MCA Syllabus GGSIPU

Can you provide me the syllabus of Master of Computer Applications (MCA) Degree Program as offered by GGSIPU or Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University?

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The syllabus of Master of Computer Applications (MCA) Degree Program as offered by GGSIPU or Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is as follows:

Code No.: MCA 101 Paper: Fundamentals of Information Technology

UNIT – I
Digital Signals and Logic gates, Number systems: Binary, octal and hexadecimal number systems, signed binary number, binary arithmetic, 2’s complement arithmetic, Microprocessors: Introduction, System Bus, Architecture and operation of 8085 microprocessor and instruction set.

UNIT – II
Introduction to software: Software types and Software Development activities (Requirement, Design (algorithm, flowchart, decision table and tree), Coding, Testing, Installation, Maintenance). Low and high level languages, assemblers, compilers, interpreters, linkers. Introduction to Graphics primitives: Display Devices: Refresh Cathode Ray Tube, Raster Scan Display, Plasma Display, Liquid Crystal Display, Plotters, Printers, Keyboard, Trackball, Joystick, Mouse, Light Pen, Tablet and Digitizing Camera. External Storage devices.

UNIT - III
Introduction to Operating system, Different types of operating systems and its working, DOS commands, File Structure and Storage, Introduction to process management: process, threads, scheduling and synchronization. Introduction to Database Management System and its types.

UNIT – IV
Basic elements of a Communication System, Data transmission media, Digital and Analog Transmission, Network topologies, Network Types (LAN, WAN and MAN), Introduction to Communication protocols, Inter networking tools.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Alex Leon and Mathews Leon, “Fundamentals of Information Technology”, Leon
Techworld, 2007.
2. P. K. Sinha and Priti Sinha , “Computer Fundamentals”, BPB Publications, 2007.
3. Malvino and Leach, “Digital Principles and Application”, TMH, 1999.
4. Ramesh S. Gaonkar, "Microprocessor Architecture Programming and Application with8085”, PHI, 2001.

REFERENCES:
1. Alex Leon and Mathews Leon, “Introduction to Computers”, Vikas Publishing House,2007.
2. Norton Peter, “Introduction to computers”, TMH, 4th Ed., 2006.
3. Simon Haykins, “Communication System”, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
4. B. Basaraj, “Digital Fundamentals”, Vikas Publications, 1999.
5. V. Rajaraman, “Introduction to Information Technology”, PHI, 2006.
6. V. Rajaraman, “Fundamentals of Computers”, PHI, 5th Ed., 2006.
7. David Anfinson and Ken Quamme, “IT Essentials PC Hardware and Software
Component on Guide”, Pearson, 3rd Ed., 2008.