To fulfill the requirements for acquiring the MCA, a student may clear all the courses in a minimum of three years and a maximum of 6 years. In case the student is unable to pass all the courses of the MCA programme in 6 years, s/he can continue for another two years by seeking Re-admission to the courses which s/he is unable to successfully complete. For the re-admission rules and paying the requisite fee, you may contact the Regional Centre for further information. But, you are advised to pass all the courses successfully in 3 years.
The medium of instruction is only in English. The course material is also in English.
The University follows the ‘Credit System’ for its programmes. Each credit is worth 30 hours of student study time, comprising all the learning activities. Thus, a four-credit course involves 120 study hours. This helps the student to understand the academic effort one has to put into successfully complete a course. Completion of the programme requires successful completion of both assignments and the Term End Examination of each course in the programme.
MCA Programme Structure
The programme has been divided into two semesters per year (January to June and July to December). Consequently, there will be two examinations every year – one in the month of June for the January to June semester courses and the other in December for the July to December semester courses. The students are at liberty to appear for any of the examinations schedule conducted by the University during the year subject to completing the minimum time framework other formalities prescribed for the programme
]]>Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has relaxed the eligibility criteria for Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) and Master of Computer Application (MCA).
From now onwards students need not have Certificate in Computing (CIC) to get admission into BCA and MCA courses offered by IGNOU.
According to the new criteria, those who have completed their 10+2 with or without mathematics as a distinct subject or vocational course in computer techniques or applications, or its equivalent course without Maths are eligible to apply for BCA.
Graduates from any stream can apply for MCA at IGNOU.
But, those who did not study Maths as a separate subject have to register for MTE-03 paper in the first semester.
However, those who have not studied Maths as a core subject in their 10+2 have to pass the CS-60 paper, which is offered in MCA.
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