Distance Learning Program
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CENTER OF ADVANCED STUDIES IN ENGINEERING (CASE) PAKISTAN Distance Learning Program
Introduction:
The Distance Learning (DL) program of CASE is for those who want to pursue MSc/PhD at CASE but cannot attend classes on CASE campus. The main objectives of the distance learning are to provide facilities to the distant professionals for their educational uplift. The centerpiece of the program is the provision of digitally recorded lectures, which, in the form of Video CDs, are mailed to DL students. These CDs provide the next best thing from actually being present in the lecture, allowing DL students to appreciate the live questions and answers and classroom discussions. The video screen consists of the topic, lecture contents, and lecture slides. For most classes, students also have access to an on-line forum, where their queries are answered and assignments are submitted through e-mail.
Admission:
Admission form is available online on the website of the institute. The student fills in the form, prints it and sends it to the institute’s mailing address along with the educational documents.
Eligibility for the degree applied for:
The admission office of the institute receives the Admission form along with the documents and processes it to make sure about the eligibility of the students for the degree he has applied for according to the eligibility criteria.
Eligibility Criteria
• For the MSc. Computer Engineering program a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.70/4.0 or at least 68% aggregate marks in Undergraduate(Bachelors) (16 years of education) is required for application.
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Then each student has to pass National Testing Service (NTS) General examination for admission to Post Graduate programs. (NTS is a testing service whose objective is to establish a credible, technically appropriate and accurate system of performance evaluation for students of various educational institutions at various levels. The HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISION (HEC) of Pakistan has made it mandatory to pass National Testing Service (NTS) General examination for admission to M.Sc. programs Website: www.nts.org.pk)
Admission offer:
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The merit list is prepared as there is limited number of seats.
• The selected students are offered admission.
Study Duration:
The students are supposed to finish their Graduate (Masters) in maximum four years and Post Graduate (Doctorial) in maximum seven years.
Semester Registration:
All students are required to register every semester by taking at least one course. “Course Registration form” is available online. In this form the student mentions the courses he wants to study. He then sends the form after printing to the mailing address of the institute or he can email it to the “Distance Learning (DL) Coordinator”.
Video and Voice Recording in the Lecture Rooms:
The institute’s class rooms are equipped with multimedia projectors and computers with Microsoft windows and Linux operating Systems
installed on them. The video screen consists of the topic, lecture contents, and lecture slides. All the lectures are video recorded. A high quality sound system is installed to record the voice of the instructor and the live questions and answers and classroom discussions between the students and the instructor.
Multimedia Department:
This department has the responsibility to record the lectures, and then make Video CDs of these lectures to send it to the Distance Learning (DL) students. They have special equipment to make multiple Video CDs (about 20) of the same lecture at the same time. These copies are made the same day the lecture is delivered and send to the students through a fast courier service. This is done to make CDs available to the DL students as early as possible. The CDs reach the students within Pakistan in maximum of 2 days and to the international students in 7 days after delivery of the lecture.
Introduction:
The Distance Learning (DL) program of CASE is for those who want to pursue MSc/PhD at CASE but cannot attend classes on CASE campus. The main objectives of the distance learning are to provide facilities to the distant professionals for their educational uplift. The centerpiece of the program is the provision of digitally recorded lectures, which, in the form of Video CDs, are mailed to DL students. These CDs provide the next best thing from actually being present in the lecture, allowing DL students to appreciate the live questions and answers and classroom discussions. The video screen consists of the topic, lecture contents, and lecture slides. For most classes, students also have access to an on-line forum, where their queries are answered and assignments are submitted through e-mail.
Admission:
Admission form is available online on the website of the institute. The student fills in the form, prints it and sends it to the institute’s mailing address along with the educational documents.
Eligibility for the degree applied for:
The admission office of the institute receives the Admission form along with the documents and processes it to make sure about the eligibility of the students for the degree he has applied for according to the eligibility criteria.
Eligibility Criteria
• For the MSc. Computer Engineering program a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.70/4.0 or at least 68% aggregate marks in Undergraduate(Bachelors) (16 years of education) is required for application.
•
Then each student has to pass National Testing Service (NTS) General examination for admission to Post Graduate programs. (NTS is a testing service whose objective is to establish a credible, technically appropriate and accurate system of performance evaluation for students of various educational institutions at various levels. The HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISION (HEC) of Pakistan has made it mandatory to pass National Testing Service (NTS) General examination for admission to M.Sc. programs Website: www.nts.org.pk)
Admission offer:
•
The merit list is prepared as there is limited number of seats.
• The selected students are offered admission.
Study Duration:
The students are supposed to finish their Graduate (Masters) in maximum four years and Post Graduate (Doctorial) in maximum seven years.
Semester Registration:
All students are required to register every semester by taking at least one course. “Course Registration form” is available online. In this form the student mentions the courses he wants to study. He then sends the form after printing to the mailing address of the institute or he can email it to the “Distance Learning (DL) Coordinator”.
Video and Voice Recording in the Lecture Rooms:
The institute’s class rooms are equipped with multimedia projectors and computers with Microsoft windows and Linux operating Systems
installed on them. The video screen consists of the topic, lecture contents, and lecture slides. All the lectures are video recorded. A high quality sound system is installed to record the voice of the instructor and the live questions and answers and classroom discussions between the students and the instructor.
Multimedia Department:
This department has the responsibility to record the lectures, and then make Video CDs of these lectures to send it to the Distance Learning (DL) students. They have special equipment to make multiple Video CDs (about 20) of the same lecture at the same time. These copies are made the same day the lecture is delivered and send to the students through a fast courier service. This is done to make CDs available to the DL students as early as possible. The CDs reach the students within Pakistan in maximum of 2 days and to the international students in 7 days after delivery of the lecture.
