Realizing the importance of IT and Computer application and ever eager to respond to new challenges, St. Xavier’s was one of the first institutions in the city, that ventured on computer education by starting its own computer centre, St. Xavier’s Computer Centre  in 1985. While awaiting the feasibility of the introduction of Computer studies at the undergraduate level, the St. Xavier's Computer Centre was formed. The objective was to offer Computer Education to a wide cross section of people in Kolkata at affordable rates. In 1994, the St. Xavier's IGNOU study centre was the first in West Bengal to offer the Master of Computer Application (MCA) course, making use of the facilities of the St.Xavier's Computer Centre. This centre has produced initially many computer literates who later became computer professionals.  

In line with this philosophy and legacy, St. Xavier’s was one of the first colleges to introduce computer teaching at the plus 2 level in the year 1995. The college finally decided to introduce B.Sc. Computer Science (Honours) in 1998. Because of the quality education we impart to these students they have found ready employment as well as opportunities for further studies. Many renowned IT companies like WIPRO, CTS, IBM and iGATE are regularly conducting campus interviews and are selecting reasonable number of final year students for recruitment purpose. In line with tradition of excellence and high standards in St. Xavier’s, the results of the department have been excellent through out. Every year there are quite a few in the university toppers list. 

All the teachers are dedicated and committed to the  cause of the students and personal care is extended to each student. Audio-visual aids are utilised to the maximum for effective learning. Several teachers have prepared presentations on the basis to the syllabus to make use of the class timings efficiently so as to devote maximum time in explanation and interaction. This has further improved the teaching standards and has helped students understand the subject in depth.

ACHIEVEMENTS

The department has consistently produced university toppers: Debmalya Mitra (2001), Avik Mitra (2002), Anita Bhattacharya (2004) and finally Navarun Dev in 2008 with record marks. The department has tie-ups with Oracle India for offering OCA and OCP courses. In a first of a kind in St. Xavier’s, Industry-Academia partnership was signed with IBM India for offering MS (Tech) in Computer Science under University of Mysore. The college also has a tie up with the Indra Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for offering the MCA Course.

SALIENT FEATURES OF THE SYLLABUS

The syllabus had been designed taking note of the requirements of the software industry and also to facilitate higher education and research. The syllabus is being highly appreciated by the industry and higher education institutes.

PLACEMENTS

Most of the students who completed their graduation and post graduation from the department are placed in reputed software companies like TCS, WIPRO, CTS, IBM and INFOSYS to name a few. However a good number of students prefer to go for higher studies and are successful in getting entry into reputed higher education institutes in the country and abroad.

RESEARCH WORK

An auto ringing system for the college class timings and a Wireless Communication System for use in World Congress of Jesuit Alumni - 2003 was designed by Prof P. K. Chakrabarti. Prof Chakrabarti also designed an interfacing of a chain of computers with solar panel. It aims to dispense with conventional electrical energy consumption. Currently ten computers are running on it. Prof Chakrabarti is in the process of designing a system which will be able to run the entire M. Sc Computer science lab consisting of 40 machines. The department has conducted two one-day seminars till date: one in 2007 on pattern reorganization in bio-informatics, another in 2009 in data mining and data warehousing. Prof Acharya has presented several papers in International Conferences.

TEACHER STUDENT RATIO

The department has eight full time teachers. In addition to this, there are several guest faculty members from reputed universities in and around Calcutta. The total number of students studying honours and post graduation in Computer Science is about 130 and 80 respectively. In addition to this there are about 150 students in the general curriculum.

UNIVERSITY RESULTS :

COURSE STRUCTURE

HONOURS :
 

B.Sc. Computer Science Hons. Syllabus (PDF)

 

GENERAL :
 

B.Sc. Computer Science General Syllabus (PDF)