Master of Computer Applications

Poornaprajna Institute of Management has started Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from the academic year 2023-24. This program is recognized by AICTE is affiliated to Mangalore University. The approved in-take for the program is 60 students

Duration : Two years, 4 Semester Programme.

Eligibility : BCA or B.Sc. (CS / IT) or any Bachelors Degree (with Maths in 10+2) of UGC recognized University with 50 % marks Admission needs valid score in KMAT/KEA-PGCET

About MCA at PIM:

In the never ending era of IT and ITES, there is huge demand for the computer application developers across the globe. To cater this need, PIM has started the MCA program. This is a two-year PG program with the focused goal of imparting a broad, yet intensive IT domain holistic education of the top most quality.

In order to achieve this, in addition to the university prescribed curriculum various value added courses, regular industry-institute interactions, industry supported/mentored projects and various personality development courses will be offered on a regular basis.

The MCA program is mainly inclined towards Application Development and thus students will be exposed more to learn and use latest programming language and tools to develop better and faster applications. The MCA at PIM aims at producing skilled professionals who can successfully meet the demands of the information technology industry.

Facilities:

The Department of Computer Applications has well qualified, enthusiastic and experienced faculty members who are supporting the students for their all round development as professionals. The department also has state of the art laboratories and library equipped with digital library which connects the students to the global knowledge pool to upskill their knowledge.

The efforts are made jointly by the Training and Placement department and the department of Computer Applications to provide the industry interaction and also for the industry sponsored projects and the campus placement.

MCA Programme Structure (Batch 2023-25)

S. No. Subjects Type Hours /Week Marks Credit
SEMESTER ONE
1 Mathematical Foundation of Computer Science Hard Core 04 100 04
2 Operating Systems Hard Core 04 100 04
3 Object Oriented Programming Hard Core 04 100 04
4 Advanced Data Structure and Algorithms Hard Core 04 100 04
5 Python Programming Soft Core 04 100 04
6 Advanced Data Structure and Algorithms Lab Practical 06 100 03
7 Python Programming Lab Practical 06 100 03
8 Foundation of Information Technology Bridge 03 100 –
9 Dynamic Website Development ESEP – I 02 50 02
10 IT Company Analysis using AI Tools EAEP – I 02 50 02
11 Value Added Optional Subject I SWAYAM 02 50 02
Total 38 850 32
SEMESTER TWO
1 Principles of Data Science Hard Core 04 100 04
2 Software Engineering Hard Core 04 100 04
3 Data Communications and Computer Networks Hard Core 04 100 04
4 Android Programming Soft Core 04 100 04
5 Elective – I Soft Core 04 100 03
6 Principles of Data Science Lab Practical 06 100 03
7 Android Programming Lab Practical 06 100 03
8 E-Commerce Website Development ESEP – II 02 50 02
9 Patent Analysis & Publication EAEP – II 02 50 02
10 Value Added Optional Subject II SWAYAM 02 50 02
Total 38 850 32
SEMESTER THREE
1 AI & Machine Learning Hard Core 04 100 04
2 Internet of Things Hard Core 04 100 04
3 Advanced Database Management System Hard Core 04 100 04
4 Computer Graphics & Multimedia/

Cryptography and Network Security/ Image Processing

 Soft Core 04 100 04
5 Elective II Soft Core 04 100 03
6 AI & ML Lab/ Advanced database Management Lab/ Graphics Lab Practical 06 100 03
7 Mini Project & Domain Knowledge Seminar Practical 06 100 03
8 Virtual Reality & AI driven GPTs ESEP 02 50 02
9 CEO Analysis & Publication EAEP 02 50 02
10 Value Added Optional Subject III SWAYAM 02 50 02
Total 38 850 32
SEMESTER FOUR
1 Dissertation and Viva-Voce Project 32 400 16
2 Value Added Optional Subject IV SWAYAM 02 50 02
3 Conference Paper Presentation & Publication of Project Report ESEP 02 50 02
Total 36 500 20

Note: ESEP – Employability Skills Enhancement Program, EAEP – Entrepreneur Ability Enhancement Program

List of Elective – I:

S. No. Subjects Type Hours/Week Marks Credit
SEMESTER 2
1 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING Elective 03 100 3
2 ADVANCED JAVA PROGRAMMING Elective 03 100 3
3 OBJECT ORIENTED DATA MODELING Elective 03 100 3
4 PATTERN RECOGNITION Elective 03 100 3
5 CLOUD COMPUTING Elective 03 100 3

List of Electives – II:

S. No. Subjects Type Hours/Week Marks Credit
SEMESTER 3
1 CYBER SECURITY Elective 03 100 3
2 MOBILE COMPUTING Elective 03 100 3
3 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE Elective 03 100 3
4 BLOCK CHAIN MANAGEMENT Elective 03 100 3
5 NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING Elective 03 100 3