Course Curriculum of the Department of Computer Science and

Engineering
Courses offered by CSE Department
Core Courses:
ME 160 Mechanical Engineering Drawing-I
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Introduction; Instruments and their uses; First and third angle projections; Orthographic
drawings; Isometric views; Missing lines and views; Sectional views and conventional
practices; Auxiliary views.
ME 165 Basic Mechanical Engineering
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Sources of energy: conventional and renewable; Introduction to IC engines, Refrigeration
and Air conditioning systems. Statics of particles and rigid bodies; Forces in trusses and
frames; Relative motion; Kinematics of particles: Newtons Second Law of Motion;
Kinematics of rigid bodies.
Introduction to Robotics; Plane, rotational and spatial motion with applications to
manipulators; Geometric configurations: structural elements, linkage, arms and grippers;
Motion characteristics.

PHY 109 Physics (Heat and Thermodynamics, Structure of Matter, Waves and
Oscillations, and Physical Optics)
4 hours in a week, 4.00 Cr.
Heat & Thermodynamics: Principle of temperature measurements: platinum resistance
thermometer, thermo-electric thermometer, pyrometer; Kinetic theory of gases:
Maxwells distribution of molecular speeds, mean free path, equipartition of energy,
Brownian motion, Van der Waals equation of state, review of the First Law of
thermodynamics and its application, reversible and irreversible processes, Second Law of
thermodynamics, Carnot cycle; Efficiency of heat engines, Carnots Theorem, entropy and
disorder, thermodynamic functions, Maxwell relations, Clausius-Clapeyron Equation,
Gibbs Phase Rule, Third Law of thermodynamics.
Structure of Matter: Crystalline & non-crystalline solids, single crystal and polycrystal
solids, unit cell, crystal systems, co-ordinations number, crystal planes and directions,
sodium chloride and CsCl structure, packing factor, Miller indices, relation between
interplanar spacing and Miller indices, Braggs Law, methods of determination of
interplanar spacing from diffraction patterns; Defects in solids: point defects, line defects;

Bonds in solids, interatomic distances, calculation of cohesive & bonding energy;

Introduction to band theory: distinction between metal, semiconductor and insulator.
Waves & Oscillations: Differential equation of a simple harmonic oscillator, total energy
and average energy, combination of simple harmonic oscillations, Lissajous figures,
spring-mass system, calculation of time period of torsional pendulum, damped oscillation,
determination of damping co-efficient, forced oscillation, resonance, two-body
oscillations, Reduced mass, differential equation of a progressive wave, power and
intensity of wave motion, stationary wave, group velocity and phase velocity,
architectural acoustics, reverberation and Sabines formula.
Physical Optics: Theories of light; Interference of light, Youngs double slit experiment;
Displacements of fringes and its uses; Fresnel Bi-prism, interference at wedge shaped
films, Newtons rings, interferometers; Diffraction of light: Fresnel and Fraunhoffer
diffraction, diffraction by single slit, diffraction from a circular aperture, resolving power
of optical instruments, diffraction at double slit & N-slits-diffraction grating;
Polarization: production and analysis of polarized light, Brewsters law, Malus law,
Polarization by double refraction, retardation plates, Nicol prism, optical activity,
polarimeters, polaroid.

PHY 102 Physics Sessional

3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Laboratory works based on PHY 109.
MATH 141 Mathematics-I (Differential Calculus and Co-ordinate Geometry)
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Differential Calculus: Limits, continuity and differentiability; Successive differentiation
of various types of functions; Leibnitzs Theorem; Rolles Theorem; Mean value
Theorem in finite and infinite forms; Lagranges form of remainders; Cauchys form of
remainder; Expansion of functions; Evaluation of indeterminate forms by LHospitals
rule; Partial differentiation; Eulers Theorem; Tangent and Normal, Subtangent and
subnormal in cartesian and polar co-ordinates; Maximum and minimum values of
functions of single variable; Points of inflexion; Curvature, radius of curvature, center of
curvature; Asymptotes, curve tracing.
Co-ordinate Geometry: Transformation of co-ordinates axes and its uses; Equation of
conics and its reduction to standard forms; Pair of straight lines; Homogeneous equations
of second degree; Angle between the pair of straight lines; Pair of lines joining the origin
to the point of intersection of two given curves, circles; System of circles; Orthogonal
circles; Radical axis, radical center, properties of radical axes; Coaxial circles and
limiting points; Equations of parabola, ellipse and hyperbola in cartesian and polar coordinates; Tangents and normals, pair of tangents; Chord of contact; Chord in terms of its

middle points; Pole and polar parametric co-ordinates; Diameters; Conjugate diameters
and their properties; Director circles and asymptotes.
HUM 101 English
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
English phonetics: the places and manners of articulation of the English sounds;
Vocabulary; English grammar: construction of sentences, some grammatical problems;
Comprehension; Paragraph writing; Prcis writing; Amplification; Report writing;
Business communication and tenders; Short stories written by some well-known classic
writers.
CSE 101 IT fundamentals
2 hours in a week, 2.00 Cr.
Introduction to computations; early history of computing devices; computers; major
components of a computer; Hardware: processor, memory, I/O devices; software:
Operating system, application software; Basic architecture of a computer; Basic
Information Technology; the Internet, Basic programming concepts: Number system:
binary, octal, hexadecimal, decimal; binary arithmetic, program development stages, flow
charts, programming constructs: data types, operators, expressions, statements, control
statements, functions, array.
CSE 102 IT fundamentals Sessional
3 hours in a week, 1.5 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 101.

EEE 163 Introduction to Electrical Engineering

3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Fundamental electrical concepts and measuring units. Direct current: voltage, current,
resistance and power. Laws of electrical circuits and methods of network analysis;
Introduction to magnetic circuits. Alternating current: instantaneous and r.m.s. current,
voltage and power, average power for various combinations of R, L and C circuits,
phasor representation of sinusoidal quantities.
EEE 164 Introduction to Electrical Engineering Sessional
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Laboratory works based on EEE 163.

MATH 143 Mathematics-II (Integral Calculus, and Ordinary and Partial Differential
Equations)
4 hours in a week, 4.00 Cr.
Integral Calculus: Definitions of integration; Integration by the method of substitutions;
Integration by parts; Standard integrals; Integration by the method of successive
reduction; Definite integrals and its properties and use in summing series; Wallis
formula, Improper integrals, Beta function and Gamma function; Area under a plane
curve in cartesian and polar co-ordinates; Area of the region enclosed by two curves in
cartesian and polar co-ordinates; Trapezoidal rule, Simpsons rule. Arc lengths of curves
in cartesian and polar co-ordinates, parametric and pedal equations; Intrinsic equation;
Volume of solids of revolution; Volume of hollow solids of revolution by shell method.
Area of surface of revolution; Jacobian, multiple integrals and its application.
Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE): Degree and order of ordinary differential
equations; Formation of differential equations; Solution of first order differential
equations by various methods; Solution of first order but higher degree ordinary
differential equations; Solution of general linear equations of second and higher orders
with constant coefficients; Solution of homogeneous linear equations and its applications;
Solution of differential equations of higher order when dependent and independent
variables are absent; Solution of differential equation by the method based on
factorization of operators.
Partial Differential Equations (PDE): Four rules for solving simultaneous equations of the
form ; Lagranges method of solving PDE of order one; Integral surfaces passing through
a given curve; Nonlinear PDE of order one (complete, particular, singular and general
integrals): standard forms f(p,q) = 0, z = px + qy + f(p,q), f(p,q,z) = 0, f1(x,p) = f2(y, q);
Charpits method; Second order PDE: its nomenclature and classifications to canonical
(standard)- parabolic, elliptic, hyperbolic; Solution by separation of variables. Linear
PDE with constant coefficients.
Series Solution: Solution of differential equations in series by the method of Frobenius;
Bessels functions, Legendres polynomials and their properties.
CHEM 101 Chemistry
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Atomic structure, quantum numbers, electronic configuration, periodic table; Properties
and uses of noble gases; Different types of chemical bonds and their properties;
Molecular structure of compounds; Selective organic reactions; Different types of
solutions and their compositions; Phase rule, phase diagram of monocomponent system;
Properties of dilute solutions; Thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibria;
Ionization of water and pH concept; Electrical properties of Solution.

CHEM 114 Inorganic Quantitative Analysis

3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Volumetric analysis: acid-base titration, oxidation-reduction titration, determination of Fe,
Cu, Ca volumetrically.
CSE 103 Discrete Mathematics
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Set theory; Relations; Functions; Graph theory; Propositional calculus and predicate
calculus; Mathematical reasoning: induction, contradiction and recursion; counting;
Principles of inclusion and exclusion; Generating functions, recurrence relations;
Algebraic structures: rings and groups.
CSE 105 Structured Programming Language
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Programming concepts; Structured programming language: data types, operators,
expressions, control structures; Functions and program structure: parameter passing
conventions, scope rules and storage classes, recursion; Header files; Preprocessor;
Pointers and arrays; Strings, multidimensional array, User defined data types: structures,
unions, enumerations; Input and Output: standard input and output, formatted input and
output, file access; Variable length argument list; Command line parameters; Error
Handling; Graphics, Linking, library functions.
Reference language: C
CSE 106 Structured Programming Language Sessional
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 105.

EEE 263 Electronic Devices and Circuits

4 hours in a week, 4.00 Cr.
Introduction to semiconductors, p-type and n-type semiconductors; p-n junction diode
characteristics; Diode applications: half and full wave rectifiers, clipping and clamping
circuits, regulated power supply using zener diode.
Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT): principle of operation, I-V characteristics; Transistor
circuit configurations (CE, CB, CC), BJT biasing, load lines; BJTs at low frequencies;
Hybrid model, h parameters, simplified hybrid model; Small-signal analysis of single and
multi-stage amplifiers, frequency response of BJT amplifier.

Field Effect Transistors (FET): principle of operation of JFET and MOSFET; Depletion
and enhancement type NMOS and PMOS; biasing of FETs; Low and high frequency
models of FETs, Switching circuits using FETs; Introduction to CMOS.
Operational Amplifiers (OPAMP): linear applications of OPAMPs, gain, input and output
impedances, active filters, frequency response and noise.
Introduction to feedback, Oscillators, Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCR), TRIAC, DIAC
and UJT: characteristics and applications; Introduction to IC fabrication processes.
EEE 264 Electronic Devices and Circuits Sessional
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Laboratory works based on EEE 263.
MATH 243 Mathematics-IV (Matrices, Vectors, and Fourier Analysis)
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Matrices: Definition of matrix; Different types of matrices; Algebra of matrices; Adjoint
and inverse of a matrix; Elementary transformations of matrices; Matrix polynomials;
Calay-Hamilton theory with uses of rank and nullity; Normal and canonical forms;
Solution of linear equations; Eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Vector Spaces: Definition and properties, subspaces, basis and dimension, change of
basis; Linear Transformation (LT): definition and properties, linear operator matrix,
geometry of LT, standard plane LT.
Vector Algebra: Scalars and vectors, equality of vectors; Addition and subtraction of
vectors; Multiplication of vectors by scalars; Scalar and vector product of two vectors
and their geometrical interpretation; Triple products and multiple products; Linear
dependence and independence of vectors.
Vector Calculus: Differentiation and integration of vectors together with elementary
applications; Definition of line, surface and volume integrals; Gradient, divergence and
curl of point functions, various formulae, Gausss theorem, Stokes theorem, Greens
theorem.
Fourier Analysis: Real and complex form of Fourier series; Finite transform; Fourier
Integral; Fourier transforms and their uses in solving boundary value problems of wave
equations.

CSE 203 Data Structures

3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Internal data representation; Abstract data types; Elementary data structures: arrays, lists,
stacks, queues, trees, graphs; Advanced data Structures: heaps, Fibonacci heaps, B-trees;
Recursion, sorting, searching, hashing, storage management.
CSE 204 Data Structures Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 203.
CSE 205 Digital Logic Design
3 hours in a week, 3 Cr.
Digital logic: Boolean algebra, De Morgans Theorems, logic gates and their truth tables,
canonical forms, combinational logic circuits, minimization techniques; Arithmetic and
data handling logic circuits, decoders and encoders, multiplexers and demultiplexers;
Combinational circuit design; Flip-flops, race around problems; Counters: asynchronous
counters, synchronous counters and their applications; PLA design; Synchronous and
asynchronous logic design; State diagram, Mealy and Moore machines; State
minimizations and assignments; Pulse mode logic; Fundamental mode design.
CSE 206 Digital Logic Design Sessional
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 205.
CSE 207 Object Oriented Programming Language
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Philosophy of Object Oriented Programming (OOP); Advantages of OOP over structured
programming; Encapsulation, classes and objects, access specifiers, static and non-static
members; Constructors, destructors and copy constructors;. Array of objects, object
pointers, and object references; Inheritance: single and multiple inheritance;
Polymorphism: overloading, abstract classes, virtual functions and overriding;
Exceptions; Object Oriented I/O; Template functions and classes; Multi-threaded
Programming.
Reference languages: C++ and Java.
CSE 208 Object Oriented Programming Language Sessional
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 207.

EEE 269 Electrical Drives and Instrumentation

3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Introduction to three phase circuits, alternators and transformers; Principles of operation
of DC, synchronous, induction, universal, and stepper motors; Thyristor and
microprocessor based speed control of motors.
Instrumentation amplifiers: differential, logarithmic and chopper amplifiers; Frequency
and voltage measurements using digital techniques; Recorders and display devices,
spectrum analyzers and logic analyzers; Data acquisition and interfacing to
microprocessor based systems; Transducers: terminology, types, principles and
application of photovoltaic, piezoelectric, thermoelectric, variable reactance and optoelectronic transducers; Noise reduction in instrumentation.
EEE 270 Electrical Drives and Instrumentation Sessional
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Laboratory works based on EEE 269.
MATH 241 Mathematics-III (Complex Variable, Laplace Transforms, and Statistics)
4 hours in a week, 4.00 Cr.
Complex Variable: Complex number system; General functions of a complex variable;
Limits and continuity of a function of complex variable and related theorems; Complex
differentiation and the CauchyRiemann Equations; Mapping by elementary functions;
Line integral of a complex function; Cauchys Integral Theorem; Cauchys Integral
Formula; Liouvilles Theorem; Taylors Theorem and Laurents Theorem. Singular
points; Residue; Cauchys Residue Theorem. Evaluation of residues; Contour integration;
Conformal mapping.
Laplace Transforms: Definition; Laplace transforms of some elementary functions;
Sufficient conditions for existence of Laplace transforms; Inverse Laplace transforms;
Laplace transforms of derivatives. The unit step function; Periodic function; Some special
theorems on Laplace transforms; Partial fraction; Solutions of differential equations by
Laplace transforms; Evaluation of improper integrals.
Statistics: Frequency distribution; Mean, median, mode and other measures of central
tendency; Standard deviation and other measures of dispersion; Moments, skewness and
kurtosis; Elementary probability theory and discontinuous probability distribution,
(binomial, Poisson and negative binomial); Characteristics of distributions; Elementary
sampling theory; Estimation; Hypothesis testing and regression analysis.

CSE 209 Digital Electronics and Pulse Techniques

3 hours in a week, 3 Cr.
Diode logic gates, transistor switches, transistor gates, MOS gates; Logic Families: TTL,
ECL, IIL and CMOS logic with operation details; Propagation delay, product and noise
immunity; Open collector and high impedance gates; Electronic circuits for flip-flops,
counters and register, memory systems, PLAs; A/D and D/A converters with
applications; S/H circuits, LED, LCD and optically coupled oscillators; Non-linear
applications of OP AMPs; Analog switches.
Linear wave shaping: diode wave shaping techniques, clipping and clamping circuits,
comparator circuits, switching circuits; Pulse transformers, pulse transmission, pulse
generation; monostable, bistable and astable multivibrators, Schmitt trigger, blocking
oscillators and time-base circuit; Timing circuits; Simple voltage sweeps, linear current
sweeps.
CSE 210 Digital Electronics and Pulse Techniques Sessional
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 209.
CSE 211 Theory of Computation
2 hours in a week, 2 Cr.
Language theory; Finite automata: deterministic finite automata, nondeterministic finite
automata, equivalence and conversion of deterministic and nondeterministic finite
automata, pushdown automata; Context free languages; Context free grammars; Turing
Machines: basic machines, configuration, computing with Turing machines, combining
Turing machines; Undecidability.
CSE 214 Assembly Language Programming
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Hardware architecture and software architecture; Instruction types and their formats;
Assembly program format; Assembly process; Interrupts and system services;
Addressing methods; High level control structure formation; Use of subroutines and
macros; Numeric processing and string processing; Concurrent processes and high level
linking; Disk geometry, file system and file I/O handling.
CSE 215 Algorithms
3 hours in a week, 3 Cr.
Techniques for analysis of algorithms; Methods for the design of efficient algorithms:
divide and conquer, greedy method, dynamic programming, back tracking, branch and
bound; Basic search and traversal techniques; Topological sorting; Connected
components, spanning trees, shortest paths; Flow algorithms; Approximation algorithms;

Parallel algorithms; Algebraic simplification and transformations; Lower bound theory;

NP-completeness, NP-hard and NP-complete problems.
CSE 216 Algorithms Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory work based on CSE 207.
CSE 301 Data Communication
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Fourier transforms; Modulation techniques: AM, FM, PM, OOK, FSK, PSK, QPSK,
QAM; Pulse modulation- PCM, PPM, PAM, Delta modulation; Companding; Equalizers;
Echo cancellation; Intersymbol interference; TDM, FDM; Error due to noise; Concept of
channel coding and capacity;
CSE 303 Database
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Concepts of data base systems, Models: Entity-Relationship model, Relational model;
Relational algebra; SQL; Integrity constraint; Relational database design; File
organization and retrieval, file indexing; Transaction manager; Concurrency controller;
Recovery manager; Security system; Database administration; Advanced database
management systems: distributed, multimedia, object-oriented, object-relational; Some
applications using SQL.
CSE 304 Database Sessional
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 303.
CSE 307 Software Engineering
4 hours in a week, 4.00 Cr.
Concepts of S/W Engineering, S/W Engineering paradigms, Different phases of software
System Development, Different types of information, qualities of information.
Project Management Concepts, S/W process and project Metrics, S/W Project Planning,
Risk Analysis and management, Project Scheduling and Tracking.
Analysis Concepts and principles: requirement analysis, Analysis modeling, data
modeling. Design concepts and principles, Architectural design, User Interface design,
Object Oriented software development and design: Iterative Development and the
Unified Process. Sequential waterfall life cyles, Inception. Use case model for
requirement writing, Elaboration using System Sequence Diagram, Domain Model.
Visualizing concept classes. UML diagrams, Interaction and Collaboration Diagram for
designing Software. Designing Objects with responsibilities. GRASP patterns with

General Principles in assigning responsibilities,: Information expert, Creator, Low

Coupling and High Cohesion, Creating design class diagrams and mapping design to
codes. Advanced GRASP patterns: Polymorphism, Pure Fabrication, Indirection, Project
Variation. GoF Design Patterns: Adapter, Factory, Singleton, Strategy, Composite,
Faade, and Observer.
S/W Testing: White Box and Black Box testing. Basis Path Testing. Testing for
specialized environment. S/W testing strategies: Unit Testing, Integration Testing,
Validation Testing, System Testing, Art of debugging.
Analysis of System Maintenance and upgrading: Software repair, downtime, error and
faults, specification and correction, Maintenance cost models, documentation.
S/W Quality Assurance, Quality factors. S/W quality measures. Cost impact of S/W
defects. Concepts of S/W reliability, availability and safety. Function based metrics and
bang metrics. Metrics for analysis and design model. Metrics for source code, testing and
maintenance.
CSE 308 Software Engineering Sessional
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Lab works based on CSE307 and a term project.
CSE 313 Operating System
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Operating System: its role in computer systems; Operating system concepts; Operating
system structure; Process: process model and implementation, Inter-Process
Communication (IPC), classical IPC problems, process scheduling, multiprocessing and
time-sharing; Memory management: swapping, paging, segmentation, virtual memory;
Input/Output: hardware, software, disk, terminals, clocks; Deadlock: resource allocation
and deadlock, deadlock detection, prevention and recovery; File Systems: files,
directories, security, protection; Case study of some operating systems.
CSE 314 Operating System Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 313.
CSE 309 Compiler
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Introduction to compiling; Basic issues; Lexical analysis; Syntax analysis; Syntaxdirected translation; Semantic analysis: type-checking; Run-time environments;
Intermediate code generation; Code generation; Code optimization.

CSE 310 Compiler Sessional

3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 309 and project works using some lexical analyzer and
parser designing tools.

HUM 211 Sociology

2 hours in a week, 2.00 Cr.
Sociological perspective: definition, nature, scope and importance of sociology;
Sociology and scientific approach: methods of social research, stages of social research;
Primary concepts of sociology: society, community, association, institution, group; Social
evolution: stages in the evolution of human civilization; Culture: definition,
characteristics, culture contents (material and non-material), cultural lag, culture and
civilization; Industrial revolution: the growth of capitalism, features and social
consequences, socialism; Social organization: family, forms and functions of family,
functions of family in modern industrial society, marriage, forms of marriage, functions
of marriage; Social stratification: main types of social stratification slavery-caste and
social class and status, social stratification and social mobility; Social control: religion
and morality, custom and public opinion, taboo-law, state and education; Social change:
change-evolution-progress-development, factors in social change; Society and
population: human migration, population and resources; Some current social problems:
crime, deviance, juvenile delinquency, youth unrest; Technology and society: effects of
technological factors on social life.
HUM 213 Government
2 hours in a week, 2.00 Cr.
Some basic concepts of government and politics; Functions, organs and forms of modern
state and government; Socialism, Fascism, Marxism.
Government and politics of Bangladesh; Some major administrative systems of
developed countries; Local self government; Some major aspects of international politics.
HUM 411 Business Law
2 hours in a week, 2.00 Cr.
Principles of law of contracts; Company law: law regarding formation, incorporation,
management and winding up of companies; Labor law: law in relation to wages hours,
health, safety and other condition to work; The trade union legislation arbitration, the
policy of the state in relation to labor; The Factory Act (1965); The Law of compensation
(1965).

CSE 305 Computer Architecture

3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Information representation; Measuring performance; Instructions and data access
methods: operations and operands of computer hardware, representing instruction,
addressing styles; Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) operations, floating point operations,
designing ALU; Processor design: datapaths - single cycle and multicycle
implementations; Control Unit design - hardwared and microprogrammed; Hazards;
Exceptions; Pipeline: pipelined datapath and control, superscalar and dynamic pipelining;
Memory organization: cache, virtual memory; channels; DMA and Interrupts; Buses;
Multiprocessors: types of multiprocessors, performance, single bus multiprocessors,
multiprocessors connected by network, clusters.
CSE 315 Microprocessors and Microcontrollers
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Introduction to 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microprocessors: architecture, addressing modes,
instruction set, interrupts, multi-tasking and virtual memory; memory interface; Bus
interface; Arithmetic co-processor; Microcontrollers; Integrating microprocessor with
interfacing chips.
CSE 316 Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Sessional
1.50 hours in a week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 315.
CSE 317 Artificial Intelligence
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Introduction to new and old AI; Knowledge representation; Propositional and first order
logic, inference in first order logic; Frame problem; Search techniques in AI; Game
playing; Planning; Probabilistic reasoning; Learning in symbolic and non-symbolic
representation; Natural language processing. Introduction to expert system.
CSE 318 Artificial Intelligence Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 317.
CSE 321 Computer Networks
4 hours in a week, 4.00 Cr.
Protocol hierarchies; Data link control: HLDC; DLL in Internet; DLL of ATM; LAN
Protocols: Standards IEEE 802.*; Switches and Hubs, Bridges, FDDI, Fast Ethernet;
Routing algorithm; Congestion control; Internetworking, WAN; Fragmentation;
Firewalls; IPV4, IPV6, ARP, RARP, Mobile IP, Network layer of ATM; Transport

protocols; Transmission control protocol: connection management, transmission policy,

congestion control, timer management; UDP; AAL of ATM; Network security:
Cryptography, DES, IDEA, public key algorithm; Authentication; Digital signatures;
Gigabit Ethernet; Domain Name System: Name servers; Email and its privacy; SNMP;
HTTP; World Wide Web.
CSE 322 Computer Networks Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 321.
CSE 324 Software Development
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
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CSE 400 Project and Thesis
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Study of problems in the field of Computer Science and Engineering.
IPE 493 Industrial Management
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Introduction, evolution, management function, organization and environment.
Organization: Theory and structure; Coordination; Span of control; Authority delegation;
Groups; Committee and task force; Manpower planning.
Personnel Management: Scope; Importance; Need hierarchy; Motivation; Job redesign;
Leadership; Participative management; Training; Performance appraisal; Wages and
incentives; Informal groups; Organizational change and conflict.
Cost and Financial Management: Elements of costs of products depreciation; Break-even
analysis; Investment analysis; Benefit cost analysis.
Management Accounting: Cost planning and control; Budget and budgetary control;
Development planning process.
Marketing Management: Concepts; Strategy; Sales promotion; Patent laws.
Technology Management: Management of innovation and changes; Technology life
cycle;
Case studies.

CSE 413 Mathematical Analysis for Computer Science

3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Recurrent problems; Manipulation of sums; Number theory; Special numbers; Generating
functions.
Random variables; Stochastic process; Markov chains (discrete parameter, continuous
parameter, birth-death process); Queuing models (birth-death model, Markovian model),
open and closed queuing network; Application of queuing models.
CSE 403 Digital System Design
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Designing I/O system; I/O devices; Designing Microprocessor based system with
interfacing chips; Programmable peripheral interface (interface to A/D and D/A
converter); keyboard/display interface; Programmable timer; Programmable interrupt
controller, DMA controller; Design using MSI and LSI components; Design of memory
subsystem using SRAM and DRAM; Design of various components of a computer: ALU,
memory and control unit hardwired and micro programmed, Microprocessor based
designs. Computer BUS standards. Design special purpose controllers.
CSE 404 Digital System Design Sessional
3 hours in a week, 1.50 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 403.
CSE 409 Computer Graphics
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Graphics hardware: display devices, input devices etc; Basic raster graphics algorithms
for drawing 2D primitives; Two-dimensional and three-dimensional viewing, clipping
and transformations; Three-dimensional object representations: polygon surface, BSpline curves and surfaces, BSP trees, Octrees, Fractal-Geometry methods; Visible
surface detection methods: Z-buffer method, BSP tree method, Ray casting method;
Illumination models; Surface rendering methods: polygon rendering, ray tracing, terrain
visualization with height mapping, modeling surface details with texture mapping; Color
models; Computer animation.
CSE 410 Computer Graphics Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 409.

CSE 411 Simulation and Modeling

2 hours in a week, 2.00 Cr.
Simulation modeling basics: systems, models and simulation; Classification of simulation
models; Steps in a simulation study; Concepts in discrete-event simulation: eventscheduling vs. process-interaction approaches, Time-advance mechanism, organization of
a discrete-event simulation model; Continuous simulation models; Combined discreetcontinuous models; Monte Carlo simulation; Simulation of queuing systems.
Building valid and credible simulation models: validation principles and techniques,
statistical procedures for comparing real-world observations and simulation outputs, input
modeling; Generating random numbers and random variates; Output analysis.
Simulation languages; Analysis and modeling of some practical systems.
Concepts covered in lecture applied in computer laboratory assignments.
CSE 421 Basic Graph Theory
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Graphs and simple graphs, digraphs, subgraphs, vertex-degrees, walks, paths and cycles;
trees, spanning trees in graphs, distance in graphs; Complementary graphs, cut-vertices,
bridges and blocks, k-connected graphs; Euler tours, Hamiltonian cycles, Chinese
Postman Problem, Traveling Salesman Problem; Chromatic number, Chromatic
polynomials, chromatic index, Vizings theorem, planar graphs, perfect graphs.
CSE 423 Fault Tolerant Systems
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Introduction of Fault Tolerant Systems and architectures; Fault detection and location in
combinational and sequential circuits; Fault test generation for combinational and
sequential circuits; Digital simulation as a diagnostic tool; Automatic test pattern
generator; Fault modeling; Automatic test equipment, Faults in memory, memory test
pattern and reliability; Performance monitoring, self checking circuits, burst error
correction and triple modular redundancy; Maintenance processors.
CSE 433 Image Processing
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Digital image fundamentals, perception, representation; image transforms: Fast Fourier
Transform (FFT), Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), Karhunen and Loeve Transform
(KLT), Wavelet transform and sub-band decomposition; image enhancement and
restoration techniques, image compression techniques, image compression standards:
JPEG, MPEG, H.261, and H.263.
Students investigate image processing algorithms in Matlab or C.

CSE 435 Basic Multimedia Theory

3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Multimedia systems - introduction; Coding and compression standards; Architecture
issues in multimedia; Operating systems issues in multimedia - real-time OS issues,
synchronization, interrupt handling; Database issues in multimedia - indexing and storing
multimedia data, disk placement, disk scheduling, searching for a multimedia document;
Networking issues in multimedia - Quality-of-service guarantees, resource reservation,
traffic specification, haping, and monitoring, admission control; Multicasting issues;
Session directories; Protocols for controlling sessions; Security issues in multimedia
digital water-marking, partial encryption schemes for video streams; Multimedia
applications - audio and video conferencing, video on demand, voice over IP.
Concepts covered in lecture applied in computer laboratory assignments. .

CSE 400 Project and Thesis

6 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Study of problems in the field of Computer Science and Engineering.
CSE 409 Numerical Methods
3 hours in a week, 3 Cr.
Introduction; Solution of algebraic and transcendental equations: method of iteration,
False Position method, Newton-Rhapson method; Solution of simultaneous linear
equations: Cramer's rule, Iteration method, Gauss-Jordan Elimination method, Choleski's
process; Interpolation: diagonal and horizontal difference, differences of a polynomial,
Newton's formula for forward and backward interpolation, Spline interpolation;
Numerical differentiation and integration; Solution of ordinary differential equations:
Euler's method, Picard's method, Milne's method, Taylor's series method, Runge-Kutta
method; Least squares approximation of functions: linear and polynomial regression,
fitting exponential and trigonometric functions.
HUM 275 Economics
2 hours in a week, 2.00 Cr.
Definition of Economics; Economics and engineering; Principles of economics.
Micro-Economics: Introduction to various economic systems capitalist, command and
mixed economy; Fundamental economic problems and the mechanism through which
these problems are solved; Theory of demand and supply and their elasticities; Theory of
consumer behavior; Cardinal and ordinal approaches of utility analysis; Price
determination; Nature of an economic theory; Applicability of economic theories to the
problems of developing countries; Indifference curve techniques; Theory of production,
production function, types of productivity; Rational region of production of an
engineering firm; Concepts of market and market structure; Cost analysis and cost

function; Small scale production and large scale production; Optimization; Theory of
distribution; Use of derivative in economics: maximization and minimization of
economic functions, relationship among total, marginal and average concepts.
Macro-economics: Savings; investment, employment; National income analysis;
Inflation; Monetary policy; Fiscal policy and trade policy with reference to Bangladesh;
Economics of development and planning.
HUM 313 Financial and Managerial Accounting
2 hours in a week, 2.00 Cr.
Financial Accounting: Objectives and importance of accounting; Accounting as an
information system; computerized system and applications in accounting. Recording
system: double entry mechanism; accounts and their classification; Accounting equation;
Accounting cycle: journal, ledger, trial balance; Preparation of financial statements
considering adjusting and closing entries; Accounting concepts (principles) and
conventions.
Financial statement analysis and interpretation: ratio analysis.
Cost and Management Accounting: Cost concepts and classification; Overhead cost:
meaning and classification; Distribution of overhead cost; Overhead recovery
method/rate; Job order costing: preparation of job cost sheet and quotation price;
Inventory valuation: absorption costing and marginal/variable costing technique; CostVolume-Profit analysis: meaning, breakeven analysis, contribution margin approach,
sensitivity analysis.
Short-term investment decisions: relevant and differential cost analysis. Long-term
investment decisions: capital budgeting, various techniques of evaluation of capital
investments.
CSE 461 Algorithm Engineering
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Computational complexity, Parameterized complexity, Algorithms for Combinatorial
Optimization, practical computing and heuristics, Approximation Algorithms, LP based
approximation algorithms, randomized algorithms, Experimental Algorithmic,
Algorithms in state-of-the-art fields like Bioinformatics, Grid Computing, VLSI design
etc.
CSE 462 Algorithm Engineering Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 461.

CSE 463 Computational Geometry

3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Algorithm and complexity of fundamental geometric objects: polygon triangulations and
art gallery theorem, polygon partitioning, convex hulls in 2-dimension.
Proximity: Voronoi diagrams and Delaunary triangulations.
Graph Drawing: drawing styles and applications, drawing of rooted trees, straight line
drawing of planar graphs.
CSE 464 Computational Geometry Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 463.
CSE 451 Communication Engineering
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Synchronous and asynchronous communications; Hardware interfaces, multiplexers,
concentrators and buffers; Communication mediums and their characteristics; Data
communication services: SMDS and ATM; Error control codes: linear block codes,
cyclic codes, MLDC codes, convolution codes, Trellis code modulation; Digital
switching: space and time division switching; Radio system design; Fiber optics
communication: transmitter, receivers, network components, WDM; Line coding, trunks,
multiplexing, switching, ATM switches; Satellite communications: frequency bands and
characteristics, types of satellites, multiple access techniques; Cellular communications:
GSM, CPDP.
CSE 452 Communication Engineering Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 451.
CSE 453 Wireless Networks
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Characteristics of cellular communications; QOS in cellular communications; Wireless
LAN; Wireless ATM and media access protocols for WATM; Wireless application
protocols; Wireless personal communications; Mobile IP; Spread spectrum techniques:
DSSS, FHSS, CDMA, GSM, CPDP; satellite communications internetworking via
satellites; Mobile satellite communications.
CSE 454 Wireless Networks Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 453.

CSE 441 VLSI Design

3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
VLSI design methodology: top-down design approach, technology trends. NMOS,
CMOS inverters, pass transistor and pass gates: DC and transient characteristics. Brief
overview of fabrication process: NMOS, CMOS, Bi-CMOS process. NMOS and CMOS
layout, stick diagram and design rules. CMOS circuit characteristics and performance
estimation: resistance and capacitance, rise and fall time, power estimation. Buffer circuit
design. Introduction to Bi-CMOS circuits.
Complex CMOS gates. CMOS building block: multiplexer, barrel shifter, adder, counter,
multipliers. Data Path and memory structures. Design style: FPGA and PLDs.
Introduction to HDL: basic digital design using VHDL.
CSE 442 VLSI Design Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 441.
CSE 443 Computer Interfacing
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Interfacing with floppy and hard-disk controller; serial communication interface; Barcode
reader; Sound card; MIDI interface; Printer interface; ISA, PCI, AGP, PS/2 and USB
interfaces; Interfacing with power circuits, stepper motors, opto-isolation; controlling
semiconductor power switchesMOSFET, BJT, SCR, Triac and Solenoids. Embedded
Processors, Embedded Computing Platform, Real Time Embedded Systems, Real Time
Operating Systems, Embedded Systems Programming, Mapping between languages and
hardware, Embedded Communication Systems, Embedded Computer Security.
CSE 444 Computer Interfacing Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 443.
CSE 471 Machine Learning
3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Introduction to machine learning; Learning algorithms: supervised, unsupervised,
reinforcement; attribute based, neural network based, relational supervised and negative
correlation; Genetic algorithm, genetic programming and evolutionary programming;
Practical application of machine learning.
CSE 472 Machine Learning Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 471.

CSE 473 Pattern Recognition

3 hours in a week, 3.00 Cr.
Pattern Recognition: introduction, importance.
Statistical and Neural Pattern Recognition: Bayesian classifier, Bayes decision theory,
discriminant functions and decision surfaces, Bayesian classifier for normal distributions;
Linear classifiers: discriminant functions and decision hyperplanes, perceptron algorithm,
least squares methods; Nonlinear classifiers: two and three layer perceptrons,
backpropagation algorithm; Template matching: optimal path searching techniques,
dynamic programming methods, correlation methods; Context dependent classification:
observable and hidden Markov models, Viterbi algorithm.
CSE 474 Pattern Recognition Sessional
3 hours in alternate week, 0.75 Cr.
Laboratory works based on CSE 473.