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Curriculum

Curriculum:
  • The programme, co-prepared by IIM Amritsar and IIT Ropar includes a mix of courses from the areas of Algorithms and Data Structures, Statistics ,Data Analytics, Information Systems, and Management.
  • The two-year program will be delivered across four semesters. It will be co-taught by faculties from both the host institutes and the students will be hosted at each institute for a period of one year (first year in IIT Ropar and second year in IIM Amritsar).
  • The coursework consists of core and elective courses along with the Summer Live project, and Final Capstone Project.
  • The  Summer Live Project (SLP) will be an option for students to pursue a project either with an academic faculty (of reputed institutes in India or abroad) or with a firm during the break between the second and third semesters. The summer live project has to be attained by the students themselves.
  • The Final Capstone Project will be pursued in the fourth semester along with the coursework. The project will be guided by one faculty from IIMAmritsar and one faculty from IIT Ropar. The successful completion of the project is mandatory to complete the program.
  • The Semester-wise break-up of the mandatory (core) subjects offered are given as follows:
First Year
Semester 1 Semester 2
Programming and Data Structures Advanced Statistics
People Management (Introduction) Computer & Information Systems
Fundamentals of Statistics Fundamentals of Operations Research
Matrix Computations Foundations of Data Science
Managerial Communication Skills Data Mining for Business Applications
Marketing Management (Introduction) Operations and Supply Chain Management (Introduction)
Database Management Systems Financial Statements and Management (Introduction)
Managerial Economics (Introduction) Data Security, Privacy, and Ethics
Second Year
Semester 3 Semester 4
Time Series Analysis and Econometrics Final Capstone Project
Big Data Analytics and Visualization Legal Aspects of Business
Predictive Analytics Electives
Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Final Capstone Project
Strategic Management (Introduction)  
Business Research Methods  
Advanced Operations Research  
Electives  

*Courses are tentative and subject to changes