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in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY
ALIGARH,U.P.–202002
M. Sc. in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics
(2021-2022)
Curriculum Structure
For Students admitted in 2024-25 onwards
Sessional
COURSE Type of Periods Per Marks/ Final Total
PAPER TITLE Course Week Credits
NO. (L+T)/(P+T) Continuous Marks Marks
Evaluation
First Semester (w.e.f. January 2022)
CSMS1001 Introduction to Cyber Security & Cryptography C 3+1 4 30 70 100
CSMS1004 Database Management System C 3+1 4 30 70 100
CSMS1005 Computer Organization and Architecture C 3+1 4 30 70 100
CSMS1006 Data Structure Using C C 3+1 4 30 70 100
CSMS1007 Operating System & Shell Programming C 3+1 4 30 70 100
CSMS1P01 Laboratory Course–I C 4+2 4 40 60 100
Total 24 600
Second Semester
CSMS2001 Data Communication & Computer Networks C 3+1 4 30 70 100
CSMS2003 Object Oriented Programming Using java C 3+1 4 30 70 100
OE Open Elective** OE 3+1 4 30 70 100
EL-1 Elective-I E 3+1 4 30 70 100
EL-2 Elective-II E 3+1 4 30 70 100
CSMS2P01 Laboratory Course–II C 4+2 4 40 60 100
Total 24 600
Third Semester
CSMS3001 Cyber Crimes and Laws C 3+1 4 30 70 100
CSMS3002 Digital Forensics C 3+1 4 30 70 100
CSMS3003 Network and Cloud Security C 3+1 4 30 70 100
EL-3 Elective-III E 3+1 4 30 70 100
EL-4 Elective-IV E 3+1 4 30 70 100
CSMS3P01 Laboratory Course–III C 4+2 4 40 60 100
Total 24 600
Fourth Semester
CAMS4491 Fundamentals of IT (Open Elective)*** OE 3+1 - 30 70 100
CSMS4D01 Dissertation C 12 40 60 100
CSMS4R01 Research Paper Publication A 12 40 60 100
Total 24 200
*L- Lecture;*T-Tutorial; *P-Practical/Lab; *D-Dissertation/Project;
**Students of the department of Computer Science are required to opt any Open Elective course offered
by other departments of faculty of Science, in Second Semester preferably Mathematics, Statistics &
OR, GIS, etc.
***CSMS 4491 (Open Elective): Fundamentals of IT (For fourth semester students of Faculty of
Science other than Computer Science.
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Course Categories and Credits allotted
▪ The courses mentioned in above curriculum are of following categories.
[Link]. Course Categories Code Credits Allotted
1 Core C 64
2 Elective (Discipline Centric) E 16
3 Ability Enhancement (Discipline Centric) A 12
4 Ability Enhancement (Open elective) OE 4
Total Credits 96
List of Electives
▪ Students are required to select one course from each set of electives (EL-1 to EL-4)
offered by the department from time-to-time.
Electives Course No. Paper Title Course No. Paper Title
EL-1
CSMS2E01 Advanced Cryptography CSMS2E03 Security Systems Administration
(Credit-4)
EL-2
CSMS2E02 AI & Machine Learning CSMS2E04 Web Applications Security
(Credit-4)
EL-3
CSMS3E01 Cyber Security in IoT CSMS3E03 Network Forensics
(Credit-4)
EL-4
CSMS3E02 Blockchain Technology CSMS3E04 Online Social Networks and Security
(Credit-4)
▪ Once the “Credit Transfer Scheme” is adopted by the university and related
regulations are framed & becomes operational, students may be allowed to opt for
“SWAYAM MOOCs” courses in place of “Elective Courses” as per the university
regulations.
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