Preamble
At Pimpri Chinchwad University, the B.Sc. Computer Science (Digital Forensics) program offers a comprehensive academic pathway that equips students with a robust foundation in computer science alongside specialized training in digital forensics. This program is designed to prepare students for the evolving challenges of the digital world, particularly in the areas of cybercrime investigation and information security.
The B.Sc. Computer Science (Digital Forensics) curriculum starts with core courses in computer science, covering essential topics such as:
- Programming Languages: Introduction to various programming languages and their applications.
- Data Structures and Algorithms: Fundamental concepts and techniques for efficient data organization and problem-solving.
- Software Engineering Principles: Basics of software development, lifecycle, and project management.
- Operating Systems: Understanding the functionalities and management of operating systems.
As students progress, the program delves into more advanced subjects tailored to digital forensics, including:
- Cybersecurity: Comprehensive study of protecting systems, networks, and data from digital attacks.
- Networking: In-depth understanding of network architecture, protocols, and security.
- Web Development: Techniques and tools for developing secure web applications.
- Digital Forensics: Methods and tools for investigating cybercrimes, including data recovery, analysis, and legal aspects of digital evidence.
Vision and Mission
- To drive transformation, technology, and innovation through a problem-solving approach and research & development.
- To provide students with the IT tools to become productive and lifelong learners.
- To develop resources for an advanced career in digital forensics, providing a sound academic base with practical business applications.
3/4 Years
Duration
₹ 1,00,000
Fees (Per Annum)
PCET
Centralized Placement Cell
Program Highlights
Industry Oriented Curriculum
International Exposure
Project Based Experiential Learning
Highly Qualified Faculty
Course Curriculum
Semester
I
- Programming Concepts Using C Language
- Programming Concepts Using C Language Lab
- Web Programming
- Web Programming Lab
- Computer Organization and Design
- Basics of Mathematics
- Applied Communication
- Information Technology Trends
- UHV - I: Professional Ethics
- IKS: Concepts and Application in Science
- Open Elective - I
Semester
II
- Programming using Advanced C
- Programming using Advanced C Lab
- Unix & Shell Programming
- Unix & Shell Programming Lab
- Operating Systems Fundamentals
- Software Engineering
- Discrete Mathematics
- Minor-I
- IKS: Concepts and Application in Science
- UHV - I: Professional Ethics
- Open Elective - II
Semester
III
- Computer Forensics
- Computer Forensics Lab
- Python & Scripting
- Python & Scripting Lab
- Major Elective - I
- Cyber Security Audit and Compliance
- Policies and Ethics
- Minor-II
- UHV-II: Understanding Harmony
- COI: Constitution of India
- Open Elective - III
- Foreign Language - I
Semester
IV
- Mobile Forensics
- Mobile Forensics Lab
- Web Application Security
- Web Application Security Lab
- Major Elective - II
- Foundation of Cryptography
- Incident Response Management
- COI: Constitution of India
- UHV-II: Understanding Harmony
- Minor-III
- Open Elective - IV
- Foreign Language - II
Semester
V
- Network Security and Forensics
- Network Security and Forensics Lab
- IoT Security and Forensics
- IoT Security and Forensics Lab
- Major Elective - III
- Mini Project
- EVS: Environmental Studies
- ALR: Aptitude & Logical Reasoning
- Minor IV
- MOOCs-1 (NPTEL/SWAYAM)-12 Week Course related to the program
- Foreign Language - III
Semester
VI
- Cyber Criminology
- Mobile Security
- Major Elective - IV
- MOOCs-2 (NPTEL/SWAYAM) - Research Methodologies and Techniques
- Major Project
- Minor - V
- ALR: Aptitude & Logical Reasoning
- EVS: Environmental Studies
- Foreign Language - IV
Semester
VII
- Python Programming
- Python Programming Lab
- Network Forensics
- Network Forensics Lab
- Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Ethical Hacking and Network Defence
- Mini Project
- Information Security
Semester
VIII
- Cloud Infrastructure Security Services
- Security Analysis and Reporting
- Major Project / Research Project / Internship
List of Tentative Open Electives:
- Open Elective - I : Client Server Computing
- Open Elective - I : Computer Graphics and Multimedia
- Open Elective - II : Introduction to IoT
- Open Elective - II : Introduction to Digital Electronics
- Open Elective - III : Forensic Computing
- Open Elective - III : Introduction to Ethical Hacking
- Open Elective - IV : Computer Network
- Open Elective - IV : Email and Cloud Forensics
- Open Elective : Firewall And VPN Security
- Open Elective : Network Forensics
List of Tentative Major Electives:
- Major - I : Introduction to Forensic Science
- Major - I : Introduction to Cyber Crime
- Major - II : Malware Analysis & Forensics
- Major - II : Firewall & VPN Security
- Major - III : Forensic Data Recovery
- Major - III : Processing of Digital Evidence
- Major - IV : Frauds in IT Sector
- Major - IV : Cyber Threat Intelligence
Web Development (WD)
Offering School : School of Engineering
&
Technology
- WD Minor1 : Introduction of HTML (# II/ *IV)
- WD Minor2 : Getting started with JavaScript (# III/ *V)
- WD Minor3 : Server-side Programming with Node.js (# IV/*VI)
- WD Minor4 : Front-end Development with React & Type Script (# V/*VII)
- WD Minor5 : Back-end frameworks - Django, Ruby on Rails (# VI/*VIII)
Robotics Process Automation (RP)
Offering School : School of Engineering
&
Technology
- RP Minor1 : Basics of Robotics Process Automation (# II/ *IV)
- RP Minor2 : Fundamentals of RPA Business Analysis (# III/ *V)
- RP Minor3 : Automation Techniques in RPA (# IV/*VI)
- RP Minor4 : Future of RPA with Business Automation (# V/*VII)
- RP Minor5 : RPA Tool (# VI/*VIII)
Artificial intelligence &
Machine
Learning
(ML)
Offering School : School of Engineering
&
Technology
- ML Minor1 : Artificial Intelligence (# II/ *IV)
- ML Minor2 : Machine Learning (# III/ *V)
- ML Minor3 : Natural Language Processing (# IV/*VI)
- ML Minor4 : Optimization Techniques (# V/*VII)
- ML Minor5 : Deep Learning For Computer Vision (# VI/*VIII)
Data Science (DS)
Offering School : School of Engineering
&
Technology
- DS Minor1 : Applied Data Science With Python (# II/ *IV)
- DS Minor2 : Data Visualization With Tableau (# III/ *V)
- DS Minor3 : Business Analytics (# IV/*VI)
- DS Minor4 : Data Analytics (# V/*VII)
- DS Minor5 : Generative AI (# VI/*VIII)
Media Communications (MM)
Offering School : School of media &
communications studies
- MM Minor1 : Literary Study (# II/ *IV)
- MM Minor2 : Digital Media Production (# III/ *V)
- MM Minor3 : Photography (# IV/*VI)
- MM Minor4 : Performing Arts - Theater (# V/*VII)
- MM Minor5 : Film Studies (# VI/*VIII)
Psychology (PSY)
Offering School : School of science
- PSY Minor1 : Introductory Psychology (# II/ *IV)
- PSY Minor2 : Foundations of Social Psychology (# III/ *V)
- PSY Minor3 : Theories of Personality Development (# IV/*VI)
- PSY Minor4 : Industrial Psychology (# V/*VII)
- PSY Minor5 : Mindfulness and Mental Health (# VI/*VIII)
Nutrition (NUT)
Offering School : School of science
- NUT Minor1 : Human Nutrition (# II/ *IV)
- NUT Minor2 : Lifestyle Management (# III/ *V)
- NUT Minor3 : Introduction to Weight Management (# IV/*VI)
- NUT Minor4 : Food Quality and Management (# V/*VII)
- NUT Minor5 : Novel Foods and Application (# VI/*VIII)
Design Thinking &
Methodologies
(DM)
Offering School : Pune Design School
- DM Minor1 : Design Thinking (# II/ *IV)
- DM Minor2 : Brand Identity Design (# III/ *V)
- DM Minor3 : Digital tools for 2D design (# IV/*VI)
- DM Minor4 : Physical model making/ Prototyping (# V/*VII)
- DM Minor5 : Digital Tools for 3D design (# VI/*VIII)
Economics & Finance (FE)
Offering School : School of Management
- FE Minor1 : Micro-economics (# II/ *IV)
- FE Minor2 : Fundamentals of Accounting (# III/ *V)
- FE Minor3 : Principles of Finance (# IV/*VI)
- FE Minor4 : Cost and Management Accounting (# V/*VII)
- FE Minor5 : Macro economics (# VI/*VIII)
Entrepreneurship and
Innovations
(EI)
Offering School : School of Management
- EI Minor1 : Entrepreneurship-New venture Development (# II/ *IV)
- EI Minor2 : Rural Entrepreneurship (# III/ *V)
- EI Minor3 : Design Thinking (# IV/*VI)
- EI Minor4 : Institutional and Legal framework for Startups and small Businesses (# V/*VII)
- EI Minor5 : Managing creativity and learning organizations (# VI/*VIII)
Drugs & Healthcare (DH)
Offering School : School of Pharmacy
- DH Minor1 : Health and hygiene (# II/ *IV)
- DH Minor2 : Know your drugs (# III/ *V)
- DH Minor3 : Complementary and alternative medicine (# IV/*VI)
- DH Minor4 : Drug Discovery (# V/*VII)
- DH Minor5 : Forensic Science (# VI/*VIII)
Software Application Design and
Development
(AD)
Offering School : School of Engineering
and
Technology
- AD Minor1 : System Analysis and Design (# II/ *IV)
- AD Minor2 : User Experience and Design (# III/ *V)
- AD Minor3 : Introduction to GitHub. (# IV/*VI)
- AD Minor4 : Introduction to Gaming Applications. (# V/*VII)
- AD Minor5 : Mobile Application Development (# VI/*VIII)
Cyber Security (CS)
Offering School : School of Engineering
and
Technology
- CS Minor1 : Cyber Ethics, Cyber Law and Cyber Policy (# II/ *IV)
- CS Minor2 : Introduction to Cryptography (# III/ *V)
- CS Minor3 : Social Media Security. (# IV/*VI)
- CS Minor4 : Introduction to Blockchain. (# V/*VII)
- CS Minor5 : Data Security & Privacy. (# VI/*VIII)
English Literature (E)
Offering School : School of
Liberal
Arts
- E Minor1 : English for Competitive Examinations-I (# II/ *IV)
- E Minor2 : English for Competitive Examinations-II (# III/ *V)
- E Minor3 : English for Competitive Examinations-III (# IV/*VI)
- E Minor4 : English for Competitive Examinations-IV (# V/*VII)
- E Minor5 : English for Competitive Examinations-V (# VI/*VIII)
English Literature (E)
Offering School : School of
Liberal
Arts
- Learning English With Shakespeare-Romeo and Juliet (Minor-I) (# II/ *IV)
- Learning English With Shakespeare-Hamlet (Minor-II) (# III/ *V)
# : Courses offered for B Sc, BBA, Media, and Management & Liberal Arts
List of Audit Courses:
- Practicing Meditation, Sports & Yoga
- Performing Arts:
Music, Singing, Poetry, Indian Conventional Dancing, Photography, Short Movie Making, Painting/ Sketching/ Drawing, Theatre Arts, Anchoring, Calligraphy etc. - Social welfare and Cultural Awareness
- Transactional Analysis
- Caring and service
- Hospital Caring, Personal Safety, First Aid, Disaster Management Gardening, Organic farming, Cooking etc.
List of Foreign Languages :
- German
- Japanese
Programme
Programme Outcomes (POs)
Here are some possible Program Outcomes (POs) for a BSc in
Forensic Science program:
- Computational Knowledge – Understand and apply mathematical foundation, computing and domain knowledge for the conceptualization of computing models from defined problems.
- Problem Analysis – Ability to identify, critically analyze and formulate complex computing problems using fundamentals of computer science and application domains.
- Design / Development of Solutions – Ability to transform complex business scenarios and contemporary issues into problems, investigate, understand and propose integrated solutions using emerging technologies.
- Conduct Investigations of Complex Computing Problems – Ability to devise and conduct experiments, interpret data and provide well informed conclusions.
- Modern Tool Usage – Ability to select modern computing tools, skills and techniques necessary for innovative software solutions.
- Professional Ethics – Ability to apply and commit professional ethics and cyber regulations in a global economic environment.
- Life-long Learning – Recognize the need for and develop the ability to engage in continuous learning as a Computing professional.
- Project Management – Ability to understand management and computing principles with computing knowledge to manage projects in multidisciplinary environments.
- Communication Efficacy – Communicate effectively with the computing community as well as society by being able to comprehend effective documentations and presentations.
- Societal & Environmental Concern – Ability to recognize economical, environmental, social, health, legal, ethical issues involved in the use of computer technology and other consequential responsibilities relevant to professional practice.
- Individual & Team Work – Ability to work as a member or leader in diverse teams in a multidisciplinary environment.
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Identify opportunities, entrepreneurship vision and use of innovative ideas to create value and wealth for the betterment of the individual and society.
Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)
Here are some possible Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs) for a
BSc in Forensic Science program:
- Comprehend and employ computing methodologies in conjunction with mathematical principles and industrial knowledge to address real-time challenges encountered in digital forensics and cybersecurity.
- Assess, create, construct, verify, and sustain digital forensic tools and software applications utilizing cutting-edge computing tools and technologies to effectively investigate and prevent cybercrimes.