Structure & Syllabus for Semester-I

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (BCA)

Programme

Gujarat University
2023 – 2024

As per NEP 2020 CURRICULUM AND CREDIT FRAMEWORK FOR

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES, UGC
&
Resolution No. KCG/admin/2023-24/0607/kh.1
of
Education Department, Govt. of Gujarat
 STRUCTURE FOR SEMESTER - 1
GUJARAT UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Computer Applications (B.C.A.)
(as per NEP 2020)

COURSE: Bachelor of Computer Applications (B.C.A.)

MAJOR: COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
1. COGNITIVE MATHEMATICS
MINOR: 2. DATA SECURITY
3. WEB TECHNOLOGIES

SEMESTER - 1
MAJOR
CODE COURSE CREDITS
DSC-C-BCA-111T Elements of Programming and Computer Organization 4
DSC-C-BCA-112P C Programming Practical 4
MINOR
CODE COURSE CREDITS
DSC-M-BCA-113T Mathematical Foundation 2
DSC-M-BCA-113P Office Automation - Practical 2
OR
DSC-M-BCA-113T Data Encryption and Compression Techniques 2
Data Encryption and Compression Techniques-
DSC-M-BCA-113P Practical 2
OR
DSC-M-BCA-113T Introduction to Web Technologies 2
DSC-M-BCA-113P Web Designing - Practical 2
 Semester - I
BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

MINORS
1. COGNITIVE MATHEMATICS (CG)
2. DATA SECURITY (DS)
3. WEB TECHNOLOGIES (WTECH)
Course Name: Mathematical Foundation

Course Code: DSC-M-BCA-113T

Credits: 2

Course Outcomes:
The aim of this course is to enable students to
 CO1: Provide with the knowledge and skills necessary to interpret and use
basic mathematical data, symbols and terminology useful in computer
science.
 CO2: Gain the knowledge of the subject that forms the base of computer
science.

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Mathematics.

Contents:

No. Particulars Hours Credits

Unit Matrices, Determinant & Set Theory 15 Hrs 1

1. Matrices: Definition of Matrix, Types of Matrix ( Square, Row, Column, Zero,
Diagonal, Scalar, Identity, Transpose, Symmetric, Skew-symmetric), Arithmetic
operations of Matrices ( Addition, Scalar Multiplication, Matrix Multiplication),
Determinant: Introduction to Determinants with Basic properties, Invertible
matrix, Computation of Inverse using Definition, Simultaneous Solution of set
of Linear equations using Cramer’s Rule, Matrix Inversion method, Rank of
Matrix, Set Theory: Basic definition of Set Theory, Methods of representation
of Set (Property method, Listing method), Set operations (Union, Intersection,
Complement of a set, Difference of sets, Symmetric difference, Cartesian
product of sets), Properties of set operations (Commutative, Associative,
Distributive, De-Morgan’s laws), Power set and Cardinality of sets.

Unit Function, Logic & Propositional Calculus, Relations and Ordering 15 Hrs 1
2. Function: Introduction of Functions, Definition of function, Domain, Co-
domain and Range of a function, Logic & Propositional Calculus: Definition,
Statement (Proposition) & Notation, Truth Values, Connectives: Negation,
Conjunction, Disjunction, Implication (condition), Bi-implication (Bi-
conditional), Truth Tables for all Connectives, Statement Formulas (Well-
formed Formulas), Truth Tables, Tautologies, Contradiction, Relations and
Ordering: Basic concepts of binary relation, Total no. of distinct relations,
 Relation matrix and the graph of a relation, Basic properties of binary relations
in a set, Equivalence relations and equivalence classes, Covering and partition
of a set, Partial ordering and partially ordered set, Comparable elements,
Chain, Cover of an element, Hasse diagram, Least, Greatest, Maximal, Minimal
elements, Lower and upper bounds of posets.

References:
1. Business Mathematics ( Latest Edition) Publisher : S.Chand and Sons Publications By:
D.C. Sancheti & V.K Kapoor
2. J.P. Tremblay and R. Manohar McGraw- Hill Publication
3. Discrete Mathematics Publisher: Oxford University Press By Swapankumar
Chakaborty, Bikas Kanti Sarkar
4. Discrete Mathematics Publisher: Cengage Learning By D.S. Malik, M.K.Sen
5. Elementary Engineering Mathematics Publisher : Khanna publisher By : BS. Grewel
6. J. P. Tremblay and W. K. Grassman. “Logic and Discrete Mathematics”, Pearson
Education
7. Ralph P Grimaldi & B V Ramana, “Discreet and Combinatorial mathematics: An
Applied Introduction”, Pearson Education, 5th Edition (2018)

Accomplishments of the student after completing the Course:

On the completion of the course students will:
1. Understand concepts of Set Theory, Coordinate Geometry, Matrix Algebra and Calculus.
2. Solve simple application problems related to Computer Science based on these.
3. To become reasonably good at problem solving and algorithm development.
4. Students also enhance their ability to think logically and mathematically
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Course Name: Office Automation- Practical

Course Code: DSC-M-BCA-113P

Credits: 2

Course Outcomes:

At the end of the course, the student will be able

 CO1: To get acquainted with the features and basic commands of CLI.
 CO2: To use basic as well as advance features of Open Office Automation
tools.
 CO3: To appreciate the use of application software in professional field.

Prerequisites: No Prerequisites

Contents:

No. Particulars Hours Credits

Unit 1. CLI versus GUI and Writer- The Word Processor: 30 Hrs 1

Introduction to DOS and Windows: DOS: Introduction, Comparison with

GUI, Wildcard characters, Working with DOS commands: dir, md, rd, cd,
copy, type, del, ren, date, time, cls, ver, move, attrib, xcopy, batch file.
Windows: Introduction, Booting Process, Components Of Windows
Desktop, Icon, My computer, My documents, Network, Neighborhood,
Recycle bin, Start menu, Taskbar, Windows explorer, Control Panel: Date &
time, Display, Mouse, User accounts, Add & remove programs, Files and
Folders Creating Folder, Folder Operations (copying , moving and deleting),
Creating files & file operations, Creating Shortcut, System Tools: Disk
Defragmentation

Introduction to Open Text Document: Creating text documents, Working

with text: basic formatting like bold, italic, underline, change color, font,
font effects, change case etc., basic editing like select-cut-copy-paste,
paragraph formatting, number & bullet list, navigation find & replace etc.,
View and page layout: font work, print layout, page margin, add header,
footer, footnotes, endnotes, using columns etc. Advance Features:
Working with tables and graphics, Mail Merge, Other Features:
Autocorrect, Autotext, Macros, Protecting documents.
Unit 2. Impress – The Presentation and Calc – The Spreadsheet: 30 Hrs 1

Introduction to Presentation: Creating, browsing & saving Presentation,

Editing & formatting slides, Working with objects, Enhancing presentation
using multimedia: Transitions, Add sound, image, video, Preset Animation,
Rehearse Timings, Pack & go wizard, Pen, Custom Show.

Introduction to Spreadsheet: Concept of Workbook, Worksheet,

Workspace, Types of data, Formatting Workbook, Conditional formatting,
Sorting Data, Advance Features: Data validation, Data filter (Auto &
Advance), Charts, What if analysis: Goal seek, Scenario, Protecting
Worksheet, Types of error, Functions and Formula: Mathematical: round,
ceiling, floor, fact, subtotal, sum , sumif, Logical: AND, OR, NOT, if,
Statistical: min, max, avg, count, Text: concatenate, exact, find, left, right,
len, lower, upper, trim, Lookup: Hlookup, Vlookup, Date and Time: date,
day, days360, hour, minute, now, second, time, today, year

References:
1. Working with Personal Computer Software (Second Edition 2010) Publisher: Wiley India,
New Delhi By R.P.Soni, Harshal Arolkar , Sonal Jain
2. Openoffice.org for dummies Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc. By Gurdy Leete, Ellen
Finkelstein, and Mary Leete

Accomplishments of the student after completing the Course:

After completion of this course Student would be able to
 To gain basic knowledge of CLI.
 To develop skills for effective use of the Open Office tools by preparing and applying
various features in documentation, spreadsheet and presentation.
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Course Name: Data Encryption and Compression Techniques

Course Code: DSC-M-BCA-113T

Credits: 2

Course Outcomes:
The aim of this course is to enable students to
 CO1: Cover the concept of security, types of attack experienced
 CO2: Use encryption and authentication to deal with attacks,
 CO2: Understand what is data compression, need and techniques of data
compression.

Prerequisites:
Linear Algebra

Contents:

No. Particulars Hours Credits

Unit 1. Introduction to Security and Encryption Techniques 15 Hrs 1

Introduction to Security: Need for security, Security approaches, Principles

of security, Types of attacks, Encryption Techniques: Plaintext, Cipher text,
Substitution & Transposition techniques, Encryption & Decryption, Types of
attacks, Key range & Size, Symmetric & Asymmetric Key Cryptography:
Algorithm types & Modes, DES, IDEA, Differential & Linear Cryptanalysis,
RSA, Symmetric & Asymmetric key together, Digital signature, Knapsack
algorithm.

Unit 2. Introduction to Data Compression: 15 Hrs 1

Introduction: Need for data compression, Fundamental concept of data

compression & coding, Communication model, Compression ratio,
Requirements of data compression, Classification. Methods of Data
Compression: Data compression-- Loss less &Lossy, Recent trends in
encryption and data compression techniques
References:
1. Cryptography and Network Security, Mohammad Amjad, John Wiley & Sons.
2. Cryptography & Network Security by Atul Kahate, TMH.
3. Information Theory and Coding, Muralidhar Kulkarni, K S Shivaprakasha, John Wiley & Sons.
4. Cryptography and Network Security by B. Forouzan, McGraw-Hill.
5. The Data Compression Book by Nelson, BPB.

Accomplishments of the student after completing the Course:

After completion of this course Student would be able to
 At the end of this course the student will have the knowledge of how data encryption
and data compression techniques work in cryptography and cyber security.
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Course Name: Data Encryption and Compression Techniques- Practical

Course Code: DSC-M-BCA-113P

Credits: 2

Course Outcomes:
The aim of this course is to enable students to
 CO1: Practically implement the concept of security,
 CO2: Apply encryption and authentication to deal with attacks
 CO3: Apply techniques of data compression.

Prerequisites:
 Cryptography
 Basic Knowledge of Programming

Contents:

No. Particulars Hours Credits

Unit 1. Encryption Techniques: 30 Hrs 1

1. Write a C program to encrypt string using Caesar cipher
encryption.
2. Write a C program to decrypt string using Caesar cipher
decryption.
3. Write a C program to encrypt string using RSA encryption.
4. Write a C program to decrypt string using RSA decryption.
5. Write a C program Encrypt & Decrypt Message using Substitution
Cipher.
6. Write a C program Encrypt & Decrypt Message using PlayFair
(Monarchy) Cipher.
7. Write a C program Encrypt & Decrypt Message using Transposition
Cipher.
8. Write a C Program to Encrypt & Decrypt Files.
9. Write a C program Encrypt & Decrypt Message using Vernam
Cipher.
10. Write a C Program to implement Huffman algorithm.
Unit 2. Data Compression techniques: 30 Hrs 1
1. Write a C Program to compress file.
2. Write a C Program to decompress file.
3. Write a C Program to compress text using Huffman algorithm.
4. Write a C Program to decompress text using Huffman algorithm

References:
1. Cryptography and Network Security, Mohammad Amjad, John Wiley & Sons.
2. Cryptography & Network Security by Atul Kahate, TMH.
3. Information Theory and Coding, Muralidhar Kulkarni, K S Shivaprakasha, John Wiley & Sons.
4. Cryptography and Network Security by B. Forouzan, McGraw-Hill.
5. The Data Compression Book by Nelson, BPB.

Other web references:

https://scanftree.com/programs/c/
http://www.trytoprogram.com/c-examples/c-program-to-encrypt-and-decrypt-string/
https://codescracker.com/c/program/c-program-encrypt-file.htm

Accomplishments of the student after completing the Course:

After completion of this course Student would be able to
 At the end of this course the student will have the knowledge of how data encryption
and data compression techniques work in cryptography and cyber security.
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Course Name: Introduction to Web Technologies

Course Code: DSC-M-BCA-113T

Credits: 2

Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the student will be able
● CO1: To develop the skills in the basic and important terminology of HTML.
● CO2: To learn the basic differences between HTML and HTML5.
● CO3: To gain knowledge of basic and advanced HTML tags with features like frames,
multimedia, images, and forms.
● CO4: To become familiar with web site creation and design fundamentals using HTML
scripting and CSS.

Prerequisites:
Nil

Contents:

No. Particulars Hours Credits

Unit 1. Getting Started with HTML 5, Working with Text, Hyperlink, List, 15 Hrs 1
Tables, Frames and Images
Introduction to HTML5: New structure, New form elements and
attributes, Browser support, Basic structure of HTML document,
Modifying the background of an HTML webpage: Adding background
color, Adding background Image, Specifying metadata about an HTML
Web Page, Introduction to New Elements in HTML5: The Markup
elements, Working with Text: Adding a plain text to an HTML webpage,
Adding text in new line, Creating headings on webpage, Creating a
paragraph, Creating a horizontal rule, Creating a subscript and
superscript, Aligning the text, Formatting the text, Grouping the text,
Indenting quotations, Working with character entities, Commenting the
text, Working with Hyperlink: Creating hyperlinks, Setting hyperlink
color, Linking Different sections of page, Working with Lists: Creating an
Unordered list, Creating an Ordered list, Creating an Definition list,
Nested lists, Working with Tables: Creating a Table, Specifying a caption
to a table, Adding a table heading, Setting the table border, Aligning a
table and cell content, Changing the background color of a table, Setting
a cell padding and cell spacing, Nesting tables, Working with Frames:
Creating a frame, Defining new element-specific attributes, Specifying
 width and height of a frame, Applying hyperlink target to a frame,
Working with Images: Inserting an image on web page, Display
alternate text for an image, Adding border to an image, Align an image,
Using image as links, Creating image maps.

Unit 2. Working with Multimedia, Forms and Controls, CSS (Cascading Style 15 Hrs 1
Sheet)
Working with Multimedia: Embedding multimedia on web page,
Creating a link to a multimedia file, Using the <object> tag insert
objects, Working with Forms: Creating an HTML Form, Specifying the
action URL and the method to send form, Adding Controls to an HTML
Form : Using the<input> tag with all attributes, Adding Text Area using
<textarea>, Adding selection control, Understanding new form
elements: The <datalist> element, The <keygen> element, The <output>
element, Grouping the controls of HTML Forms, Specifying a Label for
control, CSS Introduction: Understanding the concepts of CSS,
Advantages and disadvantages, CSS syntax : Grouping selectors and
rulers, Using the class selectors, Using the ID selectors, Comparing ID
and classes selectors, Using CSS comments, Types of Style sheets:
External, Internal, Inline, CSS properties and text attributes: Color,
Alignment, Decoration, Transformation, Indent, Letter spacing and
word spacing, White space, Line-height, Direction, Unicode-bidi, CSS
Padding: Using padding properties, Setting padding for all sides, Setting
padding for each side, List properties: Setting list-style-image, list-style-
position, list-style-type, list-style, CSS positioning: relative, absolute,
fixed and Z-index, CSS properties and table attributes.

References:

1. Kogent Learning Solutions Inc., “HTML 5 in SIMPLE STEPS”, DREAMTECH PRESS

2. Deven N. Shah, Kogent Learning Solutions Inc., “A Complete Guide to Internet and
Web Programming”, DREAMTECH PRESS
3. C Xavier, “World wide web Design with HTML”, 1st Edition, Tata McGraw Hill
4. Julie C. Meloni, Jennifer Kyrnin, “Sams Teach Yourself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
All in One”, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education
5. Thomas A Powell, “The Complete Reference HTML and CSS”, 5th Edition, Thomas A
Powell
6. Jason Cranford Teaue, “DHTML and CSS Advanced”, 1st Edition, Pearson Education
E-Resources:

1. https://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_intro.asp
2. https://www.w3schools.com/css/
3. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/css/index.htm

Accomplishments of the student after completing the Course:

After completion of this course, students will be able to

● Design web pages using simple and advanced tags in HTML5.

● Change the overall look and style of a website by making some changes in the CSS
code.
● Once students have knowledge of the basics of CSS and HTML, other associated
technologies like Angular, PHP, and JavaScript become easier to understand.

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 Course Name: Web Designing - Practical

Course Code: DSC-M-BCA-113P

Credit : 2

Course Outcomes:
The aim of this course is to enable students to
 CO1: To develop the skill about the basic and important terminology of HTML.
 CO2:Students will also able to gain knowledge of basic and advanced HTML
tags with HTML features like frame, multimedia, Images and forms.
 CO3:To make the students able for web site design fundamentals using HTML scripting.
 CO4: Learn the basic differences between HTML and HTML5.
 CO5: To make familiar with web page creation tool like CSS.

Prerequisites:
Nil

No. Particulars Hours Credits

Unit 1. Working with Basic elements of HTML 5, Texts, 30 Hrs 1

Hyperlink, Tables, Lists, Frames and Images
1. Develop an HTML document by using all markup elements.
2. Develop an HTML document for a web page of your
favourite place.
3. Design the page with an attractive background Music, text
colour and background image.
4. Develop an HTML document for a web page of any subject
introduction.
5. Design The page with an attractive colour combination, with
suitable headings and horizontal rules.
6. Demonstrate use of all text formatting tags
(Eg.font,sup,sub,I,b,u etc..)
7. Make 3 attractive webpages and provide link between them,
Demonstrate use of link in different sections of page.(use
of internal link)
8. Show Use of special character in html.
9. Create Following tables (Use all properties of table)
10. Demonstrate use of <ol> tag.
Example of Ordered List
i. FYBCA
ii. SYBCA
iii. TYBCA
C. FYBBA
D. SYBBA
E. TYBBA

11. Demonstrate use of <ul> tag

Example of Unordered List
o Item 1
o Item 2
o Item 3

 Item 1
 Item 2
 Item 3

 Item 1
 Item 2
 Item 3

12. Demonstrate use of nested list.

 13. Demonstrate use of Definition list.

14. Show use of iframe including hyperlink and target (there

should be minimum 4 pages)
15. insert image in an HTML Document
(provide alternatetext for an image,
border to an image, Align an image and link on page)
16. Develop an HTML document to display image and also show
image maps.
17. Develop an HTML document for
creating a link to a multimediafile.

Unit 2 Working with Multimedia, Forms& Controls and CSS. 30 Hrs 1

1. Demonstrate use of <object> tag and insert video audio
and image in html document.
2. Develop an HTML document for Registration form with
validation.

3. Develop an HTML document for Login page and provide

link to next page
4. Example of <input> with its all values and attributes,
Example of <output> element
5. Example of <datalist>Element.

6. Example of <keygen> element

7. Example of Specifying Label for a control.
8. Example of Internal Style Sheet. (using id selector)
9. ExampleofInline Style Sheet
10. Example of External Style Sheet.(using class selector)
11. Develop your academic time table in HTML using <table>
 Tag and use class to change the Background of different
allows of your time table
12. Demonstrate use of
text attributes(Color, Alignment, Decoration, Transformat
ion,
Indent, Letter spacing and word spacing, White space, Lin
e‐ height, Direction)
13. Demonstrate use of Border & List attributes.
(Setting list, style, image, list style, position, list, style,
type, list, style)
14. Create HOME page of your college using CSS
15. Create Feedback form using table and provide CSS to
webpage as well as on table
16. Insert image in webpage and provide CSS on image.

References:
1. Book : HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites : Jon Duckett.
2. HTML & CSS: The Complete Reference, Fifth Edition (Complete Reference Series) :
Thomas A. Powell
3. https://www.w3schools.com
4. https://www.javatpoint.com/html-tutorial

Accomplishments of the student after completing the Course:

After completion of this course, students will be able to
 Students can design proper Layout and Structure
 Students can be Proficient in HTMl
 Students have Understanding of Web Standards