IGNOU · School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
IGNOU MSc Data Science study hub
IGNOU’s 2-year MSc Data Science (MSCDSA): 4 semesters, 21 courses. 11 official past papers and daily practice from real exam questions.
Semester 1
Mathematical Foundations - I
Set, relations and functions, progressions, matrices and determinants, linear spaces and counting techniques and calculus.
Assignment and study materialMCS-062Introduction to Data Science
Data science-1, data science-2, data visualization and interpretation and data Science-Allied areas.
Assignment and study materialMCS-063Data Structures using Python
Python, arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists and trees and maps, hash tables, skip lists, search trees and sorting algorithms.
Assignment and study materialMCS-207Database Management Systems
Basic concepts, database normalisation and database query, database transactions and query processing and advanced database models.
6 past papers · 80 practice questionsMCSL-064Database Management Systems
Hands-on practicals for Database Management Systems.
Assignment and study materialMCSL-065Data Science Lab
Hands-on practicals for Data Science.
Assignment and study materialNext assignment due date for Semester 1: 31/10/2026 (July 2026 session). See all assignments.
Semester 2
Mathematical Foundations - II
Descriptive statistics, probability and distributions, parameter estimation and hypothesis testing and analysing data and optimisation.
Assignment and study materialMCS-067Data Wrangling and Visualization
Data Wrangling-I and data Wrangling-II.
Assignment and study materialMCS-224Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Search, knowledge representation, machine learning and neural networks.
5 past papers · 70 practice questionsMCS-068Predictive Data Analysis
Data analysis - an introduction, predictive data Analysis-I, predictive data Analysis-II and R- programming for data analysis.
Assignment and study materialMCSL-069Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Lab
Hands-on practicals for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
Assignment and study materialMCSL-070Data Analysis Lab
Hands-on practicals for Data Analysis.
Assignment and study materialNext assignment due date for Semester 2: 31/10/2026 (July 2026 session). See all assignments.
Semester 3
Big Data Analytics
Assignment and study materialMCS-072Deep Learning
Assignment and study materialMCS-073Soft Computing
Assignment and study materialMCS-074Cloud Computing
Assignment and study materialMCSL-075Big Data Analytics Lab
Hands-on practicals for Big Data Analytics.
Assignment and study materialMCSL-076Deep Learning Lab
Hands-on practicals for Deep Learning.
Assignment and study materialSemester 4
Practise MSc Data Science questions daily
Real IGNOU exam questions, the ones asked again and again first. Track every assignment and count down to your exam.
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