bachelor of science(honors) in gaming technology

About B.Sc. I.T (Honors) Gaming Technology

The Faculty of IT and Computer Sciences offers a four-year Honors of Science Specialisation in Gaming Technology which allows the students to develop the much needed skillsets and understanding in the field of gaming technology. The final year of the Honors degree provides students with additional project/coursework, research, or other academic activities for refining skill sets and competencies. This program has been designed to equip the students with the most comprehensive and fundamental understanding of the field of gaming. The growing scope of digital technology has opened up new and innovative systems and designs in gaming technology which have allowed the creation of numerous gaming realities throughout the gaming field. The Faculty strives to equip the students with revelent skills in Gaming Technology which will include Game Design, Development and GPU Programming and goes on to involve an indepth ideation of the storyline of the game, rules of the game play, and environment of the game to the theme and characters. The students throughout this program will get to learn the various aspects of mobile computing such as Java, Microprocessor Architecture, Operating System, Python, DBMS, Computer Networks, Software Engineering. The Faculty of IT & Computer Sciences believes in imparting within each and every student the much needed practical learning which will allow every student to gain the most effective hands on training throughout the entire course of their program. As a way of preparing students for their practice, the program is designed in such a way which provides students with the most enriching hands-on training, enabling students to become experts at game designing by exposing them to industry-standard software, high-end computer labs and latest AR & VR gear setup for user experience. The program also includes important aspects of game creation, 2D/3D art development, design conceptualization, scripting, sound design along-with exploring various art medium for storytelling process. In pursuing this program, the students will be guided by some of the leading experts in the field who get to prepare them with the essential skills to navigate the scope of the industry.

Curriculum

Semester 1	Semester 2
Major (Discipline Specific Course)	Major (Discipline Specific Course)
Programming using C (Theory)	Fundamentals of Database Management Systems (Theory)
Programming using C (Practical)	Fundamentals of Database Management Systems (Practical)
Web Design and Development (Theory)	Structured System Analysis and Design (Theory)
Web Design and Development (Practical)	Structured System Analysis and Design (Practical)
Minor -1 / Interdisciplinary Course (Select any one)	Minor -2 / Interdisciplinary Course (Select any one)
Animation: Character Design	Animation: Story Telling & Story Boarding
Photography and Photo Editing: Digital Camera Mechanism	Photography and Photo Editing: Characteristics of Lens
Videography & Video Editing: Fundamentals of Digital Videography	Videography & Video Editing: Lighting and Camera Movement
Digital Marketing: Marketing Management	Digital Marketing: Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
AI&ML: Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning-1 (Theory)	AI&ML: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Theory) - II
AI&ML: Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning-1 (Practical)	AI&ML: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Practical) - II
CSF: Cyber Security & Forensic	CSF: Advanced Cyber Security and Forensics
University Electives -1 (Multidisciplinary course) (Select any one)	University Electives -2 (Multidisciplinary course) (Select any one)
Digital and Mobile Media Marketing	Basic Mathematics
Remote Sensing & GIS	DISCRETE MATHEMATICS (NPTEL)
First Aid and Life Support	Skill Enhancement Course - 2 (Select Any One)
Cyber Forensic & Investigation	Data Visualization for Business Intelligence
I.T. Governance	BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE & ANALYTICS (NPTEL)
Skill Enhancement Course -1	Value Added Course - 2
Mathematical Aptitude	IPDC including History and Culture of India and IKS - I
Value Added Course-I	Ability Enhancement Course -2 /Modern Indian Language - 2(MIL-2) (Select Any One
Climate Change & Sustainable Environment	Basic English -II
Ability Enhancement Course -1 /Modern Indian Language-1 (Select Any One)	Basic Hindi -II
Basic English-I	Basic Gujarati -II
Basic Hindi-1
Basic Gujarati-1

Semester 3	Semester 4
Major (Discipline Specific Course)	Major (Discipline Specific Course)
Essential of JAVA Programming (Theory)	Computer Networking and Security (Theory)
Essential of JAVA Programming (Practical)	Computer Networking and Security (Practical)
Fundamentals of Data Structure (Theory)	Open Source Web Development Using PHP (Theory)
Fundamentals of Data Structure (Practical)	Open Source Web Development Using PHP (Practical)
Operating System and Shell Programming (Theory)	specialization-I (Theory + Practical) (Select Any One)
Operating System and Shell Programming (Practical)	Introduction to AI(T)
University Electives -3 (Select any one)	Introduction to AI(P)
Cyber Security, Tools, Techniques and Counter Measures	Introduction to Big data Analytics(T)
Digital Design	Introduction to Big data Analytics(P)
Intellectual Property	Introduction to Blockchain Technology(T)
Robotics	Introduction to Blockchain Technology(P)
Yoga and Positive Psychology for Managing Career and Life	Introduction to Cloud Computing(T)
Skill Enhancement Course -3	Introduction to Cloud Computing(P)
Artificial Intelligence -AI	Introduction to Cyber Security and Forensic(T)
Value Added Course-3	Introduction to Cyber Security and Forensic(P)
(IPDC including History and Culture of India and IKS -2)	Introduction to Full stack web development(T)
Ability Enhancement Course -3 (MEL -1)(Select Any One)	Introduction to Full stack web development(P)
Advanced English - I	Introduction to Gaming Technology(T)
Basic German	Introduction to Gaming Technology(P)
Basic French	Introduction to Web Technologies(T)
	Introduction to Web Technologies(P)
	Minor -3/ Interdisciplinary Course (Select any one)
	Animation: Graphic Design
	Photography and Photo Editing : Aesthetics of Composition
	Videography & Video Editing : Basic Video Editing.
	Digital Marketing : Brand Management
	AI&ML : Introduction to Data Science using Python (Theory)
	AI&ML : Introduction to Data Science using Python (Theory)
	CSF: Foundations of Cybersecurity and Information Assurance (Practical)
	CSF: Foundations of Cybersecurity and Information Assurance (Theory)
	Skill Enhancement Course - 4 (Select Any One )
	Statistics
	Probability And Statistics (NPTEL)
	Value Added Course-4 (Select Any One)
	Positive Mental Health
	Physical Education: Yoga
	Physical Education: Sports
	Physical Education: NCC
	Ability Enhancement Course -4 / Modern European Language-2 (Select anyone)
	Advanced English – II
	Advanced German
	Advanced French

Semester 5	Semester 6
Major (Discipline Specific Course)	Major (Discipline Specific Course)
Introduction to ASP.NET using MVC (Theory)	Application Development using Android (Theory)
Introduction to ASP.NET using MVC (Practical)	Application Development using Android (Practical)
Mini Project- II (from Minor/Major Stream)	Data warehousing and Data Mining (Theory)
Specialization-II (Theory + Practical) (Select Any One)	Data warehousing and Data Mining (Practical)
Advanced AI(T)	Programming with Python (Theory)
Advanced AI(P)	Programming with Python (Practical)
Advanced Big data Analytics(T)	Minor -6/ Interdisciplinary Course (Select any one)
Advanced Big data Analytics(P)	Animation: Motion Graphics
Advanced Blockchain Technology(T)	Photography and Photo Editing : Documentary Photography
Advanced Blockchain Technology(P)	Videography & Video Editing: Documentary Film making
Advanced Cloud Computing(T)	Digital Marketing: Content Marketing and creation
Advanced Cloud Computing(P)	AI & ML: Introduction to Data Science and Analytics- (Theory)
Advanced Cyber Security and Forensic(T)	AI & ML: Introduction to Data Science and Analytics (Practical)
Advanced Cyber Security and Forensic(P)	CSF : Fundamentals of Cyber Forensics (Theory)
Advanced Full stack web development(T)	CSF : Fundamentals of Cyber Forensics (Practical)
Advanced Full stack web development(P)	Ability Enhancement Course - 5
Advanced Gaming Technology(T)	Professional Ethics and Communication
Advanced Gaming Technology(P)	Internship/Mini Project - 1 (in Major Specific Course)
Advanced Web Technologies(T)
Advanced Web Technologies(P)
Minor -4 / Interdisciplinary Course (Select any one)
Animation: 3D Visualization
Photography and Photo Editing: Experience the Metadata (Photo Editing)
Videography & Video Editing: Non -linear editing and Sound Design.
Digital Marketing: Social media promotion and marketing
AI: Computer Vision Using OpenCV (Theory)
AI: Computer Vision Using OpenCV (Practical)
CSF : Cyber Threat Intelligence and Analysis (Theory)
CSF : Cyber Threat Intelligence and Analysis (Practical)
Minor -5/ Interdisciplinary Course (Select any one)
Animation: 3D Animation
Photography and Photo Editing : Experiment on Expression.
Videography & Video Editing : Colour Grading and Mastering.
Digital Marketing: Email marketing and campaigns
AI&ML : Deep Learning & Neural Networks (Theory)
AI& ML : Deep Learning & Neural Networks (Practical)
CSF : Cyber security in Mobile, Cloud, and IoT (Theory)
CSF : Cyber security in Mobile, Cloud, and IoT (Practical)
Skill Enhancement Course - 5 (Select any One)
Digital Literacy
Finance for everyone

Semester 7	Semester 8
Major (Discipline Specific Course)	Advanced Open-Source Framework (Theory)
Embedded Development with IOT (Theory)	Advanced Open-Source Framework (Practical)
Embedded Development with IOT (Practical)	IOS Development (Theory)
Software Testing and Quality Assurance (Theory)	IOS Development (Practical)
Software Testing and Quality Assurance (Practical)	Java Spring Framework (Theory)
Elective I (Theory + Practical) (Select Any One)	Java Spring Framework (Practical)
Image Processing (Theory)	Minor -8 / Interdisciplinary Course (Select any one)
Image Processing (Practical)	Animation: Editing & Sound Design
Soft Computing (Theory)	Photography and Photo Editing: Photographers Study
Soft Computing (Practical)	Videography & Video Editing: Cinematographers Study
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) (Theory)	Digital Marketing: Influencer marketing and collaborations
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) (Practical)	AI & ML: Natural Language Processing (Theory)
Operational Research (Theory)	AI & ML: Natural Language Processing (Practical)
Operational Research (Practical)	CSF: Advanced Cyber Forensics Investigations (Theory)
Minor -7 / Interdisciplinary Course (Select any one)	CSF: Advanced Cyber Forensics Investigations (Practical)
Animation: VFX Production	On Job Training (OJT) - in Major Specific (for Honours Degree)
Photography and Photo Editing : Business and Marketing for Photographers	OR
Videography & Video Editing : Fiction Film making	1 subject of Major/Minor discipline relevant of 4 credits (for Honours Degree)
Digital Marketing: Social media analytics	1 subject of Major/Minor discipline relevant SEC course of 2 credits (for Honours Degree)
AI & ML : Advanced Image Processing using Python (Theory)	OR
AI & ML : Advanced Image Processing using Python (Practical)	Research Project in Major Specific course (For Honours with Research degree)
CSF : Advanced Cyber Investigations and Social Engineering (Theory)
CSF : Advanced Cyber Investigations and Social Engineering (Practical)
On Job Training (OJT) - in Major Specific (for Honours Degree)
OR
1 subject of Major/Minor discipline relevant of 4 credits (for Honours Degree)
1 subject of Major/Minor discipline relevant SEC course of 2 credits (for Honours Degree)
OR
Research Project in Major Specific course (For Honours with Research degree)