Admission for Master of Computer Application (M.C.A.)
Eligibility Criteria: MCA (3 years duration) Bachelor degree of minimum 3-years duration in any discipline from a recognised University with at least 60% marks (55% for SC/ST) in aggregate. Mathematics must be studied at 10+2 level or at graduation level. Mode of Selection: Admission will be made on the basis of merit of 10th, 12th and graduation (upto end of 2nd year, minimum of 65% marks are required). Overall minimum 60% (55% for SC/ST) in graduation shall be required to be eligible for admission. Candidate must attach mark sheets of 10th, 12th and all the marks sheets of Graduation upto end of 2nd year along with the printout of applications. MCA Lateral Entry (2 years duration) Recognized bachelor degree of minimum 3-years duration in BCA, B.Sc. (IT/ Computer Science) with at least 60% marks (55% for SC/ST) in aggregate. Mathematics must be studied at 10+2 level or at graduation level. Mode of Selection: Merit list will be prepared on the basis of above said criteria of MCA (3-year) and admission will be made according to this merit list. Number of Seats: 90 In addition to above seats, 1% over and above seats are reserved for children of employees of Thapar University. The candidates seeking admission under this category are required to satisfy the eligibility as mentioned above. Distribution of Seats: (A) First year|
General |
SC/ST |
PH |
Total |
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64 |
23 |
3 |
90 (+ 14 FN/NRI seats. Refer section 10 for eligibility & other conditions) |
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General |
SC/ST |
PH |
Total |
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12 |
5 |
1 |
18 |
- Geometry: Two dimensional- straight lines, circles and conic sections; Three dimensional-straightlines and spheres.
- Mathematical Foundation for Computer Science: Set theory, Permutation and combinations; Relations, Properties and representation of relations, Transitive closure, Partial ordering relation, Special types of lattices and finite Boolean algebra; Functions and their applications, Recurrence relations, Algebraic structures (semi-group and groups), Graphs and their representation, Connected graphs and spanning tree, Proposition and logical connectives, Conditional and biconditional statements, Rules of inference using statement calculus, Quantifiers and inference theory using predicate calculus
- Vector Analysis: Scalar and vector products of two, three and four vectors, and their applications.
- Statistics, Probability and Linear Programming: Measures of central tendency, Dispersion, Skewness and kurtosis, Correlation and regression, Basic concepts of probability, Conditional probability, Baye’s theorem, Discrete and continuous distributions (Binomial, Poisson, and Normal distributions), Fundamentals of linear programming problems, Graphical solution, Simplex method and its variants.
- Matrices: Types of matrices Rank of a matrix, Solution of system of linear equations, Cayley Hamilton theorem, Inverse of a matrix, Determinant and its properties.
- Numerical Analysis: Solution of non-linear equations using iterative methods, Interpolation (Newton, Lagrange and Forward formulae), Numerical Integration (TrapezoidalandSimpson Rule).
- C Programming: Fundamentals, Identifiers and keywords, Data types, Declarations, Standard and formatted input-output statements, Operators and Precedence, Control statements, Storage classes, Pre-processors, Functions, Recursion, Arrays and strings, Pointers, Structure and union, File handling.
- Operating Systems: Fundamentals, Process management, CPU scheduling algorithms, Memory management- paging, segmentation, demand paging; Deadlocks- prevention, avoidance, detection and recovery; Process synchronization, File management, Disk scheduling, I/O devices.
- Computer Organization and Architecture: Number system, Karnaugh map, Combinational circuits, Sequential circuits, Instruction cycle, Addressing modes, Parallel processing, Instruction pipeline, Memory hierarchy, Cache memory, Virtual memory- paging and segmentation.
- Data Structures: Algorithm complexity, Big O notation, Arrays, Linked Lists, Stacks, Recursion, Queues, Binary search trees, Threaded tree, AVL, B-trees, B+ trees, Graphs- BFS, DFS, applications of graphs; Searching and sorting algorithms, Hashing.
- Object Oriented Programming: Basic concepts of object-oriented programming, Classes and objects in C++, Static member functions, Inline and friend functions, Constructors and destructors, Function overloading, Operator overloading, Type conversions, Inheritance, Virtual functions and polymorphism, Files and streams, Exception handling.
- System Analysis and Design: Categories of information systems, Structured analysis method, System prototype method, SDLC, Feasibility study, Requirements gathering, Data flow diagrams, Data dictionaries, Decision tables, Decision trees, Design of input, Design of output, Program structure chart, Coupling, Cohesion, Span of Control, Module size, and Shared modules.
- Networking and Internet: Categories of computer network, Network topologies, Network media, Concepts of LAN, MAN and WAN, OSI and TCP/IP reference model, Classless and classful addressing, IPv4, Search Engines, Basic Internet and intranet applications.
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Amount to be deposited with print out of application forms taken from website. |
Rs 1500 |
- Candidates seeking admission in Thapar University shall fill up the online application form available on our website www.thapar.edu. The candidates are required to fill complete details in the online form. Follow the process mentioned asunder for filling up online application form :
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Step 1:
Click on “Apply Online” link on home page of Thapar University website www.thapar.edu.
Step 2:
You will reach the landing page of online application form of Thapar University where you will choose the programme in which you are interested to apply. Once your mouse hovers over the program type, then you will see three buttons namely “Eligibility”, “How to Apply” and “Apply Now”. We strongly suggest you to visit “Eligibility” and “How to Apply” pages before clicking on to “Apply Now” button of respective programme.
Step 3:
Now click on “Create New Account” tab and fill in the details to create and receive a unique “Username” and “Password” by email for applying to Thapar University. If you have already received your “Username” and “Password”, then login as per Step 4.
Step 4:
Login with your “Username” and “Password”. Fill up the Personal Details, Academic Details, choose the preferences of the programs, upload your recent photograph & signature, and then Submit the application form.
Step 5:
Pay the Application Fee through the Payment Gateway (online mode) or through Demand Draft (offline mode). (Application Fee is Rs. 1,500/- for all programs except MSc and MA and Rs. 1,000/- for MSc and MA programs).
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Last date for receipt of completed application forms.
June 30, 2016
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