BCA Syllabus
BCA Syllabus
Content Hours
Unit - 1
Fundamentals of Computers: Introduction to Computers - Computer Definition, Characteristics of Computers,
Evolution and History of Computers, Types of Computers, Basic Organisation of a Digital Computer; Number Systems
– different types, conversion from one number system to another; Computer Codes – BCD, Gray Code, ASCII and
Unicode; Boolean Algebra – Boolean Operators with Truth Tables; Types of Software – System Software and Utility
Software; Computer Languages - Machine Level, Assembly Level & High Level Languages, Translator Programs –
Assembler, Interpreter and Compiler; Planning a Computer Program - Algorithm, Flowchart and Pseudo code with
Examples. 10
Unit-2
Introduction to computers: Characteristics of computers, Classification of Digital Computer Systems: Microcomputers,
Minicomputers, Mainframes, Super computers. Anatomy of Computer: Introduction, Functions & Components of a
Computer, Central Processing Unit, Microprocessor, Storage units, Input and output Devices. How CPU and memory
works. Program execution with illustrative examples. Introduction to microcontrollers. 10
Unit-3
Operating System Fundamentals: Operating Systems: Introduction, Functions of an operating System, Classification of
Operating Systems, System programs, Application programs, Utilities, The Unix Operating System, Basic Unix
commands, Microkernel Based Operating System, Booting. 10
Unit-4
Introduction to Database Management Systems:Database, DBMS, Why Database -File system vs DBMS, Database
applications, Database users, Introduction to SQL, Data types, Classification of SQL-DDL with constraints, DML,
DCL, TCL 6
Unit-5
Internet Basics: Introduction, Features of Internet, Internet application, Services of Internet, Logical and physical
addresses, Internet Service Providers, Domain Name System.
Web Basics: Introduction to web, web browsers, http/https, URL, HTML5, CSS 6
1. Pradeep K. Sinha and Priti Sinha: Computer Fundamentals (Sixth Edition), BPB
Publication, 2004
2. David Riley and Kenny Hunt, Computational thinking for modern solver,
Chapman & Hall/CRC, 1st edition, 2014
Reference:
1. J. Glenn Brook shear,” Computer Science: An Overview”, Addision-Wesley, Tenth
Edition, 2008.
2. R.G. Dromey, “How to solve it by Computer”, PHI, 2008
Course Content
Content Hours
Unit - 1
Introduction to C Programming: Overview of C; History and Features of C;
Structure of a C Program with Examples; Creating and Executing a C Program;
Compilation process in C.
Input and output with C: Formatted I/O functions - printf and scanf, control stings
and escape sequences, output specifications with printf functions; Unformatted I/O
functions to read and display single character and a string - getchar, putchar, gets
and puts functions.
Unit - 2
Control Structures: Decision making Statements - Simple if, if_else, nested if_else,
else_if ladder, Switch Case, goto, break & continue statements; Looping
9
Statements - Entry controlled and exit controlled statements, while, do-while, for
loops, Nested loops.
Unit - 3
Unit - 4
Pointers in C: Understanding pointers - Declaring and initializing pointers,
accessing address and value of variables using pointers; Pointers and Arrays; 4
Pointer Arithmetic; Advantages and disadvantages of using pointers;
Unit - 5
User Defined Functions: Need for user defined functions; Format of C user
defined functions; Components of user defined functions - return type, name,
parameter list, function body, return statement and function call; Categories of user
defined functions - With and without parameters and return type.
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User defined data types: Structures - Structure Definition, Advantages of
Structure, declaring structure variables, accessing structure members, Structure
members initialization, comparing structure variables, Array of Structures; Unions -
Union definition; difference between Structures and Unions.
Files: File-modes, file functions and file operations. Text and Binary files.
Explain the various database concepts and the need for database systems.
Identify and define database objects, enforce integrity constraints on a database using
DBMS.
Demonstrate a Data model and Schemas in RDBMS.
Identify entities and relationships and draw ER diagram for a given real-world
problem.
Convert an ER diagram to a database schema and deduce it to the desired normal
form.
Formulate queries in Relational Algebra, Structured Query Language (SQL) for
database manipulation.
Explain the transaction processing and concurrency control techniques.
References:
1. Fundamentals of Database Systems, Ramez Elamassri, Shankant B. Navathe, 7th Edition,
Pearson, 2015
2. An Introduction to Database Systems, Bipin Desai, Galgotia Publications, 2010.
3. Introduction to Database System, C J Date, Pearson, 1999.
4. Database Systems Concepts, Abraham Silberschatz, Henry Korth, S.Sudarshan, 6th
Edition, McGraw Hill, 2010.
5. Database Management Systems, Raghu Rama Krishnan and Johannes Gehrke, 3rd Edition,
McGraw Hill, 2002
Course Title: C# and Dot Net Framework Course code: CAC08
Total Contact Hours: 42 Course Credits: 03+02
Formative Assessment Marks: 40 Duration of SEE/Exam: 03 Hours
Summative Assessment Marks: 60
The Data Link Layer: Data Link Layer design issues, Error detection –
Single parity checking, Checksum, polynomial codes – CRC, Error
3 correction- Hamming code, Elementary data link protocols, sliding window 08
protocols
Program
BCA Semester V
Name
Course Title Design and Analysis of Algorithm (Theory)
Course Outcomes (COs): After the successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
CO1. Understand the fundamental concepts of algorithms and their complexity, including time and
space complexity, worst-case and average-case analysis, and Big-O notation. BL (L1, L2)
CO2. Design algorithms for solving various types of problems, such as Sorting, Searching, Graph
traversal, Decrease-and-Conquer, Divide-and-Conquer and Greedy Techniques. BL (L1, L2, L3)
CO3. Analyze and compare the time and space complexity of algorithms with other algorithmic
techniques. BL (L1, L2,L3,L4)
CO4. Evaluate the performance of Sorting, Searching, Graph traversal, Decrease-and-Conquer,
Divide-and-Conquer and Greedy Techniques using empirical testing and benchmarking, and identify
their limitations and potential improvements. BL (L1, L2, L3, L4)
CO5. Apply various algorithm design to real-world problems and evaluate their effectiveness and
efficiency in solving them. BL (L1, L2, L3)
Note: Blooms Level(BL): L1=Remember, L2=Understand, L3=Apply, L4=Analyze, L5= Evaluate,
L6= Create
Contents 52 Hrs
Introduction: What is an Algorithm? Fundamentals of Algorithmic problem solving, 10
Fundamentals of the Analysis of Algorithm Efficiency, Analysis Framework, Measuring
the input size, Units for measuring Running time, Orders of Growth, Worst-case, Best-
case and Average-case efficiencies.
Asymptotic Notations and Basic Efficiency classes, Informal Introduction, O-notation, 10
Ω-notation, θ-notation, mathematical analysis of non-recursive algorithms, mathematical
analysis of recursive algorithms.
Brute Force & Exhaustive Search: Introduction to Brute Force approach, Selection Sort 11
and Bubble Sort, Sequential search, Exhaustive Search- Travelling Salesman Problem and
Knapsack Problem, Depth First Search, Breadth First Search
Decrease-and-Conquer: Introduction, Insertion Sort, Topological Sorting 11
Divide-and-Conquer: Introduction, Merge Sort, Quick Sort, Binary Search, Binary Tree
traversals and related properties.
Greedy Technique: Introduction, Prim’s Algorithm, Kruskal’s Algorithm, Dijkstra’s 10
Algorithm, Lower-Bound Arguments, Decision Trees, P Problems, NP Problems, NP-
Complete Problems, Challenges of Numerical Algorithms.
Course Articulation Matrix: Mapping of Course Outcomes (COs) with
Program Outcomes
(POs 1-15)
Course Outcomes (COs): After the successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
CO1. Explore fundamentals of statistical analysis in R environment.
CO2. Describe key terminologies, concepts and techniques employed in Statistical Analysis.
CO3. Define Calculate, Implement Probability and Probability Distributions to solve a wide variety of
problems.
CO4. Conduct and interpret a variety of Hypothesis Tests to aid Decision Making.
CO5. Understand, Analyse, and Interpret Correlation Probability and Regression to analyse the
underlying relationships between different variables.
Contents 52 Hrs
Introduction of the language, numeric, arithmetic, assignment, and vectors, Matrices and 10
Arrays, Non-numeric Values, Lists and Data Frames, Special Values, Classes, and
Coercion, Basic Plotting.
Reading and writing files, Programming, Calling Functions, Conditions and Loops: stand- 10
alone statement with illustrations in exercise 10.1,stacking statements, coding loops,
Writing Functions, Exceptions, Timings, and Visibility.
Statistics And Probability, basic data visualisation, probability, common probability 11
distributions: common probability mass functions, bernoulli, binomial, poisson distributions,
common probability density functions, uniform, normal, student’s t-
distribution.
Statistical testing and modelling, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, components of 10
hypothesis test, testing means, testing proportions, testing categorical variables, errors and
power, Analysis of variance.
Simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, linear model selection and diagnostics. 11
Advanced graphics: plot customization, plotting regions and margins, point and click
coordinate interaction, customizing traditional R plots, specialized text and label notation.
Defining colors and plotting in higher dimensions, representing and using color, 3D scatter
plots.
References
1 Tilman M. Davies, “The book of R: A first course in programming and ststistics”, San
Francisco, 2016.
2 Vishwas R. Pawgi, “Statistical computing using R software”, Nirali prakashan publisher, e1
edition, 2022.
3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlsYCECWEWE
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/r-tutorial/
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/r/index.htm
Program
B.C.A Semester V
Name
Course Title Software Engineering (Theory)
Course Code: DSC15 No. of Credits 04
Contact hours 52 Hours Duration of SEA/Exam 2 hours
Formative Assessment
40 Summative Assessment Marks 60
Marks
Course Outcomes (COs): After the successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
How to apply the software engineering lifecycle by demonstrating competence in
CO1
communication, planning, analysis, design, construction, and deployment.
CO2 An ability to work in one or more significant application domains.
Work as an individual and as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop anddeliver quality
CO3
software.
Demonstrate an understanding of and apply current theories, models, and techniques that
CO4
provide a basis for the software lifecycle.
CO5 Demonstrate an ability to use the techniques and tools necessary for engineeringpractice.
Contents 52 Hrs
OVERVIEW: Introduction; Software engineering ethics; Software process models;
Process activities; Coping with change; Agile software development:Agile methods; Plan- 10
driven and agile development.
REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING: Functional and non-functional requirements;
Software requirements document; Requirement’s specification; Requirements engineering 10
processes; Requirement’s elicitationand analysis; Requirement’s validation; Requirements
management.
SYSTEM MODELING: Context models; Interaction models- Use case modeling, Sequence
diagrams; Structural models- Class diagrams, Generalization,Aggregation; Behavioral models- 10
Data-driven modeling, Event-driven modeling; Model-driven engineering.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: Architectural design decisions; Architectural views;
Architectural patterns- Layered architecture, Repository architecture, Client–server architecture
Pipe and filter architecture. 12
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION: Object-oriented design using the UML- System
context and interactions, Architectural design, Object class identification, Design models,
Interface specification; Design patterns; Implementation issues.
SOFTWARE TESTING: Development testing- Unit testing, Choosing unit test cases,
Component testing, System testing. Test-driven development; Release testing; User 10
testing- Alpha, Beta, Acceptance testing.
Course Articulation Matrix: Mapping of Course Outcomes (COs) with Program
Outcomes
(POs 1-15)
Text Books:
1 Ian Somerville, “Software Engineering” 8th Edition, Pearson Education, 2009.
References Books:
1 Waman S Jawadekar, “Software Engineering Principles and Practice”, Tata McGrawHill, 2004.
2 Roger S. Pressman, “A Practitioners Approach”,7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
3 P Jalote, “An Integrated Approach to software Engineering”, Narosa Publication.
Program
B.Sc./B.C.A Semester V
Name
Course Outcomes (COs): After the successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
Explain the core concepts of the cloud computing paradigm such as how and why this
CO1 paradigm shift came about, the characteristics, advantages and challenges brought about
by the various models and services in cloud computing.
Apply the fundamental concepts in data centres to understand the trade-offs in power,
CO2 efficiency and cost.
Identify resource management fundamentals like resource abstraction, sharing and
CO3
sandboxing and outline their role in managing infrastructure in cloud computing.
Analyze various cloud programming models and apply them to solve problems on the
CO4
cloud.
Contents 42 Hrs
Introduction: Different Computing Paradigms- Parallel Computing, Distributed
Computing, Cluster Computing, Grid Computing, Cloud Computing etc., Comparison of
various Computing Technologies; Cloud Computing Basics- What is Cloud Computing?
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History, Characteristic Features, Advantagesand Disadvantages, and Applications ofCloud
Computing; Trends in Cloud Computing; Leading Cloud Platform Service
Providers.
Cloud Architecture: Cloud Service Models- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform
as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS), Comparison of different Service
Models; Cloud Deployment Models- Public Cloud; Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud,
Community Cloud; Cloud Computing Architecture- Layered Architecture of Cloud.
Virtualization- Definition, Features of Virtualization; Types of Virtualizations- Hardware 10
Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Application Virtualization, Storage Virtualization,
Operating System Virtualization; Virtualization and Cloud Computing, Pros and Cons of
Virtualization, Technology Examples- Xen: Paravirtualization, VMware: Full
Virtualization, Microsoft Hyper-V.
Cloud Application Programming and the Aneka Platform: Aneka Cloud Application
Platform- Framework Overview, Anatomy of the Aneka Container; Building Aneka Clouds
(Infrastructure Organization, Logical Organization, Private Cloud Deployment Mode,
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Public Cloud Deployment Mode, Hybrid Cloud Deployment Mode); Cloud Programming
and Management- Aneka SDK (Application Model and Service Model);
Management Tools (Infrastructure, Platform and Application management).
Cloud Platforms in Industry: Amazon Web Services- Compute Services, Storage
Services, Communication Services, Additional Services; Google AppEngine- Architecture
and Core Concepts, Application Life-Cycle, Cost Model, Observations; Microsoft Azure- 8
Azure Core Concepts (Compute, Storage, Core Infrastructure and Other
Services), SQL Azure, Windows Azure Platform Appliance.
Cloud Applications: Scientific Applications- Healthcare (ECG Analysis in the Cloud) 8
Biology (Protein Structure Prediction and Gene Expression Data Analysis for Cancer
Diagnosis), Geoscience (Satellite Image Processing); Business and Consumer
Applications- CRM and ERP, Productivity, Social Networking, Media Applications,
Multiplayer Online Gaming.
Text Books:
Rajkumar Buyya, Christian Vecchiola, S. ThamaraiSelvi: "Mastering CloudComputing-
1
Foundations and Applications Programming”, Elsevier, 2013
2 Barrie Sosinsky: "Cloud Computing Bible", Wiley-India, 2010
3 K Chandrashekaran: “Essentials of Cloud Computing”, CRC Press, 2015
4 Derrick Rountree, Ileana Castrillo: “The Basics of Cloud Computing”, Elsevier, 2014
Program
B.Sc./B.C.A Semester VI
Name
Course Title Digital Marketing (Theory)
Course Code: Voc-2 No. of Credits 03
Contact hours 42 Hours Duration of SEA/Exam 2 hours
Formative Assessment
Marks 40 Summative Assessment Marks 60
Course Outcomes (COs): After the successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand the fundamental concepts and principles of digital marketing.
2. Develop practical skills to implement various digital marketing strategies and techniques.
3. Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of digital marketing campaigns.
4. Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to real-world digital marketing scenarios.
5. Create comprehensive digital marketing plans and strategies.
References
"Digital Marketing Strategy: An Integrated Approach to Online Marketing" by Simon
1 Kingsnorth.
"Email Marketing Rules: How to Wear a White Hat, Shoot Straight, and Win Hearts" by Chad
2
S. White
"Content Inc.: How Entrepreneurs Use Content to Build Massive Audiences and Create
3 Radically Successful Businesses" by Joe Pulizzi
"Mobile Marketing: How Mobile Technology is Revolutionizing Marketing, Communications
4
and Advertising" by Daniel Rowles
"Web Analytics 2.0: The Art of Online Accountability and Science of Customer Centricity"
5 by Avinash Kaushik