Detailed Course Plan

Course Title: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - I

Course Code: MSA208 Programme Name: MSc (Actuarial Science)
Classroom Teaching Hours: 24 Credit Units: 03
Tutorials : 24 Self Study Hours: 40
Faculty In charge: Dr. Kamal Gulati


Course Objective:
The actuarial students get an exposure to VBA programming and advanced RDBMS concepts and also office automation tools for making reports & charts,
writing business letters, using email, etc. as essential for working in industry.

Course Contents:

Module 1: Introduction to computers: Computer Software / Hardware, Application Software Horizontal & Vertical App S/w., System Software OS,
Levels of Programming Languages, Generation of Programming Languages, Types of Programming Languages, Example of Programming Languages, Front
End / Back End,.Types of Databases

Module 2: MS Office: MS Office Comparison for Different Version of MS Office 1995, 1997, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 & Office 365 CLOUD
COMPUTING.

Module 3: DBMS: DBMS, RDBMS, TYPES of DBMS, Advantages, Disadvantages, Examples.

Module 4: Excel Basic & Advanced: Basis of Excel, Extension in EXCEL xls, xlsx, xlsm, xlst, xlam, xla, ASCII (American Standard Code for Information
Interchange) Code Decimal Numbers (0-225), Binary to Decimal & Decimal to Binary, Excel Function, Date Functions: Date, Time, Now, Datevalue, Today,
Datedif, Day, Month, Year, Days360, Second, Minute, Hour, logical functions: if, and, not, or. - information functions: countblank. - mathematical &
trigonometrical function: abs, fact, sqrt, sum, tan, sin, cos, power, sumif, countif, rand, floor, round, rounddown, roundup, roman.- statistical function: count,
counta, average, max, min, mode, median, frequency, permut, forecast, correl, large, permut, rank, small, stdev - text function: concatenate, find, left, right, len,
upper, lower, proper, char, clean, code, dollar, exact, fixed, mid. fixed, rept, substitute, replace, text, trim, t, value - information functions: error.type, info,
isblank, isnontext, iserr, iserror, cell, isnumber, isodd, isref, istext, n, na - lookup functions: lookup, hlookup, vlookup, index, match, transpose - other functions:
pmt, goalseek, scenarios, pivot table, conditional formatting, sorting, filter, freeze panes, charts - database functions: dsum, daverage, dcount, dcounta, dmin,
dmax.

Module 5: Excel Macros:
MACRO.
- Recording Macro
- Understanding VB Editor
- Creating Macro by GUI
- Creating Macro by VBA
- Assigning Macro to Toolbar

Recording Macros And Buttons
- Absolute and relative recording
- Where macros can be stored
- Assigning macros to buttons

Examination Scheme:
Components P CT HA A EE
Weightage (%) 10 10 5 5 70

Text & References:

Text:
Visual Basic 6 By Noel Jerke Tata McGraw-Hill Publication
Excel VBA Macro Programming By Richard Shepherd, McGraw-Hill Professional
Absolute Beginner's Guide to VBA by Paul McFedries, Que Publishing

References:
Peter Nortons, Introduction to Computers,Tata McGraw-Hill
Rajaraman V., An Introduction To Computers, Prentice Hall f India.
Leon A-Computers Today
Leon A-Fundamentals of Information Technology
Leon A-IBM Framework Handbook
Leon A-Internet for Everyone
Leon A-Internet in a Nutshell

Date:


Faculty Signature: (Head of Institution/ Department)

Session Plan / Status

Program : MSc (Actuarial Science) Batch / Semester : 2
Course Title : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY I Course Code : MSA208
Faculty In charge : Dr. Kamal Gulati Total Strength : 15
Session Start Date : 9
th
Dec 2013 Session End Date : 31
st
March 2014
Faculty In charge :Dr. Kamal Gulati HOD : Mr. Manish Srivastava

Sessi
on
No.
Topics To be Covered Faculty Date of
Session
held
Topics Covered Amizone
Status
Slides/Assig.
uploaded
Remaining Topics
(if any) / Remarks
1 Computer Software / Hardware Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
10/12/13 Computer Software /
Hardware

2 Application Software Horizontal &
Vertical App S/w.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
13/12/13 Application Software
Horizontal & Vertical
App S/w.

3 System Software OS, Levels of
Programming Languages, Generation
of Programming Languages.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
16/12/13 System Software OS,
Levels of Programming
Languages, Generation of
Programming
Languages.

4 Types of Programming Languages,
Example of Programming
Languages, Front End / Back End,
Types of Databases.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
17/12/13 Types of Programming
Languages, Example of
Programming
Languages, Front End /
Back End, Types of
Databases.

5 MS Office Comparison for Different
Version of MS Office 1995, 1997, 2000,
XP, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 & Office
365 CLOUD COMPUTING.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
23/12/13 MS Office Comparison
for Different Version of
MS Office 1995, 1997,
2000, XP, 2003, 2007,
2010, 2013 & Office 365
CLOUD COMPUTING.

6 DBMS, RDBMS, TYPES of DBMS,
Advantages, Disadvantages, Examples
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
24/12/13 DBMS, RDBMS, TYPES
of DBMS, Advantages,
Disadvantages, Examples

7 Basis of Excel, Extension in EXCEL
xls, xlsx, xlsm, xlst, xlam, xla.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
03/01/14 Basis of Excel,
Extensio
n in EXCEL xls, xlsx,
xlsm, xlst, xlam, xla.

8 ASCII (American Standard Code for
Information Interchange) Code
Decimal Numbers (0-225), Binary to
Decimal & Decimal to Binary
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
06/01/14 ASCII (American
Standard Code for
Information Interchange)
Code Decimal Numbers
(0-225), Binary
to Decimal & Decimal to
Binary

9 Excel Function, DATE FUNCTIONS:
DATE, TIME, NOW.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
07/01/14 Excel Function, DATE
FUNCTIONS: DATE,
TIME, NOW.

10 DATEVALUE, TODAY, DATEDIF,
DAY, MONTH, YEAR, DAYS360,
SECOND, MINUTE, HOUR.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
07/01/14 DATEVALUE, TODAY,
DATEDIF, DAY,
MONTH, YEAR,
DAYS360, SECOND,
MINUTE, HOUR.

11 LOGICAL FUNCTIONS: IF, AND,
NOT, OR.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
10/01/14 LOGICAL
FUNCTIONS: IF, AND,
NOT, OR.

12 INFORMATION FUNCTIONS:
COUNTBLANK.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
21/01/14 INFORMATION
FUNCTIONS:
COUNTBLANK.

13 MATHEMATICAL &
TRIGONOMETRICAL Function:
ABS, FACT
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
27/01/14 MATHEMATICAL &
TRIGONOMETRICAL
Function: ABS, FACT

14 SQRT, SUM, TAN, SIN, COS,
POWER
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
28/01/14 SQRT, SUM, TAN, SIN,
COS, POWER

15 SUMIF, COUNTIF, RAND, FLOOR,
ROUND, ROUNDDOWN
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
30/01/14 SUMIF, COUNTIF,
RAND, FLOOR,
ROUND, ROUNDDOWN

16 ROUNDUP, ROMAN Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
03/02/14 ROUNDUP, ROMAN
17 STATISTICAL Function: COUNT, Dr. 04/02/14 STATISTICAL
COUNTA, AVERAGE Kamal
Gulati
Function: COUNT,
COUNTA, AVERAGE
18 MAX, MIN, MODE, MEDIAN,
FREQUENCY, PERMUT
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati
10/02/14 MAX, MIN, MODE,
MEDIAN,
FREQUENCY,
PERMUT

19 FORECAST, CORREL, LARGE,
PERMUT, RANK, SMALL, STDEV
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati

20 TEXT Function: CONCATENATE,
FIND, LEFT
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati

21 RIGHT, LEN, UPPER, LOWER,
PROPER, CHAR
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati

22 CLEAN, CODE, DOLLAR, EXACT,
FIXED, MID.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati

23 FIXED, REPT, SUBSTITUTE,
REPLACE, TEXT
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati

24 TRIM, T, VALUE. Dr.
Kamal
Gulati

25 INFORMATION FUNCTIONS:
ERROR.TYPE, INFO, ISBLANK,
ISNONTEXT
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati

26 ISERR, ISERROR, CELL Dr.
Kamal
Gulati

27 ISNUMBER, ISODD, ISREF,
ISTEXT, N, NA.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati

28 LOOKUP FUNCTIONS: LOOKUP,
HLOOKUP, VLOOKUP, INDEX,
MATCH, TRANSPOSE.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati

29 OTHER FUNCTIONS: PMT,
GOALSEEK, SCENARIOS, PIVOT
Dr.
Kamal

TABLE, CONDITIONAL
FORMATTING
Gulati
30 SORTING, FILTER, FREEZE
PANES, CHARTS
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati

31 DATABASE FUNCTIONS: DSUM,
DAVERAGE, DCOUNT, DCOUNTA,
DMIN, DMAX.
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati

32 Excel Macros


MACRO.

- Recording Macro
- Understanding VB
Editor
- Creating Macro by
GUI
- Creating Macro by
VBA
- Assigning Macro to
Toolbar

Recording macros and buttons

Absolute and relative recording
Where macros can be stored
Assigning macros to buttons
Dr.
Kamal
Gulati


Monthly Review-Even Semester

Program : MSc (Actuarial Science) Batch / Semester : 2
Course Title : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - I
Course Code : MSA208
Faculty In charge : Dr. Kamal Gulati Total Strength : 15
Session Start Date : 9
th
Dec 2013 Session End Date : 31
st
March 2014
Faculty In charge : Dr. Kamal Gulati HOD : Mr. Manish Srivastava

Month No of
working
days
No of
sessions/Tu
torials/Lab
scheduled
No of
sessions
held
No of
Tutorial
/ Lab
held
Average
attendance
% of
syllabus
planned
% of
syllabus
covered
Remarks HOD
Signature
with date
Dec 11 6 4 2 88% 15% 15%
Jan 21 10 7 3 90% 40% 45%
Feb 22 3 2 1 75%
March 100%
April
Total/Avg.

Evaluation
Code (Internal
assessment)
Evaluation Component Weightage
planned
Date/Week
Planned
Date Held Internal
assessment result/
Date
HOD
Signature

P Practical 10 13-2-2014

CT Class Test 10 28-2-2014

HA Home Assignment 5 31-3-2014


Suggestions for improvement by the faculty :




Remarks of the
HOI: