 51 To 55
6 56 To 60
6.5 61 To 65
 7 66 To 70
7.5 71 To 75
8 76 To 80
8.5 81 To 85
9 86 To 90
9.5 91 To 95
10 96 To 100

Grading: Shivaji University has introduced a Seven-point grading system as follows:

Grades CGPA Credit Points

O 8.60 To 10
A+ 7.00 To 8.59
A 6.00 To 6.99
B+ 5.50 To 5.99
B 4.50 To 5.49
C 4.00 To 4.49
D 0.00 To 3.99

Overall Final Grades Class Grade

8.60 To 10 Higher Distinction Level Extraordinary O
7.00 To 8.59 Distinction Level Excellent A+
6.00 To 6.99 First Class Very Good A
5.50 To 5.99 Higher Second Class Good B+
4.50 To 5.49 Second Class Satisfactory B
4.00 To 4.49 Pass Fair C
0.00 To 3.99 Fail Unsatisfactory D

12. Credit system implementation:

As per the University norms and NEP-2020

13. Clarification of Syllabus:

The syllabus Committee should meet at least once in a year to study and clarify any difficulties
from the Institutes. The Workshop on syllabi should be organized at the beginning of every
semester on request from Institutes.
14. Eligibility of Faculty:
A Candidate must possess M. Sc. in Comp. Sci./ MCA (Science) with NET/ SET/SLET or
Ph.D.
15. Revision of Syllabus:
In light of the accelerated pace at which computer technology renders knowledge obsolete, it is
imperative to contemplate revising the syllabus at regular intervals of approximately two to three
years.

16. Backlog
Students should not have more than FOUR (4) backlogs for second year admission.
 M.Sc. (Computer Science) Part I Semester I
(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CC-101 Title of Course: Advanced Web Technology
Internal Marks: 20 External Marks: 80 Theory: 04 hours/week

Course outcomes:
1. Students will be able to develop application using MVC.
2. Students will be able to understand Entity Framework.
3. Students will be able to understand Web API.

UNIT I (15 Hours)

Introduction to MVC, Benefits of using ASP.NET MVC, Role of Model, View, and
Controller, ASP.NET MVC Works, Naming conventions, Creating views, Defining
controllers, Defining a data model, Creating strongly-typed views, Creating strongly-typed
views
UNIT II (15 Hours)
Razor View Engine: Razor Basics, Razor design goals, Implementation of Razor view, Razor
syntax,Accessing Model Data in Razor views Using Entity Framework:Crud Operations, Crud
Operation Using BO Class, Crud Operations Using Generic BO Class.
UNIT III (15 Hours)
Working with URLs and Routing:Understanding the Routing Mechanism,Adding a Route
Entry, Using Parameters, Using Defaults, Using Constraints
ASP.NET Web API with MVC:Overview of the ASP.NET Web API, Building servers and
clients,Content negotiation, Validation, Dependency Injection

UNIT IV (15 Hours)

MVC State Management: Using hidden fields, Session and Application State, Custom model
bindings Azure Services: Cloud Computing, Cloud Characteristics, Cloud Computing Service Models,
Introduction to Azure, Benefits of Azure, Azure Hosting Models, Azure Services, Azure Portals

References:

1. IProfessional ASP.NET MVC 5 by Jon Galloway, Brad Wilson, K. Scott Allen, David
Matso
2. ASP.NET MVC 4 and the Web AP Jamie Kurtz
 M. Sc (Computer Science) Part I Semester I
(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CC-102 Title of Course:Cloud Computing

Internal Marks: 20 External Marks: 80 Theory: 04 hours/week

Course outcomes:
1. To learn how to use Cloud Services.
2. To implement Virtualization.
3. To implement Task Scheduling algorithms. Apply Map-
Reduce concept to applications.
4. To build Private Cloud.Broadly educate to know the
impact of engineering on legal and societal issues involved.

UNIT I (15 Hours)

Introduction to Cloud Computing: Introduction, Historicaldevelopments, Building Cloud

Computing Environments, Principles of Parallel and Distributed Computing: Eras of Computing,
Parallel v/sdistributed computing, Elements of Parallel Computing, Elements of distributed
computing, Technologies for distributed computing. Virtualization: Introduction, Characteristics of
virtualized environments, Taxonomy of virtualization techniques, Virtualization and cloud
computing, Pros and cons of virtualization.
UNIT II (15 Hours)
Cloud Computing Architecture: Introduction, Fundamental conceptsand models, Roles and
boundaries, Cloud Characteristics, CloudDelivery models, Cloud Deployment models, Economics of
the cloud, Open challenges. Fundamental Cloud Security: Basics, Threat agents, Cloud security
threats, additional considerations. IndustrialPlatforms and New Developments: Amazon Web
Services, Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure.
UNIT III (15 Hours)

Specialized Cloud Mechanisms: Automated Scaling listener, Load Balancer, SLA monitor, Pay-per-
use monitor, Audit monitor, fail over system, Hypervisor, Resource Centre, Multidevice broker, State
Management Database. Cloud Management Mechanisms: Remote administration system, Resource
Management System, SLA Management System, Billing Management System, Cloud Security
Mechanisms: Encryption, Hashing, Digital Signature, Public KeyInfrastructure (PKI).
UNIT IV (15 Hours)
Fundamental Cloud Architectures: Workload DistributionArchitecture, Resource Pooling
Architecture, Dynamic Scalability Architecture, Elastic Resource Capacity Architecture, Service
Load Balancing Architecture, Cloud Bursting Architecture, Elastic Disk Provisioning Architecture,
Redundant Storage Architecture. AdvancedCloud Architectures: Hypervisor Clustering
Architecture, Load Balanced Virtual Server Instances Architecture.

Reference Books
1. Mastering Cloud Computing Foundations and Applications Programming
Rajkumar Buyya, Christian Vecchiola, S.Thamarai Selvi
2. Cloud Computing Concepts, Technology &Architecture
Thomas Erl, Zaigham Mahmood, and Ricardo Puttini
 M.Sc. (Computer Science) Part I Semester I
(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CCPR-103, Title of Course: Practical-I
Internal Marks: 20 External Marks: 80 Practical: 06 hours/week

Course Outcomes:

1. To become familiar with programming environment.

2. To implement advanced data structures
3. Apply data structures in real life problems.
4. Able to create tables and generate queries
5. To be familiar with different types of databases.

Lab work is based on Advanced Web Technology and Cloud Computing .This laboratory
course should consist of 10 to 12 programming exercises with focus on covering the hands-on
aspects covered in theory course.
 M.Sc. (Computer Science) Part I Semester I
(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CC-104
Title of Course: Research in Computing
Internal Marks: 10 External Marks: 40 Theory: 02 hours/week

Course Outcomes:
After completion of this course, student will able to,
1. To be able to conduct business research with an understanding of allthe latest theories.
2. To develop the ability to explore research techniques used for solving any real world or innovate
problem.

UNIT I (15 Hours)

Introduction: Role of Business Research, Information Systems and Knowledge Management, Theory
Building, Organization ethics and Issues Beginning Stages of Research Process: Problem
definition, Qualitative research tools, Secondary data research Research Methods and Data Collection:
Survey research, communicating with respondents, Observation methods, Experimentalresearch

UNIT II (15 Hours)

Measurement Concepts, Sampling and Field work: Levels of Scale measurement, attitude measurement,
questionnaire design, sampling designs and procedures, determination of sample size Data Analysis and
Presentation: Editing and Coding, Basic Data Analysis, Univariate Statistical Analysis and Bivariate
Statistical analysis and differences between two variables. Multivariate Statistical Analysis.

References
1. Business Research Methods
William G.Zikmund, B.J Babin, J.C. Carr,Atanu Adhikari, M.Griffin
2. Business Analytics Albright Winston
3. Research Methods for Business Students FifthEdition Mark Saunders
 M.Sc. (Computer Science) Part I Semester I
(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CCS-105 Title of Course: Machine Learning

Internal Marks: 20 External Marks: 80 Theory: 04 hours/week

Course Outcomes:
1. Develop an appreciation for what is involved in learning models from data.
2. Understand a wide variety of learning algorithms.
3. Understand how to evaluate models generated from data. solving

UNIT I (15 Hours)

Introduction to Machine Learning  Introduction  Evolution of machine learning  Difference
between AI and Machine learning  Developments in machine learning  Introduction to K-
nearest neighbor method, different phases of predicative modeling
UNIT II (15 Hours)
Aspects of Machine Learning  Definition of learning System  Goals and applications of machine
learning  Aspects of developing a learning system: training data, concept representation, function
approximation
UNIT III (15 Hours)
Machine Learning Modelling  ML Modeling flow, How to treat Data in ML  Types of machine
learning, performance measures  Bias-Variancde Trade-Off  Overfitting & Underfitting, Bootstrap
Sampling, Bagging Aggregation 12 4 Basic Probability
UNIT IV (15 Hours)
Handling Test Data Reading test data from excel file
Writing data to excel file Reading test configuration data from text file
Test logging Machine Learning Grid Overview
References:
1. EthemAlpaydin, Introduction to Machine Learning, Second Edition
2. Rich & Knight, Artificial Intelligence Tata McGraw Hill
 M.Sc. (Computer Science) Part I Semester I
(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CCS-105
Title of Course: Advanced Database Management System

Internal Marks: 20 External Marks: 80 Theory: 04 hours/week

Course Outcomes:

After Completion of this course, students will be able to;

1. Use PL/SQL for handing data in a database as per the user’s requirement using
programming features
2. Define various cursors and its implementation along with procedure and
functions.
3. To study usage and applications of parallel and distributed databases, object
relational database.
4.To acquire knowledge on NoSQL databases.

UNIT I (15 Hours)

Introduction to RDBMS: Introduction to DBMS & RDBMS. Data constraint-
primary key, foreign key, unique key, null, notnull, default key etc.

SQL: Introduction to SQL, Features of SQL, Basic data types, SQL

statements/commands, Set operations in SQL, order by and group by clause like,
between, in, like, create index, view and join command Nested queries, GRANT
and REVOKE, Commit, Rollback, Steps for processing a query, Sorting , Join
Operation , Hash Join . SQL functions: MAX, MIN SORT, COUNT, AVERAGE,
Numeric, String, Date Functions, Type conversion functions.

UNIT II (15 Hours)

Introduction to PL /SQL: Introduction, Difference between SQL AND PL/SQL,
Block definition structure and Data types, Block Functions - %Type, %RowType,
Control statements, Looping statements and sequential statement, Exception-
handling. SimplePL/SQL blocks.
Cursor management: meaning, types and importance, implicit and explicit cursor
management using simple example. Trigger: meaning importance and types of
trigger, examples using trigger Procedures-Definition, creating procedures, passing
parameters. Function -Definition, syntax and calling methods, passing parameters.
 UNIT III (15 Hours)
Database System Architectures: Spatial data management, Web based systems,
Centralized and Client-Server Architectures, Server System Architectures, Parallel
System, Distributed Systems. Parallel Databases: Introduction, Parallel database
architecture, I/O parallelism , Inter-query and Intra-query parallelism, Inter operational
and Intra-operational parallelism, Design of parallel systems Distributed Database
Concepts: Introduction, DDBMS architectures ,Homogeneous and Heterogeneous
Databases , Distributed data storage, Distributed transactions, Commit protocols
,Concurrency control & recovery in distributed databases ,Directory systems,
Distributed Query Processing, Three tier Client Server Architecture. Object
Relational Databases, Multimedia databases, Mobile databases.
UNIT IV (15 Hours)
Introduction to NoSQL: History, concept, Different NoSQL products: MongoDB,
CouchDB, Advantages of Mongo over RDBMS, CRUD operations with MongoDB,
Querying, Modifying and Managing NoSQL data stores, indexing and ordering
datasets, surveying database internals migrating from RDBMS to NoSQL.
Information Retrieval & XML data Introduction to information retrival , Indexing for
Text search Web search engines ,Managing text in DBMS , Data model for XML, XML
DTD's, , Domain specific DTD's ,Querying XML data
References

1. Henry Korth, Abraham Silberschatz and S.Sudarshan,: Database

System Concepts” Sixthedition,McGraw Hill,2011.

2. M.Tamer Ozsu and Patrick Valduriez,”Principles of Distributed

Database System”,Third edition,Springer,2011

3. R.Elmasri,S.B. Navathe,” Fundamental of Data Systems”,Seventh

Edition,2007

4. Kristina Chodorow,”MongoDB-The Definitive Guide”,Second

Edition,O’Reilly,2013

5. ORACLE PL/SQL Programming Scott Ulman TMH 9th

 M.Sc. (Computer Science) Part I Semester I
(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CC-106, Title of Course: Research Methodology
Internal Marks: 20 External Marks: 80 Theory: 04 hours/week
Course Outcomes:
1. Understand the fundamental concepts and principles of research methodology in
computer science
2. Identify and select appropriate research methodologies based on the research problem
3. Formulate research questions and hypotheses in the context of computer science
research
4. Design and execute research studies using quantitative and qualitative approaches
5. Apply ethical considerations in conducting computer science research
6. Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills required for computer science
research

UNIT I (15 Hours)

Meaning of Research, objectives of Research, motivation in Research, Types of Research,
Significance of Research, Research and Scientific Method, Criteria of good Research,
Current trends in Research, Survey research, Data collection techniques, problems
encountered by Researchers in Data Collection, Statistical Data analysis and interpretation,
Triangulation in research design, Sequential and concurrent mixed methods design, Sampling
Techniques in Computer Science Research.
UNIT II (15 Hours)
Layout of a Research Paper, Journals in Computer Science, Impact factor of Journals, Use of
Encyclopedias, Research Guides, Handbook etc., Academic Databases for Computer Science
Discipline, Use of tools / techniques for Research: methods to search required information
effectively, study and implementation of various databases like Google scholar, Scopus
index, web of science, research gate etc. Reference Management Software like
Zotero/Mendeley, Software for paper formatting like LaTeX/MS Office.
UNIT III (15 Hours)
Nature of Intellectual properties like patents, trade and copyright, Common rules of IPR
practice, types and features of IPR agreement, Population and sample selection, Probability
and non-probability sampling, Sample size determination, Observation methods,
Questionnaire design, Descriptive statistics, Inferential statistics, Qualitative data analysis
techniques (thematic analysis, content analysis), Data Preparation – Univariate analysis
(frequency tables, bar charts, pie charts, percentages), Impact factor of Journals, H-index of
the researcher, various citation styles, Ethical issues related to publishing, Plagiarism and
Self-Plagiarism, Software for detection of Plagiarism
UNIT IV (15 Hours)
Research reports: Writing preliminaries, main body of research, references and bibliography;
Meaning and importance of workshop, seminar, conference, symposium etc. in research,
Report format and style. Review of related literature its implications at various stages of
research, Significance of Report Writing, Steps in Writing Report, Layout of the Research
Report, Types of Reports. Writing a research proposal.

References
1. Research Methodology in Computer Science by Ryhan Ebad, Centrum Press.
2. Research Methodology by C.R.Kothari
3. Research Methods by Rashmi Agrawal
4. Qualitative Research for Education by Bogdan & Biklen
5. Methods of Educational Research by Max Engelhart
6. Business Research Methods by Alan Bryman & Emma Bell, Oxford University Press
 M.Sc. (Information Technology) Part I
Semester II(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CC -201 Title of Course: Data Science
Internal Marks: 20 External Marks: 80 Theory: 04 hours/week

Course Outcomes:
Develop in depth understanding of the key technologies in data science.
Practice problem analysis and decision-making.
Gain practical, hands-on experience with statistics programming languages .

UNIT I (15 Hours)

Data Science Technology Stack: Rapid Information Factory Ecosystem, Data Science Storage Tools, Data
Lake, Data Vault, Data Warehouse Bus Matrix, Data Science Processing Tools ,Spark, Mesos, Akka ,
Cassandra, Kafka, Elastic Search, R ,Scala, Python, MQTT, The Future Layered Framework: Definition of
Data Science Framework, Cross- Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM), Homogeneous
Ontology for Recursive Uniform Schema, The Top Layers of a Layered Framework, Layered Framework
for High-Level Data Science and Engineering Business Layer: Business Layer, Engineering a Practical
Business Layer Utility Layer: Basic Utility Design, Engineering a Practical Utility Layer.
UNIT II (15 Hours)
Three Management Layers:Operational Management Layer, Processing-Stream Definition and
Management, Audit, Balance, and Control Layer, Balance, Control, Yoke Solution, Cause-and-Effect,
Analysis System, Functional Layer, Data Science Process Retrieve Superstep : Data Lakes, Data Swamps,
Training the Trainer Model, Understanding the Business Dynamics of the Data Lake, Actionable Business
Knowledge from Data Lakes, Engineering a Practical Retrieve Superstep, Connecting to Other Data
Sources.
UNIT III (15 Hours)
Transform Superstep : Transform Superstep, Building a Data Warehouse, Transforming with Data Science,
Hypothesis Testing, Overfitting and Underfitting, Precision-Recall, Cross-Validation Test. Assess
Superstep: Assess Superstep, Errors, Analysis of Data, Practical Actions, Engineering a Practical Assess
Superstep, Process Superstep : Data Vault, Time-Person-Object-Location-Event Data Vault, Data Science
Process, Data Science.
UNIT IV (15 Hours)

Organize and Report Supersteps : Organize Superstep, Report Superstep, Graphics, Pictures, Showing the
 Difference Transform Superstep: Univariate Analysis, Bivariate Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Linear
Regression, Logistic Regression, Clustering Techniques, ANOVA, Principal Component Analysis (PCA),
Decision Trees, Support Vector Machines, Networks, Clusters, and Grids, Data Mining, Pattern
Recognition, Machine Learning, Bagging Data,Random Forests, Computer Vision (CV) , Natural Language
Processing (NLP), Neural Networks, TensorFlow.

Books and References:

Sr. No. Title Author/s Publisher Edition Year

1. Practical Data Science Andreas François APress 2018

Vermeulen

2. Principles of Data Science Sinan Ozdemir PACKT 2016

3. Data Science from Scratch Joel Grus O’Reilly 2015

4. Data Science from Scratch Joel Grus Shroff 2017

first Principle in python Publishers

5. Experimental Design in N C Das Shroff 2018

Data science with Least Publishers
Resources
 M.Sc. (Information Technology) Part I
Semester II(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CC -202 Title of Course: Advanced Java
Programming
Internal Marks: 20 External Marks: 80 Theory: 04 hours/week

UNIT I (15 Hour)

Features of Java; Java Magic: Byte Code, OOP in Java ,Objects and classes, Inheritance,
Polymorphism ,Interfaces, inner classes, Constructor, Garbage collector , Method
Overloading ,Method Overriding, Packages. Understanding Class path, Introduction to Java
Utility classes and collection classes -Date, DateFormat and Gregorian calendar classes. A
Simple Java Program, Object Creation, Using Java.lang. Object class in program, programs
using inheritance, using packages in java program

UNIT II (15 Hours)

Java Database Connectivity: JDBC overview , Architecture , Steps to create JDBC
Application, Drivers, database connection statements , Resultsets, transaction, Metadata and
Aggregate functions , callable statements. Connection pooling, Java Servlets: Servlet vs CGI,
Servlet life cycle , servlet basics , Generic servlet, HTTPServlet, The Servlets API, request
server side –Cookies , session tracking , databases and non-HTML content , request
dispatching , shared attributes, resource abstraction

UNIT III (15 Hours)

RMI: Introduction & Architecture of RMI, Stubs & skeleton, Java RMI classes and interfaces
,Writing simple RMI application , Parameter passing in remote methods (marshalling and
unmarshalling) Java Beans: Java Beans Introduction, design pattern, Beans persistence &
introspection, writing simple bean. JSP(Java Server Pages: Introduction to JSP, Use of JSP,
JSP Architecture, JSP tags, Implicit and Explicit objects, Request forward, Request –time
include ,use of Beans in JSP and their scopes. JSF(Java Server Faces):Introduction of JSF,
components of JSF, Benefits of JSF

UNIT IV (15 Hours)

Hibernate framework application, Introduction Working on Hibernate framework,
Introduction Hibernate framework, its advantage and disadvantage, Struts framework
Architecture and details, Struts frameworks Components. Overview of the Spring
Framework, Spring MVC Architecture Hibernate with Spring, Benefits of using Spring with
Hibernate.

References:
1. The complete Reference Java- 5th edition – Herbert Schildt- Tata McGraw Hill
2. Java 8 Programming Black Book
3. Inside Java 2 Virtual Machine by Venners Bill, Mcgraw Hill Education
4. Developing Java Servlets James Goodwill, Techmedia Pub.
5. Professional JSP Wrox press
6. JDBC, Servlet and JSP, Black Book, Santosh Kumar K. Dremtech publication
7. Spring and Hibernate, Santosh Kumar K. Mc.Graw Hill Education
8. Spring Persistence with Hibernate, Ahmad Seddighi
9. Java unleashed,; Micheal Morrison
 M.Sc. (Information Technology) Part I
Semester II(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CCPR -203 Title of Course: Practical-II
Internal Marks: 20 External Marks: 80 Practical: 06 hours/week

Course Outcomes:

1. To become acquainted with programming environment.

2. Student will be able to use advanced technology in Java such as remote method
Invocation and JDBC.
3. Student will learn how to work with Java Frameworks.
4. Student will be able to develop web application using Java Servlet and Java Server
Pages technology.
5. Design and develop solutions Data Science

Lab work is based on Data Science and Advanced Java Programming .This laboratory
course should consist of 10 to 12 programming exercises with focus on covering the
hands-on aspects covered in theory course.
 M.Sc. (Computer Science) Part I Semester II
(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CC -204 Title of Course: Big Data Analytics
Internal Marks: 10 External Marks: 40 Theory: 02 hours/week
Course Outcomes:
1. To provide an overview of an exciting growing field of big data analytics.
2. To introduce the tools required to manage and analyze big data like Hadoop, NoSql
MapReduce.
3. To teach the fundamental techniques and principles in achieving big data
analytics with scalability and streaming capability.
4. To enable students to have skills that will help them to solve complex real- world
problems in for decision support.

UNIT I (15 Hours)

Introduction to Big Data, Characteristics of Data, and Big Data Evolution of Big Data, Definition of Big
Data, Challenges with big data, Why Big data? Data Warehouse environment, Traditional Business
Intelligence versus Big Data. State of Practice in Analytics, Key roles for New Big Data Ecosystems,
Examples of big Data Analytics. Big Data Analytics, Introduction to big data analytics, Classification of
Analytics, Challenges of Big Data, Importance of Big Data, Big Data Technologies, Data Science,
Responsibilities, Soft state eventual consistency. Data Analytics Life Cycle.

UNIT II (15 Hours)

Analytical Theory and Methods: Clustering and AssociatedAlgorithms, Association Rules, Apriori
Algorithm, Candidate Rules, Applications of Association Rules, Validation and Testing,
Diagnostics, Regression, Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Additional Regression Models.

Operating System for Big Data,Concepts, Hadoop Architecture, Working with Distributed file
system

Books and References:

Sr. No. Title Author/s Publisher Edition Year
1. Big Data and Analytics Subhashini Wiley First
Chellappan
Seema Acharya
2. Data Analytics with Hadoop Benjamin O’Reilly 2016
An Introduction for Data Bengfort and
Scientists Jenny Kim
3. Big Data and Hadoop V.K Jain Khanna First 2018
Publishing
 M.Sc. (Information Technology) Part I
Semester II(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CC -205 Title of Course: Natural
Language Processing
Internal Marks: 20 External Marks: 80 Theory: 04 hours/week
Course Outcomes:
1. To learn how to use Natural Language Processing
2. To implement NLP.
3. The ultimate aim of NLP is to read, understand, and decode human words in a valuable
manner
UNIT I (15 Hours)
Natural Language Processing: Introduction, Phases of NLP, advantages, disadvantages,
applications. Genetic Algorithm: Genetic Algorithm (GA), Genetic Representations,

(Encoding) Initialization and Selection, Different Operators of GA, Analysis of Selection

Operations, the Hypothesis of Building Blocks, Schema Theorem and Convergence of
Genetic Algorithm, Introduction to Expert System.

UNIT II (15 Hours)

NLP tasks in syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Applications such as information extraction, question
answering, and machine translation. The problem of ambiguity. The role of machine learning. Brief history
of the field.

UNIT III (15 Hours)

N-gram Language Models:-The role of language models. Simple N-gram models. Estimating parameters
and smoothing. Evaluating language models.Part Of Speech Tagging and Sequence Labeling:-
Lexical syntax. Hidden Markov Models (Forward and Viterbi algorithms and EM training).

UNIT IV (15 Hours)

Syntactic parsing:- Grammar formalisms and treebanks. Efficient parsing for context-free grammars
(CFGs). Statistical parsing and probabilistic CFGs (PCFGs). Lexicalized PCFGs.
Semantic Analysis:- Lexical semantics and word-sense disambiguation. Compositional semantics.
Semantic Role Labeling and Sematic Parsing.
Books and References:
Sr. No. Title Author/s Publisher Edition Year
1. Natural Language Processing James Allen Elsevier II 1995
2. Alexandar Willey- Kindle
Computational Linguistics and Clark,Chris Blackwe
Fox and ll
Natural Language Processing Shallom
Lappin
3. Nitin Indurkhya and C Kindle
Handbook of Natural Language Fred
J.Damerau
Processing
 M.Sc. (Information Technology) Part I
Semester II(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: CC -205 Title of Course: Modern Networking

Internal Marks: 20 External Marks: 80 Theory: 04 hours/week

Course Outcomes:
1. To understand the state-of-the-art in network protocols, architectures and
applications.
2. Analyze existing network protocols and networks.
3. Develop new protocols in networking
4. To understand how networking research is done
5. To investigate novel ideas in the area of Networking via term-long researchprojects.

UNIT I (15 Hours)

Modern Networking, Elements of Modern Networking .The Networking Ecosystem ,Example Network
Architectures,Global Network Architecture,A Typical Network Hierarchy Ethernet Applications of
Ethernet Standards Ethernet Data Rates Wi-Fi Applications of Wi-Fi,Standards Wi-Fi Data Rates 4G/5G
Cellular First Generation Second Generation, Third Generation Fourth Generation Fifth Generation, Cloud
Computing Cloud Computing Concepts The Benefits of Cloud Computing Cloud Networking Cloud
Storage.

UNIT II (15Hours)
Software-Defined Networks SDN: Background and Motivation, Evolving Network Requirements Demand
Is Increasing,Supply Is IncreasingTraffic Patterns Are More ComplexTraditional Network Architectures are
Inadequate, The SDN Approach Requirements SDN Architecture Characteristics of Software- Defined
Networking, SDN- and NFV-Related Standards Standards- Developing Organizations Industry Consortia
Open Development Initiatives, SDN Data Plane and OpenFlow SDN Data Plane, Data Plane Functions Data
Plane Protocols OpenFlow Logical NetworkDevice Flow Table Structure Flow Table Pipeline, The Use of
MultipleTables Group Table OpenFlow Protocol, SDN Control Plane.

UNIT III (15 Hours)

Virtualization, Network Functions Virtualization: Concepts and Architecture, Background and
Motivation for NFV, Virtual Machines The Virtual Machine Monitor, Architectural Approaches
Container Virtualization, NFV Concepts Simple Example of the Use of NFV, NFV Principles High-Level
NFV Framework, NFV Benefits and Requirements NFV Benefits, NFV Requirements, NFV Reference
Architecture NFV Management and Orchestration, Reference Points Implementation, NFV Functionality.
UNIT IV (15 Hours)
Defining and Supporting User Needs, Quality of Service, Background, QoS Architectural Framework,
Data Plane, Control Plane, Management Plane, Integrated Services Architecture, ISA Approach
ISA Components, ISA Services, Queuing Discipline, Differentiated Services, Services, DiffServ Field,
DiffServ Configuration and Operation, Per-Hop Behavior, Default Forwarding PHB, Service Level
Agreements, IP Performance Metrics, OpenFlow QoS Support, Queue Structures, Meters, QoE: User
Quality of Experience, Why QoE?,Online Video Content Delivery, Service Failures Due to Inadequate .

Books and References:

Sr. No. Title Author/s Publisher Edition Year
1. Foundations of Modern William Addison- October
Networking: SDN, NFV, Stallings Wesley 2015
QoE, IoT, and Cloud Professional
2. SDN and NFV Simplified Jim Doherty Pearson
A Visual Guide to Education,
Understanding Software Inc
Defined Networks and
Network Function
Virtualization
3. Network Functions Rajendra Addison-
Virtualization (NFV) Chayapathi Wesley
with a Touch of SDN Syed Farrukh
Hassan
4. CCIE and CCDE Evolving Brad dgeworth, Pearson 2019
Technologies Study Jason Gooley, Education,
Guide Ramiro Garza Inc
Rios
 M.Sc. (Information Technology) Part I
Semester II(NEP-2020)
To be implemented from the academic year 2023-2024
Course Code: OJT -206 Title of Course: On Job Training

Internal Marks: 00 External Marks: 100 Theory: not applicable

The student is required to engage in on job training during their semester break.

ning during their semester break.