Academic Council

Item No:

UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI

Syllabus for M.sc. Part I

Program: M.Sc.
Subject: Information Technology

Course: Computer Science

(Credit Based Semester and Grading System with
effect from Academic Year 2019-2020)
 Preamble
This is the first year (part I) curriculum in the subject of Information Technology. The revised
structure is designed to transform students into technically competent, socially responsible and
ethical Computer Science professionals. In these Semesters we have made the advancements in the
subject based on the previous Semesters Knowledge.

In the first year is important to develop the intelligence regarding to various industry trends. Second
year of this course making basics strong related to specialized industry and automation trends in
wide diversification in technology.

The proposed curriculum contains two semesters; each Semester contains Ability to apply the
knowledge of Information Technology with recent trends aligned with research and industry.
Making students capable to apply IT in the field of Computational Research, Soft Computing, Big
Data Analytics, Data Science, Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Cloud
Computing. Making students aware about socially acceptable technical solutions in the domains of
Information Security, Machine Learning, Internet of Things and Embedded System, Infrastructure
Services as specializations.

Proposed Curriculum contains challenging and varied subjects aligned with the current trend with the
application of knowledge of Intellectual Property Rights, Cyber Laws and Cyber Forensics and
various standards in interest of National Security and Integrity along with IT Industry, write
effective project reports, research publications and content development and to work in
multidisciplinary environment in the context of changing technologies.

In essence, the objective of this syllabus is to create a pool of technologically savvy, theoretically
strong, innovatively skilled and ethically responsible generation of computer science professionals.
Hope that the teacher and student community of University of Mumbai will accept and appreciate the
efforts.
 M.Sc. PART I
(Semester I and II)
Information Technology Syllabus
Credit Based Semester and Grading System
To be implemented from the Academic year 2019-2020

SEMESTER I
Course TOPICS Credits L / Week
PSIT101 Research in Computing 4 4
PSIT102 Data Science 4 4
PSIT103 Cloud Computing 4 4
PSIT104 Soft Computing Techniques 4 4
Practical
PSIT1P1 Research in Computing Practical 2 4
PSIT1P2 Data Science Practical 2 4
PSIT1P3 Cloud Computing Practical 2 4
PSIT1P4 Soft Computing Techniques Practical 2 4

SEMESTER II
Course TOPICS Credits L / Week
PSIT201 Big Data Analytics 4 4
PSIT202 Modern Networking 4 4
PSIT203 Microservices Architecture 4 4
PSIT204 Image Processing 4 4
Practical
PSIT2P1 Big Data Analytics Practical 2 4
PSIT2P2 Modern Networking Practical 2 4
PSIT2P3 Microservices Architecture Practical 2 4
PSIT2P4 Image Processing Practical 2 4
 Suggested List of Practical- SEMESTER II

Course: (Credits : 02 Lectures/Week: 04)

PSIT2P2

PSIT2P2: Modern Networking Practical

Practical shall be implemented in GNS3/EVE-Ng network Emulator/MININET

No. Name of the Practical

1 Configure IP SLA Tracking and Path Control Topology
2 Using the AS_PATH Attribute
3 Configuring IBGP and EBGP Sessions, Local Preference, and MED

4 Secure the Management Plane

5 Configure and Verify Path Control Using PBR
6 IP Service Level Agreements and Remote SPAN in a Campus Environment

7 Inter-VLAN Routing
8 Simulating MPLS environment
9 Simulating VRF.
10 Simulating SDN with
• OpenDaylight SDN Controller with the Mininet Network Emulator
• OFNet SDN network emulator
11 Simulating OpenFlow Using MININET
 Scheme of Examination
1. Theory:
I. Internal 30 Marks : (Any one of the following):

a. Written Test
OR
b. SWAYAM (Advanced Course) of minimum 20 hours and certification exam completed
OR
c. NPTEL (Advanced Course) of minimum 20 hours and certification exam completed
OR
d. Valid International Certifications (Prometric, Pearson, Certiport, Coursera, Udemy and
the like)
e. One certification marks shall be awarded one course only. For four courses, the students
will have to complete four certifications.

II. 10 marks:

The marks given out of 40 for publishing the research paper should be divided into four
courses and should awarded out of 10 in each of the four courses.

10 marks from every course coming to a total of 40 marks, shall be awarded on publishing
of research paper in UGC approved Journal with plagiarism less than 10%. The marks can
be awarded as per the impact factor of the journal, quality of the paper, importance of the
contents published, social value.

2. External Examination: 60 marks

As per university guideline.

3. Practical and Project Examination:

The Marking Scheme for each of the Elective is given below:

A Certified copy journal is essential to appear for the practical examination.

1 Practical Question 1 20
2 Practical Question 1 20
3 Journal 5
4 Viva Voce 5

OR

1 Practical Question 1 40
2 Journal 5
3 Viva Voce 5

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