hi all,
the Anna Univ M.Sc. CS-FOSS curriculum, syllabus and other details are
available at : http://cde.annauniv.edu/MSCFOSS/
it may give you an overall idea of what the students are being taught (and
expected to know). Since many of the students are working in some IT area,
their knowledge levels will vary -- work experience might have increased
their knowledge while some might have concentrated less on the subjects due
to work pressure !
during my lectures (for 1st sem students) I advise them to start
interaction with some FOSS group, preferably LUG/GLUG. I think a
reasonable number of them have joined or already members of some FOSS group
or other.
For the next batch (the admission is open) beginning in Oct 2013, I will
try giving "your experience in working with your nearby LUG" as an
assignment for the unit 2 of "Philosophy and Practice of FOSS".
We generally advise the students to start thinking about the project
options when they finish second semester. However, putting this into
practice is a different matter. There is also the reality : most of the
"students" have full time jobs tagged with personal & family
responsibilities. While this is not an excuse, I request those who have
specific project suggestions to keep this in mind.
I am also hoping to interact with the "donor" group so that the current
batch could be helped out and some road map could be set for the
forthcoming batches. Suggestions/interactions could be thru my gmail id :
srini.it at gmail.com
thanks and best wishes
Srinivasan
94443 02439