Diploma In Computer Application

1. COURSE CURRICULUM
FOR
DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER APPLICATION
Course Code : CAO4502AI2
Name of the Course : IT Tools – I (Computer Fundamental & Operating System)
Credits : 4
Month Hrs Hrs Topic Teaching
Per Per Scheme
Week day Th. Pr.
Month 1 12 2 Computer Appreciation 1 1
Week 1 Definition of Computer. What is the difference b/w
Data and Information
2 Current scene of Computer 1 1
2 Characteristics of Computer 1 1
2 Application of Computer, Computer Vs human being 1 1
2 Block diagram of Computer. 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 1 12 2 Physical Component of Computer 1 1
Week 2
2 History of Computer, Generation of Computer 1 1
2 Classification of Computer, Computer languages 1 1
2 Data processing 1 1
2 Computer software , System s/w application s/w 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 1 12 2 Computer Memories
Week 3
2 Input Devices 1 1
2 Output Devices 1 1
2 Storage Devices, File Allocation Table 1 1
2 Number system ‐ Evolution History of Number system. 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 1 12 2 Positional and Non‐positional number system 1 1
Week 4
2 Decimal, Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal number system. 1 1
2 Converting Binary number system into another 1 1
number system
2 Converting other number system into Binary number 1 1
system
2 Short cut method for conversion
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 2 12 2 Computer codes – BCD, EBCDIC , ASCII codes, Logical 1 1
Week 1 Gates ‐ AND, OR, NOT gate
2 Disk Operating System‐ Basics of operating system, 1 1
Various Types of O.S.

2. 2 File name conventions and wild card characters 1 1
2 Internal and External DOS commands 1 1
2 File management commands 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 2 12 2 Directory commands 1 1
Week 2
2 Introduction to Windows 1 1
Overview of different versions of Windows,
2 Basic Windows elements 1 1
2 File management through Windows 1 1
2 Entertainment, Games, 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 2 12 2 Using calculator, address book
Week 3
2 Uses of control panel 1 1
2 Introduction to Paint 1 1
2 Introduction to Notepad 1 1
2 Introduction to WordPad 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 2 12 2 Introduction of Accounting & tally 1 1
Week 4
2 Introduction of Financial Accounting & Principles of 1 1
Accounting
2 Single Entry and Double Entry System 1 1
2 Books of Account, Accounting cycle 1 1
2 Company Creation in Tally, Tally Vault Password, 1 1
Security password
2 Gateway of Tally 1 1
Month 3 12 2 INTRODUCTION TO MS Word & POWER POINT 1 1
Week 1
2 MS Word :Creating a document, opening and closing 1 1
document
2 Save a document, printing the document 1 1
2 POWER POINT :Creating a presentation and formatting 1 1
2 Applying animation on slide and slide shows 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 3 12 2 INTRODUCTION TO MS EXCEL & MS ACCESS 1 1
Week 2
2 MS EXCEL :Creating new workbook and formatting 1 1
worksheets
2 Calculation in excel sheet with formula 1 1
2 MS ACCESS :Creation of database and data types 1 1
2 Difference between DBMS and RDBMS 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1

3. Course Code : CAO4502BI2
Name of the Course : IT Tools – I MS‐Office System (Word, PowerPoint, Excel & Access)
Credits : 4
WINDOWS, MS OFFICE, INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET, INTRODUCTION TO WEB TECHNOLOGY
Month Hrs Hrs Topic Teaching
Per Per Scheme
week day Th. Pr.
Month 3 12 2 WINDOWS 1 1
Week 3 Components of Windows
2 Comparison of Windows with Dos 1 1
2 Windows Accessories 1 1
2 Personalizing the System 1 1
2 System tools – Disk cleanup, Disk defragmenter 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 3 12 2 Ms word 1 1
Week 4 Get Started with MS Word , Word processing concept
2 Document Formatting 1 1
2 Multiage Documents 1 1
2 Drawing toolbar, Word Art 1 1
2 Create tables in Word 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 4 12 2 Office Automation
Week 1
2 Advanced Features of MS‐Word. 1 1
2 How to create Word Macros 1 1
2 Mail merge 1 1
2 Document Templates and Wizards 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 4 12 2 MS EXCEL 1 1
Week 2 Getting Started with Excel
2 Formatting a Worksheet: 1 1
2 Handling operators in Formulae 1 1
2 Extending the spread sheets 1 1
2 Excel Charts 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 4 12 2 Excel Graphs 1 1
Week 3
2 Maths operators in Excel 1 1
2 Tables, Scenarios, Goal Seek 1 1
2 Pivot table 1 1
2 Data Validation 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1

4. Month 4 12 2 MS POWER POINT 1 1
Week 4 Introduction to Power Point, working with
presentation
2 Working with Slides and views 1 1
2 Design slide shows 1 1
2 Adding Clip Art and other pictures 1 1
2 Running and Controlling a Slide Show 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 5 12 2 Printing Presentations 1 1
Week 1
2 MS ACCESS 1 1
Introduction to Business Data Processing
2 Introduction to Database, DBMS, RDBMS 1 1
2 Feature of Access 1 1
2 Designing Database 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 5 12 2 Manipulating table structure 1 1
Week 2
2 Creating and printing Reports 1 1
2 Creating and printing Query 1 1
2 Data Entry Forms 1 1
2 Creating and printing Labels 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 5 12 2 Introduction to Internet and Computer Virus 1 1
Week 3 Internet – Evolution, Protocols
2 Internet Vs. Intranet, Growth of Internet 1 1
2 Web Browsers, Computer Virus 1 1
2 Basic Internet Terminology 1 1
2 Internet Applications 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 5 12 2 Introduction to Web technology 1 1
Week 4 Introduction to HTML
2 Designing a Home Page 1 1
2 HTML Documents 1 1
2 Anchor Tag 1 1
2 Hyper Links 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 6 Internship & preparation of Examination

5. Course Code : CAO4502CI1
Name of the Course : Web Designing (Networking & HTML)
Credits : 4
Month 7 12 2 Networking 1 1
Week 1 Networking Fundamentals, Network topologies
2 Types of Network – LAN, WAN, MAN 1 1
2 Reference model – OSI Model 1 1
2 Reference model – TCP/IP Model 1 1
2 Network protocols 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 7 12 2 Basic for data Communication 1 1
Week 2
2 Transmission media – Twisted pair, Coaxial cable, 1 1
Fiber optics
2 Wireless transmission – radio , microwave 1 1
2 Communication satellites 1 1
2 Data Link Layer 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 7 12 2 Network Layer 1 1
Week 3
2 Transport layer 1 1
2 HTML 1 1
Overview of HTML
2 HTML page structure, Creating an HTML Document 1 1
2 Formatting 1 1
Formatting text with HTML
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 7 12 2 Paragraph Formatting with HTML 1 1
Week 4
2 Character Formatting with HTML 1 1
2 Comparing Procedural and Descriptive Formatting 1 1
2 HTML document tables 1 1
2 HTML FRAMES 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 8 12 2 Working with Images ‐ About Web Graphics 1 1
Week 1
2 Add an Image to a Web Page 1 1
2 Display Alternate Text 1 1
2 Use a Thumbnail Link to an Image 1 1
2 Wrap Text Around an Image 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 8 12 2 Align an Image with Text 1 1
Week 2
2 Apply a Page Background Color 1 1
2 Use a Background Image on a Page 1 1

6. 2 Adding Links 1 1
Adding Local and Remote Links
2 Adding Local and Remote Links 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 8 12 2 Adding Internal Links with the Named Anchor Tag
Week 3
2 Adding graphics 1 1
2 Linking and Embedding Graphics 1 1
2 Creating lists and nested lists in HTML 1 1
2 Tables in HTML 1 1
Creating tables in HTML
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 8 12 2 Creating and Modifying Tables 1 1
Week 4
2 Creating Advanced Table Elements 1 1
2 Attributes 1 1
Setting Body and Background Attributes
2 Setting Background Colours 1 1
2 Setting Text Colors 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 9 12 2 Web Page Design Guidelines 1 1
Week 1
2 Working with Links ‐ About Hyperlinks 1 1
2 Designing a Navigation Scheme 1 1
2 Create a Named Anchor 1 1
2 Create a Link to a URL 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 9 12 2 Create a Link to an Email Address 1 1
Week 2
2 Create a Link Using an Image 1 1
2 Change the Colour of Links 1 1
2 1 1
2 Multimedia application in education, Entertainment, 1 1
marketing
2 Week end assignment 1 1

7. Course Code : CAO4502DI1
Name of the Course : Application Development (VB 6.0 & DBMS)
Credits : 4
FLOW CHARTS AND ALGORITHMS, Programming with VISUAL BASIC
Month Hrs Hrs Topic Teaching
Per Per Scheme
week day Th. Pr.
Month 9 12 2 FLOWCHARTS 1 1
Week 3 Introduction
2 Flowchart building blocks 1 1
2 Example, Symbols 1 1
2 Symbols 1 1
2 Algorithms 1 1
Introduction
2 Week end assignment 1 1
3 Life Coping Skills
Month 9 12 2 Example 1 1
Week 4
2 Algorithm analysis 1 1
2 Classification 1 1
2 Programming with Visual Basic 1 1
IDE of VB, user Interface
2 Designing, Basics of Event Driven Programming 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 10 12 2 Form – Designing, Showing & Hiding. 1 1
Week 1
2 Working With Forms & Standard Controls 1 1
2 Form: Text Box, Command Button 1 1
2 Combo Box, List Box, Dir list 1 1
2 File list and other Controls 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 10 12 2 Data types & control statements 1 1
Week 2 Data Types, Variables & Constant
2 Arrays, Dynamic Arrays 1 1
2 Array as Function 1 1
2 Array as Function 1 1
2 Collections 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 10 12 2 Procedures 1 1
Week 3
2 Arguments Passing, Functions Return Values 1 1
2 Control Flow Statements 1 1
2 Looping Statements 1 1
2 Structure, Exit Statement 1 1

8. 2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 10 12 2 Building blocks of Visual Basic 1 1
Week 4 Active X Control & Their Use
2 Text Box control 1 1
2 The ListBox and ComboBox Control 1 1
2 The Scrollbar and Slider Controls 1 1
2 Advance Active X Control 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 11 12 2 The common Dialog Control
Week 1
2 Multiple files 1 1
2 Tree view and List view controls 1 1
2 Components of Visual Basic 1 1
Graphics controls
2 Image Handling in VB 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 11 12 2 Coordinate System 1 1
Week 2
2 Graphics methods 1 1
2 Menu editor 1 1
2 Multiple Document interface 1 1
2 Parent & child forms & Methods 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 11 12 2 Error handling 1 1
Week 3
2 Types of Errors 1 1
2 Error handling methods and functions 1 1
2 Data Base Programming 1 1
Data Base Programming : Introduction
2 Data Table, VB Data Base Creation, Database Manager 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 11 12 2 Data Base Programming with Visual Basic 1 1
Week 4
2 Database programming with VB‐DATA 1 1
2 Control‐methods, Properties 1 1
2 Visual Data manager 1 1
2 Connectivity with database, DATA bound controls 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 12 Internship & preparation of Examination

9. Course Code : CAO4502EL2
Name of the Course : Life Coping Skills
Credits : 2
Month Hrs 1 hr Topic
Per Per Day
Week
Month 1 3 1 Introduction and outline of the Programme, Meaning and
Week 1 explanation of coping, positive and negative Mechanisms of
Copings
The students are taught the meaning of coping, the coping
process and the mechanisms of coping both positive and
negative. The issues concerning them and the problems
situations faced by them are dealt with at length.
1 They are made to realize that it is better to develop healthy,
acceptable, honest mechanisms to face the challenges of life.
1 Assignment
Month 1 3 1 Restructuring one’s own Life Story, Positive and Negative
Week 2 Message
The students are made to understand the influences both
internal and external affecting the human perception.
1 Their attitude to it and their behavior patterns, in response to
these influences
1 Assignment
Month 1 3 1 Self‐Esteem, Self‐Concept, Self‐Acceptance and personality
Week 3 Development
The concept of self esteem is explained and the students are
made to understand why self esteem is important for a person
and how it can help them in the task of positive self
development.
1 They are taught to accept themselves as they are with all their
strengths and weaknesses so that it can lead them to live as fuller
and richer persons, fully alive and human.
1 Assignment
Month 1 3 1 Positive Thinking
Week 4 To help the students to have the right perception of life.
1 To emphasize the good in their lives, to transform them from soft
and tender minded to tough minded individuals, from weak,
negative individuals to men and women of strength.
1 Assignment
Month 2 3 1 Motivation and Actualization
Week 1 To explain the concept of motivation and to say how it is linked
with energizing and directing their efforts toward a meaningful
goal.
1 To help them understand that enhancing their motivation
involves becoming more self‐directed, that is performing out of

10. their own needs, desires and aspirations.
1 Assignment
Month 2 3 1 Goal Setting
Week 2 To familiarize them with the different types of goals
1 setting goals and striving to reach them
1 Week end assignment
Month 2 3 1 Meaning and Attitude to Success
Week 3 Success is part and parcel of one’s life. It has an element of
unpredictability and also perfect satisfaction with oneself and
one’s achievements.
1 It is important that proper attitude to success is developed by the
students. This attitude is being taught through theoretical input
and exercises.
1 Assignment
Month 2 3 1 Problem Solving
Week 4 Helping students to see their problems in terms of their past
decisions
1 to examine the consequences of such decisions and then choose
a more satisfying alternative
1 Assignment
Month 3 3 1 Decision Making
Week 1 The students should learn to view their problems in terms of
their decisions than as a result of events and circumstances that
simply happen
1 Help them understand that decisions are especially crucial with
regard to personal growth
1 Assignment
Month 3 3 1 Time Management
Week 2 To tell the students about the importance of time in their lives
1 the judicious use of time and how if used effectively can help
them achieve their goals
1 Assignment
Month 3 3 1 Coping with Shyness
Week 3 To understand the meaning of shyness and the ways and means
to overcome the same
1 To Continue………..
To understand the meaning of shyness and the ways and means
to overcome the same
1 Assignment
Month 3 3 1 Coping with Depression
Week 4 To understand the meaning and nature of depression
1 symptoms of depression and the causes for depression and also
the ways to overcome depression
1 Assignment
Month 4 3 1 Coping with Fear
Week 1 The common feature of life is fear of all kinds
1 How to understand the various kinds of fear and how to handle

11. fear and overcome the same
1 Assignment
Month 4 3 1 Coping with Failure
Week 2 To help them understand that failure is not a positive experience
but that they should take it in their stride
1 They should accept experiences of failure as part of life and to
save their energy for coping with failures that they honestly feel
are worthy getting upset about
1 Assignment
Month 4 3 1 Coping with Criticism
Week 3 Criticism in an inevitable reality in our life
1 The students are introduced to different kinds of criticism, the
ways of handling them. They are given an idea of giving and
receiving criticism
1 Assignment
Month 4 3 1 Coping with Conflict
Week 4 To understand Conflict is a fact of life and to have a distinction
between constructive
1 destructive conflicts and also the strategies to manage conflict
1 Assignment
Month 5 3 1 Coping with Change
Week 1 Developing the right attitude towards change that is inevitable in
life. Developing the coping mechanism to various changes that
take place in our life
1 Developing the attitude of flexibility to adjust oneself to fact of
change
1 Assignment
Month 5 3 1 Coping with Study
Week 2 Explaining to the students that study is the most important part
of their curriculum
1 if dealt with methodically can become a please and help them
excel in their academics
1 Assignment
Month 5 3 1 Leadership
Week 3 To understand the nature and types of leadership, To enumerate
the characteristics of good leadership
1 To take on the leadership role where ever it is necessary with
courage and confidence.
1 Assignment
Month 5 3 1 Team work
Week 4 To introduce the students, the dynamics and working of the
Team
1 To understand the ways and means of them building. To imbibe
the skills of working as a member of a team
1 Assignment

12. Course Code : CAO4502FL1
Name of the Course : Communication Skills
Credits : 2
Month Hrs 1 hr Topic
Per Per Day
Week
Month 1 3 1 Introduction and Outline of the Programme
Week 1 Overview of the course – objectives
1 areas covered – Focus of the Course
1 Assignment
Month 1 3 1 The Meaning and Process of Communication
Week 2 The Meaning and Process of Communication. Types of
communication.
1 Interpersonal skill. Elements of Communication.
1 Assignment
Month 1 3 1 Interpersonal Communication
Week 3 The Skills of Interpersonal Communication.
1 Communication as a skilled behaviour
1 Assignment
Month 1 3 1 Effective Communication
Week 4 Effective Communication
1 Guidelines for Effective Communication
1 Assignment
Month 2 3 1 Situational Language
Week 1 Greeting, Introduction, Inviting Someone, Making requests,
Offering help and assistance, Seeking permission, Asking for
Advice,
1 Expressing Gratitude, Asking about remembering, Persuasion,
Complimenting and Congratulating, Expressing Sympathy and
Condolence
1 Assignment
Month 2 3 1 Complaining apologizing, Making Suggestions, Warning Someone,
Week 2 Ending a Conversation, Asking for Information, Asking for
Someone’s Opinion, Asking for Excuse
1 Asking Someone to Say Something Again, Checking whether
someone has understood you,
1 Assignment
Month 2 3 1 Asking Whether someone knows, Asking about preference,
Week 3 Requesting someone if it is possible to do something
1 Asking if someone agrees, Asking if you are obliged to do
something, Describing something, Some useful expressions.
1 Assignment
Month 2 3 1 Expectations in Communication
Week 4 To realize the need for having realistic expectations in life
1 in communication because communication breaks down because

13. of ‘unrealistic’ or ‘great’ expectations.
1 Assignment
Month 3 3 1 The Art of Describing and evaluating behaviour
Week 1 To train the students in making statements that are descriptive.
1 To Continue……..
To train the students in making statements that are descriptive.
1 Assignment
Month 3 3 1 The Art of Coding and Decoding
Week 2 To help the students to code and decode efficiently. The need for
proper coding and decoding. Translating an idea into words is a
difficult process.
1 To Continue…………
To help the students to code and decode efficiently. The need for
proper coding and decoding. Translating an idea into words is a
difficult process.
1 Assignment
Month 3 3 1 Similarly, understanding what one means (not what one says) is
Week 3 equally difficult.
1 To Continue………..
Similarly, understanding what one means (not what one says) is
equally difficult.
1 Assignment
Month 3 3 1 Hence one must have the skill to code and decode correctly,
Week 4 otherwise communication fails (I write this letter because I have
nothing to do and end this letter because I have nothing to say).
1 Therefore, effective communication is coding and decoding.
1 Assignment
Month 4 3 1 Communication Aids and Blocks
Week 1 To help the students to use communication AIDS and to avoid
communication BLOCKS. Communication succeeds when we use
responses which build relationships and strengthen
communication.
1 Communication fails when responses are given that destroy
communication and relationship as blocks.
1 Assignment
Month 4 3 1 Group Discussion
Week 2 How to interact with one another. Presenting yourself to others
1 To improve group communication
1 Assignment
Month 4 3 1 Public Speaking & Just a Minute
Week 3 The Aims of Public Speaking. The manner of public speaking
1 The Characteristic need for public speaking
1 Assignment
Month 4 3 1 Leadership Communication
Week 4 To describe the different types of leadership Communication
1 To Continue………..
To describe the different types of leadership Communication

14. 1 Assignment
Month 5 3 1 Team communication
Week 1 Learn to value the strength of others. To develop team work
1 Improve communication Skills
1 Assignment
Month 5 3 1 Winning at Human Relations
Week 2 Inculcating in the minds of students the important role
interpersonal relationships play in the process of personality
development.
1 Helping students develop and maintain caring and productive
relationships within the family and among friends
1 Assignment
Month 5 3 1 Interview Skills
Week 3 To make students fit for an interview.
1 To Continue……….
To make students fit for an interview.
1 Assignment
Month 5 3 1 Presentation Skills
Week 4 To make an effective presentation
1 To Continue…………
To make an effective presentation
1 Assignment