BTech/BTech-MTech Programmes
Curriculum

The BTech programme is divided into two distinct but compatible parts called Institute level curriculum and Discipline specific curriculum. Each student is required to go through the Institute level curriculum, irrespective of his/her chosen branch of specialization.

• ❖ All students admitted to the first year of undergraduate (BTech and BTech-MTech) programmes are called at least one week before the rest of the batches. First, they go through a Foundation Programme of about four weeks followed by regular semester activities of about twelve weeks.


• ❖ A student is required to pass the prescribed minimum courses of the curriculum for his/her programme and complete the minimum credits requirement of 169-175 for the BTech degree according to the structure prescribed by each discipline.


• ❖ All BTech students are required to complete 28 credits of courses under the Humanities and Social Sciences basket, including two mandatory Writing courses namely HS 191: Introduction to Writing I (2 credits) and HS 192: Introduction to Writing II (2 credits).


• ❖ In addition to the Writing courses, the Humanities and Social Sciences courses which are mandatory for undergraduate students are Economics (4 credits), Introduction to Philosophy (4 credits) and World Civilizations and Cultures (4 credits). In the future, baskets of courses may be offered as an alternative to the mandatory Humanities and Social Sciences courses. Rest of the 12 credits will be covered through Humanities, Social Sciences or Management electives, with 4 credits (2 courses of 2 credits each) worth of courses from a General Education Basket. Some of the courses which could be considered under the General Education (GE) Basket include courses on Cultural Expression, Performing Arts, Theatre, Fine Arts, Sports etc. The courses under the mandatory General Education Basket (up to 4 credits) will have Pass/Fail grade and not an usual letter grade.


• ❖ All students are required to complete 8 credits worth of courses from the Science Basket, which will have courses from Chemistry, Cognitive Science, Earth Sciences and Physics. The parent discipline of the student may specify one course out of the two courses which a student is required to complete. In addition, all students are required to complete an additional 4 credits of Basic Science electives, which may also include courses from the Science basket.


• ❖ Three mathematics courses [MA 103: Calculus of Single Variable & Linear Algebra (4 credits), MA 104: Ordinary Differential Equations (2 credits), MA 203: Numerical Methods (2 credits)] will be mandatory for all undergraduate students. Further, a student will be required to complete 2 credits worth of courses from the Mathematics Basket, which may include courses on Calculus of Several Variables, Complex Analysis, Integral Transform, Optimization Theory and Partial Differential Equations to name a few. The course to be completed from the Mathematics basket may be specified by the parent discipline of the student. All Mathematics courses are envisioned to be offered in the active learning mode, with significant use of visual learning tools, programming assignments etc.


• ❖ To give students a research experience during their undergraduate programme, all undergraduate students are required to complete a project course. The student will be free to do this Open Project Course (4 credits) in the area/discipline of their choice, any time after the first year of their undergraduate programme. This project course may also be offered at the IITGN Research Park, in collaboration with industry partners. In addition to the Open Project Course, students are free to register for project courses within or outside their parent discipline. Up to 16 credits of such project courses can be counted towards the graduation requirements.


• ❖ Students will have the opportunity to do Open Electives worth 16 credits.


• ❖ Four semesters of Physical Education courses will be mandatory for all undergraduate students.


• ❖ A Comprehensive Viva Voce is conducted every semester. It is a mandatory pass/fail activity with grade P/F.


• ❖ Other mandatory Institute level courses include: ES 101: Engineering Graphics (3 credits), ES 112: Computing (3 credits), ES 113: Data Centric Computing (3 credits), ES 114: Probability, Statistics and Data Visualization (3 credits), ES 115: Design, Innovation and Prototyping (5 credits), ES 116: Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering (5 credits), ES 117: The World of Engineering (2 credits), ES 118: Materials for the Future (3 credits), ES 243: Biology for Engineers (4 credits) and BS 192: Undergraduate Science Laboratory (3 credits).


• ❖ The following table shows the list of Institute level courses for first year of BTech/BTech-MTech programmes:

• ❖ Discipline specific courses will be for 62-64 credits.


• ❖ Students enrolled in the BTech-MTech programme have to earn a minimum of 72 credits, in addition to the credits counted towards their BTech degree requirements. Out of the additional 72 credits, students should obtain a minimum of 24 credits through courses and a minimum of 32 credits through MTech thesis units. The open elective requirement in the BTech programme of the student may be reduced by 4 credits in such cases.