Course Contents
Unit I: Understanding the Computing Devices : 6 hours
Computer Arithmetic, Computer System (Central Processing Unit, memory and storage systems) Applications of computer, current trends in computing, I/O devices, Network Types, Topologies and Applications.
Unit II: Computer Software and Operating System : 8 hours
Introduction, types of computer software, system management software, History of operating system, Functions of operating systems, process management, file management, memory management and security management.
Unit III: Programming Language : 2 hours
Introduction, Generation of programming language, Flowchart and Algorithms.
Unit IV: Word Processor : 6 hours
Learn to use help, Opening, creating, editing documents in different formats. Password protection, Customization of MS Word to user's requirements, Checking spelling, thesaurus and grammar, Editing, formatting and changing appearance of the page and merging documents, Importing graphics and creating drawing objects, Creating tables, Embedding and linking, Creating a hyperlink, Customizing document (e.g. bullet and numbering, header and footer, printing area, putting a picture, track change, insert table of content, index, table of authorities and other techniques), Familiarization with Macro and Mail merge.
Unit V: Spreadsheet : 12 hours
Working with workbooks and worksheet, Entering data and selecting cells, editing work-sheet data, Creating formula and using functions(Spreadsheet Formulas, IF Functions, Date and Time Functions, Lookup Functions and Formulas, Math and Trig Functions, Random and Rounding Number Functions, Logical Functions, Text and Information Functions, Count and Database Functions, Statistical Functions, Financial Function), Sheet and workbook linking, cell referencing, working with charts, creating drawing and working with pictures, validating cell entries, sorting and conditional formatting, Making decision using Excel, Pivot tables; Graphs.
Unit VI Presentation : 4 hours
Fundamentals of presentation, Creating presentation slides using Microsoft power point, Different techniques of presenting slides, Arranging and sorting slides, Animation and other effects.
Unit VII: Database : 6 hours
Introduction to Data processing, File Processing, Database, Entity Relationship (E-R) diagram (Symbols), Database Management system and Relation Database Management system.
Unit VIII: Internet and World Wide Web : 3 hours
Introduction, Internet Applications, Understanding World Wide Web, web browsers, using a search engine, email service, Protocols used for the Internet.
Unit IX: Project Work : 1 hour
The project work is kept in BBA program to give an opportunity to apply quality software solution. During the development of the project students should involve in all the stages of the project development life cycle (PDLC) and presentation.
