Computer Science(083) 2024-25
Month Topics
June & July 2024 Unit I: Computer Systems and Organisation
● Basic computer organisation: Introduction to Computer System, hardware,
software, input device, output device, CPU, memory (primary, cache and
secondary), units of memory ( bit, byte, KB, MB, GB, TB, PB)
● Types of software: System software ( Operating systems, system utilities,
device drivers), programming tools and language translators ( assembler,
compiler, and interpreter), application software
● Operating System(OS): functions of the operating system, OS user interface
● Boolean logic: NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR, NOT, truth tables and De
Morgan’s laws, Logic circuits
● Number System: Binary, Octal, Decimal and Hexadecimal number system;
conversion between number systems
● Encoding Schemes: ASCII, ISCII, and Unicode (UTF8, UTF32)
August Unit II: Computational Thinking and Programming - I
● Introduction to Problem-solving: Steps for Problem-solving (Analyzing the
problem, developing an algorithm, coding, testing, and debugging),
representation of algorithms using flowchart and pseudo code, decomposition
● Familiarization with the basics of Python programming: Introduction to
Python, Features of Python, executing a simple “hello world" program,
execution modes: interactive mode and script mode, Python character set,
Python tokens( keyword, identifier, literal, operator, punctuator),
variables, concept of l-value and r-value, use of comments.
● Knowledge of data types: Number(integer, floating point,complex), boolean,
sequence(string, list, tuple), None, Mapping(dictionary), mutable and immutable
data types
● Operators: arithmetic operators, relational operators, logical operators,
assignment operators, augmented assignment operators, identity operators (is,
is not), membership operators (in not in)
● Expressions, statement, type conversion, and input/output: precedence of
operators, expression, evaluation of an expression, type-conversion (explicit and
implicit conversion), accepting data as input from the console and displaying
output.
● Errors- syntax errors, logical errors, and run-time errors
September ● Flow of Control: introduction, use of indentation, sequential flow, conditional
and iterative flow
● Conditional statements: if, if-else, if-elif-else, flowcharts, simple programs:
e.g.: absolute value, sort 3 numbers and divisibility of a number.
● Iterative Statement: for loop, range(), while loop, flowcharts, break and
continue statements, nested loops, suggested programs: generating pattern,
summation of series, finding the factorial of a positive number, etc.
● Strings: introduction, string operations (concatenation, repetition,
membership and slicing),
traversing a string using loops, built-in functions/methods–len(), capitalize(),
title(), lower(), upper(), count(), find(), index(), endswith(), startswith(),
isalnum(), isalpha(), isdigit(), islower(), isupper(), isspace(),lstrip(), rstrip(), strip(),
replace(), join(), partition(), split()
October ●Lists: introduction, indexing, list operations (concatenation, repetition,
membership and slicing), traversing a list using loops, built-in
functions/methods–len(), list(), append(), extend(), insert(),
count(), index(), remove(), pop(), reverse(), sort(), sorted(), min(), max(), sum();
nested lists, suggested programs: finding the maximum, minimum, mean of
numeric values stored in a list; linear search on list of numbers and counting the
frequency of elements in a list.
November ● Tuples: introduction, indexing, tuple operations (concatenation, repetition,
membership and slicing); built-in functions/methods – len(), tuple(), count(),
index(), sorted(), min(), max(), sum(); tuple assignment, nested tuple; suggested
programs: finding the minimum, maximum, mean of values stored in a tuple;
linear search on a tuple of numbers, counting the frequency of elements in a
tuple.
● Dictionary: introduction, accessing items in a dictionary using keys, mutability
of a dictionary (adding a new term, modifying an existing item), traversing a
dictionary, built-in functions/methods– len(), dict(), keys(), values(), items(),
get(), update(), del(), del, clear(), fromkeys(), copy(), pop(), popitem(),
setdefault(), max(), min(), sorted(); Suggested programs: count the number of
times a character appears in a given string using a dictionary, create a dictionary
with names of employees, their salary and access them
December Introduction to Python modules: Importing module using ‘import ’ and using from
statement, importing math module (pi, e, sqrt(), ceil(), floor(), pow(), fabs(), sin(), cos(),
tan()); random module (random(), randint(), randrange()), statistics module (mean(),
median(), mode()).
January 2025 Unit III: Society, Law and Ethics
● Digital Footprints
● Digital Society and Netizen: net etiquettes, communication etiquettes, social
media etiquette
● Data Protection: Intellectual property rights (copyright, patent , trademark),
violation of IPR(plagiarism, copyright infringement, trademark infringement),
open source software and licensing (Creative Commons, GPL and Apache)
● Cyber Crime: definition, hacking, eavesdropping, phishing and fraud emails,
ransomware, cyber trolls, cyber bullying
● Cyber safety: safely browsing the web, identity protection, confidentiality
● Malware: viruses, trojans, adware
● E-waste management: proper disposal of used electronic gadgets.
● Information Technology Act (IT Act)
● Technology and society: Gender and disability issues while teaching and using
computers
February Comprehensive Revision, Practical Examination and Project Submission
March Session Ending Examination
