BENGALURU CITY UNIVERSITY

CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM

(Semester Scheme with Multiple Entry and Exit Options for

Under Graduate Course)

Syllabus for Psychology

(I & II Semester)

2021-22 onwards
 Course Pattern and Scheme of Examination For BA/ B.Sc.
as per NEP (2021-2022 and onwards)
Subject: PSYCHOLOGY
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4 I SEC Life 45 3 2 - 1 40 60 10 3 hours 3
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6 II DSC Practic 30 4 - - 4 25 25 50 3 hours 2
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7 II OE Youth 45 3 2 1 - 40 60 10 3 hours 3
C Gender 0
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8 II SEC Life 45 3 2 - 1 40 60 10 3 hours 3
Skills 0
2

• *DSCC: Discipline Specific Core Course

• DSCL: Discipline Specific Core Lab
• OEC: Open Elective Course
• SEC: Skill Enhancement Course
• AECC: Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (Language)
 Undergraduate program in Psychology
NEP 2020
Preamble

NEP has given rise to a novel dimension in fine tuning and accelerating the learning
process of a student. Keeping this in mind emergence of LOCF (Learning Outcome-based
Framework) has taken place.
Psychology as a science/social science tries to understand the behaviour of an
individual in different situations making the learner to get equipped with various abilities to
lead life with refined knowledge and talent as well as making it more student centric.
In the present context the syllabi of Psychology (BA/BSc) is framed in such a way to
gain fundamental and advanced knowledge of psychology along with enhanced skills.
Further, preparing the students to get ready to meet the needs of job market.
The curriculum committee framed by the Government of Karnataka includes:

1. Dr. G. Venkatesh Kumar, Professor, University of Mysuru, Mysuru

2. Dr. Vijayalakshmi A. Aminabhavi, Professor, Karnatak University, Dharwad
3. Dr. Lancy D’Souza, Associate Professor, Maharaja’s College, Mysuru
4. Dr. M. Sreenivas, Associate Professor, Bangalore University, Bengaluru
5. Dr. Kamala H, Associate Professor, Maharani Cluster University, Bengaluru
6. Dr. Beena Daliya, Associate Professor, IIPR, Bengaluru

At the outset the proposed CBCS scheme for the Four years Multidisciplinary
Undergraduate Honours Programme / 5 years Integrated Master’s Programme covers major
and minor disciplines in Psychology, Open Electives, skill development in the 1st and 2nd
semesters with Ability Enhancement. (Completion of one year course - a student is eligible
for a “Certificate” in Psychology with 48 credits).
The concept of Psychology in the 1st and 2nd semesters throw light on basic
information about psychology making the beneficiary to acquire and develop the knowledge
about psychology in terms of biological base of behaviour, sensation, attention, perception,
memory, learning, decision making, emotions, motivation, intelligence, thinking and
reasoning as well as personality along with experiments.
In the second year which comprises of 3rd and 4th semesters cover the aspects related
to Child Psychology and Developmental Psychology as major and minor disciplines along
with Ability Enhancement, Skill Enhancement Course and Extracurricular activities.
(Completion of two years course - a student is eligible for a “Diploma” in Psychology with
96 credits).
Once the student enters 3rd year of learning psychology under BA/BSc stream in the
5th semester student can select one of major disciplines under Social Psychology,
Organizational Psychology, and Corporate Psychology. Under minor disciplines choice is
given between Social Psychology and Organizational Psychology.
In the 6th semester, major disciplines include Abnormal Psychology, Health
Psychology and minor disciplines has options between Organizational Psychology Abnormal
Psychology, Health Psychology and Corporate Psychology followed by Skill Enhancement
Paper. (Completion of three years course - a student is eligible for a “Graduation Certificate”
in Psychology with 136 credits).
Fourth year of NEP includes students of only major discipline. 7th semester of Fourth
year includes Bio Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Child Guidance and Counselling and
Research Methodology with discipline specific electives comprising Child Pathology,
8th semester has a major discipline on Theories of Personality and Learning as wellas
Theories of Motivation and Emotion, Counselling and Guidance. Discipline specific elective
course has Forensic Psychology and Research Project Work. (Completion of four years course
- a student is eligible for a “Honours Degree Certificate” in Psychology with 176 credits).
It should be kept in mind that, the practical in every semester is related to the theory
paper that a student learns.
 NEP Syllabi of Psychology (Discipline Specific Course) subject for BA/BSc- I Semester
With effect from academic year 2021-22 and onwards
PAPER – I: FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY – I
Credits 4
Teaching hours: 52 hours
ESE: 60 marks
CIA: 40 marks

Learning Outcomes:
1. Students will understand the genesis of Psychology and its importance
2. Students will gain basic knowledge about Psychology
3. Students will understand the fundamental mental processes which are base for
behaviour
4. Students understand the Applications of Psychology in various fields

NIT – I: GENESIS AND GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY (10 hours)

• Psychology: Emergence and Development; Definition and Goals of Psychology-

Understanding, Describing, Predicting and Control of Behaviour.

• Key Perspectives: Psychodynamic, Behavioural, Humanistic, Biological and Cognitive

• General, Bio–Physiological, Social, Child, Developmental, Abnormal and Cognitive
Psychology.

• Psychology as Applied Science: Introspection, Observation, Experimental, Clinical And

Questionnaire Method.

UNIT– II: BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR (12 hours)

• Neuron: Structure and functions; Neural impulse; Synapse and Neurotransmitters

• Nervous system: Structure and Functions of Central nervous system and Peripheral
nervous system

• Methods of studying brain functions: invasion, lesion, ablation, chemical and stimulation
method

• Endocrine system: Functions and Effects : Pituitary, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal and
Gonads
UNIT-III: SENSATION, ATTENTION AND PERCEPTION (10 hours)

• Sensation: Definition and Characteristics.

• Types of Senses and Receptors Involved in Each Sensation.
• Attention: Meaning and Phenomena (Span of Attention, Division of Attention, Fluctuation
and distraction), Determinants: Objective and Subjective.

• Perception: Meaning and Characteristics, Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization.

• Depth Perception: Meaning, Perceptual Constancies, Monocular and Binocular Cues
• Errors in Perception -
1) Illusion - Types - Horizontal-Vertical, Muller Lyer and Illusion of Movement.
2) Hallucination- Visual, Auditory and Tactile

UNIT-IV: LEARNING (10 hours)

• Introduction: Definition, Factors Influencing Learning: Motivation, Reinforcement and

Association.

• Types of Learning: Trial and Error Learning: Experiment and Laws. Classical
Conditioning, Extinction, Spontaneous Recovery, Generalization, Discrimination, Higher
Order Conditioning.

• Operant Conditioning: Experiment (experiment on Pigeons) Reinforcement, Schedules of

Reinforcement, Shaping and Chaining.

• Cognitive Learning: Insightful (Kohler) and Observational (Bandura)

UNIT-V: MEMORY AND FORGETTING (10 hours)

• Memory: Basic Processes – Encoding, Storage and Retrieval.

• Types of Memory: Sensory Memory, Short-Term Memory Long-Term Memory, Working
Memory, Semantic Memory, Autobiographical Memory and Flashbulb Memory.

• Techniques to Improve Memory: Mnemonics, Chunking, SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read,

Recite and Review)

• Forgetting: Nature and Causes of Forgetting

Text Books:

• Robert Feldman (2011) Essential of Understanding Psychology 10th Edition, ISBN-13-

9781259003059/ISBN–10–1259003051

• Morgan, C. T., King, R. A., Weiss, J. R. and Schopler, J. (2012). (Latest

Edition).Introduction to Psychology. Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. New Delhi

• Nataraj, P. (latest edition): Psychology for Beginners. Mysore :Srinivas publication

• Parameshwaran, E. G., & Beena, C. (2010): An Invitation to Psychology, Neelkamal Pvt.
Hyderabad

Reference:
1. Mangal S.K.(2000) General Psychology. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd.
2. Shashi Jain (Latest edition). Introduction to Psychology. New Delhi: Kalyani Publishers.
3. Rajamanickam, M. (2008). Modern General Psychology. Vol 1 & 2. Concept Publisher.
New Delhi.
PRACTICALS I
Credits 2
Teaching hours: 4 hours per week
ESE: 35 marks
CIA: 15 marks

(Minimum 8 Practical to be conducted)

1. Directed Observation on the accuracy of report
2. Colour blindness
3. Localisation of sound
4. Mapping of colour zones
5. Set on Attention
6. Bilateral transfer of training
7. Muller-Lyer Illusion
8. Illusion of movement (Phi-Phenomena)
9. Meaning on retention
10. Retroactive Inhibition
11. Proactive Inhibition
12. Span of attention

STATISTICS

• Grouping of Data: Tabulation and frequency distribution

• Measures of Central tendency: Mean and Median for Grouped and Ungrouped data

Practical batches: 10 students per batch

Exam: 10 students per batch
Mark: 25 marks for semester end examination +25 marks for Journal records as an
internal assessment

25 marks for exam: Plan and procedure 05

Conducting one experiment 5

Results and discussion 05

Viva 05

Statistics 5

Total 25
 OPEN ELECTIVE COURSE (OEC)
Credits 3
Teaching hours: 45 hours
ESE: 60 marks
CIA: 40 marks
Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
Learning Outcomes

1. Understanding the spectrum of health and illness for better health management
2. Identifying stresses in one's life and how to manage them
3. Understanding a variety of health announcing health protective and health
compromising behaviours and to be able to know their application in illness
management

Course Content

Unit 1: Illness, Health and Wellbeing; Health continuum; models of health and illness:
Medical, Bio psychosocial; Holistic Health; Health and Wellbeing. 10 hours
Unit 2: Stress and Coping: Nature and Sources of Stress; Personal and Social Mediators of
Stress; Effects of Stress on Physical and Mental Health; Coping and Stress management 10
hours.
Unit 3: Health Management: Health enhancing behavior’s : Exercise, Nutrition, Meditation,
Yoga; Health compromising behaviors (alcoholism, smoking, internet addiction); Health
Protective behaviors, Illness Management. 12 hours
Unit 4: Promoting Human Strengths and Life Enhancement: Strength: Meaning; Realizing
strength; Maximizing Unrealized Strength. Weakness – Meaning, Identifying & Overcoming
Weakness. Strategies to develop hope and optimism.
13 hours
References:

Carr. A. (2004) Positive Psychology: The science of happiness and human strengthUK:
Routledge.
DiMatteo, M.R &. Martin, L.R.(2002). Health Psychology. New Delhi: Pearson.

Farshaw, M 2DD3) Advanced PsychoIo9Y: Health Psychology. London: Hodder and

Stoughton
Forshaw, M. (2003).Advanced Psychology: Health Psychology. London: Hodder and
Stou9htan.
Hick. J. W. (2005).Fifty signs of Mental Health. A Guide to understanding mental
health. Yale University Press.
Snyder, C R., & Lopez. S.J.(2007) Positive Psychology: The scientific and practical
explorations of human strengths. Thousand Oaks, CA Sage.
Taylor. S.E. 2006).Health Psychology.6th Edition.Flew Delhi: Tata M
 SEC: Life Skills: 1

Credits 3
Teaching hours: 45 hours
ESE: 60 marks
CIA: 40 marks

Objective:

Life skills training equips people with the social and interpersonal skills that enable them to
cope with the demands of everyday life. The objectives of this course are to build self-
confidence, encourage critical thinking, foster independence and help people to communicate
more effectively and work effectively in groups at personal and professional level
Course Outcomes:

CO1: Understand the need and importance of life skills in everyday professional and
personal lives
CO2: Analyse the factors contributing to develop self-awareness, empathy, critical and
creative thinking and enhance decision making and problem solving
CO3: Solve professional and personal barriers using efficient critical and creative thinking
and effective decision making and problem solving
CO4 : Create individual effective strategies to develop self-awareness, empathy , critical and
creative thinking and enhance decision making and problem solving

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Unit 1: Overview of Life Skills 10 hours

• Meaning and significance of life skills

• Life skills identified by WHO: Self-awareness, Empathy, Critical thinking, Creative
thinking, Decision making, problem solving, Effective communication, interpersonal
relationship, coping with stress, coping with emotion
• Use of Life skills in personal and professional life
• Life Skills Training – Models-4 H,
• Life Skills Education in the Indian Context.

Unit 2:Self-awareness and empathy: 10 hours

• Definition and need for self-awareness and empathy;

• Self-esteem and self-concept
 • Human Values, tools and techniques of Self-awareness and empathy
• Activities: Johari window and SWOC analysis, Journaling, reflective questions,
meditation, mindfulness, psychometric tests and feedback.
Unit 3: Critical and creative Thinking 12 hours

• Definition and need for Creativity and Critical Thinking

• Need for Creativity in the 21st century, Imagination, Intuition, Experience and
Sources of Creativity
• Lateral Thinking
• Critical thinking Vs Creative thinking, Convergent & Divergent Thinking.
• Activities :Fish Bowl , Debates , 9 dots puzzle, Circles of possibilities, Best out of
waste, Socratic seminars, Group discussion , brain storming and lateral thinking
exercises
Unit 4: Decision Making and Problem Solving 13 hours

• Definition of decision making and problem solving

• Steps in problem solving: Problem Solving Techniques
• Analytical Thinking, Numeric, symbolic, and graphic reasoning. Scientific
temperament and Logical thinking
• Activities: Six Thinking Hats, Mind Mapping, Forced Connections, A shrinking
vessel, reverse pyramid.
References:

• Barun K. Mitra, “Personality Development & Soft Skills”, Oxford Publishers, Third
impression, 2017.
• ICT Academy of Kerala, "Life Skills for Engineers", McGraw Hill Education (India)
Private Ltd., 2016.
• Caruso, D. R. and Salovey P, “The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to Develop
and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership”, John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
• Kalyana, “Soft Skill for Managers”; First Edition; Wiley Publishing Ltd, 2015.
• Larry James, “The First Book of Life Skills”; First Edition, Embassy Books, 2016.
• ShaliniVerma, “Development of Life Skills and Professional Practice”; First Edition;
Sultan Chand (G/L) & Company, 2014.
 DSC2: Foundation of Behaviour
Credits 4
Teaching hours: 52 hours
ESE: 60 marks
CIA: 40 marks

Course Objectives:

• To understand the dynamics of emotions and motivation.

• To understand theoretical concepts of Human Intelligence.
• To analyse and relate the concepts of thinking, problem solving, reasoning and
decision making to cognition
• To understand and classify the different types of Personality.

Course Outcomes:
After successful completion of the course students will be able to:

• evaluate and understand the different human emotions

• critically evaluate and identify determinants of motivation
• compare and contrast different theories of intelligence
• differentiate the human personalities

CHAPTER 1 EMOTIONS-10 hours

• Meaning and definition,
• Classification of emotions- primary and secondary.
• Responses to emotions- physiological, behavioural, psychological and cognitive.
• Theories of emotions-physiological, neurological, cognitive.
• Emotional Intelligence- Meaning, definition, components. Application of emotional
intelligence.

CHAPTER 2 MOTIVATION 10 hours

• MEANING, DEFINITION, BASIC CONCEPTS-
• Instincts, needs, drives, incentives, motivational cycle.
• Approaches to the Study of Motivation: Psychoanalytical, ethological, S – R,
Cognitive, humanistic.
• Biological Motives: Hunger, thirst, sleep and sex.
• Social Motives: Achievement, affiliation, approval
CHAPTER 3 INTELLIGENCE-12 hours
• Meaning, Definition of intelligence, characteristics of intelligence.
• Types- social, crystallized, emotional, fluid.
• Theories of Intelligence- Factor theories, hierarchical theories, process oriented
theories, information processing theories.
• Educating Gifted children
• Assessment of intelligence- Indian tests for intelligence. The concept of intelligence
quotient.

CHAPTER 4 THINKING AND REASONING. 10 hours

● Introduction to cognition
● Introduction to Thinking and Problem Solving Process
● Elements of Thinking and Types of Thinking
● Creative and critical thinking : Meaning and types
● Concept Formation: Meaning , importance and process of concept formation
● Problem Solving: Meaning, importance, steps, and obstacles
● Reasoning and decision making

CHAPTER 5 PERSONALITY -10 hours

• Meaning, definition,
• Theories of personality- Type and trait, Dynamic, behavioural, Humanistic.
• Assessment of personality- Need. Rating scales, questionnaires, Projective
techniques.

Books for Reference:

Baron, R. A. (2014).Psychology. (5thed.). Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Feldman, R. S. (2018). Understanding Psychology (14thed.). New York: McGraw Hill
Hergenhahn, B. R., & Henley, T. (2013). An Introduction to the history of
psychology. Cengage Learning.
Hilgard, E. R., Atkinson, R. C. & Atkinson, R. L. (2015).Introduction to psychology. (16th
ed.). Boston: Cengage Learning.
Malim, T. (2017). Introductory Psychology. Macmillan International Higher Education.
Morgan, C. T., King, R. A., Weisz, J. R., & Schopler, J. (2001).Introduction to
psychology.(7th ed.). Chennai: McGraw- Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd.
PRACTICALS 2
Credits 2
Teaching hours: 4 hours per week
ESE: 25 marks
CIA: 25 marks

Any 2 experiments from each section to be taught,

total 10 experiments + statistics

1. Emotions:
a. Emotional regulation scale
b. Emotional intelligence scale/ questionnaire
c. Oxford happiness scale
d. Fear checklist
e. Positive and Negative affect scale
2. Motivation
a. Achievement motivation
b. The motivation assessment scale
c. Power motive inventory/Scale
d. Academic achievement need scale
e. Guidance need inventory
3. Intelligence
a. Standard progressive matrices
b. WAIS ( Weschler’s adult intelligence Scale)
c. Draw a man test
d. SFB ( Seguin Form Board)
e. General Mental Ability Test by Jalota
4. Thinking and reasoning
a. Stroop effect
b. Test of creativity
c. Cognitive style assessment
d. Concept formation
e. Problem solving ability test based on Tower of London test
 5. Personality:
a. Eyescenk’s personality inventory
b. Children’s personality questionnaire
c. 16 PF test of personality
d. NEO Personality Inventory
e. Myers Briggs Types indicator

Statistics: Measures of Variance (Grouped and Ungrouped)

● Standard Deviation
● Range
● Quartile deviation
 GEC2: Youth, Gender and Identity

Credits 3
Teaching hours: 45 hours
ESE: 60 marks
CIA: 40 marks

Unit 1: Introduction 10 hours

a. Concepts of Youth: Transition to Adulthood, Extended Youth in the Indian context
b. Concepts of Gender: Sex, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Gender Roles, Gender
Role Attitudes, Gender Stereotypes
c. Concepts of Identity: Multiple identities

Unit 2: Youth and Identity 10 hours

a. Family: Parent-youth conflict, sibling relationships, intergenerational gap
b. Peer group identity: Friendships and Romantic relationships
c. Workplace identity and relationships
d. Youth culture: Influence of globalization on Youth identity and Identity crisis

Unit 3: Gender and Identity 10 hours

a. Issues of Sexuality in Youth
b. Gender discrimination
c. Culture and Gender: Influence of globalization on Gender identity

Unit 4: Issues related to Youth, Gender and Identity 8 hours

a. Youth, Gender and violence
b. Enhancing work-life balance
c. Changing roles and women empowerment
d. Encouraging non-gender stereotyped attitudes in youth

Unit 5: Law and Youth 7 hours

a. Juvenile Justice act
b. LGBT rights in India
c. UNICEF programs for youth
References
Berk, L. E. (2010).Child Development (9th Ed.). New Delhi: Prentice Hall.
Baron, R.A., Byrne, D. & Bhardwaj.G (2010).Social Psychology (12th Ed).New Delhi:
Pearson.
Elizabeth Herlock (2015) Developmental Psychology, McGraw-Hill
NayanaJoshi (2019) : Handbook of Juvenile Justice , Lawmanns Publication
 SEC: Life Skills: 2
Credits 3
Teaching hours: 45 hours
ESE: 60 marks
CIA: 40 marks

Objective:

Life skills training equip people with the social and interpersonal skills that enable them to
cope with the demands of everyday life. The objectives of this course are to build self-
confidence, encourage critical thinking, foster independence and help people to communicate
more effectively and work effectively in groups at personal and professional level
Course Outcomes:

CO1: Understand the foundations of communication, positive interpersonal relationship,

stress and emotion management and group dynamics
CO2: Analyse the factors contributing to effective communication, positive interpersonal
relationships and effective stress and emotional management
CO3: Apply the principles of effective communication, positive interpersonal relationships
and effective stress and emotional management in everyday life
CO4 : Create individual effective strategies for enhancing communication skills,
maintaining health inter personal relationships and positive management of stress and
emotions

Unit 1: Effective Communication 10 hours

• Effective communication and Presentation skills.

• Verbal and nonverbal communication, types of barriers
• Writing Skills: Activities: Letter Writing, Job Application, Resume writing.
• Listening Skills: Activities : Listen and Draw , Blindfold walk
• Activities : Interview Skills, Group Discussion, Presentation Skills, stand up for
fillers, Just A Minute
Unit 2: Interpersonal Relationship 10 hours

• Meaning and benefits of Interpersonal skills

• Components of Interpersonal skills,
• Techniques of improving Interpersonal skills,
• Activities: Role play, Ice breakers, circle time discussions, group discussion, two
truths and a lie and SWOC analysis of peer
Unit 3: Coping with Stress and emotions 12 hours

• Stress Management: Stress, reasons and effects

• Identifying stress, the four A's of stress management
• Identifying and managing emotions, harmful ways of dealing with emotions
• Activities : Stress Dairies, PATH method and relaxation techniques, Zen / Mandala
drawing, creating Joy Collage, Gratitude Journaling, Eye Contact games
Unit 4: Group and Team Dynamics 13 hours

• Introduction to Groups: Composition, formation, expectations, Problem Solving,

Consensus, Dynamics techniques,
• Group vs Team, Team Dynamics,
• Managing team performance and managing conflicts
• Activities : Chinese Puzzle, Use what you have game ,Group timeline, Do the Math :
Cooperation and competition in groups, Barter Puzzle
References:

• Barun K. Mitra, “Personality Development & Soft Skills”, Oxford Publishers, Third
impression, 2017.
• ICT Academy of Kerala, "Life Skills for Engineers", McGraw Hill Education (India)
Private Ltd., 2016.
• Caruso, D. R. and Salovey P, “The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to Develop
and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership”, John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
• Kalyana, “Soft Skill for Managers”; First Edition; Wiley Publishing Ltd, 2015.
• Larry James, “The First Book of Life Skills”; First Edition, Embassy Books, 2016.
• Shalini Verma, “Development of Life Skills and Professional Practice”; First Edition;
Sultan Chand (G/L) & Company, 2014.
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MEMBERS OF THE BoS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

1 Dr. Muralidhara B L CHAIRPERSON

Professor
Department of Computer Science
Bangalore University

2 Dr. Guru D.S Member

Professor
PG Department of Computer Science
Mysore Univeristy

3 Dr. Susesha Member

Professor,
PG Department of Computer Science
Mysore Univeristy

4 Dr. Prabhakar C.J Member

Professor
Kuvempu University, Shimogga

5 Dr. Chandrakanth Naikodi Member

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
Davanagere University

6 Dr. Prathibha V Kalburgi Member

Ramaiah College of Arts Science, and Commerce
Bangalore

7 Mrs. Amalorpavam Member

Sambram Academi of Management Studies
Bangalore

8 Dr. H.K. Gundurao Member

Associate Professor
Vijaya College, Bangalore

9 Dr. Bhagyawana S Mudigowda Member

Associate Professor
Maharani Cluster University, Bangalore

10 Smt. Nagarathnamma S.M Member

Associate Professor
Maharani Cluster Univeristy, Bangalore
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BANGALORE CITY UNIVERSITY

PROPOSED BSc Computer Science MAJOR SYLLABUS (NEP)
[Based on IIA Model of Karnataka State Higher Education Council]

Semest Course Title of the Paper Credits Languages, Skill Credits Total
er Code Enhancement (SEC), and Credits
Ability Enhancement
Courses (AECC)

I CS-C1T Problem Solving Techniques 4 OE1: Open Elective 3 25

CS-C2P Problem Solving Lab using C HLL 2 Language L1 3

XX Other Option Theory 4 Language L2 3

XX Other Option LAB 2 SEC I : 2

Physical Education 1

Health & Wellness 1

II CS-C3T Data Structure 4 OE2: Open Elective 3 25

CS-C4P Data Structures Lab 2 Language L1 3

XX Other Option Theory 4 Language L2 3

XX Other Option LAB 2 Environmental Science 2

Physical Education 1

NCC/NSS/CL/R&R 1

III CS-C5T Object Oriented Programming 4 OE3: Open Elective 3 25

using Java

CS-C6P Java Lab 2 Language L1 3

XX Other Option Theory 4 Language L2 3

XX Other Option LAB 2 SEC II : 2

Physical Education 1

NCC/NSS/CL/R&R 1

IV CS-C7T Operating Systems 4 OE4: Open Elective 3 25

CS-C8P Linux Lab 2 Language L1 3

XX Other Option Theory 4 Language L2 3

XX Other Option LAB 2 The Constitution of India 2

Physical Education 1

NCC/NSS/CL/R&R 1

V CS-C9T Database Management System 3 Vocation Course I : 3 22

Other Option (Major)

CS-C10T Artificial Intelligence 2 SEC III : 2

CS-C11P Database Management System 3 Physical Education 1

Lab

CS-C12P Artificial Intelligence Lab 2 NCC/NSS/CL/R&R 1

XX Other Option (Minor) LAB 3

XX Other Option (Minor) LAB 2

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Semest Course Title of the Paper Credits Languages, Skill Credits Total
er Code Enhancement (SEC), and Credits
Ability Enhancement
Courses (AECC)

VI CS-C13T Python Programming 3 Vocation Course I : 3 24

Technical Writing

CS-C14T Computer Networks 3 Internship 2

CS-C15P Python Programming Lab 2 SEC III : 2

CS-C16P Computer Networks Lab 2 Physical Education 1

XX Other Option (Minor) Theory 3 NCC/NSS/CL/R&R 1

XX Other Option (Minor) LAB 2

VII CS-C17T Internet Technologies 3 Elective I: 3 22

(Internet of Things,
Cloud Computing,
Data Mining,
Image Processing,
Discrete Structures,
Modeling and Simulation)

CS-C18T Data Analytics 3 Elective II : 3

(Internet of Things,
Cloud Computing,
Data Mining,
Image Processing,
Discrete Structures,
Modeling and Simulation)

CS-C19T Design and Analysis of Algorithm 3 Research Methodology 3

CS-C20P Internet Technologies Lab 2

CS-C21P Data Analytics Lab 2

VIII CA-C22T Machine Learning 3 Elective III : 3 20

(Block Chain
Technologies,
Operations Research,
Human Computer
Interface,
Parallel Algorithms)

CA-C23T Theory of Computation 3 Research Project 6

CA-C24T System Security 3

CA-C24P Machine Learning Lab 2

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BANGALORE CITY UNIVERSITY

PROPOSED B.Sc Syllabus - Computer Science as a MINOR Subject
(NEP, 2020)
Semest Course Title of the Paper Credits Languages, Skill Credits Total
er Code Enhancement (SEC), and Credits
Ability Enhancement
Courses (AECC)

I CS-C1T Problem Solving Techniques 4 OE1: Open Elective 3 25

CS-C2P Problem Solving Lab using C HLL 2 Language L1 3

XX Other Option Theory 4 Language L2 3

XX Other Option LAB 2 SEC I : 2

Physical Education 1

Health & Wellness 1

II CS-C3T Data Structure 4 OE2: Open Elective 3 25

CS-C4P Data Structures Lab 2 Language L1 3

XX Other Option Theory 4 Language L2 3

XX Other Option LAB 2 Environmental Science 2

Physical Education 1

NCC/NSS/CL/R&R 1

III CS-C5T Object Oriented Programming 4 OE3: Open Elective 3 25

using Java

CS-C6P Java Lab 2 Language L1 3

XX Other Option Theory 4 Language L2 3

XX Other Option LAB 2 SEC II : 2

Physical Education 1

NCC/NSS/CL/R&R 1

IV CS-C7T Operating Systems 4 OE4: Open Elective 3 25

CS-C8P UNIX Lab 2 Language L1 3

XX Other Option Theory 4 Language L2 3

XX Other Option LAB 2 The Constitution of India 2

Physical Education 1

NCC/NSS/CL/R&R 1

V CS-C9T Database Management System 3 Vocation Course I : 3 22

Computer Animation

xx Other Option (Major) Theory 3 SEC III : 2

xx Other Option (Major) Theory 3 Physical Education 1

CS-C10P Database Management System 2 NCC/NSS/CL/R&R 1

Lab

XX Other Option (Major) Practicals 2

XX Other Option (Major) Practicals 2

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Semest Course Title of the Paper Credits Languages, Skill Credits Total
er Code Enhancement (SEC), and Credits
Ability Enhancement
Courses (AECC)

VI CS-C11T Computer Networks 3 Vocation Course I : 3 24

Other Option (Major)

CS-C12P Computer Networks Lab 2 Internship 2

XX Other Option (Major) Theory 3 SEC III : 2

XX Other Option (Major) Theory 3 Physical Education 1

XX Other Option (Major) LAB 2 NCC/NSS/CL/R&R 1

XX Other Option (Major) LAB 2

VII XX Other Option (Major) Theory 3 Elective I: 3 22

Other Option (Major)

XX Other Option (Major) Theory 3 Elective II : 3

Other Option (Major)

XX Other Option (Major) Theory 3 Research Methodology 3

XX Other Option (Major) LAB 2

XX Other Option (Major) LAB 2

VIII XX Other Option (Major) Theory 3 Elective III : 3 20

Other Option (Major)

XX Other Option (Major) Theory 3 Research Project 6

XX Other Option (Major) Theory 3

XX Other Option (Major) LAB 2

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CS-C1T - PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES

Total Teaching Hours: 64 No. of Hours / Week: 04
UNIT - I [16 Hours]
Introduction: The Role of Algorithms in Computing, Algorithms as a technology, Analyzing algorithms,
Designing algorithms, Growth of Functions, Asymptotic notation, Standard notations and common functions.
Fundamental Algorithms: Exchanging the values of two variables, Counting, Summation of a set of numbers,
Factorial Computation, Generating of the Fibonacci sequence, Reversing the digits of an integer, Base
Conversion, Character to number conversion.

UNIT - II [16 Hours]

C Programming: Getting Started, Variables and Arithmetic expressions. Input and Output: Standard input and
output, formatted output- printf, variable length argument list, formatted input-scanf. Control Flow:
Statements and Blocks, If-else, else-if, switch, loops: while loop, for loop, do while, break and continue, goto
and labels. Pointers and Arrays: pointers and address, pointers and function arguments, multidimensional
array, initialization of pointer arrays, command line arguments.

UNIT - III [16 Hours]

Factoring Methods: Finding the square root of a number, the smallest Divisor of an integer, the greatest
common divisor of two integers, generating prime numbers, computing the prime factors of an integer,
generation of pseudo random numbers, raising a number to a large power, computing the nth Fibonacci
Number. Array Techniques: Array order Reversal, Array counting or Histogramming, Finding the maximum
number in a set, removal of duplicates from an ordered array, partitioning an array, Finding the kth smallest
element, multiplication of two matrices.

UNIT - IV [16 Hours]

Merging: the two-way merge. Sorting: Sorting by selection, sorting by exchange, sorting by insertion, sorting
by diminishing increment, sorting by partitioning. Searching: binary search, hash search. Text processing and
Pattern searching: text line length adjustment, left and right justification of text, keyword searching in text,
text line editing, linear pattern search, sublinear pattern search.

Text Books:
1. R.G.Dromey, “How to Solve it by Computer”, Pearson Education India, 2008.
2. Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein, “Introduction to
Algorithms”, 3rd Edition, The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England, 2009.

3. Brain M. Kernighan, and Dennis M. Ritchie, “The C Programming Language”, 2nd edition, Princeton
Hall Software Series, 2012.

Reference Books:
1. Steven S. Skiena, “The Algorithm Design Module”, 2nd Edition, Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2008.
2. Donald E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming”, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms, 3rd Edition,
Addison Wesley Longman, 1997.
3. Donald E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming”, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms, 3rd
Edition, Addison Wesley Longman, 1998.
4. Greg Perry and Dean Miller, “C programming Absolute Beginner’s Guide”, 3rd edition, Pearson
Education, Inc, 2014.

Web Resources:
1. http://algorithmsforinterviews.com “Algorithms for Interviews”
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CS-C2P: Problem Solving Using C HLL

Write, and execute C program for the following:

1. to read radius of a circle and to find area and circumference
2. to read three numbers and find the biggest of three
3. to check whether the number is prime or not
4. to read a number, find the sum of the digits, reverse the number and
check it for palindrome
5. to read numbers from keyboard continuously till the user presses
999 and to find the sum of only positive numbers
6. to read percentage of marks and to display appropriate message
(Demonstration of else-if ladder
7. to find the roots of quadratic equation
8. to read marks scored by n students and find the average of marks
(Demonstration of single dimensional array)
9. to remove Duplicate Element in a single dimensional Array
10. to perform addition and subtraction of Matrices
11. to find factorial of a number
12. to generate fibonacci series
13. to remove Duplicate Element in a single dimensional Array
14. to find the length of a string without using built in function
15. to demonstrate string functions
16. to read, display and add two m x n matrices using functions
17. to read a string and to find the number of alphabets, digits, vowels, consonants, spaces and special
characters.
18. to Swap Two Numbers using Pointers
19. to demonstrate student structure to read & display records of n
students
20. to demonstrate the difference between structure & union.
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CS-C3T - DATA STRUCTURES

Total Teaching Hours: 64 No. of Hours / Week: 04
UNIT-I [16 Hours]
Introduction and Overview: Definition, Elementary data organization, Data Structures, data Structures
operations, Abstract data types, algorithms complexity, time-space trade off. Preliminaries: Mathematical
notations and functions, Algorithmic notations, control structures, Complexity of algorithms, asymptotic
notations for complexity of algorithms. String Processing: Definition, Storing Strings, String as ADT, String
operations, word/text processing, Pattern Matching algorithms.

UNIT-II [16 Hours]

Arrays: Definition, Linear arrays, arrays as ADT, Representation of Linear Arrays in Memory,
Traversing Linear arrays, Inserting and deleting, Multi-dimensional arrays, Matrices and Sparse matrices.
Linked list: Definition, Representation of Singly Linked List in memory, Traversing a Singly linked list,
Searching in a Singly linked list, Memory allocation, Garbage collection, Insertion into a singly linked list,
Deletion from a singly linked list; Doubly linked list, Header linked list, Circular linked list. Stacks:
Definition, Array representation of stacks, Linked representation of stacks, Stack as ADT, Arithmetic
Expressions: Polish Notation, Conversion of infix expression to postfix expression, Evaluation of Post fix
expression, Application of Stacks, Recursion, Towers of Hanoi, Implementation of recursive procedures by
stack. Queues: Definition, Array representation of queue, Linked list representation of queues. Types of
queue: Simple queue, Circular queue, Double-ended queue, Priority queue, Operations on Queues,
Applications of queues.

UNIT-III [16 Hours]

Binary Trees: Definitions, Tree Search, Traversal of Binary Tree, Tree Sort, Building a Binary Search Tree,
Height Balance: AVL Trees, Contiguous Representation of Binary Trees: Heaps,Lexicographic Search Trees:
Tries, External Searching: B-Trees, Applications of Trees.Graphs: Mathematical Back ground, Computer
Representation, Graph Traversal, TopologicalSorting, Greedy Algorithm, Graphs as Data Structure.

UNIT-IV [16 Hours]

Searching: Introduction and Notation, Sequential Search, Binary Search, Comparison of Methods. Sorting:
Introduction and Notation, Insertion Sort, Selection Sort, Shell Sort, DivideAnd Conquer, Merge sort for
Linked List, Quick sort for Contiguous List. Hashing: SparseTables, Choosing a Hash function, Collision
Resolution with Open Addressing, CollisionResolution by Chaining.

Text Books:
1. Seymour Lipschutz, “Data Structures with C”, Schaum’s outLines, Tata Mc Graw Hill, 2011.
2. Robert Kruse, C.L.Tondo, Bruce Leung,Shashi Mogalla,“Data Structures and Program Design using C”,
Pearson Education, 2009.

ReferenceBooks:
1. Mark Allen Weiss,“ Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C”, Second Edition, Pearson
Education,2013
2. Forouzan,“A Structured Programming Approach using C”,2nd Edition, Cengage LearningIndia,2008.
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CS-C4P: DATA STRUCTURES LAB PROGRAMS

NOTE: For all the programs write the output, flowchart and number of basic operations performed.

1. Given {4,7,3,2,1,7,9,0} find the location of 7 using Linear and Binary search and also display its first
occurrence.

2. Given {5,3,1,6,0,2,4} order the numbers in ascending order using Bubble Sort Algorithm

3. Perform the Insertion and Selection Sort on the input {75,8,1,16,48,3,7,0} and display the output in
descending order.

4. Write a program to insert the elements {61,16,8,27} into singly linked list and delete 8,61,27 from the
list. Display your list after each insertion and deletion.

5. Write a program to insert the elements {61,16,8,27} into linear queue and delete three elements from the
list. Display your list after each insertion and deletion.

6. Write a program to insert the elements {61,16,8,27} into circular queue and delete 4 elements from the
list. Display your list after each insertion and deletion.

7. Write a program to insert the elements {61,16,8,27} into ordered singly linked list and delete 8,61,27
from the list. Display your list after each insertion and deletion.

8. Write a program to add 6x3+10x2+0x+5 and 4x2+2x+1 using linked list.

9. Write a program to push 5,9,34,17,32 into stack and pop 3 times from the stack, also display the popped
numbers.

10. Write a recursive program to find GCD of 4,6,8.

11. Write a program to inert the elements {5,7,0,6,3,9} into circular queue and delete 6,9&5 from it(using
linked list implementation)..

12. Write a program to convert an infix expression x^y/(5*z)+2 to its postfix expression

13. Write a program to evaluate a postfix expression 5 3+8 2 - *.

14. Write a program to create a binary tree with the elements {18,15,40,50,30,17,41} after creation insert 45
and 19 into tree and delete 15,17 and 41 from tree. Display the tree on each insertion and deletion
operation

15. Write a program to create binary search tree with the elements {2,5,1,3,9,0,6} and perform inorder,
preorder and post order traversal.

16. Write a program to Sort the following elements using heap sort {9.16,32,8,4,1,5,8,0}

17. Given S1={“Flowers”} ; S2={“are beautiful”} I. Find the length of S1 II. Concatenate S1 and S2 III.
Extract the substring “low” from S1 IV. Find “are” in S2 and replace it with “is”
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CS-C5T: OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING USING JAVA

Total Teaching Hours: 64 No. of Hours / Week: 04

UNIT-I [16 Hours]

Introduction to Java: Basics of Java programming, Data types, Variables, Operators, Control structures
including selection, Looping, Java methods, Overloading, Math class, Arrays in java. Objects and Classes:
Basics of objects and classes in java, Constructors, Finalizer, Visibility modifiers, Methods and objects,
Inbuilt classes like String, Character, String Buffer, File, this reference

UNIT-II [16 Hours]

Inheritance and Polymorphism: Inheritance in java, Super and sub class, Overriding, Object class,
Polymorphism, Dynamic binding, Generic programming, Casting objects, Instance of operator, Abstract
class, Interface in java, Package in java, UTIL package.

UNIT-III [16 Hours]

Event and GUI programming: Event handling in java, Event types, Mouse and key events, GUI Basics,
Panels, Frames, Layout Managers: Flow Layout, Border Layout, Grid Layout, GUI components like Buttons,
Check Boxes, Radio Buttons, Labels, Text Fields, Text Areas, Combo Boxes, Lists, Scroll Bars, Sliders,
Windows, Menus, Dialog Box, Applet and its life cycle, Introduction to swing, Exceptional handling
mechanism. I/O programming: Text and Binary I/O, Binary I/O classes, Object I/O, Random Access Files.

UNIT-IV [16 Hours]

Multithreading in java: Thread life cycle and methods, Runnable interface, Thread synchronization,
Exception handling with try-catch-finally, Collections in java, Introduction to JavaBeans and Network
Programming.

Textbooks:
1. E. Balagurusamy, Programming with JAVA, McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007

Reference Books:
1. Raj Kumar Buyya, Object Oriented Programming with JAVA, McGraw Hill, 2009
2. Herbert Schildt, Java A Beginner’s Guide – Create, Compile, and Run Java Programs Today, Sixth
Edition, Oracle Press, 2014
3. Ken Arnold, James Gosling, “The Java Programming Language, Fourth Edition, Addison Wisely, 2005
4. Herbert Schildt, ‘The Complete Reference Java, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2007

Web Resources
1. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/
2. https://javabeginnerstutorial.com/core-java-tutorial/
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CS-C6T: JAVA PROGRAMMING LAB

1. Write a simple java application, to print the message, “Welcome to java”

2. Write a program to display the month of a year. Months of the year should be held in an array.
3. Write a program to demonstrate a division by zero exception
4. Write a program to create a user defined exception say Pay Out of Bounds. .
5. Write a java program to add two integers and two float numbers. When no arguments are supplied,
give a default value to calculate the sum. Use function overloading.
6. Write a program to perform mathematical operations. Create a class called AddSub with methods to
add and subtract. Create another class called MulDiv that extends from AddSub class to use the
member data of the super class. MulDiv should have methods to multiply and divide A main function
should access the methods and perform the mathematical operations.
7. Write a program with class variable that is available for all instances of a class. Use static variable
declaration. Observe the changes that occur in the object’s member variable values.
8. Write a java program to create a student class with following attributes: Enrollment_id: Name, Mark
of sub1, Mark of sub2, mark of sub3, Total Marks. Total of the three marks must be calculated only
when the student passes in all three subjects. The pass mark for each subject is 50. If a candidate fails
in any one of the subjects his total mark must be declaredas zero. Using this condition write a
constructor for this class. Write separate functions for accepting and displaying student details. In the
main method create an array of three student objects and display the details.
9. In a college first year class are having the following attributesName of the class (BCA, BCom, BSc),
Name of the staff No of the students in the class, Array of students in the class
10. Define a class called first year with above attributes and define a suitable constructor. Also write a
method called best Student () which process a first-year object and return the student with the highest
total mark. In the main method define a first-year object and find the best student of this class
11. Write a Java program to define a class called employee with the name and date of appointment. Create
ten employee objects as an array and sort them as per their date of appointment. ie, print them as per
their seniority.
12. Create a package‘ student.Fulltime.BCA‘ in your current working directory
a. Create a default class student in the above package with the following
attributes: Name, age, sex. b. Have methods for storing as well as displaying
13. Write a small program to catch Negative Array Size Exception. This exception is caused when the
array is initialized to negative values.
14. Write a program to handle Null Pointer Exception and use the “finally” method to display a message to
the user.
15. Write a program which create and displays a message on the window
16. Write a program to draw several shapes in the created window
17. Write a program to create an applet and draw grid lines
18. Write a program which creates a frame with two buttons father and
mother. When we click the father button the name of the father, his age and designation must appear.
When we click mother similar details of mother also appear.
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19. Create a frame which displays your personal details with respect to a button click
20. Create a simple applet which reveals the personal information of yours.
21. Write a program to move different shapes according to the arrow key pressed.
22. Write a java Program to create a window when we press M or m the window displays Good Morning,
A or a the window displays Good After Noon E or e the window displays Good Evening, N or n the
window displays Good Night
23. Demonstrate the various mouse handling events using suitable example.
24. Write a program to create menu bar and pull-down menus.
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CS-C7T: OPERATING SYSTEMS

Total Teaching Hours: 64 No. of Hours / Week: 04

UNIT - I [16 Hours]

Introduction: Computer System Organization, Architecture, Structure, Operations, Process
Management, Memory Management, Storage Management, Kernel Data Structures, Computing
Environments. Operating System Structures: Services, System Calls, Types, Operating System
Structure, System Boot. Processes: Process Concept, Scheduling, Operations, Interprocess
Communication. Multithreaded Programming: Multicore Programming, Multithreading Models.

UNIT –II [16 Hours]

Process Synchronization: The Critical-Section Problem, Peterson’s Solution, Synchronization
Hardware, Mutex Locks, Semaphores, Classic Problems of Synchronization, Monitors,
Synchronization Examples. Process Scheduling: Criteria, Scheduling Algorithms, Multi-Processor
Scheduling, Real-time CPU Scheduling. Deadlocks: System model, Characterization, Methods
for handling deadlocks, Deadlock Prevention, Avoidance, Detection and Recovery from deadlock.

UNIT – III [16 Hours]

Memory Management Strategies: Background, Swapping, Contiguous Memory Allocation,
Segmentation, Paging, Structure of the Page Table. Virtual Memory Management: Demand Paging;
Copy-on-Write, Page Replacement; Allocation of Frames; Thrashing, Memory-Mapped Files,
Allocating Kernel Memory. File System: File Concept, Access Methods, Directory and Disk
Structure, Protection. File-System Implementation: Structure, File-System and Directory
Implementation, Allocation Methods, Free Space Management, Efficiency and Performance,
Recovery. Mass-Storage Structure: Overview, Disk Scheduling, Disk Management.

UNIT - IV [16 Hours]

Protection: Goals, Principles, Domain of Protection, Access Matrix, Implementation of the Access
Matrix, Access Control, Revocation of the Access Rights. Virtual Machines: Building Blocks, Types
of VMs and their implementations. Distributed Systems: Advantages, Types of Network-based OS,
Robustness, Design Issues, Distributed File Systems. Case Studies: The Linux System, Windows
10.

Text Books:
1. Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne: Operating Systems Concepts, 9th
Edition, 2016 India, Wiley.

Reference Books:
1. William Stallings, “Operating Systems-Internals and Design Principles”, Pearson, 9th Edition, 2018
2. D M Dhamdhere: Operating Systems – A Concept Based Approach, 3rd Edition, Tata
McGraw –Hill, 2015.
3. Harvey M Deitel, Paul J Deitel, Dr Choffnes,“Operating Systems”, Pearson Education Limited,
3rd Edition, 2013.
4. J. Archer Harris, John Cordani, “ Operating Systems”, Schaum's Outline, Indian Edition, Mc
Graw Hill Education (India), First Edition.
5. Gary Nutt, Nabendu Chaki, Sarmistha Neog, “Operating Systems” Pearson Education Limited,
3rd Edition, 2016.
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CS-C8P: UNIX LAB

PART-A

1. Learn the use of basic UNIX commands –

a. To access information using date, history, man, who, whoami, uptime, finger,cal.
b. To display contents of files using cat, vi, more, head, tail, grep, cmp, wc
c. To manage files using cat, cp, ls, mv,rm, chmod, find
d. Process utilities using ps, pid, ppid, tty, time, kill, exit
e. Directory handling utilities using cd, mkdir, rmdir, mv, pwd

2. Write a shell script that displays list of all the files in the current directory to which the user
has read, write and execute permissions.

3. Write a shell script that accepts a list of file names as its arguments, count and reports the
occurrence of each word that is present in the first argument file on other argument files.

4. Write a shell script that accepts one or more file name as arguments and converts all of them
to uppercase, provided they exist in the current directory.

5. Write grep commands to the following:

a. To select the lines from a file that has exactly 2 characters.
b. To select the lines from a file that has more2 than one blank spaces.

6. Write a shell script which accepts two file names as arguments. Compare the contents. If
they are same, then delete the second file.

7. Write a shell script

a. to count number of lines in a file that do not contain vowels.
b. to count number of characters, words, lines in a given file.

8. Write a shell script to list all the files in a given directory.

9. Write a shell script to display list of users currently logged in.

10. Write a shell script to read three text files in the current directory and merge them into a
single file and returns a file descriptor for the new file.
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PART-B

1. Write a program to copy a file into another using system calls.

2. Write a program using system call: create, open, write, close, stat, fstat, lseek.

3. Write a program to create a child process and allow the parent to display “parent” and the
child to display “child” on the screen.

4. Write a program to create a Zombie process.

5. Write a program to implement inter process communication using pipes.

6. Simulate the following CPU scheduling algorithms

a. Round Robin
b. SJF
7. Write a program that illustrates file locking using semaphores.

8. Write a program that implements a producer-consumer system with two processes (using
semaphores).

9. Write a program that illustrates inter process communication using shared memory system
calls.

10. Write a program that illustrates the following:

a. Creating message queue.
b. Writing to a message queue
c. Reading from a message queue

Reference Books:

1. Sumitabha Das: “UNIX Concepts and Applications”, 4th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2006.

2. Kenneth Roson et al ,“UNIX: The Complete Reference”, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media

3. M G Venkateshmurthy,“UNIX and Shell Programming”, Pearson Education Asia, 2005

4. Behrouz A. Forouzan, Richard F. Gilberg,“Unix and shell Programming.”, Brooks/Cole-

Thomson Learning, 2003

5. Uresh Vahalia, “UNIX Internals”, Pearson Education, 2005.

6. Richard Stevens, Stephen Rago, “Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment”,

Pearson Education, 2/e.