The Department of Computational Sciences at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Delhi- NCR has created a niche in the realm of higher education in India through its programmes. Currently, the Department offers a wide array of undergraduate courses with multiple specializations in the disciplines of Computer Science, Statistics & Mathematics. A dedicated research block with all the latest research facilities boosts the morale of the faculty and research scholars alike. This is an ideal place for students with a research blend of mind to explore his/her passion. Apart from academics, students are moulded holistically through various co-curricular and extracurricular activities. To promote the holistic development of the students and to sustain the academic creativity and inventiveness of the faculty the department engages in numerous workshops, seminars, industrial interfaces, faculty development programmes and many such endeavours. It is equipped with a highly committed team of instructors having versatile experience in teaching and research. The department also provides opportunities to work on collaborative projects with industry and international universities. 

VISION

The Department of Computational Sciences endeavours to imbibe the vision of the University “Excellence and Service”. The department is committed to this philosophy which pervades every aspect and functioning of the department.

MISSION

“To develop a computational scientist with ethical and human values”. To accomplish our mission, the department encourages students to apply their acquired knowledge and skills towards professional achievements in their career. The department also moulds the students to be socially responsible and ethically sound.

BSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (Honours): 

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (Honours) integrates two major areas, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, in a collaborative manner. It is a 3-year course designed to prepare graduates who can conduct data-driven investigations using statistical techniques and utilising Artificial Intelligence on different algorithmic techniques. This course will empower the graduates to develop an in-depth knowledge focusing on data science and the techniques for analysing the quantitative and qualitative data and developing a cutting-edge solution. Students will be able to apply the concepts for identifying the patterns and trends in the data from various sectors such as banking, production, manufacturing, finance, retails, healthcare etc. The comprehensive curriculum is a blend of core and advanced specialist subjects. The emphasis of the curriculum is based on the principle that the subjects get more and more specialised as you go ahead through the program. The course structure starts with general courses comprising the basics of Mathematics, Statistics, Computer programming, Databases. It then gradually specialised in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science domain which shall include Machine learning, Deep Learning, Database, Algorithms etc. exposing students to unlock the power of automation, Artificial Intelligence and Analytics. Upon successful completion of course the graduates shall be able to understand and apply the Data Science and AI concepts for solving real-world problems.  

CIA : 50%

ESE : 50%

Today many people are still far from being able to meet their basic needs, especially in developing countries. SD not only addresses the question of inter-generational justice but also this intra-generational issue: How to improve the life of the poor without overburdening the ecosystems? This is a challenge for individual lifestyles (especially in rich nations), for companies and for government policy. The lecture provides a basic understanding of these challenges, introduces strategies and instruments for sustainable development.

·     To create a sense of ownership of issues related to CSR, Environment and sustainability of businesses.

·     Understand the basic concept of Sustainable Development (SD), the environmental, social and economic dimensions.

·     To teach how to critically analyze, evaluate and judge competing perspectives on the challenge of creating a sustainable future.

·     To understand the Sustainable development challenge for companies, their responsibility and their potentials for action.

To examine health in its truest sense, one must explore beyond the limits of medicine to engage a much wider set of questions embracing social, cultural, political, economic, moral and spiritual aspects of human experience. The aim of this course is for students to gain greater insight into the multi-dimensional aspects of health and to develop a more holistic and humanistic appreciation of wellbeing in both a personal and societal context. The course focuses on the knowledge and skills students require to lead a healthy, productive and balanced life

Meaning of life - Meaning of death- Indian Rituals, symbols, and myths - Spirituality, altruism and moral justice - Resources to deal with stress, temptations, disappointments and failures, social oppression, the loss of possessions and of loved ones, and with one’s own death. 

The Mahabharata of the great Maharishi Veda Vyasa is a treasure trove of knowledge, principles and paradigms. It is written that what is not in the Mahabharata will not be found elsewhere. Written nearly thousands of years ago, the Mahabharata is as yet a source of knowledge, especially modern management principles.In essence it highlights the victory of Dharma in times of Adharma.This subject is a comprehensive learning on management lessons which can be inferred from the great epic. It gives a clear understanding and comparison of management Principles, practices and the various functions of management with the epic. The syllabus is structured to provide basic conceptual knowledge on the principles of management. It also deals with behavioral issues in the individual processes, group and interpersonal processes.

Course Objectives:

• ·         Discuss the epic by summarizing the various parvas/units in class in accordance with the management concepts
• ·         Review and make a critical estimate of the epic with a focus on morals, ethics, legal and management concepts 
•            To develop competencies and knowledge of students to become effective professionals

This course focuses on preparing students to communicate verbally and non-verbally in an effective manner. The aim is to introduce students to communicate in a professional environment. It is instrumental in learners comprehending the role of technical English in communication. 

Objectives:

1. Introduce learners to language skills in their area of specialization.

2. Enable them to enhance career prospects and employability through English language skills

3. Help students gain an understanding of language at the workplace

4. To develop verbal and non-verbal skills in English communication

The purpose of this course is to understand and use (abstract) discrete structures that are backbones  of computer science. In particular, this class is meant to introduce logic, proofs, sets, relations,  functions and counting, basics of graph theory with an emphasis on applications in computer  science.

This course is designed to introduce the historical development of statistics - presentation of data - descriptive measures and fitting mathematical curves for the data. This course also introduces measurement of the relationship of quantitative and qualitative data and the concept of probability.

This course will help the learner to

     ● To enable the students to understand and present the data.

     ● To enable the students to understand and apply the descriptive measures and probability for data analysis.

     ● Implement theoretical concepts of descriptive measures and probability.

     ● To study the study the relationship between variables

This is an introductory course that provides the required knowledge about the digital fundamentals of computers. The course covers a few topics like number systems, logic gates, and flips flops. The course starts with an introduction to number systems and its applications in computers. The discussion about the working of devices like encoders and decoders, multiplexers, and demultiplexers are dealt with.

The Course enables Students to

• Provide a strong foundation for data science and application areas related to it.
• Understand the underlying core concepts and emerging technologies in data science.
• Learn the process of working with data on large scale.
• Explore the concepts of Data Processing.
• Learn basic concepts of Machine Learning.
• Prepare students for advanced courses in Data Science.

This course covers the programming paradigms associated with python. It explores the programming language concepts like Data Types- Loops- Functions; Python Lists- Strings- Tuples-Dictionaries of python with help of built in modules. The objective of this course is to provide comprehensive knowledge of python programming paradigms.

The course is designed to provide a practical exposure to the students in Basic concepts of Excel and different way of representation and exploratory data analysis in excel. 

The course is designed to provide a practical exposure to python and its applications.

The primary aim of this course is to introduce students to the concept of institutions and the informal economy in a global context. The discourse examines the informal economy through the lens of institutional economics. The aim is to acquaint students to significant discourses and issues in policy design and intervention.

Course Objectives

This course will:

• introduce students to the institutions and institutional change through major concepts in institutional economics;
• discuss the informal economy through concepts, theory, and measurement;
• examine the linkages of formal and informal economy;
• train students to hone their writing and presentation skills to effectively discuss these complex ideas.

This course is aimed at undergraduate students to introduce to them the prominent debates in the economics of corruption. The course discusses how corruption acts as a constraint on economic growth using the theoretical constructs in Political Economy. It allows students to delve into the causes and consequences of corruption. In particular, the course will examine how corruption affects the emerging economies.

Course Objectives

This course will: consider some of the seminal papers on the economics of corruption acquaint students to significant debates about transparency, competition and privatization and its relevance to corruption analyse corruption in emerging economies through various case studies discuss issues from various perspectives, such as, viewing corruption as erosion of trust and abuse of power train students to hone their writing and presentation skills to effectively discuss complex ideas.

Course Description

This course heralds the emergence of a new field of science that endeavours to understand how individuals and societies thrive and

flourish, and how this new knowledge can be applied to foster happiness, health and fulfillment. Taking a dynamic, cross-disciplinary approach, the

course explores the most promising routes to well-being, derived from the latest research in psychology, neuroscience, economics, and the effects of

our natural environment. The course provides an overview of the latest insights and strategies for enhancing our individual well-being, or the well-being of the communities in

which we live and work.

Course Objectives:

1. Understand the evolution and development of health and well-being

2. Develop a holistic approach to living life well.

3. Create optimal programs for individuals and populations.

Advertisement psychology is a branch of psychology which studies the pattern of responses by the human system to advertisement stimuli. Advertising is the art of influencing human behaviors to buy certain products. Recently  advertisers are discovering the need to know the facts which psychology can give about what attracts attention, what sticks in memory, what gives a pleasant impression, what persuades and what leads to the act of purchase. The field helps marketers and copyrighters to prepare effective advertisements.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, students will be able to: 

1.      Understand the historical and scientific origin and development of the field.

2.      Learn the cognitive, affective and behavioural responses to the advertisement stimuli.

       3.      Develop the skills to evaluate effectiveness of advertisements from psychological perspectives.

The course ‘Introduction to Film Studies’ aims at introducing students to the cinema, important trends and genres in world cinema, along with key concepts in film studies. It aims to make participants familiar with some major international cinematic figures and films. It aids in the basic understanding of the field, its vast history, and its role in society. Students receive the chance to enhance the skills required to study Films with reference to art and society. It develops the students’ critical thinking ability that is required for analyzing, criticizing,  and creating quality films.

Course Objectives:

• Introduces to the theories, methods, and concerns of film and media studies as a discipline, preparing the students for further work in the field. 

• Teaches the specific aspects of film style and narrative form through analysis of scenes from the films screened each week and from a range of outside examples. 

• Equips the students with historical, cultural, and theoretical topics relevant to the films. 

• Teaches the language of cinema.

• Trains the students to critically analyze the content.

• Learns to communicate effectively.

Course Description:

This course is designed to introduce the young students to the emerging field of Digital Humanities and its wide array of scope, research and academic engagements in the field of Arts and Humanities through incorporation of examples and case studies. Digitalisation is a product of the modern mechanised society; it has come to be accepted as an indispensable part of our lives today. Its use in the field of Humanities is a very recent development, with major contributions to documentation, preservation and ushering in a multidimensional interdisciplinary approach to our study, for sources ranging from audio-visual nature to textual work.

Course Objectives:

1.  The students will be acquainted to many existing arguments in the area of Digital Humanities in the last few decades while examining the aid of digital tools in literary and cultural studies.
2. The students will learn to create a sample of their own by replicating any existing digital artifact.
3. The students will be able to identify Digital Humanities as an interdisciplinary field of study through case studies and comparative analysis.

Course Description: Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. While it is easy to argue that what is right and wrong should be the same across all cultures, surprisingly it is not. This course is an attempt to enable students understand that moral principles though expected to be universal, have deep rooted connotations that make them unique in each culture.

Learning Objectives: On completing the course, students will be able to:

·         Appreciate multicultural perspectives of ethics

·         Make informed decisions on issues which involve ethical dilemma    

Course Description: Leadership and the ability to lead is an important concept within our world of work. Though It has been studied and analysed for centuries there is no doubt that it is a complex subject. This challenge is amplified when we look at multi-cultural environments and global leadership. In recent years there has been an increasing amount of research into the role of cross-cultural leadership. However, the operationalization of global leadership differs widely from culture to culture. In Indonesia describing your past successes is an important part of motivating your team. In Japan this would be seen as bragging and be strictly frowned upon. It is evident that successful global leadership behaviours vary widely. This course is an attempt in helping students understand such diversities and help them cultivate global leadership skills.

 Learning Objectives:  On completing the course, students will be able to:

·       Understand the complications involved in leadership across cultures

·       Appreciate the need to lead people differently in different cultures

·       Inculcate decision making

Course Description: This course examines the relationship between language use, enormous variety of language experiences, belief systems, and behavioral patterns. On the other hand Etiquette helps smooth the path of our daily activities, whether it's meeting others in our daily interactions talking to someone on the phone, offering condolences properly or understanding how to talk to colleagues at a business conference. Being aware of the beliefs attitudes and etiquettes of individuals will help one to become more tolerant from one individual to the next and from one group to the next.

ENGlogue is an English language course book for the students of first year of undergraduate courses studying in Christ University. The book that covers both Semesters I and II is built around fourteen contemporary themes, with each unit including two interesting and engaging reading texts. The texts are meant to trigger not just the desired language-learning behaviors but also to engage the students in thinking about various pertinent issues concerning the world around them. Each unit also includes teaching and tasks based on vocabulary, reading, writing and speaking. The overall objective of the book is to provide students with hands-on learning of language skills, equipping them not only for their immediate academic needs but also for their future professional careers.

• To help learners classify ideologies and be able to express the same
•  To expose learners to visual texts and its reading formulas
• To help learners develop a taste to appreciate works of literature through the organization of language
• To help develop critical thinking
• To help learners appreciate literature and the language nuances that enhances its literary values
• To help learners understand the relationship between the world around them and the text/literature
• To help learners negotiate with content and infer meaning contextually
• To help learners understand logical sequencing of content and process information
• To help improve their communication skills for larger academic purposes and vocational purposes
• To enable learners to learn the contextual use of words and the generic meaning
• To enable learners to listen to audio content and infer contextual meaning
• To enable learners to be able to speak for various purposes and occasions using context specific language and expression.
•  To enable learners to develop the ability to write for various purposes using suitable and precise language.

This course aims at enabling the students to know various concepts and principles of differential

calculus and its applications. Sound knowledge of calculus is essential for the students of

mathematics for the better perceptions of the subject and its development.

This course is designed to teach the basic concepts of random variables and its generation functions. It also gives a brief idea about standard probability distributions and how they are applied in real time situations. The course will enable the students to understand the properties and applications of various probability functions. 

This course is an introduction to the concepts behind modern computer operating systems. Topics will include what an operating system does (and doesn't) do- system calls and interfaces- processesresource scheduling and management (of the CPU- memory- etc.)- Virtual memory. To acquire the fundamental knowledge of the operating system architecture and its components. 

This course will introduce the concepts of Abstract data type (ADTs), linear data structures which include lists, stacks, and queues. The course covers various sorting, searching and hashing algorithms and applications of linear data structures. 

The course is designed to provide a practical exposure to data structures and its applications.

This course is used to provide an introduction to R, statistical language and environment. The course also covers the basics of R for statistical computation, exploratory analysis, and modeling.

Course Objective: To enable students to understand and develop programs in R environment.   

The course introduces the idea of sustainable development and how it forms an organizing principle for meeting the human development goals. The course discuss how sustainability goals can address the global challenges like inequality, poverty, environmental degradation, climate change, etc. The course will also provide an in-depth view of how sustainability can be linked to social development, economic development and environmental protection; and how an interplay of multiple factors is key for achieving the 2030 agenda for sustainable development goals.

This course is aimed at undergraduate students to introduce to them the idea of sustainable development and social/public policies within that context. The course discusses the challenges of sustainable development, and of designing policies for it, in a global setting. It examines the interplay of politics and economics, with emphasis on modes and instruments of producing public policy. This course will:

• acquaint students to significant discourses and issues in policy design and intervention with regards to sustainable development;

• help them understand how political ideology, interests and power influence economic actions, processes and planning at the macro level;

• through class discussions acquaint students to ideas agenda setting and policy dynamics in the context of sustainable development goals (SDGs);

• train students to hone their writing and presentation skills to effectively discuss complex ideas.

The primary aim of this course is to introduce students to the concept  of environmental economics, linkage between nature and economy, natural resource economics and Industrialisation and Its Impact on Environment. In the context of the interlinkage between environment concerns and industry, the course intends to raise awareness about the importance and feasibility of green industry approaches, green industrial policy and green recovery mechanism in the background of post COVID-19 crisis and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The goal  is to acquaint students with the scientific approach to the study of man and environment by bringing to life subject matter of the infant science of environmental economics emphasizing its connections with socio economic conditions. Real world examples and applications are used to make subjects interesting to students of this new discipline.

In addition to this, the goal is to provide participants with an understanding of green industrial policy, identify urgent actions and strategies to promote green industry and sustainable industrial development including cleaner and resource efficient production.

.Course Objectives

This course will:

·         Introduce students to the environment, industry and economy linkage;

·           Discuss the economics of resource use;

·         Examine the economics of Environmental Quality;

       Discuss the vision towards green industrialization

       To understand  the key challenges towards acceleration of greening SMEs

      To understand the interlinkages between green industry, trade and global supply chain

This course will introduce students to the major theoretical and applied debates as well as major moral puzzles and challenges in the field of global ethics. Ethics is gaining ground as an important humanities intervention in a fast-changing world.  

A course on ethics is often an added advantage for students as it helps them shape a  socially aware perspective of the social reality.  

Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives and thematic issues in the fields of international politics, business, communications and law, the course will challenge students to reflect on major ethical theories and traditions as well as core problems such as corporate governance, global distributive justice, the ethics of making and sustaining peace, media ethics and legal dimensions of ethics.  

By combining the works of both classic and contemporary philosophers with contemporary applied global issues, students will be able to critically reflect on fundamental normative questions from an interdisciplinary perspective and reflect on the rights, responsibilities and challenges of ‘good global citizenship.

Learning Objectives: On completing the course, students will be able to 

● Open-mindedly consider different viewpoints in moral controversies.  

● Identify the strengths and weaknesses of different philosophical and popular arguments on the various topics.  

● Demonstrate understanding of the major moral philosophical approaches and techniques in moral reasoning.  

 ● Formulate and critically assess personal positions/convictions. 

This course aims to explore the phenomenon of aesthetics from a multidisciplinary perspective. Further, it helps the students to get exposed to a multidisciplinary approach to understanding realities.

Course Objectives: At the end of the course, students will be able to:

Understand the philosophy behind aesthetics

Understand human perception of aesthetics

Appreciate morality and aesthetic judgments

Take cognizance of the influence of technology on aesthetics

Course Description: This course will cover topics related to human engineering and ergonomics more from a psychological perspective. Students will get to learn cognitive, social, organizational, and safety aspects of the result of man-machine interaction. This course provides an overview of the design and strategies of the system for an effective understanding of the man-machine interface. 

Course Objectives: To enable students:

Understand resultant factors of man-machine interaction.

Cognize with pertinent factors related to increasing the efficiency of people in their working environment.

Develop the competency of theoretical understanding for human engineering and ergonomics.

This course will be helpful to introduce representative literary texts and analyze the craft behind creating a literary work, specifically focusing on the art of fiction writing.

This course is designed across five units; the first four units are—

1.     Introduction to plot (10 hours)

2.     Character Development (10 hours)

3.     World building(setting) (10 hours)

4.     Developing your personal style (10 hours)

5.     Drafting the story (5 hours)

This will give the students a hands-on practice to refine their fiction writing skills. The final unit of 5 hours will pay attention to writing the first draft of the story, getting the story reviewed among the peers, using the criticism to improve the text and finally, rewrite and submit a fine-tuned summative text. This course will aid the students to communicate their thoughts in the form of a literary work while also engaging with the works of their peers and offer constructive criticism. It will also equip them with essential editing and close reading skills while engaging with the critical thinking faculties and creativity.