| Programme Type | DEGREE |
| Mode | Open Distance Learning |
| School | School of Computer and Information Sciences |
| Duration | 2 Years |
| Medium | ENGLISH |
| Specialization | Computer Applications |
| Description |
The broad objective of the MCA 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. |
| Eligibility |
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(ii) Obtained atleast 50% marks in the qualifying examination (45% marks in case of candidates belonging to reserved category).
IMPORTANT: For students from the second category (Any Bachelor Degree), having completed PGDCA from IGNOU is an essential condition. Application forms of candidates not fulfilling this condition shall not be accepted. |
| Fee Structure |
Rs. 12,000/- per semester. Registration fee of Rs.200/- is payable along with fee for 1st semester at the time of admission. |
| Programme Coordinator | Dr. Akshay Kumar, Email: mca@ignou.ac.in |
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Semester I |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Theory/Practical |
Credits |
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MCS-211 |
Design and Analysis of Algorithms |
Theory |
4 |
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MCS-212 |
Discrete Mathematics |
Theory |
4 |
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MCS-213 |
Software Engineering |
Theory |
4 |
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MCS-214 |
Professional Skills and Ethics |
Theory |
2 |
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MCS-215 |
Security and Cyber Laws |
Theory |
2 |
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MCSL-216 |
DAA and Web Design Lab |
Practical |
2 |
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MCSL-217 |
Software Engineering Lab |
Practical |
2 |
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Semester II |
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MCS-218 |
Data Communication and Computer Networks |
Theory |
4 |
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MCS-219 |
Object Oriented Analysis and Design |
Theory |
4 |
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MCS-220 |
Web Technologies |
Theory |
4 |
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MCS-221 |
Data Warehousing and Data Mining |
Theory |
4 |
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MCSL-222 |
OOAD and Web Technologies Lab |
Practical |
2 |
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MCSL-223 |
Computer Networks and Data Mining Lab |
Practical |
2 |
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Semester III |
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MCS-224 |
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning |
Theory |
4 |
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MCS-225 |
Accountancy and Financial Management |
Theory |
4 |
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MCS-226 |
Data Science and Big Data |
Theory |
4 |
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MCS-227 |
Cloud Computing and IoT |
Theory |
4 |
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MCSL-228 |
AI and Machine Learning Lab |
Practical |
2 |
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MCSL-229 |
Cloud and Data Science Lab |
Practical |
2 |
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Semester IV |
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MCS-230 |
Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision |
Theory |
4 |
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MCS-231 |
Mobile Computing |
Theory |
4 |
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MCSP-232 |
Project |
Project |
12 |
| Regional Centre | Study Centre |
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| HYDERABAD | 0111: AURORA DEGREE COLLEGE (111) |
| HYDERABAD | 0105: LAL BAHADUR COLLEGE (105) |
| KARNAL | 1005: CHOTU RAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (1005) |
| KARNAL | 1075: GURUNANAK KHALSA COLLEGE (1075) |
| SHIMLA | 1105: GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE (1105) |
| SHIMLA | 1109: GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE GDC. Una (1109) |
| SHIMLA | 1103: Govt. Degree College, (1103) |
| SHIMLA | 1123P: REGIONAL COMPUTER CENTRE DOEACC ( 1123P) |
| SHIMLA | 1118: REGIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE NIT, Hamirpur (1118P) |
| JAMMU | 1201: UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU (1201) |
| BANGALORE | 1309: AL-AMEEN ARTS SCI. & COM. COLL., BANGALORE (1309) |
| BANGALORE | 1314: BANGALORE INSTT. OF TECHNOLOGY,BANGALORE (1314) |
| BANGALORE | 1311: BAPUJI INSTT. OF ENGG & TECH.,DAVANAGERE (1311) |
| BANGALORE | 1344: CMR INSTT. OF MNGMT.STUDIES, BANGALORE (1344) |
| BANGALORE | 1306: DVS COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE,SHIMOGA (1306) |
| BANGALORE | 1318: SH JAYACHANARAJENDRA COLL ENGG.,MYSORE (1318P) |
| BANGALORE | 1319: SRI SIDDARTHA INSTT. OF TECH., TUMKUR (1319) |
| BANGALORE | 1302: ST. ALOYSIUS COLLEGE, MANGALORE (1302) |
| COCHIN | 14182D: ANSAR WOMEN'S COLLEGE (14182D) |
| COCHIN | 1424P: INTERNATIONAL INST OF INF TECH (1424P) |
| COCHIN | 1417P: IRS COMPUTERS COMM. PVT. LTD (1417P) |
| COCHIN | 1402: SACRED HEART COLLEGE (1402) |
| BHOPAL | 1529: CHRISTIAN EMINENT ACAD. OF MGT (1529) |
| BHOPAL | 1500: IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE BHOPAL LSC Code 1500 |
| BHOPAL | 1527: M.I.T.S. (1527) |
| PUNE | 1606: CHH. SHAHU INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS EDU. AND RESEARCH (1606) |
| PUNE | 16159: JET'S ZULAL BHILAJIRAO PATIL COLLEGE |
| PUNE | 1608: KTHM COLLEGE (1608) |
| PUNE | 1611: NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY (1611) |
| PUNE | 16138: VASANTRAODADA PATIL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (16138) |
| PUNE | 1617P: VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (1617P) |
| PUNE | 1610: VIVEKANAND ARTS & SDS COMMERCE COLLEGE (1610) |
| IMPHAL | 1707: D.M. COLLEGE OF SCIENCE (1707) |
| SHILLONG | 1801: NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY (1801) |
| PORT BLAIR | 0201: JNR MAHAVIDYALALA (201) |
| BHUBANESHWAR | 2106: F.M. COLLEGE, BALASORE (2106) |
| BHUBANESHWAR | 2108: G.M.UNIVERSITY, SAMBALPUR (2108) |
| BHUBANESHWAR | 2103: GOVT COLLEGE, ROURKELA (2103) |
| BHUBANESHWAR | 2104: KHALIKOTE COLLEGE (2104) |
| BHUBANESHWAR | 2101: KIIT, PATIA (2101) |
| KHANNA | 2202: BARING UNION CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (2202) |
| KHANNA | 2212: DOABA COLLEGE (2212) |
| KHANNA | 2206: GURU NANAK GIRLS COLLEGE (2206) |
| JAIPUR | 2310: D.A.V. COLLEGE, SRIGANGANAGAR (2310) |
| JAIPUR | 23153: INT. SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS & MGT (ISIM), JAIPUR (23153) |
| JAIPUR | 2312: SHRI BHAGWANDAS TODI PG COLLEG (2312) |
| CHENNAI | 2508: A.V.C COLLEGE (2508) |
| CHENNAI | 2501: DDGD VAISHNAVA COLLEGE (2501) |
| CHENNAI | 25229: DON BOSCO COLLEGE VELLORE |
| CHENNAI | 2534: ER. PERUMAL MANIMEKALAI P'NIC (2534) |
| CHENNAI | 2578: GURU NANAK COLLEGE (2578) |
| CHENNAI | 3101: PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (3101) |
| CHENNAI | 2509: SACRED HEART COLLEGE (2509) |
| CHENNAI | 2593: VOORHEES COLLEGE (2593) |
| AGARTALA | 2605P: E.T.D.C (2605) |
| LUCKNOW | 2757: HBTI KANPUR (2757) |
| LUCKNOW | 2788: INSTITUTE OF ENGG & TECHNOLOGY LUCKNOW (2788) |
| KOLKATA | 28142: FAKIR CHAND COLLEGE (28142) |
| KOLKATA | 28138: IGNOU SPL. STUDY CENTRE (28138) |
| KOLKATA | 2863: IGNOU STUDY CENTRE (2863) |
| KOLKATA | 2817: NETAJI MAHAVIDYALAYA (2817) |
| KOLKATA | 2802: ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE (2802) |
| KOLKATA | 2841: THE INDIAN INST OF PSYCHOMETRY (2841) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 0772: ACHARYA INST OF PROF. STUDIES (772) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 0740D: ALL INDIA WOMEN"S CONFERENCE (740) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 0784: BITCOM SERVICES (P) LTD. (784) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 0730: C.C.I.T. (730) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 29032: JAGANNATH INST. OF MGT. SCI. (29032) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 29048: K.S. MEMORIAL SOCIETY FOR ED. & RECH. EAST DELHI (29048) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 0731: PC TRAINING INSTITUTE (731) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 0745: SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (0745P) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 29045: SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (29045) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 0769: SHYAM LAL COLLEGE (769) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 29010: TECHNIA INSTITUTE (29010) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 0776P: UNIVERSAL INSTITUTE OF COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY (0776P) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 29019: VIVEKANANDA INST.COMP.EDU. (29019) |
| DELHI 2 (RAJGHAT) | 29020: VIVEKANANDA INST.PROF.STUDIES (29020) |
| ITANAGAR | 0301: D.N.GOVERNMENT COLLEG ITANAGAR (301) |
| SRINAGAR | 1253: NIELIT (FORMERLY DOEACC) RANGRETH (1253) |
| DEHRADUN | 2752: HNB GARHWAL UNIVERSITY, SRINAGAR (2752) |
| DEHRADUN | 3100: IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE DEHRADUN LSC CODE 3100 |
| DEHRADUN | 2711: MB PG COLLEGE HALDWANI (2711) |
| RANCHI | 3603: GURU NANAK COLLEGE, DHANBAD (3603) |
| RANCHI | 3200: IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE RANCHI LSC Code 3200 |
| RANCHI | 0531: MARKAZ-E-ADAB-O-SCIENCE, RANCHI (531) |
| RANCHI | 0534: R. K MISSION ENGLISH SCHOOL, SIDGORA, JAMSHEDPUR (534) |
| RAIPUR | 1503: GOVT. ARTS & SCI. COLLEGE (1503) |
| NAGPUR | 1633P: G H RAISONI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY NAGPUR MAHARASHTRA |
| NAGPUR | 1614: RAJIV GANDHI ENGINEERING COLLEGE CHANDRAPUR MAHARASHTRA |
| JORHAT | 0410: C.K.B. COMMERCE COLLEGE (410) |
| JORHAT | 0407: DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY (407) |
| DELHI 3 | 38040: A-CUBE CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE (38040) |
| DELHI 3 | 1029: GENESIS INFOTECH (1029) |
| DELHI 3 | 38039: IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE DELHI3 LSC Code 38039 |
| DELHI 3 | 0741P: S.S.C. NET EDUCATION (P) LTD (741) |
| NOIDA | 2714: HINDU COLLEGE (2714) |
| NOIDA | 3900: IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE NOIDA LSC Code 3900 |
| NOIDA | 2707: M.M.P.G. COLLEGE MODINAGAR (2707) |
| NOIDA | 07107: MAHARAJA AGARSEN COLLEGE (7107) |
| NOIDA | 2728: MEERUT COLLEGE MEERUT (2728) |
| NOIDA | 2749: S.D. COLLEGE, MUZAFFARNAGAR (2749) |
| NOIDA | 2702: ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE (2702) |
| GUWAHATI | 0400: Regional Centre Guwahati LSC Code 0400 |
| TRIVANDRUM | 1464: C ACHYUTHA MENON STUDY CENTRE (1464) |
| TRIVANDRUM | 1441: MAR IVANIOS INSTITUTE OF ADVANCE STUDIES (1441) |
| TRIVANDRUM | 2511: S.T. HINDU COLLEGE (2511) |
| JABALPUR | 1502: RDVV UNIVERSITY JABALPUR (1502) |
| RAJKOT | 0966: IGNOU STUDY CENTRE BHAVNAGAR (966) |
| RAJKOT | 42012: IGNOU STUDY CENTRE RAJKOT (42012) |
| MADURAI | 2504: BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (2504) |
| MADURAI | 2502: DR.G.R.D. COLLEGE OF SCIENCE (2502) |
| MADURAI | 2568: H.K. ROWTHER HOWDIA COLLEGE (2568) |
| MADURAI | 2551: SREE RAMU COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE (2551) |
| MADURAI | 2503: THIYAGARAJAR COLLEGE (2503) |
| MADURAI | 2507: V O Chidambaram College Tuticorin |
| KORAPUT | 44005: THAYARAMMA WOMAN'S COLLEGE (44005) |
| KORAPUT | 2110: VIKRAM DEV COLLEGE (2110) |
| SILIGURI | 45028: SALESIAN COLLEGE (45028) |
| DARBHANGA | 05137P: British School of Computers |
| DARBHANGA | 46001P: NEW HORIZON'S COMPUTER LEARNING CENTRE (46001) |
| DARBHANGA | 0592P: V.P.S COMPUTER (592) |
| DARBHANGA | 0548P: VRAT SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (548) |
| ALIGARH | 2713: ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH (2713) |
| VARANASI | 48012: MICROTEK COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY VNS (48012) |
| VARANASI | 2777P: MNNIT, ALLAHABAD (2777P) |
| MUMBAI | 1619P: ARNINA EDUCATION TECHNOLOGIES LTD (AESPL) (1619P) |
| MUMBAI | 49033: IGNOU PROG. STUDY CENTRE (49033) |
| MUMBAI | 1632: MAHATMA EDUCATION SOCIETY (1632) |
| PATNA | 0500: IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE PATNA LSC Code 0500 |
| ARMY-KOLKATA | 5103: 5103 |
| ARMY-KOLKATA | 5104: 5104 |
| ARMY-KOLKATA | 5102: HQ 3 CORPS (5102) |
| ARMY-KOLKATA | 5101: IAEP HQ 101 AREA (5101) |
| ARMY-CHANDIMANDIR | 5202: HQ 2 CORPS HRDC (5202) |
| ARMY-CHANDIMANDIR | 5201: WESTERN COMMAND HRDC (5201) |
| ARMY-LUCKNOW | 5301: 5301 |
| ARMY-LUCKNOW | 5302: 5302 |
| ARMY-LUCKNOW | 5305: 5305 |
| ARMY-PUNE | 5402: HQ 12 CORPS HRDC |
| ARMY-PUNE | 5403: HQ 21 CORPS HRDC |
| ARMY-PUNE | 5404: SC HRDC IC/O BEG & CENTRE,PUNE |
| ARMY-PUNE | 5401: SC HRDC II,C/O MEG & CENTRE,BANGALORE |
| ARMY-UDHAMPUR | 5505: HQ 14 CORPS (HRDC) (5505) |
| ARMY-UDHAMPUR | 5503: HQ 15 CORPS HRDC (5503) |
| ARMY-UDHAMPUR | 5504: HQ 16 CORPS HRDC (5504) |
| ARMY-UDHAMPUR | 5501: HRDC HQ NORTHERN COMMAND (5501) |
| ARMY-JAIPUR | 5203: 5203 |
| ARMY-JAIPUR | 5303: IGNOU ARMY RECOG. STUDY CENTER (5303) |
| CHANDIGARH | 06036: Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College Chandigarh LSC Code 06036 |
| DELHI 1 (MOHAN ESTATE (SOUTH DELHI)) | 07162: MOHYAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INST. OF TECH(MERIT) (07162P) |
| DELHI 1 (MOHAN ESTATE (SOUTH DELHI)) | 0758P: NSIC TECHNICAL SERVICES CENTRE (0758P) |
| NAVY-NEW DELHI | 7101: IGNOU-NAVY RECOG. STUDY CENTRE (7101) |
| PANAJI | 0801: SH. DAMODAR COLL. OF COM & ECO. (MARGAO GOA) (801) |
| VATAKARA | 1432: AL-FAROOK EDUCATIONAL CENTRE (1432) |
| BIJAPUR | 1324: BASAVESHWAR SCIENCE COLLEGE BAGALKOT (1324) |
| BIJAPUR | 1307: BLDEA'S J S S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION VIJAYAPURA (1307) |
| BIJAPUR | 1304: GULBARGA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS GULBARGA (1304) |
| BIJAPUR | 1303: J.S.S. COLLEGE VIDYAGIRI DHARWAD (1303) |
| BIJAPUR | 1308: R.P.D. COLLEGE CAMPUS BELGAUM (1308) |
| BIJAPUR | 1310: VEERASHIAVA COLLEGE BELLARY (1310) |
| JODHPUR | 2321: - (2321) |
| JODHPUR | 2305: BJS RAMPURIA JAIN COLLEGE (2305) |
| JODHPUR | 2302: VIDYA BHAWAN RURAL INSTITUTE (2302) |
| AHMEDABAD | 0901: L.D. ARTS COLLEGE (901) |
| AHMEDABAD | 0920: L.J. COMMERCE COLLEGE (920) |
| AHMEDABAD | 0902: M.S. UNIVERSITY (902) |
| AHMEDABAD | 0905: MTB ARTS COLLEGE (905) |
| AHMEDABAD | 0909: NEW PROGRESIVE EDUCATION TRUST (909) |