Master of Computer Application (MCA) - Syllabus- Regulation 2009- present

Master of Computer Application (MCA) - 3 Years (Curriculum 2009) 

Semester - I Course Code Course Title Marks Theory DMC 1911 Computer Organization 100 DMC 1912 Problem Solving Programming 100 DMC 1913 Database Management System 100 DMC 1914 Data Structure 100 DMC 1915 Accounting and Financial Management 100 Practical DMC 1916 Programming and Data Structure Lab 100 DMC1917 Database Management System Lab 100 Semester - II Course Code Course Title Marks Theory DMC 1921 Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 100 DMC 1922 Object Oriented Programming 100 DMC 1923 Software Engineering 100 DMC 1924 System Software 100 DMC 1925 Operating System 100 DBA 1605 Communication Skills 100 Practical DMC 1926 Object Oriented Programming Lab 100 DMC 1927 System Software Lab 100 Semester - III Course Code Course Title Marks Theory DMC 1931 Computer Networks 100 DMC 1932 Microprocessors and its Applications 100 DMC 1933 Design and Analysis of Algorithms 100 DMC 1934 Computer Graphics and Multimedia Systems 100 DMC 1935 Web Programming 100 E1 Elective I 100 Practical DMC 1936 Web Programming Lab 100 DMC 1937 Graphics and Multimedia Lab 100 Semester - IV Course Code Course Title Marks Theory DMC 1941 Unix and Network Programming 100 DMC 1942 Resource Management Techniques 100 DMC 1943 Object Oriented Analysis and Design 100 DMC 1944 Visual Programming 100 DMC 1945 Middleware Technologies 100 E2 Elective II 100 Practical DMC 1946 Network Programming Lab 100 DMC 1947 Visual Programming Lab 100 Semester - V Course Code Course Title Marks Theory DMC 1951 XML and Web Services 100 DMC 1952 Software Project Management 100 E3 Elective III 100 E4 Elective IV 100 E5 Elective V 100 Practical DMC 1953 XML and Web Services Lab 100 DMC 1954 Software Development Lab 100 Semester - VI Course Code Course Title Marks Practical DMC 1961 Project Work 400 List of Electives  M.C.A (MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS) Course Code Course Title Marks III Semester M C A – Elective I DMC 1971 Advanced Databases 100 DMC 1972 TCP/IP Protocol Suite 100 DMC 1973 Management Information System 100 IV Semester M C A – Elective II DMC 1974 Mobile Computing 100 DMC 1975 Software Agents 100 DMC 1976 Human Resource Management 100 V Semester M C A – Elective III DMC 1977 Information Security 100 DMC 1978 Introduction to E-Learning 100 DMC 1979 Health Care Information System 100 V Semester M C A – Elective IV DMC 1980 Electronic Commerce 100 DMC 1981 Instructional Design for E-Learning 100 DMC 1982 Knowledge Management 100 V Semester M C A – Elective V DMC 1983 Web Graphics 100 DMC 1984 E-Learning Technology 100 DMC 1985 Data Warehousing and Data Mining 100

  Page 1 of 47    DISTANCE EDUCATION  ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI  : : CHENNAI 600 025  REGULATIONS -  2009  CURRICULUM AND SYLLABI FOR I SEMESTER   MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATION (MCA) 

SEMESTER I  CODE NO.  COURSE TITLE  M  THEORY  DMC1911  Computer Organization  100  DMC1912  Problem Solving Programming 100  DMC1913  Database Management System                         100  DMC1914  Data Structure 100  DMC1915  Accounting and Financial Management 100  PRACTICAL DMC1916  Programming and Data Structure Lab 100  DMC1917  Database Management System Lab 100                                                          TOTAL 700 
SEMESTER II   Code No. Course Title                 Marks                  Theory  DMC 1921 Mathematical  Foundations of Computer Science              100 DMC 1922 Object Oriented Programming                                            100  DMC 1923 Software Engineering                                                         100   DMC 1924 System Software                                                                100  DMC 1925 Operating System                                                               100  DBA 1605 Communication Skills                                                         100    Practical  DMC1926 Object Oriented Programming  Lab                                    100  DMC1927 System Software Lab                                                          100 

SEMESTER III   Code No. Course Title       Marks    Theory  DMC1931 Computer Networks                  100 DMC1932 Microprocessors and its Applications       100  DMC1933 Design and Analysis of Algorithms       100  DMC1934 Computer Graphics and Multimedia Systems     100  DMC1935 Web Programming         100       Elective I               Practical  DMC1936 Web Programming Lab                                                         100  DMC1937 Graphics and Multimedia Lab                                               100   Page 2 of 47   
SEMESTER IV  Code No. Course Title       Marks                 Theory  DMC1941 Unix and Network Programming            100 DMC1942 Resource Management Techniques     100  DMC1943 Object Oriented Analysis and Design     100  DMC1944 Visual Programming       100   DMC1945 Middleware Technologies       100                                          Elective II         100    Practical    DMC1946 Network Programming Lab       100                 DMC1947 Visual Programming  Lab              100
SEMESTER V   Code No. Course Title       Marks   Theory  DMC1951 XML and Web Services                100 DMC1952 Software Project Management      100      Elective III         100      Elective IV         100       Elective V                                                                            100    Practical  DMC1953 XML and Web Services Lab      100  DMC1954 Software Development Lab      100  

SEMESTER VI   Code No. Course Title       Marks   DMC1961 Project Work         400   Page 3 of 47   

LIST OF ELECTIVES  M.C.A (MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS)  III Semester M C A – Elective I  S. No.  Code No.            Course Title      Marks  1.   DMC 1971       Advanced Databases                   100                                    2.   DMC 1972       TCP/IP Protocol Suite       100                                    3.   DMC 1973       Management Information System                                        100   IV Semester M C A – Elective II S. No.  Code No.            Course Title      Marks  1.    DMC 1974         Mobile Computing                 100                                  2.    DMC 1975         Software Agents                 100                                  3.    DMC 1976         Human Resource Management                                           100                                                                                                                        V Semester M C A – Elective III  S. No.  Code No.            Course Title      Marks  1.   DMC 1977      Information Security                                                    100                                        2.     DMC1978       Introduction to E-Learning                                                      100                                 3.   DMC 1979      Health Care Information System                                             100                       V Semester M C A – Elective IV S. No.  Code No.            Course Title      Marks  1.   DMC 1980      Electronic Commerce            100                                  2.   DMC 1981      Instructional Design for E-Learning                                        100                                        3.   DMC 1982      Knowledge  Management                                                       100    V Semester M C A – Elective V S. No.  Code No.            Course Title      Marks  1.   DMC 1983       Web Graphics              100                               2.   DMC 1984       E-Learning Technology                  100                                  3.   DMC 1985       Data Warehousing and Data Mining       100                                Page 4 of 47    ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI   MCA (DISTANCE MODE) REGULATIONS – 2009   SYLLABUS I TO VI SEMESTERS  SEMESTER – I  DMC1911  COMPUTER ORGANIZATION   UNIT I   INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL DESIGN                 Data Representation – Data Types – Complements – Arithmetic Operations –  Representations – Fixed –Point, Floating – Point , Decimal Fixed – Point – Binary  Codes-  Logic Gates, Boolean Algebra, Map Simplification – Combinational Circuits:  Half-Adder, Full Adder- Flip Flops - Sequential Circuits  UNIT II  DIGITAL COMPONENTS - REGISTER TRANSFER & MICRO                          OPERATIONS    ICs – Decoders – Multiplexers – Registers – Shift Registers – Binary Counters –  Memory Unit – Register Transfer Language – Register Transfer – Bus And Memory  Transfers – Arithmetic, Logic And Shift Micro Operations, Arithmetic Logic Shift Unit.  UNIT III  COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAMMING                         Instruction Codes – Computer Registers – Computer Instructions – Timing And Control –  Instruction Cycle – Memory Reference Instructions – I/O And Interrupt – Machine  Language – Assembly Language – Assembler - Program Loops – Programming  Arithmetic And Logic Operations – Subroutines – I/O Programming.  UNIT IV  INPUT – OUTPUT ORGANIZATION                 Peripheral Devices – Input-Output Interface – Asynchronous Data Transfer – Modes Of  Transfer – Priority Interrupt – DMA – IOP – Serial Communication.  UNIT V MEMORY ORGANIZATION AND CPU       Memory Hierarchy – Main Memory – Auxiliary Memory – Associative Memory – Cache  Memory – Virtual Memory – Memory Management Hardware – CPU: General Register  Organization – Control Word – Stack Organization – Instruction Format – Addressing  Modes – Data Transfer And Manipulation – Program Control.        TEXTBOOK  1. M.Morris Mano,”Computer System Architecture”,Prentice Hall of India, 2001.  REFERNCES  1. John .p.Hayes,”Computer Architecture and Organization”, Tata McGraw  Hill,  1996.  2. V.C.Hamatcher,et al “Computer Organization”, Tata Mcgraw Hill,1996   Page 5 of 47    DMC1912    PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING  UNIT I   INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROBLEM SOLVING   Introduction – The Problem Solving aspect – Top down Design – Implementation of  Algorithms – Program Verification – Efficiency of Algorithms – Analysis of Algorithms   UNIT II  FUNDAMENTAL ALGORITHMS         Introduction – Exchanging the values – Counting – Factorial Computation – SINE  computation – Base Conversion – Factoring Methods – Array Techniques.  UNIT III  INTRODUCTION TO C LANGUAGE            Overview of C – Constants, Variables and Data Types – Operators and Expressions –  Managing Input/Output Operations – Formatted I/O – Decision Making - Branching –- IF,  Nested IF – Switch – goto -  Looping- While, do, for statements.  UNIT IV  ARRAYS, FUNCTIONS, STRUCTURES AND UNIONS         Arrays – dynamic and multi-dimensional arrays - Character arrays and Strings – String  handling Functions - User defined Functions – Categories of Functions – Recursion -  Structures and Unions – Array of Structures – Structures and Functions   UNIT V  POINTERS AND FILE MANAGEMENT   Pointers – Declaration, Accessing a variable, character strings, pointers to functions and  structures - File Management in C – Dynamic Memory allocation – Linked Lists –  Preprocessors.                                                                                    TEXTBOOKS  1. R.G.Dromey “ How to Solve it by Computer ”, PHI , 1998  2. E.Balagurusamy “ Programming in ANSI C ” , Tata McGraw Hill, 2004  REFERNCES  1. Deitel and Deitel “ C How to Program ”, Addisson Wesley , 2001  2. Brian W.Kernighan & Dennis Ritchie “C Programming Language”, PHI, 1990  3. Byron.S.Gottfried “Schaum’s Outline of Programming with C ”, 2 nd Edition,1996    Page 6 of 47    DMC1913    DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS  UNIT I   INTRODUCTION                   Database Systems vs. File Systems-View of Data- Data Models-Database LanguagesTransaction Management-Database Systems Structure-History of Database SystemsDatabase Systems Applications-Entity Relationship Model  UNIT II   RELATIONAL DATABASES         SQL-Basic Structure-Set Operations-Complex Queries-Joined Queries-DDL-Embedded  SQL-Dynamic SQL-Other SQL Functions-Query  by Example-Integrity and Security of  searching-Relational Database Design  UNIT III  DATA STORAGE AND INDEXING                 Storage & File Structure-Disks-RAID-File Organization-Indexing &Hashing-B+ TREE-B  Tree-Static Hashing-Dynamic Hashing-Multiple Key Access  UNIT IV  QUERY EVALUATION & OPTIMIZATION                Query Processing - Selection Operation – Sorting - Join Operation - Evaluation of  Expressions - Query Optimization  UNIT V TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT                 Transaction Concept-Static Implementation-Concurrency Control-Protocols-Deadlock  Handling-Recovery Systems-Recovery with Concurrent Transactions-Shadow PagingBuffer Management-Case Studies-Oracle-Microsoft SQL Server  REFERENCES 1. Abraham Silberschatz, Hentry F.Korth and S.Sudharssan,”Database System  Concepts”, 4 th  Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2002  2. Raghu Ramakrishnan & Johannesgerhrke, ”Data Base Management  Systems”,  Mc Graw Hill International Edition, 2000   Page 7 of 47    DMC1914    DATA STRUCTURE            UNIT I    DATA STRUCTURES        Introduction – Arrays – Structures – Stack: Definition and examples, Representing  Stacks - Queues and lists: Queue and its Representation, lists – Applications of Stack,  Queue and Linked Lists.  UNIT  II        TREES                  Binary Trees – Operations on binary trees - Binary Tree Representations – node  representation, internal and external nodes,  implicit array representation – Binary tree  Traversals - Huffman Algorithm – Representing Lists as Binary Trees   UNIT III  SORTING AND SEARCHING       General Background – Exchange sorts – Selection and Tree Sorting – Insertion Sorts –  Merge and Radix Sorts – Basic Search Techniques – Tree Searching – General Search  Trees – Hashing.  UNIT IV   GRAPHS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS      Graphs – An application of graphs – Representation – transitive closure - Warshall’s  algorithm – Shortest path algorithm - a flow Problem – Dijkstra’s algorithm – An  application of scheduling - Linked representation of Graphs – Graph Traversals   UNIT V   STORAGE MANAGEMENT        General Lists: Operations, linked list representation, using lists, Freeing list nodes -  Automatic list Management: Reference count method, Garbage Collection, Algorithms,  Collection and compaction                    TEXTBOOK  1. Tanaenbaum A.S.,Langram  Y. Augestein M.J “ Data Structures using C”  Pearson Education , 2004  REFERNCES  1. Robert Kruse & Clovis L. Tondo  “ Data Structures and Program Design in  C”,Prentice Hall , 2nd edition.,1991.  2. Weiss “Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C ” ,Addison Wesley , Second    Edition, 1997.   Page 8 of 47    DMC1915   ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT   UNIT I   FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING        Meaning and Scope of Accounting-Principles-Concepts-Conventions-Accounting  Standards-Final Accounts-Trail Balance-Trading Account-Profit and Loss AccountBalance Sheet-Accounting Ratio Analysis-Funds Flow Analysis-Cash Flow Analysis                      UNIT II   ACCOUNTING         Meaning-Objectives-Elements of Cost-Cost Sheet-Marginal Costing and Cost Volume  Profit Analysis-Break Even Analysis-Applications-Limitations-Standard Costing and  Variance Analysis-Material-Labor-Overhead-Sales-Profit Variances                UNIT III  BUDGETS AND BUDGETING CONTROL       Budgets and Budgetary Control-Meaning-Types-Sales Budget-Production Budget-Cost  of Production Budget-Flexible Budgeting-Cash Budget-Master Budget-Zero Base  Budgeting-Computerized Accounting                           UNIT IV INVESTMENT DECISION AND COST OF CAPITAL    Objectives and Functions of Financial Management-Risk-Return Relationship-Time  Value of Money Concepts-Capital Budgeting-Methods of Appraisal-Cost of Capital  Factors Affecting Cost of Capital-Computation for Each Source of Finance and Weighted  Average Cost of Capital                              UNIT V  FINANCING DECISION AND WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT  Capital Structure-Factors Affecting Capital Structure-Dividend Policy-Types of Dividend  Policy-Concepts of Working Capital-Working Capital Policies-Factors affecting Working  Capital-Estimation of Working Capital Requirements                          TEXTBOOK  1. S.N.Maheswari, “Financial and Management Accounting”, Sultan Chand & Sons,  2003  2. I.M.Pandey, ”Financial Management”, Vikas Publications, 4 th  Reprint, 2002  REFERENCES  1. S.P.Iyengar, “Cost and Management Accounting”, Sultan Chand & Co,  2. I.M.Pandey, “Elements of Management Accounting” Vikas Publishing House,  1993   Page 9 of 47    DMC1916     PROGRAMMING and DATA STRUCTURES LABORATORY      • Simple C programs  • Files and Structures  • Array Implementation  • Dynamic Memory allocation  • Implementation of Stacks  • Linked List Implementation  • Queue Implementation  • Implementation of Binary Search Tree and Linear Search  • Sorting Algorithm, Simple sorting and Queue Sorting  DMC1917   DBMS LAB        1. Creation of base tables and views.         2. Data Manipulation                INSERT, DELETE and UPDATE in tables   SELECT, Sub Queries and JOIN  3. Data Control Commands  4. High level language extensions – PL/SQL. Or Transact SQL  5. Use of Cursors, Procedures and Functions  6. Embedded SQL or Database Connectivity.  a. Oracle or SQL Server Triggers.  b. Working with Forms, Menus and Reports.                    c.   Front-end tools – Visual Basic/Developer 2000   Page 10 of 47    SEMESTER – II  DMC 1921  MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE                                                                                                                                          UNIT I    MATRIX ALGEBRA                       Matrices, Rank of Matrix, Solving System of Equations-Eigen Values and Eigen  Vectors-Inverse of a Matrix - Cayley Hamilton Theorem              UNIT II   BASIC SET THEORY                                                                                  Basic Definitions - Venn Diagrams and set operations - Laws of set theory -  Principle of inclusion and exclusion - partitions- Permutation and Combination -  Relations- Properties of relations - Matrices of relations - Closure operations on  relations - Functions - injective, surjective and bijective functions. UNIT III   MATHEMATICAL LOGIC               Propositions and logical operators - Truth table - Propositions generated by a set,  Equivalence and implication - Basic laws- Some more connectives - Functionally  complete set of connectives- Normal forms - Proofs in Propositional calculus -  Predicate calculus.          UNIT IV   FORMAL LANGUAGES                Languages and Grammars-Phrase Structure Grammar-Classification of  Grammars-Pumping Lemma For Regular Languages-Context Free Languages.  UNIT V   FINITE STATE AUTOMATA                                  Finite State Automata-Deterministic Finite State Automata(DFA), Non  Deterministic Finite State Automata (NFA)-Equivalence of DFA and NFAEquivalence of NFA and Regular Languages.                    REFERENCES  1. Kenneth H.Rosen, “ Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications”, Tata  McGraw Hill, Fourth Edition, 2002 (Unit 1,2 & 3).  2. Hopcroft and Ullman, “Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages and  Computation”, Narosa Publishing House, Delhi, 2002. ( Unit 4,5)  3. A.Tamilarasi & A.M.Natarajan, “Discrete Mathematics and its Application”,  Khanna Publishers, 2 nd  Edition 2005.  4. M.K.Venkataraman “Engineering Mathematics”, Volume II, National  Publishing Company, 2 nd  Edition,1989.   Page 11 of 47    DMC 1922  OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING           UNIT I    FUNDAMENTALS                          Object–Oriented Programming concepts – Encapsulation – Programming  Elements – Program Structure – Enumeration Types –– Functions and Pointers –  Function Invocation – Overloading Functions – Scope and Storage Class –  Pointer Types – Arrays and Pointers – Call–by–Reference – Assertions –  Standard template library.  UNIT II  IMPLEMENTING ADTS AND ENCAPSULATION                                    Aggregate Type struct – Structure Pointer Operators – Unions – Bit Fields – Data  Handling and Member Functions – Classes – Constructors and Destructors –  Static Member – this Pointer – reference semantics – implementation of simple  ADTs.  UNIT III   POLYMORPHISM                  ADT Conversions – Overloading – Overloading Operators – Unary Operator  Overloading – Binary Operator Overloading – Function Selection – Pointer  Operators – Visitation – Iterators – containers – List – List Iterators.  UNIT IV   TEMPLATES                                     Template Class – Function Templates – Class Templates – Parameterizing –  STL –  Algorithms – Function Adaptors.  UNIT V  INHERITANCE                          Derived Class – Typing Conversions and  Visibility – Code Reuse – Virtual  Functions – Templates and Inheritance – Run–Time Type Identifications –  Exceptions – Handlers – Standard Exceptions.                      REFERENCES:  1. Ira Pohl, “Object–Oriented Programming Using C++”, Pearson Education,  Second Edition, 2003.   2. Stanley B.Lippman, Josee Lajoie, “C++ Primer”, Pearson Education, Third  Edition, 2004.  3. Kamthane,” Object Oriented Programming with ANSI and Turbo C++”, Person  Education, 2002.  4. Bhave , “ Object Oriented Programming With C++”, Pearson Education , 2004.   Page 12 of 47    DMC 1923 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING     UNIT I    INTRODUCTION                             Software Engineering paradigms – Waterfall Life cycle model –  Spiral Model –   Prototype Model –  fourth Generation Techniques – Planning – Cost Estimation –  Organization Structure – Software Project Scheduling, – Risk analysis and  management – Requirements and Specification – Rapid Prototyping.  UNIT II   SOFTWARE DESIGN                           Abstraction – Modularity – Software Architecture – Cohesion –  Coupling –  Various Design Concepts and notations – Real time and Distributed System  Design – Documentation – Dataflow Oriented design – Jackson System  development – Designing for reuse – Programming standards.  UNIT III   SOFTWARE METRICS                           Scope – Classification of metrics – Measuring Process and Product attributes –  Direct and Indirect measures – Reliability – Software Quality Assurance –  Standards.  UNIT IV   SOFTWARE TESTING AND MAINTENANCE                        Software Testing Fundamentals – Software testing strategies – Black Box  Testing –  White Box Testing –  System Testing – Testing Tools – Test Case  Management – Software Maintenance Organization – Maintenance Report –  Types of Maintenance.  UNIT V  SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT (SCM) & CASE TOOLS     Need for SCM – Version Control – SCM process – Software Configuration Items  – Taxonomy – Case Repository – Features.                                    REFERENCES:  1. Roger S. Pressman, “Software Engineering: A Practitioner Approach”, Sixth  edition,  McGrawHill, 2005.  2. I. Sommerville, “Software Engineering”, Sixth Edition, Addison Wesley-Longman,  2004.  3. Pankaj Jalote, “An Integrated approach to Software Engineering”, Second  Edition, Springer  Verlag, 1997.   Page 13 of 47    DMC 1924  SYSTEM SOFTWARE       UNIT I    INTRODUCTION                        Introduction – System software and machine architecture – The Simplified  Instructional Computer (SIC) – Machine Architectures (SIC and SIC/XE) – Data and  Instruction Formats – Addressing Modes –Instruction sets – I/O Programming.  UNIT II   ASSEMBLERS                       Basic assembler functions – A simple SIC assembler – Assembler algorithms and  data structures – Machine dependent assembler features, Instruction formats and  addressing modes – Program relocation –  Machine independent assembler features  – Literals – Symbol-defining statements – Expressions – Program Blocks – Control  Sections and Program Linking – One Pass Assembler and Multipass Assemblers -   Implementation examples  MASM assembler.  UNIT III   LOADERS AND LINKERS                      Basic loader functions: Design of an Absolute Loader – A Simple Bootstrap Loader  Machine dependent loader features Relocation – Program Linking – Algorithm and  Data Structures for Linking Loader. Machine-independent loader features –  Automatic Library Search – Loader Options Loader design options – Linkage Editors  – Dynamic Linking – Bootstrap Loaders. Implementation examples: MSDOS linker.  UNIT IV   MACRO PROCESSORS                      Basic macro processor functions – Macro Definition and Expansion – Macro  Processor Algorithm and data structures – Machine – independent macro processor  features – Concatenation of Macro Parameters – Generation of Unique Labels –  Conditional Macro Expansion – Keyword Macro Parameters – Macro Processor  Design Options – Recursive Macro Expansion – Algorithm – General Purpose macro  Processors – Macro Processing within Language Translators - Implementation  examples: MASM Macro Processor – ANSI C macro language.  UNIT V   OTHER SYSTEM SOFTWARE                Text editors – Overview of Editing Process - User Interface – Editor Structure –  Interactive Debugging Systems – Debugging functions and capabilities –  Relationships with Other parts of the system – User Interface Criteria.                    TEXT BOOKS:  1. Leland Beck  - “System Software – An Introduction to Systems  Programming”, Third Edition, Pearson Education, Inc., 1999.  REFERENCES:  1. D. M. Dhamdhere, " Systems Programming and Operating Systems",  Tata McGraw Hill Company, 1999.  2. John J. Donovan, “Systems Programming”, Tata McGraw Hill Company,  1991.   Page 14 of 47    DMC 1925  OPERATING SYSTEMS                                                                                                               UNIT I    INTRODUCTION                             Introduction – Operating Systems and services – Processes – CPU Scheduling  approaches   UNIT II   PROCESS SYNCHRONIZATION                        Process synchronization – Semaphores – Deadlocks – Handling deadlocks –  Multithreading  UNIT III   MEMORY MANAGEMENT                 Memory management – Paging – Segmentation – Virtual Memory – Demand  paging – Replacement Algorithms  UNIT IV   DISK SCHEDULING                            Disk Scheduling approaches – File systems – Design issues – User interfaces to  file systems – I/O device management.  UNIT V   CASE STUDIES                          Case study –  Design and implementation of the UNIX OS, Process model and  structure –  Memory management –  File system –  UNIX I/O management and  device drivers – Windows – System  components –   Process Management –  Memory management – File Systems – Networking                      REFERENCES:  1. Abraham Silberschatz Peter B. Galvin, G. Gagne, “Operating System Concepts”,  Sixth Edition, Addison Wesley Publishing Co., 2003.  2. M. J. Bach, “Design Of The Unix Operating System”, Pearson Education.  3. Willam-Stalling “ Operating System” Fourth Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.   Page 15 of 47    DBA1605  COMMUNICATION SKILLS  1. COMMUNICATION IN BUSINESS               Systems approach, forms of business communication, management and  communication, factors facilitating communication.  2. COMMUNICATION PROCESS                Interpersonal perception, selective attention, feedback, variables, listening barriers  to listening, persuasion, attending and conducting interviews, participating in  discussions, debates and conferences, presentation skills, paralinguistic features,  oral fluency development.    3. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE            Business letter. Memos, minutes, agendas, enquiries, orders, sales letters, notice,  tenders, letters of application, letter of complaints.  4. TECHNICAL REPORTS                Format, Choice of vocabulary, coherence and cohesion, paragraph writing,  organization.  5. PROJECT REPORTS                Project proposal, project reports, appraisal reports.  TEXT BOOKS:  1. Sharan J.Genrson and Steven M.Gerson – “Technical Writing – Process and  Product” – Pearson Education – 2000.  2. Raymond V.Lesikar, John D. Pettit and Mary E.Flatley – Lesikass Basic  Communication Tata McGraw Will 8 th  Edition – 1999.  3. Stevel. E. Pauley, Daniel G.Riordan – Technical Report Writing Today – AITBS  Publishing & Distributors, India 5 th  edition – 2000.  4. Robert L.Shurter, Effective letters in business Thrid Ed. 1983.  REFERENCES:  1.     McGraith – Basic Managerial Skills for all Prentice Hall of India – 6 th  Edition  2002.  2. Halliday, M.A.Ky R.Hasan, Cohesion in English, Longman, London 1976.   Page 16 of 47    DMC 1926  OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING LAB  1.  Write a C++ Program to illustrate Enumeration and Function Overloading  2.  Write a C++ Program to illustrate Scope and Storage class  3.  Implementation of ADT such as Stack and Queues  4.  Write a C++ Program to illustrate the use of Constructors and Destructors and  Constructor Overloading  5.  Write a Program to illustrate Static member and methods  6.  Write a Program to illustrate Bit fields  7.  Write a Program to overload as binary operator, friend and member function  8.  Write a Program to overload unary operator in Postfix and Prefix form as member  and friend function  9.  Write a Program to illustrate Iterators and Containers  10. Write a C++ Program to illustrate function templates  11. Write a C++ Program to illustrate template class  12. Write C++ Programs and incorporating various forms of Inheritance  13. Write a C++ Program to illustrate Virtual functions  14. Exception Handling  DMC 1927   SYSTEM SOFTWARE LAB    1. Assemblers.  2. Linkers.  3. Loaders.  4. Features of text editors.  5. Basic UNIX commands.  6. Shell Programming.  7. Grep, sed, awk.  8. File system related system calls.  9. Process management – Fork, Exec.  10. Message queues.  11. Pipe, FIFO’s.  12. Signals.  13. Shared memory.   Page 17 of 47    SEMESTER – III  DMC 1931   COMPUTER NETWORKS                               1. INTRODUCTION   Building a network – Requirements – Network Architecture – OSI – Internet –  Direct Link Networks – Hardware building blocks – Framing – Error detection –  Reliable transmission.  2. NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS   LAN Technology – LAN Architecture – BUS/Tree – Ring – Star – Ethernet – Token  Rings – Wireless.  3.  NETWORK LAYER   Packet Switching – Switching and Forwarding – Bridges and LAN switches –  Internetworking – Simple Internetworking – Routing.  4. TRANSPORT LAYER   Reliable Byte Stream (TCP) – Simple Demultiplexer (UDP) – TCP Congestion  Control – Congestion Avoidance Mechanisms.  5. PRESENTATION LAYER and APPLICATIONS    Presentation formatting – Data compression – Cryptographic Algorithms: RSA -  DES –– Applications – Domain Name Service – Email - SMTP – MIME – HTTP –  SNMP.          TEXT BOOK  1. Larry L. Peterson & Bruce S. Davie, “Computer Networks - A systems  Approach”, 2nd Edition, Harcourt Asia/Morgan Kaufmann, 2000.  REFERENCES  1. James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross, “Computer Networking - A Top Down  Approach  featuring the Internet”, 1 st  Edition, Addison Wesley Publishing  Company, 2001.  2. William Stallings, “Data and Computer Communications”, 5 th  Edition, PHI,  1997.  3. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 3 rd  Edition,  2001.   Page 18 of 47    DMC 1932     MICROPROCESSORS AND ITS APPLICATIONS     UNIT I    THE 8086 PROCESSOR - SOFTWARE ASPECTS            Evolution of Microprocessors - 8086 architecture –  Addressing modes-  Instruction set and assembler directives – Assembly language programming –  Interrupts and interrupt service routines.  UNIT II   8086 SYSTEM DESIGN               8086 signals description  – Basic configurations - System bus timing –System  design using 8086 – Minimum mode /Maximum modes 8086 system and timings.  UNIT III   INTERFACING CONCEPTS       Memory Interfacing and I/O interfacing - Parallel communication interface –  Serial communication interface – Timer – Keyboard /display controller – Interrupt  controller – DMA controller – Programming and applications.  UNIT IV   ADVANCED PROCESSORS       Intel 80286 – Internal Architectural – Register Organization – Internal Block  Diagram – Modes of operation – Real Address Mode – Protected Virtual Address  mode – Privilege – Protection - Architectural features and Register Organization  of i386, i486 and Pentium processors.  UNIT V   BUILDING SYSTEMS               Bus Concepts – Bus Standards –The Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)  Bus – Universal Serial Bus (USB) – Platform Architectures.                                    REFERENCES:  1. A. K. Ray & K. M. Bhurchandi, “Advanced Microprocessors and peripherals-  Architectures, Programming and Interfacing”, TMH, 2002 reprint.  2. Barry B. Brey, “The Intel Microprocessors, 8086/8088, 80186/80188, 80286,  80386, 80486, Pentium, PentiumPro Processor, PentiumII, PentiumIII,  PentiumIV, Architecture, Programming & Interfacing”, 6 th  Edition, Pearson  Education/PHI, 2002.  3. Yu-cheng Liu, Glenn A. Gibson, “Microcomputer systems: The 8086/8088 Family  architecture, Programming and Design”, PHI 2003.  4. Peter Abel, “IBM PC Assembly language and programming”, Prentice Hall of  India Pvt. Ltd.  5. Websites of latest processors.   Page 19 of 47    DMC 1933  DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS                                UNIT I    INTRODUCTION               Fundamentals of algorithmic problem solving – Important problem types –   Fundamentals of the analysis of algorithm efficiency – analysis frame work –      Asymptotic notations – Mathematical analysis for recursive and non-recursive      algorithms.  UNIT II   DIVIDE AND CONQUER METHOD AND GREEDY METHOD           Divide and conquer methodology – Merge sort – Quick sort – Binary search –   Binary tree traversal – Multiplication of large integers – Strassen’s matrix     multiplication – Greedy method – Prim’s algorithm – Kruskal’s algorithm –      Dijkstra’s algorithm.  UNIT III   DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING        Computing a binomial coefficient – Warshall’s and Floyd’ algorithm – Optimal          binary search tree – Knapsack problem – Memory functions.  UNIT IV   BACKTRACKING AND BRANCH AND BOUND             Backtracking – N-Queens problem – Hamiltonian circuit problem – Subset sum   problem – Branch and bound – Assignment problem – Knapsack problem –      Traveling salesman problem.  UNIT V   NP-HARD AND NP-COMPLETE PROBLEMS             P & NP problems – NP-complete problems – Approximation algorithms for NPhard problems – Traveling salesman problem – Knapsack problem.                    REFERENCES:  1. Anany Levitin “Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms” Pearson  Education 2003.  2. Thomas H.Cormen, Charles E.Leiserson, Ronald L.Rivest, “Introduction to          algorithms” Prentice Hall 1990.   Page 20 of 47    DMC1934  COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS      1.   INTRODUCTION          Overview of Graphics System -  Bresenham technique – Line Drawing and Circle  Drawing Algorithms - DDA - Line Clipping -  Text Clipping.  2.  2D TRANSFORMATIONS          Two dimensional transformations – Scaling and Rotations - Interactive Input  methods - Polygons - Splines – Bezier Curves - Window view port mapping  transformation.  3.  3D TRANSFORMATIONS                3D Concepts - Projections – Parallel Projection - Perspective Projection – Visible  Surface Detection Methods - Visualization and polygon rendering – Color models –  XYZ-RGB-YIQ-CMY-HSV Models - animation – Key Frame systems - General  animation functions - morphing.  4. OVERVIEW OF MULTIMEDIA                 Multimedia hardware & software - Components of multimedia – Text, Image –  Graphics – Audio – Video – Animation – Authoring.  5. MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS      Multimedia communication systems – Data base systems – Synchronization Issues  – Presentation requirements – Applications – Video conferencing – Virtual reality –  Interactive video – video on demand  TEXT BOOKS  1. Hearn D and Baker M.P, “Computer graphics – C Version”,  2 nd  Edition, Pearson      Education, 2004 (unit 1, 2 &3).  2. Ralf Steinmetz, Klara steinmetz, “Multimedia Computing, Communications and      Applications”, Pearson education, 2004 (unit 4 & 5).  REFERENCES   1.  Siamon J. Gibbs and Dionysios C.  Tsichritzis, “Multimedia programming”,  Addison Wesley, 1995.  2.  John Villamil, Casanova and Leony Fernanadez, Eliar, “Multimedia Graphics”,  PHI, 1998.   Page 21 of 47    DMC 1935  WEB PROGRAMMING                      UNIT I    BASIC INTERNET CONCEPTS                            Connecting to the Internet – Domain Name System - Exchanging E-mail –  Sending and Receiving Files - Fighting Spam, Sorting Mail and avoiding e-mail  viruses – Chatting and Conferencing on the Internet – Online Chatting -  Messaging – Usenet Newsgroup – Internet Relay chat (IRC) – Instant Messaging  - Voice and Video Conferencing.  UNIT II  WORLD WIDE WEB          Overview – Web Security, Privacy, and site-blocking – Audio and Video on the  web – Creating and Maintaining the Web – Web site creation concepts – Web  Page Editors – Optimizing Web Graphics – Web Audio Files – Forms,  Interactivity, and Database-Driven Web sites – File Transfer and downloading –  FTP – Peer to Peer – Downloading and Installing software.  UNIT III  JAVA FUNDAMENTALS                  Java features – Java Platform – Java Fundamentals – Expressions, Operators,  and Control Structures – Classes, Packages and Interfaces – Exception  Handling.              UNIT IV  PACKAGES                   AWT package – Layouts – Containers – Event Package – Event Model –  Painting – Garbage Collection - Multithreading – Language Packages.   UNIT V  ADVANCED JAVA PROGRAMMING                Utility Packages – Input Output Packages – Inner Classes – Java Database  Connectivity - Servlets - RMI – Java Beans.  TEXT BOOK  1. Margaret Levine Young, “Internet and WWW”, 2 nd  Edition, Tata McGraw Hill,  2002. (Unit 1 & 2)  2. Herbert Schildt, The Complete Reference – Java 2 , 4 th  Edition, Tata McGraw   Hill, 2001. (Unit 3, 4 & 5)  REFERENCES  1. Keyur shah, “Gateway to Java Programmer Sun Certification”, Tata Mc Graw  Hill 2002.   2. Deitel & Deitel, Java How to Program, Prentice Hall 1999.   Page 22 of 47    DMC 1936  WEB PROGRAMMING LAB  1.  Studying internet connection procedures  2.  Sending and receiving mails from one or more email clients  3.  Video Conferencing demonstration  4.  Downloading and installing softwares (Example: Java) and setting up path and  class path  5.  Using FTP  6.  Creation of web site with forms, frames, links, tables etc with any web page  editors and using images and audio files as part of web pages  7.  Writing Java programs by making use of class, interface, package, etc for the  following                  # Different types of inheritance study                  # Uses of ‘this’ keyword                  # Polymorphism                  # Creation of user specific packages                  # Creation of jar files and using them                  # User specific exception handling  8.  Writing window based GUI applications using frames and applets such as              Calculator application, Fahrenheit to Centigrade conversion etc  9.  Application of threads examples  10. Reading and writing text files  11. Reading image files and manipulating them with image related classes and  methods  12. writing an RMI application to access a remote method  13. Writing a Servlet program with database connectivity for a web based application   such as students result status checking, PNR number enquiry etc  14. Creation and usage of Java bean   Page 23 of 47    DMC1937   GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA LAB        1. Write a C program with Fundamental Graphics Function     2. Write a C program for Line drawing using Bresenham, DDA Line Drawing  Algorithms.                    3. Write a C program for Circle Drawing using Bresenham Circle Drawing   Algorithms.                    4. Write a C program for Clipping Algorithm using Line Clipping.          5. Write a C program for 2D Transformations like Translations and Scaling and  Rotations.                  6. Write a C program for 3D Transformations like Translations and Scaling and  Rotations.       7. Create Frame by Frame Animations using multimedia authoring tools.            8. Develop a presentation for a product using techniques like Guide Layer, masking  and onion Skin using authoring tools.        9. Create a Jpeg image which demonstrates the various features of an image  editing tool.   10. Demonstrate Rasterization  and filtering of layers and give blending effects for a  logo   Page 24 of 47    SEMESTER IV DMC1941   UNIX AND NETWORK PROGRAMMING                 1.   INTRODUCTION & FILE SYSTEM                            Overview of UNIX OS - File I/O – File Descriptors – File sharing -  Files and  directories – File types - File access permissions – File systems – Symbolic links -  Standard I/O library – Streams and file objects – Buffering - System data files and  information -  Password file – Group file – Login accounting – system identification.        2.   PROCESSES                           Environment of a UNIX process – Process termination – command line arguments  - Process control – Process identifiers - Process relationships terminal logins –  Signals -threads.            3.   INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATION                   Introduction - Message passing (SVR4)- pipes – FIFO – message queues -  Synchronization (SVR4) – Mutexes – condition variables – read – write locks – file  locking – record locking – semaphores –Shared memory(SVR4).           4.   SOCKETS                                     Introduction – transport layer – socket introduction - TCP sockets – UDP sockets  -  raw sockets –  Socket options - I/O multiplexing -   Name and address conversions.           5.   APPLICATIONS                      Debugging techniques - TCP echo client server - UDP echo client server - Ping -  Trace route - Client server applications like file transfer and chat.                               TEXT BOOKS   1. W.Richard Stevens, “Advanced programming in the UNIX environment”,  Addison Wesley, 1999.(Unit 1,2 &3)  2. W. Stevens, Bill Fenner, Andrew Rudoff, “Unix Network Programming”,                   Volume 1, The Sockets Networking API,3 rd  Edition, Pearson education, Nov  2003.(unit  4 & 5)  REFERENCE BOOKS  1. Meeta Gandhi,Tilak Shetty and Rajiv Shah “The ‘C’ Odyssey Unix –The open  Boundless C”, 1 st  Edition ,BPB Publications1992.   Page 25 of 47    DMC 1942   RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES                   UNIT I  LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS                           Mathematical Formulation - Graphical Solution of linear programming models –  Simplex method – Artificial variable Techniques- Variants of Simplex method  UNIT II TRANSPORTATION AND ASSIGNMENT MODELS              Mathematical formulation of transportation problem- Methods for finding initial  basic feasible solution – optimum solution - degeneracy – Mathematical  formulation of assignment models – Hungarian Algorithm – Variants of the  Assignment problem  UNIT III INTEGER PROGRAMMING MODELS                Formulation – Gomory’s IPP method – Gomory’s mixed integer method – Branch    and bound technique.   UNIT IV  SCHEDULING BY PERT AND CPM                                                           Network Construction – Critical Path Method – Project Evaluation and Review  Technique – Resource Analysis in Network Scheduling   UNIT V  QUEUEING MODELS                             Characteristics of Queuing Models – Poisson Queues - (M / M / 1) : (FIFO / ∞ /∞),    (M / M / 1) : (FIFO / N / ∞), (M / M / C) : (FIFO / ∞ / ∞), (M / M / C) :  (FIFO /  N / ∞) models.  TEXT BOOKS  Taha H.A., “Operations Research : An Introduction “ 7 th  Edition, Pearson Education,   2004.  REFERENCES  A.M.Natarajan, P.Balasubramani, A.Tamilarasi, “Operations Research”, Pearson  Education, Asia, 2005.  Prem Kumar Gupta, D.S. Hira,  “Operations Research”, S.Chand & Company Ltd,   New Delhi, 3 rd  Edition , 2003.   Page 26 of 47    DMC 1943  OBJECT ORIENTED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN                UNIT I    INTRODUCTION                 An overview – Object basics – Object state and properties – Behavior – Methods  – Messages – Information hiding – Class hierarchy – Relationships –  Associations – Aggregations- Identity – Dynamic binding – Persistence –  Metaclasses – Object oriented system development life cycle.   UNIT II   METHODOLOGY AND UML        Introduction – Survey – Rumbugh, Booch, Jacobson methods – Patterns –  Frameworks – Unified approach – Unified modeling language – Static and  Dynamic models – UML diagrams – Class diagram – Usecase diagrams –  Dynamic modeling – Model organization – Extensibility.  UNIT III   OBJECT ORIENTED ANALYSIS               Identifying Usecase – Business object analysis – Usecase driven object oriented  analysis – Usecase model – Documentation – Classification – Identifying object,  relationships, attributes, methods – Super-sub class – A part of relationships  Identifying attributes and methods – Object responsibility  UNIT IV   OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGN               Design process – Axions – Colollaries –  Designing classes – Class visibility –  Refining attributes – Methods and protocols – Object storage and object  interoperability – Databases – Object relational systems – Designing interface  objects – Macro and Micro level processes – The purpose of a view layer  interface  UNIT V   SOFTWARE QUALITY                Quality assurance – Testing strategies – Object orientation testing – Test cases –  Test Plan – Debugging principles – Usability – Satisfaction – Usability testing –  Satisfaction testing              TEXT BOOKS  1. Ali Bahrami, “Object Oriented System Development”, McGraw Hill  International Edition, 1999.  REFERENCES   1. Craig Larman, Applying UML and Patterns, 2 nd  Edition, Pearson, 2002.   2. Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson, “The Unified Modeling  Language         User Guide”, Addison  Wesley Long man, 1999.  3. Bernd Bruegge, Allen H. Dutoit, Object Oriented Software Engineering using  UML,        Patterns and Java, Pearson 2004   Page 27 of 47    DMC 1944  VISUAL PROGRAMMING                  UNIT I    WINDOWS PROGRAMMING                      The windows programming Model – Event driven programming –  GUI concepts  – Overview of Windows programming – Creating and displaying the window –  Message Loop – windows procedure – WM_PAINT message – WM_DESTROY  message – Data types – Resources  –  An Introduction to GDI – Device context –   Text output –  Scroll Bars – Keyboard – Mouse – Menus.  UNIT II   VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMING                        Visual Basic Applications – Form and properties – Variables and Constants –   Variant type – Procedure scope – Main –  Control statements –  control arrays –   Creating and using Controls – Menus and Dialogs – Programming fundamentals  – Objects and instances – Debugging – Responding to mouse events – Drag and  Drag drop events  Responding to keyboard events – keypress, keyup, keydown  events –  Using grid control – Graphics controls – shape and line control – File  system controls   –  Common dialog controls  –  Processing files – Accessing  databases with the data controls.  UNIT III   VISUAL C++ PROGRAMMING                         Visual C++ components – Introduction to Microsoft Foundation Classes Library –  Getting started with AppWizard – Class Wizard – Event handling – Keyboard and  Mouse events - WM_SIZE, WM_CHAR messages - Graphics Device Interface -  Pen, Brush, Colors, Fonts - Single and Multiple document interface -  Reading  and Writing documents - Resources – Bitmaps creation, usage of BMP and  displaying a file existing as a BMP.  UNIT IV   CONTROLS                             Dialog Based Applications, controls – Animate control, image list, CRect tracker  – Tree control – CtabControl – Dynamic controls – slider control – progress  control – Inheriting CTreeView – CRicheditView – Modal Dialog, – Modeless  Dialog – CColorDialog – CfileDialog.  UNIT V   ADVANCED CONCEPTS                 Domain Name System – Email – World Wide Web (HTTP) – Simple Status bars  – Splitter windows and multiple views – Dynamic Link Library – Data base  Management with ODBC –  TCP/IP –  Winsock and WinInet, –  ActiveX control –  creation and  usage –  Container class.           TEXT  BOOKS:                  1. Charles Petzold,  “Windows Programming”, Microsoft press, 1996.   2.  J. David Kruglirski, “Programming Microsoft Visual C++”, Fifth Edition, Microsoft    press, 1998.  3.  Marion Cottingham “Visual Basic”, Peachpit Press, 1999. REFERENCES:  1. Steve Holzner, “Visual C++ 6 programming”, Wiley Dreamtech India Private Ltd.,    2003.  2. Kate Gregory “Using Visual C++”, Prentice Hall of India Pvt., Ltd., 1999.  3. Herbert Sheildt, “MFC from the Ground Up”.  4. Deitel , “ Visual Basic 6.0  How To Program”, Pearson Education, 1999.   Page 28 of 47    DMC 1945 MIDDLEWARE  TECHNOLOGIES                   1. CLIENT / SERVER CONCEPTS                      Client – Server – File Server, Database server, Group server, Object  server, Web  server .Middleware – General middleware – Service specific middleware. Client /  Server Building blocks – RPC – Messaging – Peer – to- Peer.  2. EJB ARCHITECTURE                        EJB – EJB Architecture – Overview of EJB software architecture – View of EJB –  Conversation – Building and Deploying  EJBs – Roles in EJB.  3. EJB APPLICATIONS                    EJB Session Beans – EJB entity beans – EJB clients – EJB Deployment – Building  an application with EJB.  4. CORBA                      CORBA – Distributed Systems – Purpose  - Exploring CORBA alternatives –  Architecture overview – CORBA and networking model – CORBA object model –  IDL – ORB - Building an application with CORBA.  5. COM                      COM – Data types – Interfaces – Proxy and Stub – Marshalling – Implementing  Server / Client – Interface Pointers – Object Creation, Invocation , Destruction –  Comparison COM and CORBA – Introduction to .NET – Overview of .NET  architecture – Marshalling - Remoting.  TEXT BOOKS  1. Robert Orfali, Dan Harkey and Jeri Edwards, “The Essential Client/Server  Survival Guide”, Galgotia Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2002. (Unit 1)  2. Tom Valesky, “Enterprise Java Beans”,Pearson Education, 2002.(Unit 2 & 3)  3. Jason Pritchard, “COM and CORBA side by side”, Addison Wesley,2000              (Unit 4 & 5)  4. Jesse Liberty, “Programming C#”, 2 nd  Edition, O’Reilly Press, 2002. (Unit 5)  REFERNCES   1. Mowbray,”Inside CORBA”, Pearson Education, 2002.  2.  Jeremy Rosenberger, “Teach yourself CORBA in 14 days”, Tec media, 2000.  Page 29 of 47    DMC 1946  NETWORK PROGRAMMING LAB   1. Socket Programming  a. TCP Sockets  b. UDP Sockets  c. Applications using Sockets  2. Simulation of Sliding Window Protocol  3. Simulation of Routing Protocols  4. RPC  5. Development of applications such as DNS/ HTTP/ E – mail/ Multi - user Chat  DMC 1947  VISUAL PROGRAMMING LAB              VB  1. Form Design – Keyboard & Mouse events  2. Programs on usage of data types - variant, Control arrays  3. Simple applications using file system controls  4. Database applications using data control.  VC++  SDK type programs for creating simple windows with different window styles  SDK type programs code for keyboard and mouse events, GDI objects.  Simple Dialog Based application – eg. Calculator, interest computation, money  conversions, etc.  Creating SDI & MDI applications, Modal and Modeless dialog.  Programming for reading and writing into documents.  Coding Dynamic controls – slider control, progress control, inheriting CtreeView  and CricheditView.  Creating static and dynamic splitter windows  Creating DLLs and using them.  Winsock and WinInet & Internet Explorer common controls.  Data access through ODBC – Cdatabase, Crecordset.  Creating ActiveX control and using it.   Page 30 of 47    SEMESTER V  DMC 1951  XML AND WEB SERVICES   1. INTRODUCTION                    Role Of XML – XML and The Web – XML Language Basics – SOAP – Web  Services – Revolutions Of XML – Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).  2. XML TECHNOLOGY                    XML – Name Spaces – Structuring With Schemas and DTD – Presentation  Techniques – Transformation – XML Infrastructure.  3.  SOAP                      Overview Of SOAP – HTTP – XML-RPC – SOAP: Protocol – Message Structure –  Intermediaries – Actors – Design Patterns And Faults – SOAP With Attachments.  4. WEB SERVICES   Overview – Architecture – Key Technologies  - UDDI – WSDL – ebXML – SOAP  And Web Services In E-Com – Overview Of .NET And J2EE.  5. XML SECURITY                    Security Overview – Canonicalization – XML Security Framework – XML  Encryption – XML Digital Signature – XKMS Structure – Guidelines For Signing  XML Documents – XML In Practice.  TEXT BOOKS  1. Frank. P. Coyle, “XML, Web Services And The Data Revolution”, Pearson  Education, 2002.  REFERENCES 1. Ramesh Nagappan , Robert Skoczylas and Rima Patel Sriganesh, “  Developing Java Web Services”, Wiley Publishing Inc., 2004.  2. Sandeep Chatterjee, James Webber, “Developing Enterprise Web Services”,  Pearson Education, 2004.  3. McGovern, et al., “Java Web Services Architecture”, Morgan Kaufmann   4. Publishers,2005.   Page 31 of 47    DMC 1952   SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT          UNIT I    INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT            Project Definition – Contract Management – Activities Covered By Software  Project Management – Overview Of Project Planning – Stepwise Project  Planning.  UNIT II  PROJECT EVALUATION                            Strategic Assessment – Technical Assessment – Cost Benefit Analysis – Cash  Flow Forecasting – Cost Benefit Evaluation Techniques – Risk Evaluation.  UNIT III  ACTIVITY PLANNING                  Objectives – Project Schedule – Sequencing And Scheduling Activities –  Network Planning Models – Forward Pass – Backward Pass – Activity Float –  Shortening Project Duration – Activity On Arrow Networks – Risk Management –  Nature Of Risk – Types Of Risk – Managing Risk – Hazard Identification –  Hazard Analysis – Risk Planning And Control.  UNIT IV   MONITORING AND CONTROL                            Creating Framework – Collecting The Data – Visualizing Progress – Cost  Monitoring – Earned Value – Prioritizing Monitoring – Getting Project Back To  Target – Change Control – Managing Contracts – Introduction – Types Of  Contract – Stages In Contract Placement – Typical Terms Of A Contract –  Contract Management – Acceptance.  UNIT V   MANAGING PEOPLE AND ORGANIZING TEAMS             Introduction – Understanding Behavior – Organizational Behaviour: A  Background – Selecting The Right Person For The Job – Instruction In The Best  Methods – Motivation – The Oldman–Hackman Job Characteristics Model –  Working In Groups – Becoming A Team – Decision Making – Leadership –  Organizational Structures – Stress – Health And Safety – Case Studies.  REFERENCES:  1. Bob Hughes and MikeCotterell “Software Project Management”, Third  Edition, TATA McGraw Hill Edition 2004.  2. Ramesh, Gopalaswamy: "Managing Global  Projects ", Tata McGraw Hill,  2001.  3. Royce.” Software Project Theory”, Pearson Education, 1999.  4. P.Jalote “Software Project Management In Practice”, Pearson Education,  2000.   Page 32 of 47    DMC 1953 XML AND WEB SERVICES  LAB  1. Create an XML file for any domain with multiple sublevel complexity.       ( Example: Students data, Employee information, Product details etc..)  2. Create a DTD and XML schema for the XML file.  3. Tabulate the xml content using XSL.  4. Validate a XML file using java script with XMLDOM.  5. Write a java program to parse an XML file using DOM.  6. Write a java program to parse an XML file using SAX.  7. Write a program to implement XML – RPC.  8. Write a program to implement a web service using java.  9. Write a program to implement a web service using .NET.  DMC 1954 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LAB     Apply the following to typical application problems:  1. Project Planning  2. Software Requirement Analysis  3. Software Estimation  4. Software Design  5. Data Modelling & Implementation  6. Software Testing  7. Software Debugging  A possible set of applications may be the following:  a. Library System  b. Student Marks Analyzing System  c.  Text Editor.  d. Create a dictionary.  e. Telephone dictionary.  f. Simulator Software for Parallel Processing Operation.  g. Inventory System.   Page 33 of 47    LIST OF ELECTIVES  M.C.A (MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS)  DMC 1971   ADVANCED DATABASES                    1.  RELATIONAL DATABASES          Relational Model - Querying - Storage  Structures - Query Processing -  Normalization.  2. OBJECT ORIENTED DATABASES        Introduction to Object Oriented Data Bases - Approaches - Modeling and Design -  Persistence - Transaction - Concurrency - Recovery - Database Administration.  3. EMERGING SYSTEMS         Enhanced Data Models - Client/Server Model - Data Warehousing and Data Mining  - Web Databases – Mobile Databases.  4. CURRENT ISSUES         Rules - Knowledge Bases - Active and Deductive Databases - Distributed  Databases and Parallel databases.  5. DATABASE DESIGN ISSUES        Security - Integrity - Consistency - Database Tuning - Optimization and Research  Issues.  TEXT BOOK  1.  R. Elmasri and S.B. Navathe, “Fundamentals of Database Systems”, Addison  Wesley,   2000.  REFERENCES  1.  Gary W. Hanson and James V. Hanson, “Database Management and  Design”, Prentice Hall of India Pvt Ltd, 1999.  2.  Alex Benson, Stephen Smith and Kurt Thearling, “Building Data Mining  Applications for CRM”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2000.   Page 34 of 47    DMC 1972  TCP/IP PROTOCOL SUITE                                  1. INTRODUCTION                  Standards – Internet – History- OSI model – Protocol suite – Addressing –  Transmission media – Local Area and Wide Area Networks – Switching –  Connecting devices – IP addressing  2. INTERNET PROTOCOL                 Subnetting – Supernetting – IP packets – Delivery – Routing – Routing model –  Routing table – Datagram – Fragmentation – Checksum – IP Design – ARP –  RARP – Internet control message protocol – Internet group management protocol  3. TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL               User Datagram protocol – UDP operation – Use – UDP design – TCP services –  Flow control – Error control – TCP operation and design – connection – Transition  diagram – Congestion control  4. APPLICATION LAYER AND CLIENT SERVER MODEL             Concurrency – BOOTP – DHCP – Domain name system – Name space –  Distribution – Resolution – Messages – Telnet – Rlogin – Network Virtual Terminal  – Character Set – Controlling the server – Remote login  5. APPLICATION PROTOCOLS                 File Transfer Protocol – Connections – Communication – Simple Mail Transfer  Protocol – Simple Network Management Protocol – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol –  Transaction – Request and Response messages              TEXT BOOK  1. Behrouz A. Forouzan, “TCP/IP Protocol Suite”, Tata McGraw Hill Edition 2000.  REFERENCE  1. Douglas E. Comer, David L. Stevens, “Internetworking with TCP/IP – Volume I,  II  and III”, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2 nd  Edition 1994      Page 35 of 47    DMC 1973     MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM     UNIT I    INTRODUCTION:                                  Information system – establishing the framework – business model – information  system architecture – evolution of information systems.  UNIT II   SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT:                 Modern information system – system  development life cycle – structured  methodologies – designing computer based method, procedures control,  designing structured programs.  UNIT III  INFORMATION SYSTEM:               Functional areas, Finance, marketing, production, personnel – levels, Concepts  of DSS, EIS, ES – comparison, concepts and knowledge representation –  managing international information system.  UNIT IV  IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTROL:              Testing security – coding techniques – detection of error – validation – cost  benefit analysis – assessing the value and risk  of information systems.        UNITV  SYSTEM AUDIT:                                                                                         Software engineering qualities – design, production, service, software  specification, software metrics, software quality assurance – systems  methodology – objectives – Time and Logic, Knowledge and Human dimension –  software life cycle models – verification and validation. TEXT BOOK: 1. Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane Price Laudon, Management Information  Systems Managing the digital firm, Pearson Education Asia.  REFERENCES:  1. Gordon B.Davis, Management Information System: Conceptual  Foundations, Structure and Development, McGraw Hill, 1974.  2. Joyce J. Elam, Case series for Management Information System Silmon  and Schuster, Custom Publishing 1996.  3. Steven Alter, Information system – A Management Perspective – Addison  – Wesley, 1999.    4. James AN O’ Brein, Management Information Systems, Tata McGraw  Hill, New Delhi, 1999.  5. Turban Mc Lean, Wetherbe, Information Technology Management  making connection for strategic advantage – John Wiley, 1999.  6. Ralph M.Stair and George W.Reynolds - Principles of Information  Systems – A Managerial Approach Learning, 2001.   Page 36 of 47    DMC 1974    MOBILE COMPUTING               1.  INTRODUCTION                Medium Access Control : Motivation  for Specialized MAC- SDMA- FDMA-  TDMA- CDMA- Comparison of Access  mechanisms – Tele communications :  GSM- DECT- TETRA – UMTS- IMT-200 – Satellite Systems: Basics- Routing-  Localization- Handover- Broadcast Systems: Overview – Cyclic Repetition of  Data- Digital Audio Broadcasting – Digital Video Broadcasting  2. WIRELESS NETWORKS        Wireless LAN: Infrared Vs Radio Transmission – Infrastructure Networks- Ad hoc  Networks- IEEE 802.11 – HIPERLAN – Bluetooth- Wireless ATM: Working  Group- Services- Reference Model  – Functions – Radio Access Layer –  Handover- Location Management- Addressing Mobile Quality of Service- Access  Point Control Protocol  3. MOBILE NETWORK LAYER        Mobile IP : Goals – Assumptions and Requirement – Entities – IP packet  Delivery- Agent Advertisement and Discovery – Registration – Tunneling and  Encapsulation – Optimization – Reverse Tunneling – IPv6 – DHCP- Ad hoc  Networks  4. MOBILE TRANSPORT LAYER       Traditional TCP- Indirect TCP- Snooping TCP- Mobile TCP- Fast retransmit/ Fast  Recovery- Transmission/ Timeout Freezing – Selective Retransmission-  Transaction Oriented TCP  5.  WAP                    Architecture – Datagram Protocol- Transport Layer Security- Transaction  Protocol- Session Protocol- Application Environment-Wireless Telephony  Application  TEXT BOOK  1. J.Schiller, “Mobile Communication”, Addison Wesley, 2000.  REFERENCE BOOKS  1. William C.Y.Lee, “Mobile Communication Design Fundamentals”, John Wiley,  1993.  2. William Stallings, “Wireless Communication and Networks”, Pearson  Education, 2003.  3. Singhal, “WAP-Wireless Application Protocol”, Pearson Education, 2003.   Page 37 of 47    DMC 1975  SOFTWARE AGENTS     1. AGENT AND USER EXPERIENCE                  Interacting with Agents - Agent From Direct Manipulation to Delegation -  Interface Agent Metaphor with Character - Designing Agents - Direct  Manipulation versus Agent Path to Predictable  2. AGENTS FOR LEARNING IN INTELLIGENT ASSISTANCE              Agents for Information Sharing and Coordination - Agents that Reduce Work  Information Overhead - Agents without Programming Language - Life like  Computer character - S/W Agents for cooperative Learning - Architecture of  Intelligent Agents  3. AGENT COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION               Overview of Agent Oriented Programming - Agent Communication Language -  Agent Based Framework of Interoperability  4. AGENT ARCHITECTURE                   Agents for Information Gathering - Open Agent Architecture - Communicative  Action for Artificial Agent  5. MOBILE AGENTS                    Mobile Agent Paradigm - Mobile Agent Concepts -Mobile Agent Technology -  Case Study: Tele Script, Agent Tel  TEXT BOOKS  1. Jeffrey M.Bradshaw," Software Agents ", MIT Press, 2000. (Unit 1,2,3 & 4)  2. William R. Cockayne, Michael Zyda, “Mobile Agents", Prentice Hall, 1998  (5 th   Unit)  REFERENCES  1. Russel & Norvig, " Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach ", Prentice  Hall, 2 nd  Edition, 2002  2. Joseph P.Bigus & Jennifer Bigus, “Constructing Intelligent agents with  Java: A Programmer's Guide to Smarter Applications ", Wiley, 1997.   Page 38 of 47    DMC 1976   HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT      UNIT I   PERSPECTIVES IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT                   Evolution of human resource management – the importance of the human factor  – objectives of human resource management – role of human resource manager  – human resource policies – computer applications in human resource  management.           UNIT II  THE CONCEPT OF BEST FIT EMPLOYEE   Importance of human resource planning – forecasting human resource  requirement – internal and external sources. Selection process-screening – tests  - validation – interview  - medical examination – recruitment introduction –  importance – practices – socialization benefits.              UNIT III  TRAINING AND EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT  Types of training, methods, purpose, benefits and resistance. Executive  development programmes – common practices - benefits – self development –  knowledge management.            UNIT IV  SUSTAINING EMPLOYEE INTEREST   Compensation plan – reward – motivation – theories of motivation – career  management – development, mentor – protege relationships.        UNIT V  PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND CONTROL PROCESS         Method of performance evaluation – feedback – industry practices. Promotion,  demotion, transfer and separation – implication of job change. The control  process – importance – methods – requirement of effective control systems  grievances – causes – implications – redressal methods.            TEXT BOOKS:  1. Decenzo and Robbins, Human Resource Management, Wilsey, 6 th  edition, 2001.  2.   Biswajeet Pattanayak, Human Resource Management, Prentice Hall of India,  2001.  REFERENCES:  1. Human Resource Management, Eugence Mckenna and Nic Beach, Pearson  Education Limited, 2002.  2. Dessler Human Resource Management, Pearson Education Limited, 2002.  3. Mamoria C.B. and Mamoria S.Personnel Management, Himalaya Publishing  Company, 1997.  4. Wayne Cascio, Managing Human Resource, McGraw Hill, 1998.  5. Ivancevich, Human Resource Management, McGraw Hill 2002.   Page 39 of 47    DMC 1977 INFORMATION SECURITY                    1. INTRODUCTION    History, Critical Characteristics of  Information, NSTISSC Security Model,  Components of an Information System, Securing the Components, Balancing  Security and Access, The SDLC, The Security SDLC, Need for Security, Business  Needs, Threats, Attacks, Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues.  2. SECURITY ANALYSIS    Risk Management : Identifying and Assessing Risk, Assessing and Controlling Risk.  3. LOGICAL DESIGN   Blueprint for Security, Information Security Poicy, Standards and Practices, ISO  17799/BS 7799, NIST Models, VISA International Security Model, Design of Security  Architecture, Planning for Continuity  4. PHYSICAL DESIGN                                                                 Security Technology, IDS, Scanning and Analysis Tools  5. NETWORK AND COMPUTER SECURITY                                                      Cryptography, Access Control Devices, Physical Security, Security and Personnel  TEXT BOOKS   1. Michael E Whitman and Herbert J Mattord, “Principles of Information Security”, Vikas  Publishing House, New Delhi, 2003.  2. Ron Weber, “Information Systems Control and Audit”, Pearson Education, New  Delhi, 2004.  REFERENCES  1. Micki Krause, Harold F. Tipton, “ Handbook of Information Security Management”,  Vol 1-3 CRC Press LLC, 2004.  2. Stuart Mc Clure, Joel Scrambray, George Kurtz, “Hacking Exposed”, Tata McGraw  Hill, 2003.  3. Matt Bishop, “ Computer Security Art and Science”, Pearson/PHI, 2002.   Page 40 of 47    DMC 1978  INTRODUCTION TO E-LEARNING 1. INTRODUCTION  Definition – Benefits – Challenges & opportunities – ROI metrics & evaluation –  E-Learning cycle – Learning strategy – Business drivers – E-learning strategy.  2. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION  Role of tutor – Instructional design – Design issues – Types of learning  engagements – Blended learning – Team – Infra structure – Vendor relationships  – Learning management systems – Testing.  3. DELIVERY  Multi-channel delivery – Learner support – Developing curriculum – E-learning  standards – Instructional design – Content development process – Case studies  – Future directions  4. WEB BASED TRANING   Definition – Need for WBT – Choosing an approach -  Kind of courses –  Technical standards – Metaphors – Course framework – registration – Running  the course – resources – Feedback – Access.  5. LEARNING METHODOLOGY  Organizing learning sequences – Common lesson structures – Creating building  blocks – Designing learning sequences – Learning activities – Test and exercise  learning – Planning tests – Selecting questions – Sequencing test questions –  Feedback – Improve testing – Prevent cheating.  TEXT BOOKS  1. John Gardner, Bryn Holmes, “E-Learning: Concepts and Practice”, SAGE  Publications Ltd, 2006.  2. Don Morrison, “E-learning Strategies: How to get Implementation and Delivery  Right First Time”, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2003.  3. William Horton, “Web-Based Training”, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000.  REFERENCE  1. M W Allen, “Michael Allen’s Guide to E-learning: Building Interactive, Fun and  Effective Learning Program for any Company”, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003.  2. Marc J Rosenberg, “E-Learning: Strategies for Delivering Knowledge in the  Digital Age”, McGraw-Hill Education, 2000.  3. Brandon Hall, “Web-Based Training Cookbook”, John Wiley & Sons, 1997.   Page 41 of 47    DMC 1979  HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS   1. INTRODUCTION  Introduction to health care information – Health care data quality – Health care  information regulations, laws and standards.  2. HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS  History and evolution of health care information systems – Current and emerging use  of clinical information systems – system acquisition – System implementation and  support.  3. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY  Information architecture and technologies that support health care information  systems – Health care information system standards – Security of health care  information systems.  4. MANAGEMENT OF IT CHALLENGES  Organizing information technology services – IT alignment and strategic planning –  IT governance and management.  5. IT INITIATIVES  Management’s role in major IT initiatives – Assessing and achieving value in health  care information systems.  TEXT BOOK  1. Karen A Wager, Frances Wickham Lee, John P Glaser, “ Managing Health  Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Executives”,  Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2005.  REFERENCE  1. Rudi Van De Velde and Patrice Degoulet, “Clinical Information Sytems: A  Componenet based approach”, Springer 2005.   Page 42 of 47    DMC 1980   ELECTRONIC COMMERCE  1. INTRODUCTION   Networks and Commercial Transactions - Internet and Other Novelties - Electronic  Transactions Today - Commercial Transactions  - Establishing Trust - Internet  Environment - Internet Advantage - World Wide Web.  2. SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES                                          Why Internet Is Unsecure - Internet Security Holes - Cryptography : Objective -   Codes and Ciphers - Breaking Encryption Schemes -   Data Encryption Standard -   Trusted Key Distribution and Verification - Cryptographic Applications - Encryption  - Digital Signature - Nonrepudiation and Message Integrity.  3. ELECTRONIC PAYMENT METHODS       Traditional Transactions : Updating  - Offline and Online Transactions - Secure  Web Servers - Required Facilities -  Digital Currencies and Payment Systems -    Protocols for the Public Transport - Security Protocols - SET - Credit Card  Business Basics.  4. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE PROVIDERS      Online Commerce Options - Functions and Features -  Payment Systems :  Electronic, Digital and Virtual Internet Payment System -   Account Setup and  Costs - Virtual Transaction Process - InfoHaus - Security Considerations –  CyberCash: Model - Security - Customer Protection -  Client Application - Selling  through CyberCash.  5. ONLINE COMMERCE ENVIRONMENTS       Servers and Commercial Environments - Payment Methods - Server Market  Orientation -  Netscape Commerce Server -  Microsoft Internet Servers -  Digital  Currencies -  DigiCash - Using Ecash - Ecash Client Software and Implementation  - Smart Cards - The Chip - Electronic Data Interchange -  Internet Strategies,  Techniques and  Tools. TEXT BOOK   1. Pete Loshin, “Electronic Commerce”, 4 th  Edition, Firewall media, An imprint of  laxmi publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2004.  REFERENCES  1. Jeffrey F.Rayport and Bernard J. Jaworski, “Introduction to E-Commerce”, 2 nd Edition, Tata Mc-Graw Hill Pvt., Ltd., 2003.  2. Greenstein, “Electronic Commerce”, Tata Mc-Graw Hill Pvt., Ltd., 2000.   Page 43 of 47    DMC 1981  INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN FOR E-LEARNING  1.INTRODUCTION  E-learning – Types – Foundations – Problem based Approach to designing ELearning – Design E-learning – Design and curriculum strategies – Story telling  and contextual based design strategies – Blended learning and curriculum  design – Informal learning.  2. PRINCIPLES OF E-LEARNING  Philosophy of education – Theory of learning – Applying principles of multimedia  – Applying principles of contiguity – Applying principles of modality – Applying  principles of redundancy – Applying principles of coherency – Applying principles  of personalization.  3. HIGH LEVEL DESIGN  Simulations – e-Monitoring and e-Coaching – m-Learning – Live virtual  classroom.  4. DETAIL DESIGN STRATEGIES  Openings and closings – Exposition techniques for writing e-learning content –  Interaction – Visual communication techniques.  5. TECHNIQUES  Leveraging examples in E-learning – Collaborative E-learning – Learner control  in E-learning – E-Learning and problem solving skills – Applying guidelines.  TEXT BOOKS  1. R C Clark and R E Mayer, “E-Learning and the Science of Instruction”,  Pfeiffer Wiley, 2003.  2. Driscoll, “Advanced Web-based Training Strategies: Unlocking Instructionally-  Sound Online Learning”, Pfeiffer Wiley, 2005.  REFERENCE  1. William Horton, “E-Learning by Design”, Pfeiffer Wiley, 2006.  2. Robin Mason, “E-Learning: the key concepts”, Routledge, New Ed Edition,  2006.    Page 44 of 47    DMC 1982   KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT  UNIT I - INTRODUCTION   Knowledge Economy – Technology and Knowledge Management – Knowledge  Management Matrix – Knowledge Management Strategy – Prioritizing knowledge  strategies – knowledge as a strategic asset.  UNIT II - KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING  Knowledge Attributes – Fundamentals of knowledge formation – Tacit and  Explicit knowledge – Knowledge sourcing, abstraction, conversion and diffusion.  UNIT III - KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS  Knowledge Management and organizational learning, architecture – important  considerations – collection and codification of knowledge – Repositories,  structure and life cycle – Knowledge Management infrastructure – Knowledge  Management applications – Collaborative platforms.  UNIT IV - KNOWLEDGE CULTURE IN ORGANISATIONS     Developing and sustaining knowledge culture – Knowledge culture enablers –  implementing knowledge culture enhancement programs – Communities of  practice – Developing organizational memory.  UNIT V - KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT – LOOKING AHEAD  Knowledge Management tools, techniques – Knowledge Management and  measurements – Knowledge audit – Knowledge careers – Practical  implementation of Knowledge management systems – Case studies.  REFERENCES   1. Key issues in the New Knowledge Management –Joseph M. Firestone and  Mark     W. McElroy, Butterworth – Hienemann.  2. Knowledge Management – Classic and contemporary works Edited by Daryl  Morey & others Universities Press India Private Limited.  3. Knowledge Management, Shelda Debowski, John Wiley & Sons.  4. Knowledge Management, Sudhir Warier,Vikas Publishing House Private  Limited.  5. Knowledge Management System Theory and practice,Edited by Stwart Barnes  Thomson Learning.  6. Handbook on knowledge management, Edited by CW. Hol Sapple Springer.   Page 45 of 47    DMC1983     WEB GRAPHICS          1.  INTRODUCTION                            HTML coding - Basic web graphics - Web page design and site building - Image  maps - Adding multimedia to the web.      2.   PAINT SHOP PRO/PHOTOSHOP            Introduction - Image Basics - File Formats - GIF - JPEG - Color Palette - Layers -  Creating new Images - Brushes - Grids - Scaling Images - Moving and Merging  Layers - Tool Palette - Screen capturing - Grey styling - Using style Palette -  Animation.         3.   IMAGE HANDLING             Scanning Images - Adding Text to the images - Designing icons - Creating  background images - Color models - Color depths - Color calibration - Creating  gradients - Oil paint effect.       4.      MULTIMEDIA                        Creating clippings - Animations with sound effects - Adding audio or Video -  Windows Media Player ActiveX Control - Agent control - Embedding VRML in a  web page - Real Player ActiveX control.     5.   APPLICATIONS                   Creating web site with a particular theme using all the utilities - Graphics -  Animations and Interaction.                      TEXT BOOKS  1. Richard Schrand, “Photoshop 6 Visual Jumpstrat”, Adobe Press, 2000.                 (Unit 1,2 & 3)  2. James L. Mohles, “Flash 5.0 Graphics, Animation & Interaction”, Macromedia  2000. (Unit 4 & 5)  REFERENCES  1. Deitel, “Internet and World Wide Web How to program”, Prentice Hall 2003.  2. Robert Reinhardt, Jon Warren Lentz , “Flash 5 Bible”, Hungry Minds Inc, 2001.   Page 46 of 47    DMC1984 E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGY 1. INTRODUCTION  Using Dreamweaver for e-learning – Advantages – Disadvantages – Other web  technologies – Course binder – Possibilities – Installation – Basics – Getting  started – Multiple choice & time/false interaction.  2. ADVANCED INTERACTION  Explore interaction – Button interaction – Text interaction – Timer interaction –  Slider interaction – Global interaction enhancements.  3. EXTENDING COURSE BUILDERS  Using custom  - style sheet to enhance CB –  Action manager – Overview –  Customizing action manager tab – action management object – crating custom –  course builder interactions – deciphering- CB java script.   4. LEARNING SITE  Introduction to learning site – Possibilities – Installation - Designing a learning  site – Customizing a learning site.  5. TRACKING LEARNER DATE  Learning site for tracking – Learning site database – Tracking and scoring issues  – Setting up data tracking – Enhancements – Communicating with learning  management system.  TEXT BOOKS  1. Gain Hess & Steven Hancock, “ Using Dreamweaver MX to create E-Learning :  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Builder and Learning sites”, Rapid Intake  Press, 2004.  2. Michael Doyle, “Macromedia Dreamweaver E-learning Tool-kit: Building Webbased Traning with Course builder”, 2003.  REFERENCE  1. Marc L Rosenberg, “Beyond E-Learning: Approaches and Technologies to  Enhance Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Performance”, Pfeiffer Wiley,  2006.  2. Besty Bruce, “E-learning with Dreamweaver MX: Building online Learning  Applications”, Peachpit Press, 2002.   Page 47 of 47    DMC 1985 DATA WAREHOUSING AND DATA MINING        1.  INTRODUCTION                Relation To Statistics, Databases- Data Mining Functionalities-Steps In Data  Mining Process-Architecture Of A Typical Data Mining Systems- Classification Of  Data Mining Systems - Overview Of Data Mining Techniques.  2. DATA PREPROCESSING AND ASSOCIATION RULES    Data Preprocessing-Data Cleaning, Integration, Transformation, Reduction,  Discretization Concept Hierarchies-Concept Description: Data Generalization And  Summarization Based Characterization- Mining Association Rules In Large  Databases.  3. PREDICTIVE MODELING        Classification And Prediction: Issues Regarding Classification And PredictionClassification By Decision Tree Induction-Bayesian Classification-Other  Classification Methods-Prediction-Clusters Analysis: Types Of Data In Cluster  Analysis- Categorization Of Major Clustering Methods: Partitioning Methods – Hierarchical Methods     4. DATA WAREHOUSING        Data Warehousing Components -Multi Dimensional Data Model- Data Warehouse  Architecture-Data Warehouse Implementation- -Mapping the Data Warehouse to  Multiprocessor Architecture- OLAP.-Need- Categorization of OLAP Tools.  5.  APPLICATIONS                Applications of Data Mining-Social Impacts Of Data Mining-Tools-An Introduction  To DB Miner-Case Studies-Mining WWW-Mining Text Database-Mining Spatial  Databases.  TEXT BOOK  1. Jiawei Han, Micheline Kamber, "Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques",  Morgan  Kaufmann Publishers, 2002.  REFERENCES  1.  Alex Berson,Stephen J. Smith, “Data Warehousing, Data Mining,& OLAP”, Tata  McGraw- Hill, 2004.  2.  Usama M.Fayyad, Gregory Piatetsky - Shapiro, Padhrai Smyth And Ramasamy       Uthurusamy, "Advances In Knowledge Discovery And Data Mining", The M.I.T  Press, 1996.      3.  Ralph Kimball, "The Data Warehouse Life Cycle Toolkit", John Wiley & Sons  Inc., 1998.  4.   Sean Kelly, "Data Warehousing In Action", John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1997. 

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