Courses & Syllabus
Courses to be offered in
Postgraduate Diploma in Information and Communication Technology (PGD-in-ICT)
| Summary | |
| Courses | Credits |
| Group A (Compulsory Courses) 5 courses x 3 credits | 15 |
| Group B (Optional Courses) 7 courses x 3 credits | 21 |
| Group C (Project) | 6 |
| Total Credits | 42 |
| Group A (Compulsory courses) | ||
| Course No. | Course Name | Credits |
| ICT6001 | ICT Fundamentals | 3 |
| ICT6002 | Structured Programming | 3 |
| ICT6003 | Data Structure and Algorithm | 3 |
| ICT6004 | Database Management System | 3 |
| ICT6005 | Object-Oriented Programming | 3 |
| Group B (Optional Courses) Any seven from the following courses | ||
| Course No. | Course Name | Credits |
| ICT6006 | Mobile Application Development | 3 |
| ICT6007 | Computer Networks | 3 |
| ICT6008 | Information System Analysis and Design | 3 |
| ICT6009 | Computer Organization and Architecture | 3 |
| ICT6010 | Software Engineering and Application Development | 3 |
| ICT6011 | Data Science | 3 |
| ICT6012 | Business System Engineering | 3 |
| ICT6013 | Advanced Networking | 3 |
| ICT6014 | Web and Internet Programming | 3 |
| ICT6015 | Interactive Multi-Media Design and Development | 3 |
| ICT6016 | Client Server Technologies and Distributed Database | 3 |
| ICT6017 | Network Administration | 3 |
| ICT6018 | Visual Programming and .net technology | 3 |
| ICT6019 | Operating Systems | 3 |
| ICT6020 | Computer Aided Design | 3 |
| ICT6021 | Machine Learning | 3 |
| ICT6022 | Advanced Database Administration | 3 |
| ICT6023 | Digital Logic Design | 3 |
| ICT6024 | Embedded System | 3 |
| ICT6025 | Digital Communication | 3 |
| ICT6026 | Digital Image Processing | 3 |
| ICT6027 | Big Data Analysis | 3 |
| ICT6028 | Mobile Communications | 3 |
| ICT6029 | e-Commerce and e-Governance | 3 |
| ICT6030 | Cyber Security and the Internet of Things | 3 |
| ICT6031 | GIS and Remote Sensing | 3 |
| Group C (Project) | ||
| Course No. | Course Name | Credits |
| ICT6000 | Project Work and Report | 6 |
Detail Syllabus for
Postgraduate Diploma in Information and Communication Technology (PGD-in-ICT)
| ICT6001 | ICT Fundamentals | 3 Credits |
Fundamentals of ICT. Applications, impact and effects of ICT. Computer
fundamentals: history, types, organization, storage & I/O devices,
software, operating system, programming language, memories, number
systems, boolean algebra, computer network, data communication, video
communication. Internet: browsers and search engines, email and digital
communications, collaborative computing and social networking, IT
security and other issues. Digital content development, multimedia
design and development, drawing Animation MS-Office with MSWORD,
MS-EXCEL, MS-POWER POINT and MS-ACCESS etc.
| ICT6002 | Structured Programming | 3 Credits |
Structured programming language: data types,
operators, expressions, control structures; Functions and program
structure: parameter passing conventions, scope rules and storage
classes, recursion; Header files; Preprocessor; Pointers and arrays;
Strings; Multidimensional array; User defined data types: structures,
unions, enumerations; Input and Output: standard input and output,
formatted input and output, file access; Variable length argument list;
Command line parameters; Error Handling; Graphics; Linking; Library
functions. Reference language: C.
| ICT6003 | Data Structure and Algorithm | 3 Credits |
Introduction to elementary data structures: arrays,
records, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees; Complexity analysis of
algorithms; Basic search and traversal techniques; Sorting algorithms;
Methods for the design of efficient algorithms: recursion, divide and
conquer, greedy method, dynamic programming; Graph algorithms; etc.
| ICT6004 | Database Management System | 3 Credits |
Introduction to Database; Data Models and ER Models;
Functional Dependencies, Normalization and Normal Forms, Relational
Algebra and Calculus, Relational Model, Database Design and
Implementation, Database Development using SQL Server, SQL: DDI, DML,
DCL; Indexing, Query Development: Basic SELECT, Functions, Sub-Queries
and Joins; Procedural Language Extensions of SQL; Data Integrity;
Transaction Concurrency Control and Recovery Management.
| ICT6005 | Object-Oriented Programming | 3 Credits |
Introduction: Object oriented programming overview.
Object Oriented Concepts: Modeling problems using object oriented
concepts. Introduction to UML. Encapsulation, Inheritance and
Polymorphism. Object Oriented vs. Procedural programming, Basics of
Object Oriented Programming language. Objects and Classes: Attributes
and functions, constructors and destructors, functions or methods,
overloading methods, access control, special considerations in different
Languages. I/O: Stream and files. Inheritance: Inheriting classes,
subclass, superclass, access control, inheritance hierarchy, overriding,
dynamic binding, abstract class, inner classes, special considerations
in different languages, multiple inheritance, interface. Exception and
exception handling: Exception handling fundamentals, exception types,
chained exception, creating own exception subclasses. Generics or
Templates: Special considerations in different languages.
Package/Namespace: Understanding and implementing package/namespace.
Object-oriented Design Principles and examples: Introduction to
object-oriented design principles and examples, introduction to
object-oriented design. Case Study using Object Oriented Programming.
| ICT6006 | Mobile Application Development | 3 Credits |
Basic application, UI controls design, Web
communication, Application deployment, Publishing an application.
Updating apps, Version control, Popular market OS app development, App
commercialization. Introduction to Mobile Computing. Introduction to
Android Development Environment. Factors in Developing Mobile
Applications, Mobile Software Engineering, Frameworks and Tools. Generic
UI Development: Android User. More on UIs: VUIs and Mobile Apps,
Text-to-Speech Techniques, Designing the Right UI, Multichannel and
Multimodal UIs. Intents and Services: Android Intents and Services,
Characteristics of Mobile Applications, Successful Mobile Development.
Storing and Retrieving Data: Synchronization and Replication of Mobile
Data, Getting the Model Right, Android Storing and Retrieving Data,
Working with a Content Provider. Communications Via Network and the Web:
State Machine, Correct Communications Model, Android Networking and
Web. Telephony: Deciding Scope of an App, Wireless Connectivity and
Mobile Apps, Android Telephony. Notifications and Alarms: Performance,
Performance and Memory Management, Android Notifications and Alarms.
Graphics: Performance and Multithreading, Graphics and UI Performance,
Android Graphics. Multimedia: Mobile Agents and Peer-to-Peer
Architecture, Android Multimedia. Location: Mobility and Location Based
Services, Packaging and Deploying, Performance Best Practices, Android
Field Service App. Security and Hacking: Active Transactions, Hacking
Android. Platforms and Additional Issues: Development Process,
Architecture, Design, Technology Selection, Mobile App Development
Hurdles, Testing.
| ICT6007 | Computer Networks | 3 Credits |
Overview of LAN concepts, media, collision and
broadcast; MAC address; Token ring, Fiber Distributed Data Interface
(FDDI), Ethernet and Carrier Sense Multiple Access Collision Detect
(CSMA/CD), IEEE 802.3., LAN topology; Network layer: internet-working,
routing, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, subnetting, VLSM, NATPAT, ACL,ARP and
RARP, DHCP, RIP, IGRP and EIGRP, OSPF; Upper layers of OSI model;
Wireless LAN: Ad hoc, infrastructure networks; WAN services: analog
dial-up, ISDN dial-up, dedicated leased line, X.25, frame relay, ATM;
IEEE802.11: physical layer, framing, multiple access techniques,
bluetooth, IEEE 802.15; Broadband wireless: Wireless ATM, 802.16; local
multipoint distribution service (LMDS), Multichannel Multipoint
Distribution System (MMDS); Network protocols: mobile IP, cellular IP,
mobile Ad hoc networking.
| ICT6008 | Information System Analysis and Design | 3 Credits |
Different Types of Information; Attributes of
Information; Roles, Tasks and Attributes of a system Analyst; Sources of
Information; Information Gathering Techniques; Handling of Missing
Information; Steps of System Analysis; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Design of
an information System; Network Models for Project Time Estimation;
Estimation of Confidence Levels; Simplex Method for Minimization of
Project Time; Project Effort Analysis Methods; Designing of Inputs and
Outputs; Project Team Organization; Database and Files Design; Project
Management and Documentation; Analysis of System Maintenance and
Upgrading; Ethics and Privacy; Control and Security.
| ICT6009 | Computer Organization and Architecture | 3 Credits |
Introduction to Microprocessors: architecture,
addressing modes, instruction set, interrupts, memory interface, bus
interface; Peripheral chips and their application; Arithmetic Logic
Unit design; Control Unit design: Hardwired and Micro-programmed; Memory
organization; Direct Memory Access; Pipelined architecture and pipeline
control; Multiprocessors and relevant issues.
| ICT6010 | Software Engineering and Application Development | 3 Credits |
Software Engineering Paradigms; Different Software
Design Methodologies Different Software Complexity Models; Graphical
Analysis of Complexity Measures; Memory Requirement Analysis; Processing
Time Analysis; Testing Philosophy and Methods; Software Reliability and
Availability; Quality Measure and Assurance; Software Maintenance;
Development of an Application Using Software Engineering Concepts.
| ICT6011 | Data Science | 3 Credits |
Introduction to Data Science: Big Data and Data
Science hype, Datafication, Current landscape of perspectives.
Statistical Inference: Populations and samples, Statistical modeling,
probability distributions, fitting a model, Intro to R. Exploratory Data
Analysis (EDA) and the Data Science Process: Basic tools (plots, graphs
and summary statistics) of EDA, Philosophy of EDA, The Data Science
Process, Basic Machine Learning Algorithms and Usage in Applications:
Linear Regression, k-Nearest Neighbors (k-NN), k-means, Naive Bayes.
Feature Generation and Feature Selection, Feature Selection algorithms.
Recommendation Systems: Building a User-Facing Data Product, Algorithmic
ingredients of a Recommendation Engine. Mining Social-Network Graphs:
Social networks as graphs, Clustering of graphs, Direct discovery of
communities in graphs, Partitioning of graphs, Neighborhood properties
in graphs. Data Visualization: Basic principles, ideas and tools for
data visualization. Data Science and Ethical Issues: privacy, security,
ethics.
| ICT6012 | Business System Engineering | 3 Credits |
Systems concept: Definition, Systems Approach,
General system model, Organizational and Natural Environments; Elements
of Business Systems Engineering; Business system Engineering model and a
generic business enterprise model; Planning and Development: Management
of business functions, Organizational structures, Financial Planning.
Project Management: PERT and CPM. Information and communications: MIS,
Information for Management and control, Uses of financial information.
Strategic systems: Strategic planning, strategic Information systems,
business process re-engineering. Business system in society: Ecology,
Environment and Business, Business and the consumer, Business and World
market. Emergence of modern concept of quality, Total Quality Management
(TQM), Quality standards and their compliance, ISO 9000 and ISO 14000.
Applications of Business Systems Engineering: Importance of effective
business communication, Case Studies, Project conceptualization and
modeling, Report Writing, Presentation.| ICT6013 | Advanced Networking | 3 Credits |
WAN Technologies: X.25, ATM, Integrated Services
Digital Network (ISDN), DSL, Frame Relay; End-to-End Protocols: User
Data Protocol (UDP), Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Remote
Procedure Call (RPC); Routing Protocols; Routing Information Protocol
(RIP), Interior Gateway routing Protocol (IGRP), Extended Interior
Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF);
End-to-End Data: Presentation Formatting, Data Compression-JPEG, MPEG,
MP3; Congestion control and resource allocation, Queuing discipline,
congestion avoidance mechanism, Quality of Service.
| ICT6014 | Web and Internet Programming | 3 Credits |
Website Basics: HTML 5, CSS 3, WEB 2.0: Web 2.0:
Basics-RIA Rich Internet Applications – Collaborations tools –
Understanding websites and web servers: Understanding Internet –
Difference between websites and web server- Internet technologies
Overview –Understanding the difference between internet and intranet;
HTML and CSS: HTML 5.0 , XHTML, CSS 3. Client side and server side
programming: Java Script: An introduction to JavaScript- JavaScript DOM
Model-Date and Objects,-Regular Expressions- Exception
Handling-Validation-Built-in objects-Event Handling- DHTML with
JavaScript. Servlets: Java Servlet Architecture- Servlet Life Cycle-
Form GET and POST actions- Session Handling- Understanding Cookies-
Installing and Configuring Apache Tomcat Web Server;- database
connectivity: JDBC perspectives, JDBC program example – JSP:
Understanding Java Server Pages-JSP Standard Tag Library(JSTL)-Creating
HTML forms by embedding JSP code. PHP and XML: An introduction to PHP:
PHP- Using PHP- Variables- Program control- Built-in
functions-Connecting to Database – Using Cookies-Regular Expressions;
XML: Basic XML- Document Type Definition- XML Schema DOM and Presenting
XML, XML Parsers and Validation, XSL and XSLT Transformation, News Feed
(RSS and ATOM). Introduction to AJAX and Web Services: AJAX: Ajax Client
Server Architecture-XML Http, Request Object-Call Back Methods; Web
Services: Introduction- Java web services Basics – Creating, Publishing,
Testing and Describing a Web services (WSDL)-Consuming a web service,
Database Driven web service from an application – SOAP.
| ICT6015 | Interactive Multi-Media Design and Development | 3 Credits |
Introduction to multimedia — Image, Sound, Video
formats and their different properties, compression, playing and
recording techniques, conversions between different formats and their
combinations, Multimedia authoring.
Drawing: Basic Image properties and how to set/change them in
PhotoShop, Concept of layers, Color concepts, text, texture, brightness,
contrast, filters and effects, PhotoShop Print Production, PhotoShop
Web Production, Introduction to Macro-media Director, Illustrator and
Premier. Animation creating software (Media studio/Video studio etc),
its use, facts to concern while marketing.| ICT6016 | Client Server Technologies and Distributed Database | 3 Credits |
Fundamentals of Client Server Systems, Components of
Client Server Systems, Architechure; Server, Network and Client
Operating System Interactions, Middleware: Components, DCE, RPC, and
CORBA. Oracle Architecture; Storage Management; Security and User
Management; Backup and Recovery; Performance Tuning and Net8
administration. Distributed System Architecture, Distributed Database:
Concepts, Managements, and Application Development.
| ICT6017 | Network Administration | 3 Credits |
Network architectures, heterogeneous systems,
authentication and security, network services including firewalls,
storage services, performance analysis and tuning, management and
configuration of services and system resources, system initialization,
drivers, cross-platform services, policies and procedures. Installation
of windows server, usage and administration windows server in a domain
environment, creation users and groups and management of each in a
domain and local environment, setting up and maintenance of shared file
system resources, implementation and administration network printing,
administration of disk storage. Secure Windows Server. Store, retrieve,
evaluate, and synthesize information using technology tools.
| ICT6018 | Visual Programming and . net technology | 3 Credits |
Concept of windows applications, Object Oriented and
Event Driven programming; Objects, Controls, Events and Methods; Visual
programming basics; Control array and menus; Procedures and Functions;
working with ActiveX controls and Database fields; Dynamic link
libraries, Object linking and embedding; Creating and updating database
with SQL and MySQL.
| ICT6019 | Operating Systems | 3 Credits |
Operating System: Its Role in Computer Systems;
Process: Model and Implementation, Inter process Communication; CPU
Scheduling, Memory Management, Virtual Memory, File System, Protection
and Security.
Introduction to UNIX, UNIX Kernel, UNIX Commands, Services, Device
Structure, Memory Structure, Process and Jobs, File System and File
Management, vi and emacs editor Shell Programming.| ICT6020 | Computer Aided Design | 3 Credits |
Introduction to computer Graphics: Definitions,
Classification, Architecture of interactive computer Graphics,
Applications Display & Interactive devices; Basic concepts of CAD;
Graphics programming; mechanical drafting package; Advanced modeling
techniques, Surface modeling, Solid modeling; CAD data base development
and data base management systems; 2D: Representation and Transformation
of Points, Transformation of Lines, Rotation, Reflection, Scaling and
combined transformations; 3D: Scaling, Shearing, Rotation, Reflection,
Translation, Projections parametric representation of Ellipse, Parabola,
Hyperbola; Rendering, Animations, Multimedia, Picture, Sound, Video,
Tools of Multimedia, CAM.
| ICT6021 | Machine Learning | 3 Credits |
Supervised and Unsupervised Learning, issues in
machine learning: parametric and nonparametric models, curse of
dimensionality, overfitting, and model selection. Linear Models for
Regression: Maximum Likelihood and least squares, regularized least
squares, Bias variance decomposition, Bayesian linear regression. Linear
Models for classification: Fisher’s linear discriminant, probabilistic
generative models -parametric (maximum likelihood and Bayesian) and
nonparametric density estimation. Probabilistic discriminative models:
logistic regression, log-linear models, Kernel methods and Sparse Kernel
Machines. Clustering, mixture models and Expectation Maximization
algorithm. Sequential data and Markov models.
| ICT6022 | Advanced Database Administration | 3 Credits |
Database administration skills covering installation,
configuration and tuning a database, administering servers and server
groups, managing and optimizing schemas, tables, indexes, and views,
creating logins, configuring permissions, assigning roles and performing
other essential security tasks, backup and recovery strategies,
automation and maintenance.
| ICT6023 | Digital Logic Design | 3 Credits |
Digital logic: Boolean algebra, De Morgan’s Theorems,
logic gates and their truth tables, canonical forms, combinational
logic circuits, minimization techniques; Arithmetic and data handling
logic circuits, decoders and encoders, multiplexers and demultiplexers;
Combinational Circuit design; Flip-flops; race around problems;
Counters: asynchronous and synchronous counters and their applications;
Asynchronous and synchronous logic design: State diagram, Mealy and
Moore machines; State minimizations and assignments; Pulse mode logic;
Fundamental mode design; PLA design; Design using MSI and LSI
components.
| ICT6024 | Embedded System | 3 Credits |
Concepts, classifications; Characteristics;
Requirements; Introduction to embedded system design process, Unified
Modeling Language (UML); Embedded microcontroller cores; Embedded
memories; Technological aspects; Interfacing between analog and digital
blocks; Signal conditioning, digital signal processing, sub-system
interfacing; Interfacing with external systems, user interfacing; Design
trade-offs, thermal considerations; Networked embedded systems: the I2C
bus, the CAN bus, the FlexRay; Example of applications.
| ICT6025 | Digital Communication | 3 Credits |
Overview of different types of communication networks
and their architecture; A/D conversion; GIF, JPEG, PNG; Audio coding
for fixed telephone network and speech coding for mobile communications;
Image and video coding: JPEG and MPEG; Channel coding: scrambling,
convolution coding, cyclic redundancy checks, scrambling and
interleaving; Modulation schemes: ASK, PSK, FSK, and GMSK. Modulation
for local access: ADSL, DSL; Multiple access technologies, high speed
PSTN access technology; Routing strategies, numbering schemes, Switching
techniques: space switching, store and forward switching; Routing
strategies; Numbering schemes; VSAT and satellite communication; Audio
and video conferencing technique, Cable and satellite TV networks, HDTV
transmission.
| ICT6026 | Digital Image Processing | 3 Credits |
Introduction and Fundamental to Digital Image
Processing: What is Digital Image Processing, Origin of Digital Image
Processing, Examples that use Digital Image Processing, Fundamental
steps in Digital Image Processing, Components of Digital Image
Processing System, Image sensing and acquisition, Image sampling,
quantization and representation, Basic relationship between pixels.
Image Enhancement in the Spatial Domain & Frequency domain:
Background, Basic gray level transformation, Histogram processing,
Basics of spatial filtering, Smoothing and Sharpening Spatial filters,
Introduction to Fourier Transform and the Frequency Domain, Discrete
Fourier Transform. Smoothing and Sharpening Frequency-Domain filters.
Image Restoration: Image Degradation/Restoration Process, Noise models,
Restoration in presence of noise, Inverse Filtering, Minimum Mean Square
Filtering, Geometric mean filter, Geometric transformations. Color
Image Processing: Color Fundamentals, Color models, Basis of full color
image processing, Color transformations. Image Compression:
Fundamentals, Image compression models, Error free compression, Lossy
compression. Morphological image processing: Preliminaries, Dilations
and Erosion, opening and closing, Some basic morphological algorithms.
Image Segmentation: Detection of Discontinuities, Edge linking and
boundary detection, Thresholding, Region oriented segmentation.
Representation, Description and Recognition: Representation-chain codes,
polygonal approximation and skeletons, Boundary descriptors-simple
descriptors, shape numbers, Regional descriptors- simple, topological
descriptors, Pattern and Pattern classes-Recognition based on matching
techniques.
| ICT6027 | Big Data Analysis | 3 Credits |
Big Data introduction :- Big data: definition and
taxonomy – Big data value for the enterprise – Setting up the demo
environment – First steps with the Hadoop “ecosystem” The Hadoop
ecosystem :- Introduction to Hadoop – Hadoop components:
MapReduce/Pig/Hive/HBase – Loading data into Hadoop – Handling files in
Hadoop – Getting data from Hadoop, Querying big data with Hive :-
Introduction to the SQL Language – From SQL to HiveQL ,Querying big data
with Hive :- Introduction to HIVE e HIVEQL – Using Hive to query Hadoop
files, Big data & Machine learning – Quick intro to Machine
learning – Big Data & Machine Learning :- Machine learning tools –
Spark & SparkML ,H2O ,Azure ML, Next steps in the big data world
| ICT6028 | Mobile Communications | 3 Credits |
An introduction to ubiquitous communication; Wireless
transmission: frequencies for transmission, International Regulations
and Regulatory Authorities, signals, antennas, signal propagation,
multiplexing, modulation, spread spectrum; Medium access control: SDMA,
FDMA, TDMA, CDMA; Radio network planning; Fundamentals of cellular
telephony: concept of cellular communications, frequency reuse, cell
splitting, registration, terminal authentication, handoff; GSM and GPRS:
services, system architecture, radio interface, protocols, handover,
security; Next generation mobile telecommunications systems: 2.5G
systems (EDGE, TETRA), 3G systems (UMTS, UTRAN), 4G and beyond; Wireless
LANS and personal area networks: 802.11, IrDA, Bluetooth, data
services: WAP, mobile IP.
| ICT6029 | e-Commerce and e-Governance | 3 Credits |
Introduction to e-commerce: Overview, Candidate
Models, web Resource; Security and encryption: Computer and Network
Security Risks, Digital Certificates, Encryption and PGP, Firewalls,
Transaction Security; Electronic Payment Systems: Web based payment
system based on credit cards, checking accounts and cash; Business to
consumer e-commerce: e-commerce business models, On-line retailing,
On-line publishing, On-line customer Service and Support, On-line
Banking; Legal Issue Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trademark and
patents, Cyber Crime and Money Laundering.
Overview of e-Governance and role of ICT in Good Governance. e-Governance initiatives in Bangladesh and Overseas.| ICT6030 | Cyber Security and the Internet of Things | 3 Credits |
Fundamentals of cryptography, security for
communication protocols, security for operating systems and mobile
programs, and security for electronic commerce, passwords and offline
attacks, DES, RSA, DSA, SHA, SSL, CBC, IPSec, SET, DDOS attacks,
biometric authentication, PKI smart cards, S/MIME, privacy on the Web,
viruses, security models, wireless security, and sandboxing.
Internet in general and Internet of Things: layers, protocols,
packets, services, performance parameters of a packet network as well as
applications such as web, Peer-to-peer, sensor networks, and
multimedia. Transport services: TCP, UDP, socket programming. Network
layer: forwarding & routing algorithms (Link, DV), IP-addresses,
DNS, NAT, and routers. Local Area Networks, MAC level, link protocols
such as: point-to-point protocols, Ethernet, WiFi 802.11, cellular
Internet access, and Machine-to-machine. Mobile Networking: roaming and
handoffs, mobile IP, and ad hoc and infrastructure less networks.
Real-time networking: soft and real time, quality of
service/information, resource reservation and scheduling, and
performance measurements. IoT definitions: overview, applications,
potential & challenges, and architecture. IoT examples: Case
studies, e.g. sensor body-area-network and control of a smart home.| ICT6031 | GIS and Remote Sensing | 3 Credits |
Introduction: What is a GIS? Terminology; Computer
Assisted Cartography, Remote Sensing, photogrammetry and Land
Information Systems; What is Geographical data? GIS data Capture; GIS
displays etc. Spatial Analysis and Cartographic Concepts: Point, lines,
areas and surfaces; Nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio attributes;
Socio-economic versus resource and physical data, Geo-referencing;
Geo-codes etc. Map projection and transformations, properties thereof;
Coordinate transformation in 2D and 3D; Fundamentals spatial concepts:
distance, orientation, pattern, proximity and connection; The quality of
spatial surfaces: including generalization and enhancement, perimeter,
area, polygon reclassification and overlaying techniques; The
object/Layer debate. Technical Aspect of GIS: Relationship between GIS
and other Information Systems; Data models for spatial data: Arcs,
polygons, topological data structures, polygon building; Data capture
devices, digitizing and scanning techniques- state of the art; Special
environment for GIS; Issues of display, hard v. Virtual, vector v.
Raster, data resolution; Graphics output design issues: Odes of use GIS
Interaction; Temporal and 3D representation; Line Generalization; Use
and function of the Global Positioning System (GPS) in GIS. The
Application of Geographical Information Systems: Who uses them and what
for public utilities, resources analysis, urban planning and decision
support. Global scale application: international initiatives; global
data capture and referencing. The actual use of GIS, map analysis,
spatial data searches etc. Cost and benefit of GIS. GIS and Global
science. GIS and Spatial Cognition. Knowledge based techniques in GIS.
| ICT6000 | Project Work and Report | 6 Credits |
Each student should work on a particular topic
approved by the Director of the PGD-in-ICT and under the guidance of a
teacher in the field of ICT or Computer Science. The project will be
started at the beginning of Term 3 with a time-to-time presentation of
its progress in a seminar to be arranged by the Director in consultation
with the guiding teachers.
Course Schedule:
Each Term: Classes 14 Weeks, Examination and Results: 2 Weeks 1 Credit theory = 1 Lecture/week; 1 Credit lab = 2 Hours/ Week.
Each Term: Classes 14 Weeks, Examination and Results: 2 Weeks 1 Credit theory = 1 Lecture/week; 1 Credit lab = 2 Hours/ Week.
Grading Procedure:
Class attendance-10%, Continuous Assessment through class test-60%, Final Examination- 30% Grades will be calculated as follows:
Class attendance-10%, Continuous Assessment through class test-60%, Final Examination- 30% Grades will be calculated as follows:
| Numerical Grade |
Letter Grade
|
Grade Point
|
| 90% or above |
A+
|
4.00
|
| 85% to less than 90% |
A
|
3.75
|
| 80% to less than 85% |
A-
|
3.50
|
| 75% to less than 80% |
B+
|
3.25
|
| 70% to less than 75% |
B
|
3.00
|
| 65% to less than 70% |
B-
|
2.75
|
| 60% to less than 65% |
C+
|
2.50
|
| 55% to less than 60% |
C
|
2.25
|
| 50% to less than 55% |
D
|
2.00
|
| Less than 50% |
F
|
0.00
|
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