SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY

RAJKOT – INDIA

CURRICULAM

FOR

P.G.D.C.A.
(1 Years Full Time: 2 Semester Programme)

Post Graduate Diploma In Computer Science And Application

(Semester I and Semester II)

Effective From June – 2009

 Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application
(Semester – I and Semester - II )
Saurashtra University
Effective from June - 2009

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS

(PGDCA)
(1 year full time : 2 Semester Programme)

O.P.G.D.C.A. 1 Candidate seeking admission to the Post Graduate Diploma In

Computer Science And Application must have a Bachelor
degree of minimum three years duration or equivalent from any
recognized university.

O.P.G.D.C.A. 2 The duration of the course will be full time one academic year.
The examination for the post graduate diploma in computer
science and applications will be conducted under the semester
system. For this purpose, the academic year will be delivered
into two semesters. No candidate will allowed to join any other
course simultaneously.

O.P.G.D.C.A. 3 No candidates will be admitted to any semester examination for

PGDCA unless it is certified by the head, computer center that
he has attended courses of study to the satisfaction of the head
of the institute recognized for teaching courses of study in post
graduate diploma in computer science and applications.

O.P.G.D.C.A. 4 Candidate desirous of appearing the post graduate diploma in

computer science and applications must forward their
applications in the prescribed form to the registrar, through the
head of institute on or before the date prescribed for the
purposes under the relevant ordinance.

R.P.G.D.C.A. 1 A candidate fails in any number of subjects in the first semester

examination will be permitted to continue his studies at a
subsequent semester

R.P.G.D.C.A. 2 A. To pass any, semester examination, a candidate must

obtain
in each course to Theory / Practical at least 40% marks.

B. Award of Classes:

1. The obtained marks in a semester will be carry

forwarded.
2. The class of award will be in final semester based on
obtained marks in all the semesters.
3. A candidate securing at least 50% or more but less than
60% marks in the aggregate of all the courses of the first
and second semesters will be placed in the second
class.

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4. A candidate securing 60% or more but less than 70%

marks in the aggregate of all the Courses of the first and
second will be placed in the first class.
5. Those of the successful candidates in the first class
securing 70% or more marks will be declared to have
passed the examination in the first class with
distinction.

R.P.G.D.C.A. 3 The following is the syllabuses in the various courses to be

studied for the Post-graduate Diploma in Computer Science and
Applications.

P.G.D.C.A. (Semester – I)
NO. OF
THEORY NO. OF PRACTICAL
SR.NO. SUBJECT
LECT. PER PER WEEK
WEEK
CS – 1
Computer
1 6 -
Fundamentals &
Networking
CS – 2
2 6 3
Programming In C
CS – 3
3 Programming in Visual 6 3
Basic
CS – 4
4 Web scripting 6 3
Languages
CS – 5
5 Practical - -
Based on CS-2,CS-4
CS – 6
6 Practical - -
Based on CS-3

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CS – 1 : COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS AND NETWORKING

No Min.
Topic Detail Marks
. Lect.
 Definition of computer
 Block Diagram Of Computer
 Characteristics of computer
Computer  Generations of computer
1 10 7
Basics  Analog computer
 Digital computer
Mini, Micro, Mainframe, Super
 Hybrid computer
 Conversions (Only For Integer)
Decimal to Binary, Octal,
Hexadecimal
Binary to Decimal, Octal,
Hexadecimal
Octal to Decimal, Binary,
Number
Hexadecimal
Systems
2 Hexadecimal to Decimal, Binary, 10 13
And Binary
Octal
Arithmetic
 Complement
1’s complement
2’s complement
 Addition of two binary numbers
Subtraction of two binary numbers
using 1’s and 2’s complement method
 Input Devices
Touch screen, OCR, OMR, MICR,
OBR, Light pen
 Output Devices
CRT, daisy wheel printer, dot
matrix printer, drum printer, ink jet
Computer
3 printer, laser printer 20 12
Peripherals
 Primary storage devices
RAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM,
EEPROM
 Secondary storage devices
 Magnetic Tape, Magnetic Disk, CDs,
DVDs , Blu-Ray Disk, Pen drive
Overview of  Machine level language
Computer  Assembly level language
Languages  High-level language
4 10 8
And  Definition of assembler Compiler and
Operating interpreter
System  Definition of Operating System

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 Concept of Batch OS,

Multiprogrammed OS, Time
Sharing OS, On-Line OS And Real
Time OS
 GIS
 GPS
Emerging
5  Remote Sensing 10 5
Technology
 Blue tooth
 Wi-Fi
 Network Concept
 Network Services
File Service, Print Service,
Communication Service, Data Base
Service, Security Service
Network
6 Application Service 10 8
Introduction
 LAN, MAN, WAN
 Network Model
Peer to Peer, Client - Server
 Network Topologies
Bus, Ring, Star, Mesh
 Transmission Cable
Co-Axial Cable, Twisted Pair
Transmissi Cable, Fiber Optic Cable
7 10 8
on Media  Wireless Transmission Media
Infrared, Laser, Radio,
Microwave
 Devices
Modems, Repeater, Hub, Bridge,
Connectivit
Router, Gateway
8 y Devices & 10 6
Protocol  Protocols
TCP, IP, UDP, SMTP, FTP,
HTTP
 N/W administrative models
Work group, Binary based, Domain,
Managing
9 Directory Services 10 8
Network
 Managing User Accounts & group
Security on window OS
100 75

Students seminar - 5 Lectures.

Expert Talk - 5 Lectures
Students Test - 5 Lectures.

Total No of Lectures : 75+ 15 = 90 Lectures.

Reference Books:

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1. Computer Fundamentals – By P.K.Sinha

2. Fundamental of IT for BCA – By S.Jaiswal
3. Engineering Physics – By V.K.Gaur
4. Electronics Communication – By Robert J. Schoenbeck
(Modulation And Transmission) : Charles E. Merrill Universal Book Stall
New Delhi
5. Teach Yourself Assembler – By Goodwin
6. Computer Networks Dr. N.N. Jani
7. Networking Essential Glenn Berg Tech. Media

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CS – 2 : PROGRAMMING IN C ( Total Marks = 100 )

No
Topic Detail Min. Lect.
.
 C Character Set
GETTING  Constants, Variables and Keywords in C
1 STARTED  Various Data Types 10
WITH C  Various Operators
 Hierarchy of operations
 Decision
o if, if-else, Nested if-elses, if-elseif
 Logical Operators
 Conditional (Ternary) operator
VARIOUS  Loops
CONTROL o for
2 o while 10
STRUCTURES
o do-while
o Nesting of loops
o Break
o Continue
o switch case
 goto
 Need of UDF
 Void type
 Different types of functions
o With argument and with return type
o Without argument and with return
type
3 UDF 10
o Without argument and without return
type
 Scope of variables
 Recursion
 Pointers
Call by value and Call by reference
 Concept
 Initialisation and working with array
 Passing array elements to function
4 ARRAYS 10
 Passing an entire array to function
 Arrays
Array of pointers

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 Concept
 String functions
strlen() 10
5 STRINGS strcpy()
strcat()
strcmp()
Gets(), puts()
 How to define a structure
 Accessing structure elements
 Memory Allocation
6 STRUCTURE  Array of structure 10
 Array within structure
 Pointer to Structure
 Union
 Opening and Closing of file
 fopen(),fclose()
FILE
7  Reading and writing records into file 10
HANDLING
 fscanf(),fprintf(),ftell(),feof(),fseek(),fgetc(),f
putc()
 Type casting
 Typedef
 Symbolic Constants
8 MISC.  C Preprocessor 5
o #define
o #include
 Command Line Arguments
75

Students seminar - 5 Lectures.

Expert Talk - 5 Lectures
Students Test - 5 Lectures.

Total No of Lectures : 75 + 15 = 90 Lectures.

Reference book:
1. Programming in ANSI C E. Balaguruswami
2. Let Us C Yashwant Kanetkar
3. Working with C Yashwant Kanetkar
4. Programming in C Schaum Series publication

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CS – 03: Developing Application in Visual Basic 6.0

No App.
Topic Detail Marks
. Lect.
1 Introduction  OOP Concepts 30 20
 VB as Event Driven
Programming
 Property, Event and Method
 VB as IDE
 Controls
 Text Box, Label
 Command Button, Option
Button
 Check Box, Frame
 Horizontal-Vertical
Scroll Bar, Combo Box
 List Box, Timer, Shape
 Line, Drive List Box
 Directory List Box, File
List Box
 Picture Box, Image Box
 Advance Controls
 Common Dialog Control
 Rich Text Box
 MSFlex Grid
 Use of Msgbox( ) and
InputBox( )
2 Variable,  Data Types 15 15
Operators,  Declaration of Variables
Constants,  Scope & Life Time of Variables
Decision (Local Variable, Form Variable
Making, Module Variable, Global
Looping and Variable)
Array
 Arithmetic & Relations
Operators
 Decision Making using If &
Select
Case
 Loops using For, While..Wend,
While Loop…End Loop, Do
Loop..While, Do Until …Loop
 Defining Array 1D, 2D, 3D
 Static & Dynamic Array

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 Control Array
3 Multiple  Using Multiple Forms 5 5
Forms, MDI  Model Form & Modeless Form
 Parent & Child Form Concept
using
MDI Form
 Difference of MDI & SDI
4 Procedure,  Creating Procedures & 5 5
Functions, Functions
Menus  Concept of ByRef & ByVal
 Concept of Public & Private
Scope
 Use of Menu Editor
5 Library  Functions 10 10
Functions  Abs(),Array(),Asc()
 Choose(), Chr()
 Date(),DateAdd(),DateDiff(),

DatePart(),DateSerial(),Day()
 Format(),FormatCurrency()
FormatDateTime(),
FormatNumber(),
FormatPercent()
 IIf(),InStr(),InStrRev()
IsArray(),IsDate(),IsNull(),
IsNumeric()
 Join()
 LCase(),Left(),Len(),

LoadPicture(),LTrim(),RTrim()
Trim()
 Mid(),Month(),MonthName()
 Now()
 QBColor()

 Replace(),RGB(),Right(),Rnd()
 Space(),Split(),Sqr(),Str(),
StrComp(),String(),StrReverse()
 Time( )
 UCase()
 Val()
 WeekDay(),WeekDayName()
 Year( )

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6 File Handling  Sequential File Handing in VB 5 2

7 DataBase Introduction to ADO Control 20 15
Programming  Bounded Connectivity &
Unbounded
Connectivity
 Create Projects with facilities
like Add, Delete, Edit, Search
 Using DataList, DataCombo and
DataGrid Controls
8 Advance  Short Note on Concepts of 10 3
Concepts ActiveX Control, ActiveX DLL,
OLE, API
100 75

Students seminar - 5 Lectures.

Expert Talk - 5 Lectures
Students Test - 5 Lectures.

TOTAL LECTURES : 75+15=90

Reference Books :
1. Pure V.B. Dan Fox Tech Media
2. Mastering VB 6 Evagelous Petroutoss BPB
3. VB Black Book
4. Programming in Visual Basic 6.0 Julia Bradley TMH Pub

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CS-04: Web Scripting Language

No. Topic Details Marks Min.
Lect.
1 INTERNET Internet 10 8
& WWW  Introduction
 How to connect to Internet?
 ISP

WWW
 Definitions
(www, web server, web client,
website, web page, search engine)
 Applications (E-mail, Chat)

30 21
2 HTML  USE OF HTML DOCUMENT
 HTML DOCUMENT STRUCTURE
 VARIOUS HTML TAGS

DOCUMENT TAG
 <HTML></HTML>
 <HEAD></HEAD>
 <BODY></BODY>
 <TITLE></TITLE>
 <!-- -->

TEXT FORMATTING TAG

 <H1></H1> TO <H6></H6>
 <P></P>
 <PRE></PRE>
 <B></B>
 <U></U>
 <I></I>
 <TT></TT>

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 <STRIKE></STRIKE>
 <SUB></SUB>
 <SUP></SUP>
 <BIG></BIG>
 <STRONG></STRONG>
 <SMALL></SMALL>
 <FONT></FONT>
 <BLINK>
 <MARQUEE>

CREATING LINK WITH OTHER

PAGES
 <A></A>
 <LINK>

LINE BREAKS
 <BR>
 <HR>

LIST CREATION
 <OL></OL>
 <UL></UL>
 <LI>
 <DL></DL>
 <DT>
 <DD>

IMAGE HANDLING IN HTML

 <IMG></IMG>
 <AREA></AREA>
 <MAP></MAP>

TABLE CREATION
 <TABLE></TABLE>
 <TR>
 <TH>
 <TD>
 <CAPTION>

FRAMES
 FRAME
 FRAMESET

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FORMS
 FORM
 INPUT
 SELECT
 OPTION
 TEXTAREA

3 XHTML  Introduction 5 4
 Why XHTML?
 HTML v/s XHTML
 XHTML syntax
4 CSS  Introduction of Style sheet 15 12
 Types of Style sheet
 Class & ID
 CSS Font Property
 CSS Text Property
 CSS Background Property
 CSS Border Property
 CSS List Property
 CSS Padding Property
 CSS Margin Property
5 JavaScript  Introduction to JavaScript 25 18
 Operator
 Conditional Structure & Looping
Structure
 Dialog Boxes
 Arrays
 User Define Function
 Built-in Functions
String :
chatAt, concat, indexOf,
lastIndexOf, replace, search,
substr, substring, toLowerCase,
toUpperCase
Math :
abs, ceil, floor, pow, random
round, max, min
Date :
date, getDate, getDay, getMonth,
getYear, getFullyear, getHours,
getMinutes, getSeconds,
getMilliseconds, setDate, setDay,
setMonth, setYear, setFullyear,

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setHours, setMinutes,
setSeconds
Array :
Join, reverse, pop, push, shift,
sort
 User Define Object
 Document Object
 History Object

 Navigator Object
 Form Object & Elements
 Events:
onclick, ondblclick, onblur, onfocus,
onchange, onkeypress,
onkeydown, onkeyup,
onMousemove, onmouseout,
onsubmit, onreset, onselect,
onload, onunload, timer event
6 XML  Introduction 15 12
 Elements & Attributes
 Validation & Validator
 XML Parser
 XML DOM
 XML to HTML
 XML Http Request

TOTAL : 100 75

Students seminar - 5 Lectures.

Expert Talk - 5 Lectures
Students Test - 5 Lectures.

TOTAL LECTURES : 75+15=90

Reference Books:

1. Pure JavaScript
2. HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Pearl & CGI
3. XML A Beginner’s Guide – Dave Mercer – OSBORNE
4. Complete Reference XML – TMH
5. Complete Reference Internet - TMH

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CS – 05: PRACTICALS
Sessions Topics Marks
80 ( Practical)
I o CS – 2,CS – 4 +
20 ( Assingment )

CS – 06: PRACTICALS
Sessions Topics Marks
80 ( Practical )
I o CS – 3 +
20 ( Assingment )

Note: Each session is of 3 hours for the purpose of Practical Examination

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P.G.D.C.A. (Semester – II)

NO. OF
THEORY NO. OF PRACTICAL
SR.NO. SUBJECT
LECT. PER PER WEEK
WEEK
CS – 07
1 6 3
RDBMS Using Oracle
CS- 08
Web Based
2 Application 6 3
Development Using
PHP
CS – 09
3 6 3
VB.NET Programming
CS – 10
4 Practical (based on - -
CS-07 and CS-09)
CS – 11
5 Practical (based on - -
CS-08)
CS-12
6 - 6
Project

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CS-07 : RDBMS USING ORACLE

Min.
No. Topic Detail
Lect.
- DBMS v/s RDBMS
- Characteristics of RDBMS
Introduction
1 - E-R Diagrams and Types of 5
to RDBMS
Relationship
- Justify Oracle as a RDBMS
- Introduction to SQL
- SQL Commands and Datatypes
SQL, - Introduction to SQL*Plus
2 10
SQL*Plus - SQL*Plus formatting commands
- Operator and Expression
- SQL v/s SQL*Plus
- Creating and Altering tables
(Including constraints)
- Data Manipulation Command like
Insert, update, delete
Managing
- SELECT statement with WHERE,
3 Tables and 10
GROUP BY and HAVING, ORDER
Data
BY,DISTINCT,Special operator like
IN, ANY,ALL,BETWEEN,EXISTS,
LIKE
- Join, subquery, Built in functions
Other - View
4 Database - Sequence 5
Objects - Synonyms, Database Links, Index
Data and - Grant, Revoke, Role, Creating Users
Transaction - What is transaction?
5 5
Control - Starting and Ending of Transaction
Statements - Commit, Rollback, Savepoint
- SQL v/s PL/SQL
- PL/SQL Block Structure
Introduction - Language construct of PL/SQL
6 to (Variables, Basic and Composite 15
PL/SQL Data type, Conditions looping etc.)
- %TYPE and %ROWTYPE
- Using Cursor(Implicit, Explicit)
- Creating and Using Procedure,
Advanced Functions, Package, Triggers
7 15
PL/SQL - Creating Objects, PL/SQL Tables,
Nested Tables, Varrays etc…

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- Initialization Parameter
- Control Files, Redo Log files
- Data files
Oracle - Tablespace(Create, Alter, Drop)
8 Database - Oracle Blocks 10
Structure - Instance Architecture
1. Database Processes
2. Memory Structure.
- Import, Export and SQL*Loader
75

Suggestion (Not part of syllabus): Introduction to Software Engineering related to

project development. (Analysis, Documentation, Development Life cycle, Data Flow
diagram etc.)

Students seminar - 5 Lectures.

Expert Talk - 5 Lectures
Students Test - 5 Lectures.

Total No of Lectures : 75 + 15 = 90 Lectures.

Reference Books:
SQL,PL/SQL The programming Lang.Of Oracle - Ivan Bayross
Using Oracle 8i - Page, Hughes
Fundamental of Software Engineering - Rajib Mall
Oracle 8I The Complete Reference - George Koch
Software Engineering A Practitioner Approach - Roger Pressman

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CS-08 : Website Development Using PHP

No. Topic Details Marks Min.
Lect.
1 PHP Basic  Introduction to PHP 25 20
 PHP configuration in IIS & Apache
Web server
 PHP Variable
Static & global variable
GET & POST method
 PHP Operator
 Conditional Structure & Looping
Structure
 Array
 User Define Function:
- argument function
- default arument
- variable function
- return function
 Variable Length Argument
Function
- func_num_args
- func_get_arg, func_get_args
 Variable Function
Gettype, settype, isset, unset,
strval, floatval, intval, print_r
 String Function
Chr, ord, strtolower, strtoupper,
strlen, ltrim, rtrim trim, substr,
strcmp, strcasecmp, strops,
strrpos, strstr, stristr, str_replace,
strrev, echo, print
 Math Function
Abs, ceil, floor, round, fmod,
min, max, pow, sqrt, rand
 Date Function
Date, getdate, setdate,
Checkdate, time, mktime
 Array Function
Count, list, in_array, current,
next, previous, end, each, sort,
rsort, assort, arsort,
array_merge, array_reverse
 Miscellaneous Function
define, constant, include,
require, header, die

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 File handling Function

fopen, fread, fwrite, fclose,
file_exists, is_readable,
is_writable, fgets, fgetc, file,
file_get_contents,
file_putcontents, ftell, fseek,
rewind, copy, unlink, rename,
move_upload_file
2 PHP  PHP GD Library 30 25
Components  PHP Regular expression function
 Cookies
 Session
 Server variable
 Database Connectivity with MySQL
(Using PhpMyAdmin)
3 Advance  PHP with OOPS 30 15
PHP Class, constructor, inheritance,
serialize objects
 PHP with XML
XML introduction
Simple XML functions
 PHP with AJAX
AJAX introduction
XMLHttpRreqeust
AJAX with MySQL Database
4 Smarty  Smarty Introduction 15 15
 Variable:
Variables assigned from PHP
Variables loaded from config files
 Variable Modifiers:
capitalize, lower, upper, truncate,
count_characters, count_words,
date_format, nl2br, replace
 Built in Function:
config_load, foreach,
foreachelse, include,
if,elseif,else,
section, sectionelse
 Custom Functions:
assign, counter, cycle, eval,
fetch, html_checkboxes,
html_image, html_options,
html_radios, html_select_date,
html_select_time, html_table
TOTAL : 100 75

Students seminar - 5 Lectures

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Expert Talk - 5 Lectures

Students Test - 5 Lectures.

Total No of Lectures : 75 + 15 = 90 Lectures.

Reference Books:

8. Beginning PHP5
9. PHP Bible
10. Professional PHP5
11. PHP Manual

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CS-09: VB.NET PROGRAMMING

No. Topics Detail Marks/ Lect

1 .NET MS .Net Platform 15/15
Framework Microsoft .NET and Windows DNA
Microsoft .NET Architecture Hierarchy
Features of the .NET platform
Multilanguage Development, Platform and
Processor independence
Automatic memory management, Easy
Deployment, Distributed Architecture,
Interoperability with Unmanaged code, Security,
Performance and Scalability Components of the
.NET Architecture:
MS .NET Runtime, Managed/Unmanaged Code,
Intermediate Language, Common Type System,
MS .NET Base class library(BCL), Assemblies,
Metadata, Assemblies and Modules, Assembly
Cache, Reflection, Just In Time Compilation,
Grabage Collection
2 Introduction to Introduction to visual studio, Project basics, 15/10
VB .NET types of project in .NET
IDE of VB.NET
The Environment
Editor tab, format tab, general tab, docking tab,
visual development, event driven programming,
properties,methods ,events
3 Visual Basic Basic Variables – Declaring variables, Data 15/10
Language types of variables, Forcing variable declarations,
Basics Scope and lifetime of a variable, Arrays, Types
of Array, Control Array, Collections, Subroutines,
Functions, Passing variable, Number of
argument, Optional argument, Return value from
function
Loop statement
Decision statement
Msgbox and Inputbox
4 Working with Working with Forms
GUI GUI Programming with Windows Form
TextBox, Label, Linked Label, Button, ListBox, 15/10
ComboBox, CheckBox, PictureBox,
RadioButton, Panel, ScrollBar, Timer, ListView,
TreeView, ToolBar, StatusBar
OpenFileDialog, SaveFileDialog, FontDialog,
ColorDialog, PrintDialog
Designing Menu

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5 OOP And Object oriented programming 15/10

COM Class, Object, Properties, Methods, Events,
Constructors, Inheritance, overloading, My base,
My class keywords
Access specifiers
Public, private, protected
Overview of OLE, Accessing win32 API from VB
.NET, Interfacing with Office 97COM technology,
Advantages of COM+, COM and .NET, Create
User Control, Access COM components in .NET
application
6 Database ADO .NET architecture 25/20
Programming Understanding connection object
Building connection string
Understanding command object
Understanding DataReaders
Understanding DataSets
Understanding DataAdapters
Understanding DataTables
Understanding DataColumn
Understanding DataRow
Differences between DataReader Model and
DataSet Model
Understanding DataView
Binding TextBoxes,CheckBoxes,ListBoxes,
CheckListBoxes, DatatGrids
75

Students seminar - 5 Lectures

Expert Talk - 5 Lectures
Students Test - 5 Lectures.

Total No of Lectures : 75 + 15 = 90 Lectures.

Reference Books:

1. VB .NET programming black book

2. Mastering VB .NET
3. Introduction to .NET framework
4. Microsoft ADO .NET

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 Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application
(Semester – I and Semester - II )
Saurashtra University
Effective from June - 2009

CS - 10: PRACTICALS
Sessions Topics Marks
 CS - 7 AND CS – 9 80 (Practical)
I +
20 (Assignment)

CS - 11: PRACTICALS
Sessions Topics Marks
80 (Practical)
I  CS – 8 +
20 (Assignment)

Note: Each session is of 3 hours for the purpose of Practical Examination

CS – 12: PROJECT VIVA

Project should be based on Marks
- DBMS – RDBMS – Oracle, MySQL 100
- Programming/Scripting Language – C, VB, PHP, VB .NET

Note: At the time of Presentation of project and viva-voce examination, each

student must have certified hard copy and soft copy of developed
project.

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