Bachelor of Computer Applications (Honours)

BCA

Bachelor of Computer Applications (Honours) (BCA)

The Online Bachelor of Computer Applications (Honours) program offered by the South Asian University is designed for students aspiring to build a strong foundation in computer science and applications. This flexible, online program combines theoretical knowledge with practical skills to prepare students for diverse roles in the IT industry while catering to the global educational needs. Through rigorous coursework, hands-on projects and research opportunities the students are prepared for careers in IT, software development, and research. Overall, the SAU’s BCA program fosters innovation, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills essential for the ever-evolving IT landscape. Join us and shape the future of technology.

There are multiple options to exit early:

Candidate who want to exit in three years will be awarded Bachelor of Computer Applications.
Candidate who wants to exit in two years will be awarded Diploma in Computer Applications .
Candidate who wants to exit in one year will be awarded Certificate in Computer Applications.

Admission Cycle

January, July

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Eligibility

Following Eligibility are required for enrolling in this programme

A candidate must have passed class 12 or any equivalent qualifying examination Science (PCM/PCB)/ Commerce/Art* or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks (or equivalent grade)

*Note: Candidates from non-mathematics background are required to take the compulsory add-on course “Foundation of Mathematics” in the first semester.

Duration

Minimum three (03) Years and Maximum six (06) Years for BCA
Minimum four (04) Years and Maximum eight (08) Years for BCA (Honours)

Fee Structure

S. No.	Fee Type	Amount	One Time/Recurring
1	Registration Fee	USD 20/ INR 1740	One Time
2	Tuition Fee	USD 460/ INR 40020	Per Semester
3	Admission Fee	USD 200/ INR 17400	One Time
4	Student Aid Fund	USD 10/ INR 870	Per Semester

Scholarship: 25% tuition fee concession will be given on SAU-VC programs to the following:

Current SAU Students
SAU Alumni
Teachers from SAARC countries

The installment policy for all virtual campus degree programmes will be similar to that of the SAU policy.

Admission Process

A candidate who meet the eligibility criteria can enroll in the programme.

Course Structure

Semester 1

Credit 4

Mathematics I

Title

Mathematics I

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 1

Credit 4

Communication Skills in English

Title

Communication Skills in English

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 1

Credit 4

Fundamentals of Computer Systems

Title

Fundamentals of Computer Systems

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 1

Credit 4

Web Application Development

Title

Web Application Development

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 2

Credit 4

Programming using Python

Title

Programming using Python

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 2

Credit 4

Mathematics II

Title

Mathematics II

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 2

Credit 4

Data Structures and Algorithms

Title

Data Structures and Algorithms

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 2

Credit 4

Fundamentals of Data Science

Title

Fundamentals of Data Science

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 2

Credit 3

Soft Skills

Title

Soft Skills

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 3

Credit 4

Analysis and Design of Algorithms

Title

Analysis and Design of Algorithms

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 3

Credit 4

Database Systems

Title

Database Systems

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 3

Credit 4

Object Oriented Programming

Title

Object Oriented Programming

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 3

Credit 4

Computational Statistics

Title

Computational Statistics

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 3

Credit 4

Introduction to AI

Title

Introduction to AI

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 4

Credit 4

Operating Systems

Title

Operating Systems

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 4

Credit 4

Software Engineering

Title

Software Engineering

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 4

Credit 4

Introduction to ML

Title

Introduction to ML

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 4

Credit 4

Fundamentals of Management

Title

Fundamentals of Management

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 5

Credit 4

Full Stack Development (using Web Technologies)

Title

Full Stack Development (using Web Technologies)

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 5

Credit 4

Cloud Computing

Title

Cloud Computing

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 5

Credit 4

Program Elective I

Title

Program Elective I

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Program Electives

Social Network Analysis
Optimization Techniques
Big Data Analytics

Computational Intelligence

Distributed Systems

Business Analytics and Intelligence

Semester 5

Credit 4

Computer Networks

Title

Computer Networks

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 6

Credit 4

Program Elective II

Title

Program Elective II

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Program Electives

Social Network Analysis
Optimization Techniques
Big Data Analytics

Computational Intelligence

Distributed Systems

Business Analytics and Intelligence

Semester 6

Credit 4

Program Elective III

Title

Program Elective III

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Program Electives

Social Network Analysis
Optimization Techniques
Big Data Analytics

Computational Intelligence

Distributed Systems

Business Analytics and Intelligence

Semester 6

Credit 2

South Asian Studies

Title

South Asian Studies

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 6

Credit 8

Project

Title	:	Project
Credit	:	8

Semester 7

Credit 4

Program Elective IV

Title

Program Elective IV

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Program Electives

Social Network Analysis
Optimization Techniques
Big Data Analytics

Computational Intelligence

Distributed Systems

Business Analytics and Intelligence

Semester 7

Credit 4

Program Elective V

Title

Program Elective V

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Program Electives

Social Network Analysis
Optimization Techniques
Big Data Analytics

Computational Intelligence

Distributed Systems

Business Analytics and Intelligence

Semester 7

Credit 10

Project II/ Dissertation I

Title	:	Project II/ Dissertation I
Credit	:	10

Semester 8

Credit 18

Internship/Dissertation II

Title	:	Internship/Dissertation II
Credit	:	18

Semester 4

Credit 4

Computer Architecture and Organization

Title

Computer Architecture and Organization

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 5

Credit 4

Linux Programming

Title

Linux Programming

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 6

Credit 4

Deep Learning

Title

Deep Learning

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Semester 7

Credit 4

Theory of Computation

Title

Theory of Computation

Credit

Evaluation Methodology

There are three components Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments), Mid-Term Examination and Final-Term Examination. The weightage of individual Component is as follows:

#	Component	#	Weightage(%)
1	Internal Assignment(Quiz/Assignments)	:	30 %
2	Mid-Term Examination	:	30 %
3	Final-Term Examination	:	40 %

Programme Coordinator

Dr. Kavita Khanna

Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering, FET, SAU

India

kavitakhanna(at)sau.int

Bachelor of Computer Applications (Honours)

BCA