Programme guide distance Education Programmes

MCA 17 - Programming with Java

Programming through JAVA: JAVA history, JAVA features, JAVA and internet, JAVA and WWW, hardware and software requirements, JAVA environment, program structure, JAVA tokens, JAVA virtual machine, constants, variables and data types, operators and expressions, decision making and branching, decision making and looping.

Classes, objects and methods, interfaces, packages, managing errors and exceptions, multithreading.

Applet Programming, Applets and Applications, etc.

String handling, event handling,

AWT: Working with windows, graphics and text, controls, layout managers.

MCA 18 - Computer Graphics and Multimedia

Overview of Graphics System: Display devices, Raster scan systems, Random scan systems, Input devices, Graphics software.

Output Primitives: Points and lines, line drawing algorithms, DDA, Bresenhams line algorithm, Circle generating algorithms, Bresenhams, Mid-point, Filled area primitives.

Attributes of Output Primitives: Line, Curve, Area fill, Character text, Marker Antialiasing.

2-D Transformations: Basic transformations, Matrix representations and Homogeneous co-ordinates, Composite transformations, Reflection, Shear.

2-D Viewing: Viewing pipeline, Window to viewport coordinate transformations, Clipping operations, Point, line-Cohen Sutherlands, Polygon clipping-Hodgemans, Weilor-Atherton, curve, text.

Structures: Concepts, basic modeling concepts, Interactive graphics, Logical classification of input devices, Input functions, interactive picture construction techniques.

3-D Concepts: Introduction to 3-D graphics, Display methods, 3-D representations-polygon surfaces.

Definition of Multimedia; Applications, Hardware and Software requirements for creating multimedia; Building blocks of multimedia – text, Graphics (image), Video, Audio, Animation; Different types of animation; Brief overview of stages in execution of multimedia project – pre production, Production and post production phases.

What is Compression; Lossy and Lossless compression; Compression techniques – RLE in text and image, LZW, Huffman's Coding, GIF, JPEG, MPEG, Fractal, Wavelet; Image File types; Advanced Multimedia – Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Video, Conferencing, Morphing, VoIP, Video on Demand.

MCA 19 - Management Information System

Techniques in data processing — Online Batch Mode – Real Type.

System analysis, Input Design, Output Design, File Design– Introduction to Internet and other emerging technologies.

MIS Meaning – Scope and role in modern management, Fundamental concepts in MIS – Computer based MIS.

Office automation – String and filing data – System Implementation – Transaction Processing Systems – Decision Support Systems.

Organizational Changes – Information System Design – Business process redesign – Business Transformation – distributed databases and MIS – Computer Networks and E-Commerce.

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MCA 20 - Artificial Intelligence & Expert System

State space search: Production systems, Search space controll Depth first search, unknown search- Hill climbing best first search, branch and bound. Best First Search, Problem Reduction, Constraints, Satisfaction, Means End Analysis.

Knowledge Representation

Predicate Logic: Skolemzing queries, Unification, Modus pones, Resolution, dependency directed back tracking.

Rule Based Systems: Forward reasoning Conflict resolution, Backward reasoning. Use of non back track.

Structured Knowledge Representation Semantic Net : Slots exceptions and defaults frames Handling uncertainty Probabilities Reasoning, Use of certainty factor, Fuzzy logic

Learning: Concept of learning, (7.3) learning automation, genetic algorithm, learning by induction, neural nets back propagation

Experts Systems: Need and justification for expert systems, Knowledge acquitions, Case studies MYCIN, RI

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MCA 21- Linux

Introduction to Linux: History, Architecture, Comparison with UNIX, Features and Facilities of Linux, Shells in Linux, Different Variants of Linux — Red Hat, Ubuntu, Mandrake, Debian, Susse.

Files and File Structure: Linux File System, File naming Conventions, Path, Types of File Names and Users, Directory Commands, File Commands in Linux, Text Editors-Functions of a Text Editor, Various Editors, vi Editor, emacs Editor, joe Editor, Locating Files, Standard Files, Redirection, Filters, Pipes.

File Access Permissions [FAP]: Viewing and Changing FAPs, Introduction to Shells, Shell Variables- Local and Global Variables, Command Substitution - expr Command, Arithmetic Expansion, Conditional Execution Constructs, Iterations, Parameter Handling in Shell Scripts, Shift Command, Controlling Process Execution, Sheduling Tasks.

Backup: Restore and Compress Utilities, tar, cpio, dump and Restore Utilities, Communication in Linux — mesg, who-T, talk, write, wall, finger, chfn, ping, traceroute utilities, FTP , ncftp Command, e-mail Facilities.

Window System: X Desktop, GNOME Desktop Environment, Features, GNOME Panel, Control Center— Capplets, Document Handlers, Multimedia Capplet, Peripherals, File Manager K Desktop environment — Interface, Desktop, Panel, Konqueror, Koffice, Kmail, KDE Control Center, Kjots, Kdiskfree.

MCA 22 - VISUAL BASIC

INTRODUCTION TO VB VB: An Overview, Concept of GUI, How to Start With a Project, Properties Windows and Project Windows, Toolbox Windows, Menubar Windows.

PROGRAMMING BASIC VB Variables, Constants, Arrays, Inputbox()and Msgbox() Functions, Control Flow Statements, Loop Statements, Procedures and Subroutines, Built-In Functions.

WORKING WITH CONTROLS Label and Textbox, Text Selection Controls, Capturing Key Strokes, Using Controls.

DESIGNING THE USER INTERFACE Placing the Controls on Form, Aligning and Grouping Controls, Setting Focus, Writing Code with Code Design Window, Saving and Running the Application.

ADVANCED ACTIVEX CONTROLS The Common Dialog Controls, The TreeView Controls, How Tree Structure Works, Using the TreeView.

THE MULTIPLE DOCUMENT INTERFACE MDI: An Overview, Built-In Capabilities of MDI, Parent and Child Menus, Creating Menus with Menu Editor and Assigning Keys.

DATABASE PROGRAMMING & ERROR HANDLING Understanding Databases and Database Management Systems, Record Sets, Accessing Fields in a Database, Data Control — Properties and Methods, Advanced Data Bound Control, Using Visual Data Manager, Database Connectivity With Controls ADO, Establishing Connection, Executing SQL Statements, Cursor Types and Locking Mechanisms, Manipulating Record Set Object, Database Connectivity Using Code, Grid Controls, Handling Errors.

REPORTS Data and Crystal Reports, Creating DLL in VB, Making EXE File. .