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Re: indian institute of technology bombay computer science
The Computer Science and Engineering Department of IIT Bombay has started the Dual Degree program in Computer Science from the academic year 2000-2001 to produce highly skilled professionals at the Master's level, and enable them to explore issues in Research and Development in depth, through an 18 month final project. Key Features of Dual Degree Program and Rationale • The first three years of the program are to be exactly the same as the B. Tech. program. The first three years provide a basic grounding in computer science, which is needed for both B. Tech and Dual Degree students. • In 4th year the course structure for DDP differs from the B. Tech course structure as follows. • The B. Tech. project stage I in 4th year 1st semester, and Practical Training in the summer between 3rd and 4th year are replaced by an 18 credit Mini Project evaluated in November. • The goal of the mini project is to get the student to explore research and development in detail in a specific area. • The mini project starts in summer, and may include summer work done in industry/ research labs or other academic institutions. • In the 4th year 2nd semester the Dual Degree students start on their Dual Degree project which continues for 18 months. • It is expected that one will have considerable body of R&D work completed by the end of the year as a result of the mini project and the Dual Degree project. • In the 5th year of the programme, one will take one elective in each semester to continue course-based learning with advanced electives, while having a substantial amount of time for work on their project. • Students have the flexibility to choose between B. Tech and M. Tech electives starting from the 3rd year 2nd semester itself, and have to take a total of 8 electives. Of these, a minimum of 4 should be post-grad level electives. • The combination of • an 18 month final project, • a seminar in the 3rd year 2nd semester, • a Mini Project in the 3rd to 4th year summer, and 4th year 1st semester, gives Dual Degree program students an excellent opportunity to make a substantial contribution to research and development. • The stress of programme is more on research and development. M. Tech. students have to do 8 electives of which at least 6 must be post-grad level electives, but do only a 1 year project. • Having undergone own UG programme, Dual Degree students will be in a position to directly do advanced M. Tech. electives, so only 4 post-grad level electives are required, although up to 8 may be taken. • Since the CSE dual degree program has no areas of specialization, there is no need for elective requirements in specialized areas. |
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