M.Sc. Computer Science(Weekend)
The Department of Computer Science offers two options for students interested in a Master of Science (MSc) in Computer Science: regular and weekend classes. Students must earn a minimum of 30 credit hours, including eight 3-CH courses and a 6-CH research-based MSc thesis. All students are required to take four core courses: CS-601, CS-602, CS-604, and CS-605. Moreover, MSc students must study at least two courses in their specialization and can choose remaining two from other specializations.
Eligibility Criteria
An applicant for admission to any of the postgraduate’s degree course offered by the University must fulfill the following requirement.
- Primary undergraduate degree of those seeking admissions should be either Bachelor of Architecture or B.Sc City & Regional Planning or B.Sc Civil Engineering or B.Sc Architectural Engineering & Design from a PCATP/HEC accredited/recognized institute.
- For M.Arch the applicant should have scored a minimum of 60% marks under term system or 2.5 CGPA under semester system (details in section: Postgraduate Application Process)
- For Ph.D the applicant should have scored a minimum of 70% marks under term system or 3.0 CGPA under semester system (details in section: Postgraduate Application Process).
- Subject test and interview will be conducted by the department. Qualifying score in subject test is 50% for M.Arch and 70% for Ph.D.
Fee Structure
| Semester | Subsidized Fee | Partial Subsidized Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | 0 |
| Semester | Subsidized Fee | Partial Subsidized Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | 0 |
| Hostel | Fee |
|---|---|
| Total Hostel Fee | 0 |
Curriculum
Core Courses
| Course Code | Subject Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CS-601 | Advanced Operating Systems (CS Core) | 3 |
| CS-602 | Advanced Computer Architecture (CS Core) | 3 |
| CS-604 | Theory of Computation (CS Core) | 3 |
| CS-605 | Advanced Algorithm Analysis (CS Core) | 3 |
| CS-700 | M.S. Thesis | 6 |
Research Methods
| Course Code | Subject Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CS-590 | Argument and Reasoning for Research | 3 |
| CS-591 | Problem Formulation Techniques | 3 |
| CS-651 | Advanced Research Methodologies | 3 |
Information Systems & DBMS
| Course Code | Subject Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CS-623 | Advanced Web Semantics | 3 |
| CS-629 | Web Retrieval and Information Access | 3 |
| CS-631 | Advanced DBMS | 3 |
| CS-633 | Advanced Information Retrieval System | 3 |
| CS-635 | Object Oriented Databases | 3 |
| CS-636 | Cloud Computing | 3 |
| CS-637 | Web Based DBMS | 3 |
| CS-639 | Advanced Topic in DBMS | 3 |
AI & Machine Learning
| Course Code | Subject Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CS-598 | Digital Image Processing | 3 |
| CS-599 | Knowledge Discovery in Databases | 3 |
| CS-640 | Computer Vision | 3 |
| CS-641 | Design of Intelligent System | 3 |
| CS-642 | Artificial Neural Network | 3 |
| CS-643 | Machine Learning (DS Core) | 3 |
| CS-644 | Expert System and Knowledge Management | 3 |
| CS-645 | Intelligent Agents | 3 |
| CS-650 | Reinforcement Learning | 3 |
| CS-651 | Affective Computing | 3 |
| CS-659 | Advanced Machine Learning | 3 |
| CS-660 | Human Computer Interaction | 3 |
| CS-662 | Distributed Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
System Engineering, Maths & General Computing
| Course Code | Subject Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CS-585 | Quantum Computing | 3 |
| CS-589 | Current Research Trends in CS | 3 |
| CS-593 | Advanced Applied Mathematics | 3 |
| CS-594 | Random Variables and Stochastic Processes | 3 |
| CS-595 | Advanced Digital Signal Processing | 3 |
| CS-600 | Parallel & Distributed Computing | 3 |
| CS-603 | Distributed Systems | 3 |
Speech and Language Processing
| Course Code | Subject Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CS-596 | Speech Processing | 3 |
| CS-597 | Advance Digital Audio Processing | 3 |
| CS-720 | Computational Linguistics | 3 |
| CS-721 | Seminar in Statistical Language Processing | 3 |
| CS-722 | Seminar in Urdu Computational Grammar | 3 |
Computer Networks
| Course Code | Subject Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CS-633 | Telecommunication Networks and Protocols | 3 |
| CS-664 | Performance Evaluation of Communication Networks | 3 |
| CS-665 | Wireless & Mobile Communication | 3 |
Bioinformatics
| Course Code | Subject Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CS-655 | Bioinformatics Concepts | 3 |
| CS-656 | Introduction to Brain Informatics | 3 |
| CS-751 | Advance Topics in Bioinformatics | 3 |
Data Science
| Course Code | Subject Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CS-607 | Statistical and Mathematical Methods(DS Core) | 3 |
| CS-608 | Advanced Big Data Analytics | 3 |
| CS-610 | Advanced Big Data Analytics (DS Core) | 3 |
| CS-634 | Deep Learning | 3 |
| CS-638 | Natural Language Processing | 3 |
| CS-646 | Distributed Data Processing | 3 |
| CS-647 | Internet of Things | 3 |
| CS-648 | Social Network Analysis | 3 |
| CS-649 | Advanced Computer Vision | 3 |
| CS-652 | Probabilistic Graphical Models | 3 |
| CS-653 | Time Series Prediction | 3 |
| CS-654 | Advanced Data Visualizatio | 3 |
Information Security
| Course Code | Subject Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CS-670 | Information Security Management (IS Core) | 3 |
| CS-671 | Digital Forensics and Incident Response (IS Core) | 3 |
| CS-672 | Advanced Cryptography (IS Core) | 3 |
| CS-673 | Network Security (IS Core) | 3 |
| CS-674 | Secure Software Design and Development | 3 |
| CS-675 | Cyber Intelligence | 3 |
| CS-676 | Information Security Policy Development | 3 |
| CS-677 | Intrusion Detection | 3 |
| CS-678 | Machine Learning for Cyber Security | 3 |
| CS-679 | Vulnerability Exploitation and Defense | 3 |
| CS-680 | Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis | 3 |
| CS-681 | Information Security Audit & Assessment | 3 |
| CS-682 | Software Security Testing and Code Assessment | 3 |
| CS-683 | Securing Applications,Web Services and SaaS | 3 |
| CS-684 | Database Security | 3 |
| CS-685 | Computer Forensics | 3 |
| CS-686 | Applied Cryptography | 3 |