design : classification, user interface; standards; control and validation checks; user interface guidelines

modular and structured design; System implementation & maintenance; Project management techniques;
use of an available tool to implement a case study.

SEMESTER IV

BCA 4.1 Software Engineering , testing and Quality Assurance

Introduction to S/W engineering; software product and process: Generic Phases, software development
models; Project Scheduling and Tracking; Software architecture and design: prominent design
methodologies; Verification, validation and performance evaluation;; SW Configuration Management and
maintenance; SW measurement-Size, Process and Project Metrics; LOC , FP metrics; Testing and the
related concepts : Testability and features of Test Cases; Software Testing techniques: WBT,BBT, Software
Testing Strategies: Approach, Issues; integration, System, alpha , Beta testing etc; Quality Factors,
framework , Quality assurance: concepts, Activities ect. . SW Reliability, SQA Plan, Quality models: ISO
9000 and SEI-CMM and their relevance. Functions of CASE tools and their use with practical examples of
special CASE tools, such as Turbo Analyst.

BCA 4.2 Introduction to DBMS and Oracle

Concept of Database and its evaluation, Data abstraction and data integration; the three level architecture
of a DBMS, components of a DBMS; Data models and their implementations : relational. Network,
Hierarchical; Relational data manipulations : relational algebra, relational calculus, SQL; Relational
database design: functional dependencies, finding keys, 1st to 3rd Normal Forms, BCNF, lossless join and
Dependency preserving decomposition, computing closures of set FD's, finding keys. Introduction to Oracle
– Data types, SQL *PLUS, PL/SQL: Function, Procedure, Cursor, Exceptions, Triggers etc.

BCA 4.3: Management Information System

Introduction to the concept of Decision Support system: Component of DSS :Dialogue management; data
management and Model management for DSS ;example of different types of DSS ;system Analysis &
Design for DSS ;Model in the context of DSS ;Algorithm & Heuristics; DSS application in different functions
;Design for interfaces in DSS, An overview of DSS generators, Group discussion in Support system ( GDSS)
. And decision conferencing. Introduction of Expert System . Expert system in management; case study on
expert system. introduction to GIS ;MIS based on GIS; case studies ;Executive Information system( EIS).

BCA 4.4: Introduction to Unix and Windows NT

Introduction to UNIX, UNIX files and directories Commonly used commands in UNIX pipes and processes
editor, basic shell programming awk utility UNIX file system. WIN NT: The windows NT environment
installing window NT file system disk partitions and fault tolerance setting up and administering user and
group accounts, securing resources running applications configuring the windows NT environment,
Windows NT services, printing from Windows NT, trouble shooting Windows NT.

BCA 4.5 Data Communication & Computers Networks

Data Communication System: Purpose, Components : Source, transmitter, transmission System, receiver,
and destination. Data transmission: Frequency, Spectrum and Bandwidth. Time-domain and frequency
dominion Concepts. Relationship between data-rate and Bandwidth. Analog and digital data transmission.
Data and signal. Analog and digital Signaling of analog and digital data. Modem, Modulation techniques,
CODEC, Digital Transmitter etc. Transmission impairments : Attenuation and attenuation distortion, delay
distortion, noise. Introduction to Network, OSI reference model, TCP/IP reference model. Transmission
Media: Magnetic Media, Twisted-Pair cables, Baseband & Broadband Coaxial cables, Fiber Optics.

Wireless Transmission: Radio Transmission, Microwave Transmission.ISDN; ATM; Data Link Layer: Services,
Framing, Error Control, Error-detecting & Correcting Codes.Data Link Protocols: Stop-and-Wait Protocol,
Sliding Window Protocol.HDLC; Static & Dynamic Channel allocation in LANs & MANs.Multiple Access
Protocols: ALOHA, CSMA/CD; IEEE standards 802.3 and Ethernet, 802.4: Token Bus; 802.5: TokenRing.
Bridges, Routers, Gateways, Routing Algos, Congestion control Algos, Internetworking, The TCP/IP
Protocol, IP Addressing, Subnets.

References :

Computer Networks By Tanenbaum