BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI - 620 024.

B.Sc. COMPUTER SCIENCE: CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM –

LEARNING OUTCOMES-BASED CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK (CBCS - LOCF)

(Applicable to the candidates admitted from the academic year 2022-2023 onwards)

Exam Marks Total

Sem. Part Course Title Hrs Credits
Hours Int. Ext.
Language Course – I
I 6 3 3 25 75 100
(Tamil $/Other Languages + #)
II English Course - I 6 3 3 25 75 100
Programming in C and Data
Core Course – I (CC) 5 5 3 25 75 100
Structures
I
III Core Practical – I (CP) Programming in C Lab 4 4 3 40 60 100
First Allied Course – I (AC) 4 4 3 25 75 100
First Allied Course – II (AC) 3 - - - - -
IV Value Education 2 2 3 25 75 100
TOTAL 30 21 - - 600
Language Course - II
I 6 3 3 25 75 100
(Tamil $/Other Languages + #)
II English Course - II 6 3 3 25 75 100
Core Course – II (CC) Programming in Java 5 5 3 25 75 100
II Core Practical – II (CP) Programming in Java Lab 4 4 3 40 60 100
III
First Allied Course – II (AC) 3 2 3 25 75 100
First Allied Course – III (AC) 4 4 3 25 75 100
IV Environmental Studies 2 2 3 25 75 100
TOTAL 30 23 - - - 700

$ For those who studied Tamil up to 10th +2 (Regular Stream)

+ Syllabus for other Languages should be on par with Tamil at degree level

# Those who studied Tamil up to 10th +2 but opt for other languages in degree
level under Part I should study special Tamil in Part IV

* Extension Activities shall be outside instruction hours.

List of Allied Courses

Allied Course I Allied Course II
Mathematics Applied Physics

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 SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM STRUCTURE OF UG PROGRAMMES

Sl. No. of No. of

Part Types of the Courses Marks
No. Courses Credits
1. I Language Courses 4 12 400

2. II English Courses 4 12 400

3. Core Courses 9 45 900

4. Core Practical 6 24 600

5. Allied Courses I & II 4 16 400

III
6. Allied Practical 2 4 200

7. Major Based Elective Courses 2 8 200

8. Project 1 3 100

9. Non-Major Elective Courses 2 4 200

10. Skill Based Elective Courses 2 4 200

11. IV Soft Skills Development 1 2 100

12. Value Education 1 2 100

13. Environmental Studies 1 2 100

14. Gender Studies 1 1 100

V
15. Extension Activities 1 1 ---

16. Total 41 140 4000

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PROGRAMME OUTCOMES:

 Graduates will be able to comprehend the basic concepts learnt and apply in
real life situations with analytical skills.
 Graduates with acquired skills and enhanced knowledge will be employable /
become entrepreneurs or will pursue higher Education.
 Graduates with acquired knowledge of modern software tools will be able to
contribute effectively as software engineers.
 Graduates will be able to comprehend the related concepts to Computer
Science with Allied papers
 Graduates will be imbibed with ethical values and social concerns to ensure
peaceful society.

PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES:

 Acquired the required knowledge in the Hardware and Software aspects of

Computer Science domain and the art of programming.
 Understood the development methodologies of software systems and the
ability to analyze, design and develop computer applications for real life
problems.
 Gained knowledge and skills to collaborate and communicate with peers in IT
/ ITES industries
 The ability to understand, adjust and adapt with the dynamic technical
environment for the growth of IT industry.
 The capacity to transfer the skills gained, to provide innovative and novel
solutions by maintaining ethical norms for the betterment of humane society.

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First Year CORE COURSE I Semester I
PROGRAMMING IN C AND
DATA STRUCTURES
Code: (Theory) Credit: 5

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To know about the basics of C Programming, Control and Looping Structures

and programming with it.
 To understand Arrays, Pointers and String Processing in C language
 To know about the basic concepts in Data Structures.

UNIT - I:

Basic of C: History of C and its importance – Structure of a C program – Data

Types – Constants and Variables – Operators and Expressions – Order of
Precedence, Evaluating of Arithmetic Expressions – Type Conversion- Decision
Statements: if, if-else, and nested if statements.

UNIT - II:

Loops Structures: For Loop, While, Do-while loop – Arrays: - One Dimensional
Array, Two-dimensional Arrays, Character Arrays and Strings – Functions:
Function with arrays- Function with decision and looping statements -
Recursion.

UNIT - III:

Pointers: Introduction – Pointer Expressions – Chain of Pointers –Pointers and

Arrays – Array of Pointers – Pointers as function arguments – Functions returning
Pointers – Pointers to Functions – Function pointer – Structures - declaration,
initialization, Array of Structures – Pointer to structures, Structures and
functions – Typed of Enumerated data types, Unions.

UNIT - IV:

Strings Processing, Standard string library functions – Files: introduction and

files functions – Writing and reading in Text mode – Simple application: Display
the contents of a file. Write data to a file. Append data to an existing file – File IO
– Reading and writing structures.

UNIT - V:

Stack: LIFO concept, Stack operations, Array implementation of stack – Queue:

FIFO concept, Queue operations, Array implementation of queue – Singly Linked
List: concepts, operations – Doubly Linked List: concepts, operations – Trees:
General trees, Binary trees.

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UNIT VI: CURRENT CONTOURS (for Continuous Internal Assessment Only):

Contemporary Developments Related to the Course during the Semester

Concerned.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. E. Balagurusamy, “Programming in ANSI C”, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi,

Seventh Edition, 2016.
2. E.Horowitz, S.Sahni and Susan Anderson Freed, “Fundamental Data
Structures in C”, 2ed, Orient BlackSwan Publisher, 2009.
3. Byron S. Gottfried, “Programming with C”, Schaum’s Outline Series, Tata-
McGraw Hill Edition, New Delhi, 1991.
4. E. Karthikeyan, “A Textbook on C Fundamentals, Data Structures and
Problem Solving”,Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi, 2008.
5. YashavantKanetkar, “Let us C”, BPB Publications, Tenth Edition, New Delhi,
2010.
6. Szuhay, Jeff, and Szuhay, Jeff, “Learn C Programming: A Beginner's Guide to
Learning C Programming the Easy and Disciplined Way”, Packt
Publishing, 2020.
7. Jena, Sisir Kumar, and Jena, Sisir Kumar, “C Programming: Learn to
Code”, CRC Press, 2021.
8. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/cprogramming/index.htm
9. https://www.w3schools.in/data-structures/intro

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of this course the students would be able to:

 Summarize the basic knowledge to develop C programs

 Manipulate Looping, arrays and functions
 Apply and write programs for solving real world problems
 Create open, read, manipulate, write and close files.
 Understand the basic concepts in data structures.

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First Year CORE PRACTICAL I Semester I
PROGRAMMING IN C LAB
Code: (Practical) Credit: 4

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To understand the programming fundamentals of C language.

 To impart writing skill of C programming and data structures for a list of
problems.
 To impart hands-on training for writing a C program using computers.

1. Write a Program
(i) To convert temperature from degree Centigrade to Fahrenheit,
(ii) Find whether given number is Even or Odd,
(iii) Find the greatest of Three numbers.
2. Write a Program to display Monday to Sunday using switch statement
3. Write a Program to display first Ten Natural Numbers and their sum.
4. Write a Program to perform Multiplication of Two Matrices.
5. Write a Program
(i) To find the maximum number in an Array using pointer.
(ii) To reverse a number using pointer.
(iii) To add two numbers using pointer.
6. Write a Program to solve Quadratic Equation using functions.
7. Write a Program to find factorial of a number using Recursion.
8. Write a Program to demonstrate Call by Value and Call by Reference.
9. Write a Program to create a file containing Student Details.
10. Write a program to implement a stack using singly linked list, Implement
Queue using Linked List.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of this course the students would be able to:

 Relate the use of language constructs to solve simple programs

 Develop programs for various concepts in C language
 Understand and trace the execution of the list of programs
 Understand the usage of file handling in C programming
 Solve data problems related to data structures.

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First Year CORE COURSE II Semester II
PROGRAMMING IN JAVA
Code: (Theory) Credit: 5

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To acquire the programming skills with java.

 To implement the object-oriented concepts with java language
 To learn the art of GUI programming with Applet.

UNIT - I:

Foundation, Essentials, Control Statement and Classes & Objects, Stage of Java – origin
of Java – challenges - features - Object-Oriented Programming; Java Essentials:
Elements - API - variables - primitive data types – String Class - operators –combined
assignment operators - conversion –scope – comments - keyboard input; Control
Statements: if ,if-else, nested if & if-else-if statements – logical operators – comparison –
conditional operator – switch – increment and decrement – while, do-while & for loops –
nested loops – break and continue; Classes and Objects: classes and objects -modifiers -
passing arguments– constructors - package & import - static class members –method
overloading– constructor overloading –returning objects – this variable – recursion –
nested & inner classes – abstract classes & methods.

UNIT - II:

Arrays, String Handling, Inheritance, Interface and Packages, Introduction –processing

array – passing arrays – returning arrays – String arrays – two Dimensional Arrays -
Arrays with Three or More Dimensions; String Handling : String class – concatenation –
comparison – substring – methods – other methods–String Buffer, String Builder &
String Tokenizer classes; Inheritance: basics –inheriting and overriding superclass
methods – calling superclass constructor – polymorphism – inherit from different classes
– abstract classes – final Class; Interfaces: Basics – multiple Interfaces – multiple
inheritance using interface – multilevel interface – Packages – Create and access
packages in Net Beans IDE – static Import and package class – access specifiers.

UNIT - III:

Exception Handling, I/O and File Handling and Multithreading, Introduction - try and
catch block - multiple catch block - nested try - finally Block – throw Statement –
exception propagation – throw Clause - custom exception – built-in exception;
Multithreading: Introduction – threads – thread creation – life cycle – joining a thread –
scheduler &priority – synchronization – inter-thread communication – thread control –
thread Pool – thread group – daemon thread; Files and I\O Streams: file Class – streams
– byte streams – filtered byte streams – Random Access File class – character streams.

UNIT - IV:

Applet and GUI Part I, Fundamentals – applet class – life cycle – steps for applet program
– passing values through parameters – graphics – event handling; GUI I:GUI – creating
windows – dialog boxes – layout managers – AWT component classes – Swing component
classes – applications of AWT controls.

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UNIT - V:

GUI Part II and Java Database Connectivity, Event handling – AWT components – AWT
graphics classes – Swing controls – application using Swing and AWT; Java Database
Connectivity: types of drivers – JDBC architecture – JDBC classes &interfaces – steps in
JDBC applications – creating a new Database and table with JDBC.

UNIT VI: CURRENT CONTOURS (for Continuous Internal Assessment Only):

Contemporary Developments Related to the Course during the Semester Concerned.

REFERENCES:

1. S.Sagayaraj, R.Denis, P.Karthik & D.Gajalakshmi, “Constructive Java Programming“,

Universities Press, 2021.
2. E. Balagurusamy, “Programming with JAVA”, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2019.
3. C. Muthu, “Programming with JAVA”, Vijay Nicole Imprints Private Limited,
Chennai, Second Edition, 2011.
4. Bruce Eckel, Chuck Allison, “Thinking in Java”, Prentice Hall Publications, 2006
5. Malina Pronto, "Java: How To Learn Java Programming: How To Improve Your Java
Coding In 2020/2021: 5 Programming Languages To Learn For Beginners In Tech",
Independently Published, 2020.
6. Nick Samoylov, “Learn Java 12 Programming: A Step-by-step Guide to Learning
Essential Concepts in Java”, Packt Publishing, 2019.
7. https://www.javatpoint.com/java-tutorial

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of this course the students would be able to:

 Understand the concept of OOP as well as the purpose and usage principles of
inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation and method overloading.
 Identify members of a class and to implement them
 Create Java application programs using sound OOP practices (e.g., interfaces and
APIs) and proper program structuring (e.g., by using access control identifies, and
create user define package for specific task,(reusability concepts) error exception
handling)
 Develop programs using the Java standard class library.
 Develop software using Java programming language, (using applet, AWT controls,
and JDBC).
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First Year CORE PRACTICAL II Semester II
PROGRAMMING IN JAVA LAB
Code: (Practical) Credit: 4

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To understand the basics of JAVA programs and their execution.

 To learn concepts like inheritance, packages and interfaces.
 To understand the life cycle of the applets, database connectivity and their
functionality.

1. Write a program to sort the given numbers using arrays.

2. Write a program to implement the FIND and REPLACE operations in the given
text.
3. Write a program to implement a calculator to perform basic arithmetic
Operations, doing with constructers
4. Write a program to find the student’s percentage and grade using command
line arguments.
5. Write a program to draw circle or triangle or square using polymorphism and
inheritance.
6. Implement multiple inheritance concepts in java using interface, you can
choose your own example of a company or education institution or a general
concept which requires the use of interface to solve a particular problem.
7. Write a program to create threads and perform operations like start, stop,
suspend, resume
8. Write a program to develop an applet to play multiple audio clips using
multithreading.
9. Write a program to retrieve employee data from a file
10. Write a program to retrieve student data from a Database

Course Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course the students would be able to:

1. Develop java programs to understand the OOP concepts.

2. Write java programs for classes and objects
3. Develop simple programs with multiple threads
4. Write java programs using Applets
5. Develop java programs to connect databases and files.

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