MDU PGDCA Syllabus

I am the student in MDU Maharshi Dayanand University doing PGDCA. My semesters are coming soon and my syllabus was left before some days now I am tiring to get it back by official website of MDU university but it is not responding. Will you help me to get it back as soon as possible?

Can you provide me the syllabus of PGDCA (Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications) Program offered by MDU (Maharshi Dayanand University), Rohtak?

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The syllabus of PGDCA (Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications) Program offered by MDU (Maharshi Dayanand University), Rohtak is as follows:

Paper Title: ESSENTIALS OF COMPUTERS & C PROGRAMMING
Paper Code: PGDCA-101


UNIT-I
Computer Fundamentals: Generations of Computers, Definition, Block Diagram along with its components, characteristics & classification of computers, Limitations of Computers, Human-Being VS Computer, Applications of computers in various fields.
Number Systems: What is Number system, necessity of binary number system, binary, octal and hexadecimal number system, inter-conversion of numbers, binary arithmetic, character codes.

UNIT-II
Computer hardware & software: I/O devices, definition of software, relationship between hardware and software, types of software.
Overview of operating system: Definition, functions of operating system, concept of multiprogramming, multitasking, multithreading, multiprocessing, time-sharing, real time, single-user & multi-user operating system.

UNIT-III
C Language: History of C language, Structure of a C program: Data types( int, float, char, double, void), Data structure, Constants and variables, variable declaration (integer, float, character, logical variable, string variable), Constraints, operators and Expression; Arithmetic operators, Relational Operators, logical operators, Expressions, Control construct, if then, nested if, switch, for, do - while, while do.

UNIT-IV
Arrays: Array declaration one and two dimensional arrays; Functions- Fundamentals: General form, function arguments, Return value, basic I/O: Formatted Input/Output, Unformatted Input/Output, Program Design examples, advance features; Typed modifiers and storage class specifier for data type, Bit Operators Operator, & operators, operators Type casting Type casting conversion. A brief introduction to C++ object oriented programming techniques, Difference between C and C++

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Balagurusamy E, Computing Fundamentals and C Programming, Tata McGraw Hill.
2. Rajaraman, V., Fundamentals of Computers, PHI
3. Ram, B., Computer Fundamentals, Architecture & Organization, New Age International (P) Ltd.
4. N.S. Gill, Essential of Computer and Network Technology, Khanna Book Pub. Co. New Delhi.
5. P.K. Jain, Computer Fundamentals, BPB Publication
6. Y Kanetkar, Working with C, BPB publications
7. E, Balagoswami, Programming in ANSI C, BPB publications.
8. Rajender Singh: Application of IT to Business, Ramesh Publishers.


Syllabus PGDCA MDU (Maharshi Dayanand University), Rohtak