IGNOU Mca Syllabus 2024 – If you are searching for the latest syllabus of Mca (Master of Computer Application). Then you are at the right place.
In this post, you will get to know about the latest mca ignou syllabus of 2024 and also Fees and Duration.
First of all, We will talk about the Fees and duration of the Mca course and then proceed to the semester wise syllabus of mca.
Very Important Note For MCA Students:
- Ignou Changes the MCA Syllabus in January 2021. That means now, there is two syllabus for mca students.
- One is for the students who got admission in mca programme in January 2021 or Onwards Admission Cycle.
- Second is for the students who got admission in mca programme in January 2005 up to July 2020 admission Cycle.
- In this Post, You will get both the New And Old syllabus of MCA.
Duration of IGNOU MCA Course (NEW)
- Minimum – 2 Years, Maximum – 4 Years
- To fulfill the requirements for acquiring the MCA, a student may clear all the courses in a minimum of two years and a maximum of 4 years.
IGNOU Mca Fees Structure 2024 (NEW)
- The Total Fees for Mca programme in ignou is Rs 48,000 and the semester wise fees is Rs 12,000 only.
MCA Programme Structure 2024
- The IGNOU Mca programme is divided into two semesters per year (one is January to June and other is July to December).
- Consequently, IGNOU conduct two examinations every year – once in the month of June for January to June semester courses.
- And the other in December for the July to December semester courses.
- The Students are free to appear in any exam conducted by IGNOU during the year.
- But subject to completing the minimum time frame work and other formalities pre scribed for the programme.
IGNOU MCA Syllabus Semester Wise 2024 (New Revised)
Now, We will look into the latest Mca syllabus of ignou semester wise with the details of course code, course title and total credits.
IGNOU MCA First Semester Syllabus
| Course Code | Course Title | Total Credit |
| MCS 211 | Design and Analysis of Algorithms | 4 |
| MCS 212 | Discrete Mathematics | 4 |
| MCS 213 | Software Engineering | 4 |
| MCS 214 | Professional Skills and Ethics | 2 |
| MCS 215 | Security and Cyber Laws | 2 |
| MCSL-216 | DAA and Web Design Lab | 2 |
| MCSL-217 | Software Engineering Lab | 2 |
IGNOU MCA 2nd Semester Syllabus
Below is the Syllabus of ignou mca second semester 2024.
| Course Code | Course Title | Total Credit |
| MCS-218 | Data Communication and Computer Networks | 4 |
| MCS-219 | Object Oriented Analysis and Design | 4 |
| MCS-220 | Web Technologies | 4 |
| MCS-221 | Data Warehousing and Data Mining | 4 |
| MCSL-222 | OOAD and Web Technologies Lab | 2 |
| MCSL-223 | Computer Network and Data Mining Lab | 2 |
IGNOU MCA 3rd semester Syllabus
| Course Code | Course Title | Total Credit |
| MCS-224 | Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 4 |
| MCS-225 | Accountancy and Financial Management | 4 |
| MCS-226 | Data Science and Big Data | 4 |
| MCS-227 | Cloud Computing and IoT | 4 |
| MCSL-228 | AI and Machine Learning Lab | 2 |
| MCSL-229 | Cloud and Data Science Lab | 2 |
IGNOU MCA 4th Semester Syllabus 2024
Below is the latest Syllabus of ignou mca fourth semester 2024.
| Course Code | Course Title | Total Credit |
| MCS-230 | Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision | 4 |
| MCS-231 | Mobile Computing | 4 |
| MCSP-232 | Project | 12 |
IGNOU Old MCA Syllabus
This is the old syllabus of Mca ( For Students who got admission in ignou mca from January 2005 till July 2020).
- Duration of old syllabus – Minimum 3 Years and Maximum 6 years.
- Fees – Total fee is Rs. 72,000 to be paid semester wise @ Rs 12000 per semester.
IGNOU MCA Ist Semester Syllabus (Old)
| Course Code | Course Title | Total Credit |
| MCS-011 | Problem Solving and Programming | 3 |
| MCS-012 | Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming | 4 |
| MCS-013 | Discrete Mathematics | 2 |
| MCS-014 | System Analysis and Design | 3 |
| MCS-015 | Communication Skills | 2 |
| MCSL-016 | Internet Concepts and Web Design | 2 |
| MCSL-017 | C and Assembly Language Program ming Lab | 2 |
2nd Semester Syllabus
| Course Code | Course Title | Total Credit |
| MCS-021 | Data and File Structures | 4 |
| MCS-022 | Operating System Concepts and Networking Management Systems | 4 |
| MCS-023 | Introduction to Database Management Systems | 3 |
| MCS-024 | Object-Oriented Technologies and Java Programming | 3 |
| MCSL-025 | Lab (Based on MCS-021, 022,023 & 024) | 4 |
3rd semester Syllabus
| Course Code | Course Title | Total Credit |
| MCS-031 | Design and Analysis of Algorithms | 4 |
| MCS-032 | Object Oriented Analysis and Design | 3 |
| MCS-033 | Advanced Discrete Mathematics | 2 |
| MCS-034 | Software Engineering | 3 |
| MCS-035 | Accountancy and Financial Management | 3 |
| MCSL-036 | Lab (based on MCS-032, 034 and 035) | 3 |
4th Semester Syllabus
| Course Code | Course Title | Total Credit |
| MCS-041 | Operating Systems | 4 |
| MCS-042 | Data Communication and Computer Networks | 4 |
| MCS-043 | Advanced Database Management Systems | 4 |
| MCS-044 | Mini Project | 4 |
| MCSL-045 | Lab (UNIX & Oracle) | 2 |
IGNOU MCA 5th sem subjects
| Course Code | Course Title | Total Credit |
| MCS-051 | Advanced Internet Techno logies | 3 |
| MCS-052 | Principles of Manage ment and Information System | 2 |
| MCS-053 | Computer Graphics and Multi media | 4 |
| MCSL-054 | Lab (based on MCS-051 & 053) | 2 |
| MCSE-003 MCSE-004 MCSE-011 | Each Elective Courses | 3 |
Syllabus of 6th Semester
| Course Code | Course Title | Total Credit |
| MCSP-060 | Project | 16 |
BCS-012 BASIC MATHEMATICS
- The Students who took admission into MCA (from July 2013 session onwards), and did not have Mathematics at 10+2 level or at graduate level have to do BCS-012.
- Also, the marks and credits of BCS-012 will not be counted in the grand total.
- The passing marks for BCS-012 subject is 40% in ignou.
IGNOU BCS-012 Syllabus
Below is the latest syllabus of BCS-012 with course title and course code.
| Course Code | Course Title |
| BCS-012 | Basic Mathematics |
Note: The Credits of BCS-012 will not be added to the MCA programme and also the marks will not counted in the final marksheet because this BCS-012 course is only for those students who did not studied the maths at 10+2 level.
Download IGNOU MCA Syllabus Pdf of First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Semester (Old Students)
By clicking this PDF link, you will get to know the details about the Syllabus of Mca and find the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth semester syllabus in detail. Also get the information about the MCA projects, Assigments etc.
I hope, this post helps you to get the information of syllabus of Mca. On this website, you will get all the information related to ignou and we try to do our best to give you the correct information in a very simple language.
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