Master in Computer Management (M.C.M.)

About the course

The knowelde and skills required to plan, design and build complex application software systems are highly valued in all industry sectors including business, health, education and services. The basic objective of the Master in Computer Management (M.C.M.) is to provide to the country a steady stream of competent young men and women with the necessary knowledge, skills and foundations for acquiring a wide of rewarding careers into the rapidly expanding world of Information Technology.

The Job Opportunities are:

• Many graduates begin their careers as junior programmers and after some experience are promoted as senior programmers, systems analysts, programmers/analysts. Others seek entrepreneurial roles in the computer world as independent business owners, software authors, consultants, or suppliers of systems and equipements. Career opportunites exist in such areas as management, software development and hardware sales, technical writing, training others on computers, consulting, software development and technical support.
• Application areas include transaction processing (such order processing, airline, railway reservations, banking systems) accounting functions, sales analysis, games, forecasting and simulation, database management, decision support data communication, ERP. MIS, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management and E-commerce.

Duration

2 Years Full time (Each Year consists of 2 Semesters).

Eligibility

Graduate or postgraduate of any faculty from any statutory University shall be eligible for admission to the M.C.M. course.

Structure of Course

• Student can choose any 3 Subjects (401-408) from the above mentioned electives which is discreetly offered by the Institute
• Practiclas will be included in IT papers.
• No separate practical exams will be conducted.
• Case studies should be taken from non-IT papers.

Practical Traning and Project Work

Towards the end of the second year of study, a student will be examined in the course "Project".

1. Project Work may be done individually or in groups in case of bigger projects. However if the project is done in gropus, such student must be given a responsibility for a distinct module and care should be taken to monitor the progress of individual students.
2. Student should take guidance from an internal guide and prepare a Project report on "Project Work" in 2 copies to be submitted to the Director of the Institute by 1st March. Wherever possible, separate file containing source-code listings should also be submitted.
3. The Project Work should be of such a nature that it would prove useful or be relevant from the commercial/management angle.
4. The project report will be duly assessed by the Internal project guide and marks will be communicated by the Director to the University after receiving the Seat numbers from the University along with marks of the internal credit for theory and practicals to be communicated for all other courses.
5. The project report should be prepared in a format prescribed by the University, which also specifies the contents and the method of presentation.
6. The project work will carry 60 marks for Internal assessment and 140 marks for external viva. The external viva shall be conducted by a minimum of two external examiners.
7. Project Work can be carried out in the Institue or outside with prior permission of the Institute.
8. The external viva-voice examination for Project Work would be held in March/April of the second year of study, by a panel of two external examiners.

Assessment

The final total assessment of the candidates is made in terms of an internal assessment and an external assessment for each course.

1. For each paper 30% marks will be based on Internal assessment and 70% marks for semester end examination (external assessment), unless otherwise stated.
2. The division of the 30% marks allotted to internal assessment of theory papers is on the basis of tutorial work and written test 15 marks, seminars and presentations 10 marks and attendance 5 marks.
3. 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.

Examination

Examinations shall be conducted at the end of each semester i.e. during April/May and also in October/November.

Standard of Passing

1. Every candidate must secure 40% marks in each head of passing.
2. The passing marks for external examination will thus be 28 out of 70 and for internal examination 12 out of 30 and aggregate marks taking both together will be 40 marks.
3. Reassessment of Internal marks:
   In case of those students who have secured less than passing percentage of marks in internal i.e. less than 40% the institute will administer a separate internal test. The results of which may be conveyed to the University as the Revised Internal Marks. In case the result of the internal test as above, results in lower marks than the original, the original figure of the marks will prevail, the rule is higher of the two figures of the marks.
   However, the institute will not administer any internal test, for any subject for those candidates who have already scored 40% or more marks in the internal examination.

Backlog

Two semester backlog can be carried to the third semester.