BCA Prospectus 2020 - 2021
PROSPECTUS 2020 - 2021
Prospectus Committee Dr. Santosh Patkar Ms. Sonali Raikar Mr. Rudresh Kamat
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CONTENTS
ABOUT US 3 VISION OF THE COLLEGE 3 MISSION STATEMENT 3 MANAGEMENT 4 FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK 5 COURSE DIRECTOR’S FOREWORD 6 ABOUT BCA 7 SARASWAT BCA 8 FACULTY MEMBERS 9 COURSE STRUCTURE 10 ADMISSION 14 FEE STRUCTURE 15 SCHEME OF EXAMINATION 16 SCHEME OF GRADING 20 INFRASTRUCTURE 22 STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMES 24 ADDITIONAL COURSES 25 PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE 25 LIFE AT SARASWAT BCA 26 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 27 RULES OF CONDUCT & DISCIPLINE 28 ANTI - RAGGING CIRCULAR 31 UGC REGULATIONS 32 SCHEDULE OF PENALTIES 35 EX STUDENT TESTIMONIAL 36
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ABOUT US
VISION OF THE COLLEGE To be a model institution, providing for a holistic development of individuals with an aim of promoting a healthy and progressive society.
MISSION STATEMENT
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MANAGEMENTGENERAL BODY : Chairman : Adv. Manohar S. Usgaonkar Vice Chairman : Shri Vithal G. Prabhu Parrikar Secretary : Adv. Avdhut V. N. Salatry
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : President : Shri RamnathBurye Vice President : Shri Rajesh Mhambre Secretary : Shri RupeshKamat Joint Secretary : Shri KoustubhSawkar Treasurer : Shri AshwinikumarPrabhu Joint Treasurer : Shri Rajiv Kolwalkar
INSTITUTES MANAGED
Saraswat Vidyalaya Pre-primary, Mapusa Saraswat Vidyalaya Primary School, Mapusa Saraswat Vidyalaya High School, Mapusa SV’s Swar Shrungar Musical School, Mapusa Sv’s Purushottom Walawalkar Higher Secondary School of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mapusa Sv’s Smt. Sitabai Shambhu Kamat Institute of Management & Human Resource Development, Mapusa SV’s Sridora Cacula Collage of Commerce & Management Studies, Mapusa Shri Vasant Vidyalaya, Siolim Progress High School, Panjim Computer Academy, Mapusa Accredited institution of National open School, New Delhi
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FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
2020-21
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COURSE DIRECTOR’S FOREWORD
Ms. Sonali Raikar, Course Director
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SALIENT FEATURES:
AC Classrooms Highly Equipped 2 Computer Labs Optical Fiber leased line Internet Facility WIFI enabled Campus Highly qualified & experienced faculty. Teaching using Multi-media techniques. Continuous Internal Evaluation System Academic - Industry Interface Regular Workshops on Recent Technologies Additional short term Industry Oriented Courses Focus on Communication & Soft skills Training Entrepreneurship Development In-house Final year Project development. Various Inter-collegiate/Inter-class Events to develop students technical skills. Industrial visits Internship Programme/ Placement Assistance Remedial Coaching
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FACULTY MEMBERS
Ms. Sonali Raikar 16Course yrs in Director Teaching MCA, SET
Anuja R. Gawandalkar
Ms. Leena Divkar Ms. Aditi A. Shetkar Ms. Assistant7 yrs in Teaching Professor Assistant2 yrs in Teaching Professor Assistant2 yrs in TeachingProfessor MCA B.E., M.E (IT), NET MCA
Mr. Sushant Figureido Mr. Shankar Nadkarni Ms. Rebecca Pinto Ms. Shubhala Salgaonkar Ms. Diksha Korgaonkar Ms. Shreya Kamat
Non Teaching
Mr. Rudresh Kamat Lab Assistant
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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE: 1. The Programme shall be basedCOU onR SaE system STR UofC time-integratedTURE Units called Credits, under the CBCS. 2. The Programme shall comprise Courses such as Core, Elective and Ability Enhancement Courses. 3. A Credit shall consist of 15 clock hours of theory of 1 hour duration each or 15 practical classes of 2 hours duration each, per semester or its equivalent; Field work and such other as recommended by the Board of Studies (BoS) shall be considered under practical category for calculating credits and workload. 4. A student shall be eligible for the award of BCA Degree on successful completion of minimum of 132 Credits, to be completed over a minimum of six Semesters. OC-XX.4: COURSE STRUCTURE: 1. Each Course can carry different weightage in terms of number of Credits. Each Course should define learning objectives and outcome. A course may be designed so as to comprise any or combination of lectures/ tutorials/ laboratory work/ field work/ outreach activities/ project work/ vocational training/ viva/ seminars/ term papers/ assignments/ presentations/ self-study/ such other. 2. Core Course (CC): A course, which should compulsorily be studied by a candidate as a core requirement is termed as a Core Course. Each Core Course is of 4 credits or 2 credits and may consist of theory and practical component or only theory component or only practical component. If the course has a theory and practical component, the theory component will be of 3 credits theory and 1 credit practical for 4 credit course. If the course has only practical component, the practical component will be of 2 credits. 3. Elective Course: An Elective Course can be chosen from a pool of Courses, which may be specific or specialized or advanced or supportive to the discipline/ subject of study or which provides an extended scope or which enables an exposure to some other discipline/subject/domain or which nurtures the candidate's proficiency/skill. An Elective Course may be Discipline Specific Elective Course or Generic Elective Course. 3.1 Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Course:Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Course shall be offered in the main discipline/subject of study. Each DSE shall be of 4 credits and may consist of theory and practical component or only theory component. If the course has a theory and practical component, the theory component will be of 3 credits theory and 1 credit practical or as prescribed by BoS and approved by the Academic Council. Any number of DSE's as approved by BoS and AC, can be offered depending upon the specialization available in the college. 3.2 Project: A compulsory Project work of total 4 credits shall be offered in lieu of a DSE Course in Semester VI and shall be designed to acquire special/ advanced knowledge; it shall be specialised course involving application of knowledge in solving / analysing / exploring a real life situation / difficult problem. Students shall undertake such a project under the guidance of a teacher / faculty member. The topic for the Project Work shall be given in Semester V. Students shall be required to carry out work for the Project during Semesters V & VI. The assessment of the Project will be carried at the end of Semester VI. 3.3 Generic Elective Course: A Generic Elective(GE) course shall be of 4 Credits, and may be chosen from an unrelated discipline/subject, with an intention to seek exposure. A Core Course offered in a discipline/subject may be treated as GE Course for another discipline/ subject and vice versa. If the course has a practical component, the theory component will be of 3 credits theory and 1 credit practical or as prescribed by BoS and approved by the Academic Council. 4. Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC): The Ability Enhancement (AE) Courses may be of two kinds: 4.1 Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC): AECC are based upon the content that leads to Knowledge enhancement. Environmental Studies, Communication Presentation Skills and Technical Writing Skills are mandatory. Communication Presentation Skills and Technical Writing Skills will have four credits each and Environmental Studies has two separate courses of 2 credits each. 4.2 Skill Enhancement Courses(SEC): SEC courses are value-based and/or skill-based and are aimed at providing hands-on-training, competencies and skills. These courses may be chosen from a pool of courses designed to provide value-based and/or skill-based knowledge. Each course will be of two credits or as prescribed by BoS and approved by the Academic Council..
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1. The Course Structure for the Three Year BCA Degree Programme shall be as specified below:
BCA Course Details under CBCS
Semester- I Course Code Course Title Course Credits AY CAC-101 Problem Solving and Programming Concepts 4 2019-20 CAC-102 Computer Organization and Architecture 4 2019-20 CAC-103 Basic Mathematics 4 2019-20 CAC-104 Problem Solving and Programming Laboratory 2(P) 2019-20 GE-101 GE To be selected by College from approved list 4
ESA-101 Environmental Studies-I 2 2019-20 SEC-101 SEC To be selected by College from approved list 2 Total (Semester I) 22 Semester – II Course Code Course Title Course Credits AY CAC-105 Data Structures 4 2019-20 CAC-106 Operating Systems Concepts 4 2019-20
CAC-107 Applied Mathematics 4 2019-20 CAC-108 Data Structures Laboratory 2(P) 2019-20 GE-201 GE To be selected by College from approved list 4 ESA-102 Environmental Studies-II 2 2019-20 SEC-201 SEC To be selected by College from approved list 2 Total (Semester II) 22
List of Generic Electives (GE) Course Code Course Title Course Credits AY CAG-101 Business Accounting 4 2019-20 CAG-102 Cost Accounting 4 2019-20 CAG-103 Advertising 4 2019-20 CAG-104 Human Resource Management 4 2019-20 CAG-105 Entrepreneurship Development 4 2019-20
CAG-106 Marketing Fundamentals 4 2019-20
List of Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) SemesterI Course Code Course Title Course Credits AY CAS-101 IT Tools Laboratory 2(P) 2019-20 CAS-102 Programming in Scratch 2(P) 2019-20 CAS-103 Digital Photography 2(P) 2019-20
CAS-104 Open Source Software 2(P) 2019-20 Semester II CAS-105 Operating Systems Laboratory 2(P) 2019-20 CAS-106 Programming in Python 2(P) 2019-20 CAS-107 HTML & CSS 2(P) 2019-20 CAS-108 PHP Programming 2(P) 2019-20
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Discipline Specific Electives Course Code Course Title Semester Course AY Credits CAD-101 Mobile Application Development V 4(3T+1P) 2021-22 CAD-102 ERP Systems (no syllabus Existing course has V 4(3T+1P) 2021-22 no practical’s) CAD-103 Computer Animation V 4(3T+1P) 2021-22 CAD-104 Visualisation V 4(3T+1P) 2021-22
CAD-105 Embedded Systems V 4(3T+1P) 2021-22
CAD-106 Computer Graphics (should we drop) V 4(3T+1P) 2021-22 CAD-107 Human Computer Interaction (no syllabus) V 4(3T+1P) 2021-22 CAD-108 Cyber Security V 4(3T+1P) 2021-22 CAD-109 Search Engine Optimisation VI 4(3T+1P) 2021-22 CAD-110 Data Science VI 4(3T+1P) 2021-22 CAD-111 Content Management Systems(no syllabus, VI 4(3T+1P) 2021-22 existing course has no practical’s) CAD-112 Cloud Computing VI 4(3T+1P) 2021-22 CAD-113 Internet of Things VI 4(3T+1P) 2021-22
CAD-114 Ethical Hacking VI 4(3T+1P) 2021-22
CAD-115 3D Modelling and Animation VI 4(3T+1P) 2021-22
Additional GE s proposed Course Code Course Title Course Credits AY CAG-108 General Insurance 4 2020-21 CAG-109 Investment and Portfolio Management 4 2020-21 CAG-110 Data Analyses and Statistical Techniques 4 2020-21 CAG-111 Digital Marketing Fundamentals 4 2020-21
CAG-112 Research Methodology 4 2020-21
CAG-113 Green Computing 4 2020-21 CAG-114 Decision Making and Mathematical Models 4 2020-21 CAG-115 Information Security 4 2020-21 CAG-116 Operations Research 4 2020-21 CAG-117 Business Infrastructure and Management 4 2020-21 CAG-118 Intellectual Property Rights and Patents 4 2020-21 CAG-119 Ethics & CSR 4 2020-21 CAG-120 Entrepreneurship Management 4 2020-21 CAG-121 Data Mining and Business Intelligence 4 2020-21
CAG-122 E-Waste Management 4 2020-21
CAG-124 Social Engineering 4 2020-21 CAG-125 E-Governance Concepts 4 2020-21 CAG-126 Ergonomics 4 2020-21 CAG-127 Public Administration 4 2020-21 CAG-128 Micro Economics 4 2020-21 CAG-129 Monetary Economics 4 2020-21 CAG-131 Social Media Marketing & Analytics 4 2020-21
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ADMISSION ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION TEligibilityotal Se aforts :admission 4 0 leading to the degree of Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) shall be as follows -
Eligibility for Admission to Semester I and Semester II: (A) To be eligible for admission to Semester-I of the Three Years course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA), the candidate should have passed: (i) The Higher Secondary School Certificate (Std. XII) examination conducted by the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in any stream, including the vocational stream in the subjects notified by the University from time to time. OR (ii) the Std XII or similar examination of another body equivalent to Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Goa and recognised as such by Goa University. B) A candidate not covered under any of the above categories but desirous of seeking admission to the said course may apply to the College. However, the Registrar along with the Dean of the Faculty and the Chairperson of the Board of Studies shall decide the eligibility. (C) A candidate admitted to Semester-I shall be deemed eligible for admission to Semester-II. (D) A candidate migrating from another recognized University and desirous of direct admission to Semester-II may be considered for admission provided he/she has cleared/ passed Semester-I examination of that University with those subjects, under CBCS, for which admission is sought. (E) A candidate shall be selected based on a selection test as prescribed by Goa University from time to time. The selection test shall test the general aptitude, logical reasoning and analytical abilities and basic arithmetical skills of the candidate.
OC-XX.2.2: Eligibility for admission to Semester-III and Semester-IV: (A) A candidate who has requisite attendance for Semester-I and Semester-II and has attended minimum required ISAs of all the courses in Semesters I & II shall be eligible for admission to Semester-III. (B) A candidate migrating from any other recognized University may be considered for admission to Semester III provided: a) He/She has passed in all courses of the Semester I and Semester II(First Year BCA) examination from that University. b) He/She undertakes to successfully complete the required courses and credits prescribed for First Year BCA by this University, if he/she has not already done so in the previous University. Result of Semester IV examination shall be withheld if the candidate fails to fulfil this undertaking. (C) A candidate admitted for Semester-III shall be deemed eligible for admission to Semester- IV. (D) A candidate from another recognized University may be considered for direct admission to Semester IV provided he/she fulfils the conditions in (a), (b) and (c) at (B) above and, in addition has passed/cleared Semester III/First Term examination of the Second Year BCA of that University. However, the result of Semester IV shall be withheld if the candidate does not fulfil these conditions.
Eligibility for admission to Semester-V: (A) A candidate who has been declared Passed in Semester I to Semester IV examinations shall be eligible for admission to Semester V. (B) A candidate admitted for Semester-V shall be deemed eligible for admission to Semester- VI. (C) A candidate migrating from any other recognized University may be considered for admission to Semester-V of the BCA Course provided: a) He/She has been declared Passed in Semester I to Semester IV examinations from that University, and b) He/She had offered at the Second Year the required courses and credits under the scheme of this University. A candidate fulfilling these conditions shall be eligible for admission to Semester-V only.
Eligibility for admission to Semester-VI: (A) A candidate already admitted for Semester-V shall be deemed eligible for admission to Semester-VI. (B) Direct admission to Semester-VI shall not be permitted.
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FEE STRUCTURE
The fees will be charged as per Goa University guidelines.
600
48,720
3) For NEFT/Online Payment Transfer :-
Bank Name : The Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd. Mapusa - Goa. Account Name : SV’s Sridora Caculo College of Commerce and Management Studies. Account No. : 094200100003785 4) InstallmentIFSC Code facility. : SRCB0000094 Account type : Saving Account
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OC-XX.5.1. (a) The Evaluation of the courses shall comprise of the Intra-Semester Assessment (ISA) and the Semester End Examination (SEE). A student shall be required to appear for ISA as well as S E E . There shall be an ISA for the practical component also. (b) The ISA tests shall carry 40% of the maximum marks allotted for the course and SEE shall c a r r y 60% of the maximum marks. (c) The marks for each credit shall be 25. Accordingly a two credit course will have 50 marks and a four credits course will have 100 marks. (d) A Course of 4 credits having only theory shall have ISA for 40 marks and SEE for 60 marks. (e) A Course of 2 credits having only practical shall have ISA for 20 marks and SEE for 30 marks. (f) A Course of 4 credits having theory and practical component shall also have ISA for total 40 marks and SEE for 60 marks. The ISA for theory component shall be 15 marks and ISA for practical component shall be 25 marks. There will be no separate SEE for practical component. (g) Courses of any other number of credits shall have proportionate markings.
OC-XX.5.2. Ordinances for Conduct of ISA (a) The ISA for the theory component of a course shall be conducted twice in a given Semester, ISA-1 through a written test and the ISA-2 by using alternate modes of evaluation including assignments/presentations/orals/such other. There shall not be any averaging of ISA marks. (b) The ISA for the practical component of a course shall also be conducted twice in a given Semester, ISA-1 through a lab test and the ISA-2 by using alternate modes of evaluation including assignments/presentations/orals/such other. A record of all the assignments carried out as part of the practical component shall be maintained by every student in the form of a journal. It is not compulsory to have a hard copy of the journal. It could be a soft copy(e- journal) that is maintained over Moodle/any LMS 7 (c) Generally, the ISAs for a given Course shall be conducted by the teacher/s teaching that Course. (d) The Schedule for the ISAs shall be notified to all at the beginning of the Semester. (e) The Marks of the ISA shall be communicated to the students within two weeks after the conduct of the ISA. (f) ISA-1 shall preferably be conducted by the end of July for odd Semesters and by end of January for even Semesters. Students who fail to appear for the ISA-1 due to a genuine reason shall be given another opportunity by end of August/February respectively on a date pre-determined by the College. ISA-2 will be completed as decided by the Instructor/teacher but before the end of the Semester. (g) Every College shall appoint a three member Committee to monitor the ISA in the College. There would be no remission in workload or remuneration for carrying out this work. (h) A Student who does not appear for the two ISAs of a Course shall not be eligible to answer the SEE of that Course.
OC-XX.5.3. Conduct of SEE for theory component (a) The SEE shall be conducted at the conclusion of a given Semester, and shall cover the entire syllabus prescribed for the respective Course. (b) A candidate shall be considered to have successfully fulfilled the requirements of a Semester to be eligible to appear for the SEE provided he/she has appeared for two ISAs of the Course, and fulfills the minimum attendance requirements as per the relevant rules of the University. A candidate failing to fulfill these conditions shall have to repeat the Semester. © A tentative schedule of SEE examination of Semesters I – IV, evaluation, declaration of results shall be prepared by the respective College(s), preferably at the beginning of each academic year and shall be notified to their students with a copy to the University. Setting of the question papers, evaluation of answer-scripts and declaration of results shall be done by respective Colleges.
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(d) Assessment of answer-scripts of SEE of Semesters I - IV shall be organized by the Colleges. The assessment of the SEE answer scripts at the Semesters I - IV shall be done by the teachers of respective Colleges. If two or more Colleges desire to have the same question paper in any of the subjects, a common paper may be set by the teachers from the concerned colleges. For this purpose, a Committee of senior teachers may be constituted by the Principals of concerned Colleges. (e) The pattern of question paper(s) to be set for the SEE in a given Subject and the scheme of marking shall be decided by the BoS. For this purpose, the BoS shall frame specimen question paper(s) in the concerned Subject for each Semester for the information of the students. Similarly, for practical examinations, the number of laboratory exercises, marks distribution for each exercise and other relevant details shall be decided by the BoS. (f) The Schedule of the Examination and the setting of question paper(s) for SEE for Semester- V and Semester-VI shall be done centrally by the University. (i) A Board of Paper-Setters and Examiners for the SEE of Semester V and VI shall be appointed by the University. (ii) The Paper-Setters shall finalise the question paper(s); there shall be no objective type of questions at SEE; however short answer questions may be set. (iii) The paper setters shall also prepare a key for answers to all question/sub-questions and the scheme of marking of the paper set at the examination. In case of descriptive type of answers, only important points to be expected may be highlighted in the key. (iv) The Chairperson shall personally hand over the sealed set of question papers and answer keys to the Controller of Examinations in the prescribed manner. 8 (v) Photocopies of the key and the marking scheme for each of the paper of the concerned Semester V and VI shall be given to the examiners assessing the papers. (g) The duration of SEE theory paper carrying 40 marks shall be of 1 hour duration, and those above 40 marks shall be of 2 hours duration.
OC-XX.5.4. Conduct of SEE for practical component (a) Examination(s) shall be conducted for Courses having practical component. Marks shall be allotted for Journal/e-journal, Experiment assigned to the candidate and Oral, and shall be broadly as follows: Experiment 15%, Journal 5% and Orals 10%. In Oral examination, the examiner(s) shall assess the knowledge of the candidate in the Course as well as the experiment(s) performed by the candidate. (b) The Course instructor/teacher shall act as the Internal examiner (c) External Examiners shall be appointed for the Laboratory Course examination at Semester – V and Semester – VI in accordance with the University Ordinance OB – 4 from the panel of examiners approved by the Academic Council. However, assessment and grading shall be done jointly by the external examiner and internal examiner for these two semesters. (d) Lab Paper setting and assessment of Laboratory courses at Semester – I to Semester – IV shall be done internally by the instructor/teacher, teaching the paper/course. (e) Record of the breakup of marks thus obtained by the candidate for Semesters I to IV, shall be maintained by the respective College in a sealed envelope for a minimum period of 4 years. (f) A candidate may be permitted, strictly on medical or other genuine grounds, to appear for practical examination out of turn, irrespective of the timetable and the batch allotted to him/her, in the examination programme for Semester-V and Semester-VI issued by the University. This out of turn appearance may be in the same college in a different batch or in a different College. Such permission may be granted by the University if so recommended by the Principal of the College. The candidate shall be required to remit the requisite fee for his/her being examined out of turn.
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OC-XX.5.5. Conduct of Project (a) (i) The project shall be compulsory for all students in lieu of a DSE. Discipline Specific Project
(DSP) shall be assigned during the V semester and assessed and credits assigned in the VI
semester. The project shall be group project with a maximum of 5 students per group. A teacher
shall not be ordinarily assigned more than 2 projects. The project workload will be 2 hours per
week for a group of 5 students and for a group of 3 or less students the workload will be 1 hour per week.
(ii) Project work and the Report shall be based on field work/library work /laboratory work/ on-the-job training or similar work assigned by the teacher. (iii) The assessment of the Project Course shall be done equally by Internal Examiner(Project Supervisor for 50 marks) and External Examiner (for 50 marks) as per the guidelines defined in the Project Manual.
Re-evaluation
CBCS ordinances OC-66.5.6 approved for BA, B.Com, B.Sc for Re-evaluation to be made applicable for BCA Revaluation of answer books of the candidates at Semesters V and VI shall be permitted as per the existing provisions of OA-5.15 for revaluation/ verification. (I) However, revaluation at Semesters I to IV examinations shall not be permitted. Personal verification of marks shall be granted to the candidate in the presence of Principal/ Vice- Principal and the concerned Examiner, provided he/she has applied for the same along with payment of prescribed fees, within one week of the declaration of result. (ii) The following shall be the procedure for the verification of marks: (iii) On a notified day and time, which should be not later than 10 days after the receipt of application from the candidate, the candidate shall be shown the answer book in the chamber of the Principal/ Vice-Principal in the presence of the Examiner concerned. (iv) If the candidate is not satisfied with the result on personal verification of answer book, he may apply to the College Grievance Committee within a week. (v) The College Grievance Committee shall take appropriate action as per the relevant Ordinance and inform the candidate of the decision taken accordingly.
Supplementary Examination CBCS ordinances OC-66.5.7 approved for BA, B.Com, B.Sc for Supplementary Examination to be made applicable for BCA A supplementary examination shall be conducted, preferably after 15 days from the declaration of results of Semester II and IV examinations. Students who have a backlog of any or all the papers (theory / practical) of Semesters I, II, III and IV are eligible to appear for this examination.
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Improvement of Performance Improvement of performance/ total score shall be permitted to a candidate who has passed the B.A./B.Com/B.Sc./ degree examination, in which case he/she shall be required to appear again only in the SEE component of the papers of Semester V and /or Semester VI examinations, excluding the Project Course. For this purpose, the marks scored at the first appearance in the Project Course, as also in ISA component of the other papers, shall be carried forward for tabulation of the result under“improvement of performance”. (ii) A candidate shall not be permitted to reappear for improvement of performance at Semesters- I, II, III and IV. (iii) This facility to reappear under improvement shall be available during the immediately subsequent regular Semester-V and Semester-VI examinations, but within double the duration period. (iv) The performance of a candidate, who appears under this provision and fails to improve, shall be ignored. (b) (i) The candidate availing of this provision shall be considered to have passed Semesters- V and/or VI “under improvement” and this fact shall be recorded on his/her statements of marks and other relevant documents. (ii) The candidate shall be required to surrender the original statement of marks and other relevant documents at the time of receiving the fresh statement of marks in the event of improvement of performance/ total score. (iii) A candidate can appear only once under this clause.
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CBCS ordinances OC-66.5.8 approved SCH EforM BA,E OF B.Com, GRAD IB.ScNG for Improvement of Performance to be made applicable for BCA
OC-XX.5.9. Award of Class CBCS ordinances OC-66.5.9 approved for BA, B.Com, B.Sc for Award of Class to be made applicable for BCA
Award of Grades A Grade Certificate shall be issued to all the registered students after every Semester based on the grades earned. The Grade Certificate will display the Course details (code, title, number of credits, grade secured). Marks awarded in each Course shall be represented in the form of Grades in the grade sheet issued at the end of each semester. Letter Grade shall be the index of the performance of students in a said Course, denoted by letters O, A+,A, B+, B, C, P and F, and calculated based on Grade Point and marks obtained for each Course, as shown in the table below.
OC-XX.5.10. Criteria for Passing in a Course CBCS ordinances OC-66.5.10 approved for BA, B.Com, B.Sc for passing in a Course to be made applicable for BCA A student shall be required to score a minimum of ‘P’ grade in ISA, SEE and practical components taken together to pass in a Course in Semesters I to VI.
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OC-XX.6 Grade Point Average CBCS ordinances OC-66.6 approved for BA, B.Com, B.Sc for Grade Point Average to be made applicable for BCA The grade sheet in every semester shall reflect Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) and Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). The Final result shall be declared as Final Grade Point Average (FGPA), earned at the end of the Programme, which shall be a measure of overall cumulative performance of a student over Semesters I– VI. The SGPA/CGPA/FGPA shall be converted to a Letter Grade, as shown in the table below:
Note: Any other ordinance relating to Sports Entitlement Marks/ Gracing , etc which is going to be made applicable for BA, B.Com, B.Sc shall be made applicable for BCA Course
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INFRASTRUCTURE
BCA COMPUTER LABORATORIES
CLASS ROOMS
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LIBRARY
At one end where internet provides all the necessary current information and reviews, the institute’s library on the other end provides for all the references that the students will need in their three years of BCA. The library consists of a very wide book bank with hundreds of Indian and Foreign references that get revised every year. References and other reading material get updated regularly and new editions and names are added to the collection as per contemporary academic needs of the Program. The library also consist of magazines and journals of all the functional areas of the computer science.
SPORTS The sports department provides facilities for certain outdoor game. While every attempt will be made to provide the requisite sports material for developing the sportive talent of student, no personal kit like clothing and incidental shoes etc. will be provided to them. Further the traveling and incidental allowance paid to the student for participating in the sports and other authorized activity on behalf of the college will be in nature of subsidy. It is not intended to cover the actual expenditure incurred by the student. The college is having its own Gymkhana . CANTEEN The College also provides canteen facility to the student & staff members. It is managed by a canteen contractor, Vegetarian, Non-vegetarian, Snacks, Tea, Coffee, Meals etc. are served at reasonable rates.
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STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMES For professional interaction we invite industry experts/professionals to deliver workshops, talks, organizeGUEST industrial LECTURES visits to keep / WORKSHOP/ our students abre INDUSTRIALast of latest trends VISITS in IT .
Industrial visit at Infinyt 3D Industrial visit at Nordic Intent
Workshop on Automation Testing Industrial Visit to Smartlink Using Selenium Network Systems Ltd.
workshopWorkshop on on PC Cyber Configuration Security Workshop on Entrepreneurship Awareness & Troubleshooting Industrial Visit at SEBI office
Workshop on Hardware & Network Workshop on Latest Trends and Troubleshooting Technologies in IT
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ADDITIONAL COURSES VALUE ADDED CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES We offer additional industry oriented courses to add to students professional development and upgrade technical knowledge . These courses help the students in their final year projects and placements.
Following courses are conducted by the BCA staff to help students take up final year projects and keep them in par with the latest technology trends in industry: Android Programming Server side scripting using PHP/ASP Java Programming Website Designing using CMS Joomla
PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE
Saraswat BCA has an active placement cell that provides mock interviews and soft-skill training and add-on courses that help our students to get placed in IT industries. We also invite different companies to recruit our students.
INTERNSHIPS
Saraswat BCA has also started with an Internship Programme for BCA students to provide with an opportunity to expand knowledge and benefit from invaluable on-the-job experience in IT industries. The program has a focus of providing development opportunities to students through technical training & professional development enabling them to tackle some of technology's greatest challenges.
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LIFE AT SARASWAT BCA
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Meritorious Students
SATARDEKAR BHISIRAJ PRADEEP
TY BCA CPI 8.03 DISTINCTION
JADHAV SHIVARAJ SUDHAKAR
SY BCA CPI 9.28 DISTINCTION
ARLEKAR UDESH UDAY
FY BCA CPI 8.65 DISTINCTION
CO-CURRICULAR AND CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS
1. In the event “COLOSSUS 9” organized by Don Bosco College Panjim, Goa in the year 2019-2020.
WINNERS Miss. GeetaOli and Mast. Vishal Sharma won the 1st place in “Codethon”. Mast.DeepteshBhaidkar won the 2nd place in “Logo designing”. Miss. Geeta Oli and Mast. Vishal Sharma won the 1st place in “Debugging"
2. In the event “TECHNOTRONICS” organized by DM's College Assagao-Goa, in the year 2019-2020.
WINNERS Mast.DeepteshBhaidkar won the 2nd place in “Logo designing”. Miss. Geeta Oli and Mast. Vishal Sharma won the 2nd place in “The Great Programmer”.
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RULES OF CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE
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RULES OF CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE
If any student is found using the cellphone, then the mobile/cell will be seized and will 23. It is the duty of the parents/ guardians to not be returned back All teaching and non- update themselves on the status of their teaching staff are authorised to do the same. ward/children from time-to-time regarding A fine of Rs. 500 may be imposed at the attendance, examinations, discipline or any discretion of the Principal. No complains of students with regard to cellphones will be other matter. entertained by the Principal.
LIBRARY RULES Each student will get two Reader Tickets, one is for reference and the other one is for non- text book. student can keep a book for one week from the date of issue.
Renewal of Books
Books can be renewed if there is no demand and it is left at the librarian whether to renew or not to issue certain books.
Library Rules:
1. He/she should posses a valid Identity card while entering the library
2. Periodicals and newspaper can be obtained on the Identity Card for the internal reading only.
3. In case the books etc. obtained on identity card is not returned while living the library, a fine of Rs. 5/- per will be charged.
4. He/She should observe silence in the library.
5. Readers Tickets are not transferable.
Loss of Library Ticket :
In case of loss of library ticket a duplicate ticket may be obtained on payment of Rs. 50/-. He/She should inform the librarian immediately about the loss of ticket, otherwise he/she will be held responsible for the book so long as his/her Reader Ticket is lying in the issue tray of the library. 29 BCA Prospectus 2020 - 2021
LIBRARY RULES
Damage and Loss :
While taking the books, a student must examine them and report any damage done to the books. Otherwise the borrower will be held responsible, if the book is found damaged. If the borrower losses the book he/she will have to replace the book or has to pay the market price of the book. In case of rare and out of print books, the price will be determined by the librarian.
Overdue Charges :
1. If the book is not returned on or before the due date a fine of Rs. 2/- per day will be charged for first week.
2. Rs.4 /- per day per issue will be collected from second week onwards and
3. After one month his /her home lending facilities will stand withdrawn.
This is a general scheme whereby books are provided to the needy student for the whole year depending on availability of books. The no. of books issued to the student purely depends on the no. of applications received. This is a scheme runs on FCFS basis.
Meritorious Student Book Bank Scheme:
Under this scheme each selected student shall be provided with two text/reference books for his or her choice depending on the availability of books. The selection of the student for the scheme will be finalized by the committee based on merit of the student/applied.
COUNSELLING CELL This cell provides services of professional counselor to the needy students of the college.
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Mr. Rajeev Narvekar 9422442122 Dr. Jayesh Churi 9822137913
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SCHEDULE OF PENALTIES TO BE IMPOSED FOR VARIOUS Quantum of Punishment TYPES OF UNFAIR MEANS (A) THEORY EXAMINATION Sr. No. Annulment of the performance of entire examination 1 Annulment of the performance of entire examination + One chance 2
Annulment of the performance of 3 entire examination + One chance
Annulment of the performance of 4 entire examination + Two hances
Annulment of the performance of 5 entire examination + One chance (Both the Candidates)
Annulment of the performance of 6 entire examination + One chance (Both the Candidates)
7 Annulment of the performance of entire examination + Two chances (Both the Candidates)
8 Annulment of the performance of entire examination + Two chances (Both the Candidates)
9 Annulment of the performance of entire examination + One chance (Both the Candidates)
10 Annulment of the performance of entire examination + Two chances (Both the Candidates) 11 Annulment of the performance of entire examination + Five chances
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SCHEDULE OF PENALTIES TO BE IMPOSED FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF UNFAIR MEANS (A) THEOAnnulmentRY EXAMI ofNA theTI OperformanceN of entire examination + Five chances 12
Annulment of the performance of entire examination + Four chances 13
Annulment of the performance of 14 entire examination + Four chances
Annulment of the performance of 15 entire examination + Four chances
DISCLAIMER
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It gives me great pleasure to say with pride that I have completed my graduation(BCA) from Saraswat College. The relationship between faculties & students is very cordial, which gave an opportunity to excel in, my area of interest. The 3 years spent here were splendid & has helped me to grow better professionally & personally. LaxmanPawar, AI Developer/Security Engineer, Fritzibot, Banglore
I have always known that I will build my future in the field of IT, But, an important decision was where to start from? A journey to what I am today & What I will be tomorrow started from Saraswat BCA & I have always been proud to be a part of this institution. The level of learning here is perfect. The teachers offer good learning & are lovely people. The good thing is you can approach them anytime. They are always there to help. GoutamNaik, QA Engineer, 3D Systems, Porvorim
Saraswat was not just a college for me but it was like a second home for me because it taught me how to be humble with all the people whom we connect in life & stay focused by maintaining perseverance towards our goal in life until its achieved. SanketShendure, Founder & CEO, Minkspay.com
I believe that college plays a major role in development of a student. Saraswat BCA not only focuses on studies, but overall development of their students. Student's have the support & backing from the college to organize competitions, fests & start-ups. This gives students a broad way to get them excellent in those fields where they have interests & get more confident & more open to grow & gain positive thoughts. They also get an opportunity to interact with different industry domain people which helps to shape their mindset. SurajPratap Singh, Chief Technology Officer, Minskpay.com
Saraswat BCA helped me build the basic foundation required for software development &excel in my career. Also the extracurricular activities such as IT FunFest& other inter collegiate competitions helped me in developing my skills. SradhaShet, Software Engineer, MetricstreamInfotech, Banglore
Saraswat College helped me to find out how much I am really capable of. At this college I have challenged myself in ways that I did not imagine & learned to believe in myself. AbidKorgaonkar, Software Developer, AnantInfomedia Pvt. Ltd.
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