B.Sc IT 1st Sem Syllabus

                              BS101 : Fundamental of Computers and Information Technology

Computer system concept, computer system characteristics, capabilities and limitations,
types of computers – analog, digital, hybrid, general, special purpose, micro, mini,
mainframe, super. generations of computers, personal computer (PC) - IBM PC,
characteristics, PC/PCXT/PCAT - configurations, Pentium and newer PC specifications
and main characteristics. Types of PC- desktop, laptop, notebook, palmtop, workstations
etc, their characteristics, add on cards on PC : sound card, video card, network card etc.
Basic components of a Computer System - Control Unit, ALU, Input / Output functions
and Characteristics, Memory – RAM, ROM, EPROM, PROM and other types of
memory.
Input devices-Keyboard, Mouse, Trackball, Joystick, Digitizing Tablet, Scanners, Digital
Camera, MICR, OCR, OMR, Bar-code Reader, Voice Recognition, Light Pen, Touch
Screen – Working Principles, Areas of use & characteristics.
Output Devices – Monitors, Characteristics and Types of Monitor – Digital, Analog,
Size, Resolution, Refresh Rate, Interlaced / Non Interlaced, Dot Pitch, Video Standard –
VGA, SVGA, XGA etc.
Printers - Daisy Wheel, Dot Matrix, Inkjet, Laser, Line Printer, Plotter
Storage Devices –Fundamentals, Primary Vs Secondary, Data Storage and Retrieval
Methods - Sequential, Direct and Index Sequential, Various storage devices - Magnetic
Tape, Magnetic Disks, Cartridge Tape, Hard Disk Drives, Floppy Disks(Winchester
Disk), Optical Disks, CD, VCD, CD-R, CD-RW, Zip Drive.
Need, Types of Software - System Software, Application Software, System Software -
Operating System, Utility Program, Programming Languages, Assemblers, Compilers
and Interpreter, Operating Systems - Functions, Types - Batch, Single,
Multiprogramming, Multiprocessing, Programming Languages- Machine, Assembly,
High Level, 4GLs, Their merits and demerits, Application Software – Word Processing,
Spreadsheet, Presentation Graphics, Data Base Management Software, Characteristics,
Uses and examples and area of applications of each of them.
Virus, Types of Viruses, Virus detection and prevention Viruses on Network.
Introduction to Multimedia.

References:
1. INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BY
ANURAG SEETHA, RAM PRASAD & SONS, BHOPAL.
2. COMPUTERS TODAY BY S.K.BASANDRA, GALGOTIA PUBLICATIONS.
3. FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BY ALEXIS LEON &
MATHEWS LEON, VIKAS PUBLISHING HOUSE, NEW DELHI.
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                                                       BS102 : Programming in ‘C’
Programming in C: History, Introduction to C Programming Languages, Structure of C
programs, compilation and execution of C programms. Debugging Techniques, Data
Types and Sizes, Declaration of variables, Modifiers, Identifiers and keywords, Symbolic
constants, Storage classes (automatic, external, register and static), Enumerations,
command line parameters, Macros, The C Preprocessor
Operators: Unary operators, Arithmetic & logical operators, Bit wise operators,
Assignment operators and expressions, Conditional expressions, precedence and order of
evaluation. Control Statements: if-else, switch, break, continue, the comma operator, go
to statement.
Loops: for, while, do-while.
Functions: built-in and user-defined, function declaration, definition and function call,
parameter passing: call by value, call by reference, recursive functions, multifile
programs.
Arrays: Linear arrays, multidimensional arrays, Passing arrays to functions, Arrays and
strings.
Structure and Union: Definition and differences, self-referential structure. And address of
(&) operator, pointer to pointer, Dynamic Momory Allocation, calloc and malloc
functions, array of pointers, function of pointers, structures and pointers.

References:
1. V. Rajaraman, "Fundamentals of Computers", PHI
2. Pater Norton's "Introduction to Computer", TMH
3. Hahn, "The Internet complete reference", TMH
4. Peter Nortton's, "DOS Guide", Prentice Hall of India
5. Gottfried, "Programming in C, Schaum's Series Tata McGraw Hill
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                                                            BS103 : Mathematical Foundation
Relation: Type and compositions of relations, Pictorial representation of relations,
Equivalence relations, Partial ordering relation.
Function: Types, Composition of function, Recursively defined function.
Mathematical Induction: Piano's axioms, Mathematical Induction, Discrete Numeric
Functions and Generating functions, Simple Recurrence relation with constant
coefficients, Linear recurrence relation without constant coefficients, Asymptotic
Behaviour of functions
Algebric Structures: Properties, Semi group, monoid, Group, Abelian group, properties of
group, Subgroup, Cyclic group, Cosets, Permutation groups, Homomorphism,
Isomorphism and Automorphism of groups.
Prepositional Logic: Preposition, First order logic, Basic logical operations, Tautologies,
Contradictions, Algebra of Proposition, Logical implication, Logical equivalence,
Normal forms, Inference Theory, Predicates and quantifiers, Posets, Hasse Diagram.
Lattices: Introduction, Ordered set, Hasse diagram of partially ordered set, Consistent
enumeration, Isomorhic ordered set, Well ordered set, Lattices, Properties of lattices,
Bounded lattices, Distributive lattices, and Complemented lattices.
Classification & Presentation of Data including diagrammatic presentation. Measures of
central tendency – Mean, Mode, Median, Geometric & Harmonic. Measures of
dispersion - Range, Quartile Deviation, Average & Standard deviation.
Type of sampling : Probability Vs. Non Probability, Sampling, Random, Non Random,
Sampling, Size of sample. Probability theory – Baye’s Probability.
Simple Bivariate, Correlation & regression. Only concept of partial & multivariate
correlation & regression. Index numbers – Aggregative & average of price relative
methods.

References:
1. Liptschutz, Seymour, "Discrete Mathematics", TMH.
2. Trembley, J.P. & R. Manohar, "Discrete mathematical Structure with Application to
Computer Science", TMH.
3. Kenneth H. Rosen, "Discrete Mathematics and its applications', TMH.
4. C.L.Liu "Elements of Discrete Maehmatics", McGraw Hill.
5. Peter Grossman, "Discrete Mathematics for Computer", Palgrave Macmillian.
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                                                             BS104 : Financial Accounting
Accounting: Principles, Concepts and conventions, double entry system of accounting,
Ledger posting and Trial balance. Final Accounts: Trading, profit and loss accounts and
balance sheet of sole proprietary concern with normal closing entries. Introduction to
manufacturing account of partnership firms, limited company.
Capital Budgeting: Meaning, importance, difficulties, Introduction to evaluation
techniques - Traditional techniques (ARR Payback method). Discounting cash flow
techniques (Present value, NPV, IRR) Ratio Analysis: Meaning, advantages, limitations
of ratio analysis, Types of ratios and their usefulness.
Costing: Nature, importance and Types of cost Marginal costing: Nature, scope and
importance of marginal costing. Break-even analysis, its uses and limitations,
construction of break-even charts. Practical applications of marginal costing. Inventory
Control System: The need cost of inventory, methods of inventory costing.
References:

1. S.N. Maheswari & S.K. Maheshwari, "Introduction of Fincncial Accountancy" Vikas
Pulication.
2. S.N. Maheshwari & S.K. Maheshwari, "Advanced Accountancy" Vikas Pub.
3. S.N. Maheshwari & S.K. Maheshwari "Financial Management, Vikas Pub.