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Model curriculum structure for 4 year UG programs with fixed subjects for Minor in Computer
Sem Major Minor Inter Ability Enhancement Skill Enhancement Common Value Total
(Offline) (Blended Mode) Disciplinary (Offline) (Online /Sessional) added Course credits
(Computer chain) (Offline) (SESSIONAL)

I 2 sub x 5 credits MIC101: Computer Any one from English & Professional Life Skills & Personality Yoga/ Health & 22
Fundamental GE baskets Communication Development (2 credits) Wellness/ Sports /
(3 credits) Basket A or D (2 credits) Physical Fitness and
(3 credits) Wellness/Community
Services (2 credits)

II 2 sub x 5 credits MIC201: Management Any one from Modern Indian IT Skills / Monetizing Critical Thinking / 22
Information System GE baskets Languages and Social Media NSS/ Mental Health/
(3 credits) Basket B or E Literature (2 credits) or Design Thinking Environmental
(3 credits) (2 credits) Studies (2 credits)

III 2 sub x 5 credits MIC301A/B: Word and Any one from The Constitution, Understanding basics of 21
PowerPoint & Spreadsheet GE baskets Human Rights and Law Cyber Security (2 credits)
Application with Excel/ R Basket C or F (2 credits)
programming & Data (3 credits)
Analytics
(4 credits)
IV 2 sub x 4 credits MIC401A/B/C: Basics of Society Culture and 23
1 sub x 5 credits Operating System/ Human Behavior /
Database Management Universal Human
with SQL/ PHP Values (UHV)
Programming & Web (2 credits)
Development

(4 credits)
MIC402A/B/C: Graphic
Design with Photoshop
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and Illustrator/ Unix And
Shell
Programming/ Advanced
Excel & Data Analytics
(4 credits)
V 2 sub x 5 credits MIC501A/B: Cloud Internship to be started 22
Computing /Introduction after exam of 4th sem
to Computer Network (sem break) and
(4 credits) completed within 5th sem
MIC502A/B: E-commerce (weekends) (4 credits)
and Application
(4 credits)
VI 2 sub x 5 credits MIC601A/B: Web 22
1 sub x 4 credits Development with HTML
and CSS/ Data Mining &
Data Warehousing
(4 credits)
MIC602A/B: Internet and
Networking /ERP
(4 credits)
VII 2 sub x 5 credits MIC701A/B/C: Software 22
1 sub x 4 credits Project Management
/Introduction To Cyber
Security and Cyber Laws/
Machine Learning with
Python
(4 credits)
MIC702A/B/C: Digital
Marketing/ Data Analysis
and Interpretation// Data
Analysis & Reporting using
SAS
(4 credits)
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VIII 2 sub x 5 credits Research project 12 22
credits
19 sub - 91 11 sub – 42 credits 3 sub – 09 4 sub – 08 credits 3 sub & Int & Proj - 22 2 sub – 4 credits 176
credits credits credits

Note:
Normally all 5 credit courses will be either theory (3) + practical (2) [100+100 marks] or theory (4) + tutorial (1) [100 marks]
Normally all 4 credit courses will be either theory (3) + tutorial (1) or theory (4) [100 marks]
Normally all 3 credit courses will be theory (3) – Inter disciplinary (5 to 6 baskets) [100 marks]
Normally all 2 credit courses AEC/SEC/CVA would be theory or online/sessional course
4th year subjects could be foundation of Master’s program (as masters would be of 1 year after 4 years UG)
7/8th semester Major subjects could include Projects in core, if required
100/200/300/400 level should be maintained as per UGC document
For online course (Skill Enhancement Course) 2 credits=30 hours.
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Programme Outcomes for Minor Courses

M M M M M M M M M M M

I I I I I I I I I I I

N N N N N N N N N N N

Programme Outcomes O O O O O O O O O O O

R R R R R R R R R R R

- - - - - - - - - - -

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

1 Values for life and character building ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

2 Disciplinary knowledge ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

3 Communication skills ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

4 Critical thinking ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

5 Problem Solving ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

6 Analytical Reasoning ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

7 Research related skills ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

8 Cooperation/Teamwork ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

9 Scientific Reasoning ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

10 Reflective Thinking ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
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11 Information/Digital Literacy ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

12 Self-directed Learning ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

13 Moral and Ethical ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Awareness/Reasoning

14 Leadership Readiness/Qualities ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

15 Lifelong learning ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

16 Professional Skills ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Legend: MINOR-1: Computer Fundamental; MINOR-2: Management Information System; MINOR-3: Word, PowerPoint & Spreadsheet Application; MINOR-4: Basics of
Operating System/ Database Management with SQL; MINOR-5: Graphic Design with Photoshop & Illustrator; MINOR-6: Cloud Computing; MINOR-7: E-commerce and
Application; MINOR-8: Web Development with HTML and CSS; MINOR-9: Internet and Networking; MINOR-10: Software Project Management; MINOR-11: Digital Marketing
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Semester I

Detailed Syllabus

Course: Computer Fundamental

Course Code: MIC101 Semester: I

Maximum Marks: 100

Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme

Lecture: 3 End semester Exam: 70

Tutorial: 0 Attendance: 5

Practical: 0 Continuous Assessment: 25

Credit: 3 Practical/Seasonal internal continuous evaluation: 0

Practical/Seasonal external examination: 0

Sl. No. Course Objective

1 To develop understanding of computer hardware and software components.

2 To develop understanding of different operating systems and their functionalities.

3 To develop understanding of computer networking and its importance in modern computing.

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4 To develop understanding of algorithm/pseudocode concepts and develop problem-solving skills.

Course Outcomes Mapped module/Unit

Student should have a solid understanding of computer hardware and U1, U2

CO 1
software components.

Student should have a good knowledge of various operating systems and U3

CO 2
their functionalities effectively.

Student should have a good knowledge of networking principles and U2, U5

CO 3
configurations.

Student should have a good knowledge of implementing the basic U4

CO 4
algorithm concepts to solve computational problems.

Learning Outcome/Skills:
The candidate will be able to gain a thorough knowledge on the fundamental concepts of computer and its allied factors like hardware, software and
programming languages for the random application in practical life.
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Unit Total Hours % of Bloom’s Remarks, if

Questions Taxonomy any

THEORY

U1 8 15 1 NA

U2 10 20 1, 2 NA

U3 8 25 1, 2, 3 NA

U4 12 25 1, 2 NA

U5 7 15 1, 2 NA

45 100%

Course Code: MIC101

Course: Computer Fundamental Credits:3.0

Contents

Chapter Name of the topic Hours

Basic Computer Concepts – Different generations of computer hardware, Modern

taxonomy of computers; Hardware and software; Programming languages, Overview
Unit-I of computer systems and their components, Evolution of computers and their impact 8
on society, Classification of computers (mainframes, personal computers, mobile
devices), General idea of information and communication technologies, Information
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system development process.

Computer Hardware – Input and Output devices; Memory (or storage) devices;
Central Processing Unit. Input / Output devices: keyboard, mouse, light pen, barcode
readers, scanners, MICR, OCR, voice recognition and handwriting recognition
systems; visual display terminals, printers, plotters etc. Storage devices: Primary
storage – RAM, ROM, EEROM, PROM, EPROM; Secondary storage – direct access
Unit-II 10
devices, serial access devices: hard disks, floppy disks, magnetic tape, CD-ROM, DVD;
Cache memory and Virtual memory. Central Processing Unit – Control Unit;
Arithmetic and Logic Unit; Decoders; Registers; Machine Instructions; Stored program
concept; Program execution: Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle; Arithmetic, logical and
shift operations.

Meaning of software; broad classification of software; system software and

application software; utilities. Systems software – Operating systems: Basic idea of an
OS; OS as a resource manager – memory management, input/output management,
Unit-III secondary storage management, processor management, program management, 8
network management; Brief introduction to different types of operating systems like
DOS, Windows, Unix, Linux etc. Application software – System development tools,
Utilities, Application packages, User- written programs.

Programming languages and Algorithms – The concept of programming; pseudocode

and flowcharts; structure of programs; program development guidelines;
programming languages – machine language, assembly languages, high-level
Unit-IV languages (procedural and object-oriented languages), fourth generation languages; 12
object code and executable codes; compilers, translators, assemblers; Algorithms –
Basic concept; Some typical algorithms – Finding the sum of a series, checking
whether a number is prime or not, creating an array of numbers and displaying the
largest element in the list, sorting a given set of numbers. (The algorithms may be
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implemented using either pseudocode or a high-level programming language).

Computer Applications: Essential features of computer systems and structures

Unit-V required for office automation, communications, control systems, data acquisition, 7
interactive multimedia, LAN, WAN, MAN networking.

Total 45

List of Books

Name of Author Title of the Book Name of the Publisher

N.S. Gill Handbook of Computer Khanna Publishing
Fundamentals House
P.K.Sinha Computer Fundamentals BPB Publication.
V.Rajaraman Fundamentals of Computers PHI, Sixth Edition
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Semester II

Detailed Syllabus

Course: Management Information System

Course Code: MIC201 Semester: II

Maximum Marks: 100

Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme

Lecture: 3 End semester Exam: 70

Tutorial: 0 Attendance: 5

Practical: 0 Continuous Assessment: 25

Credit: 3 Practical/Seasonal internal continuous evaluation: 0

Practical/Seasonal external examination: 0

Sl. No. Course Objective

1 To gain an understanding of the role and importance of management information systems in

organizations.

2 To understand fundamental concepts and theories related to information systems and their
applications in management.

3 To understand the skills to analyse, design, and implement effective information systems to support
decision-making and organizational processes.

4 To understand emerging trends and technologies in management information systems and their
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potential impact on organizational efficiency and competitiveness.

Course Outcomes Mapped module/Unit

Students should have a good understanding of the role and importance U1

CO 1 of management information systems in organizational decision-making
and strategic planning.

Students should have a good understanding on different types of U1, U2

CO 2
information system and ERP.

Students should have a good understanding on technology to enhance

CO 3 operational efficiency and improve decision-making processes.
U1, U3, U4

Student should stay updated with emerging trends and advancements

CO 4 in management information systems, enabling adaptation to changing
U4
business environments.

Students should have a good understanding on networking, security

CO 5 threads and understand risk management.
U5

Learning Outcome/Skills:
The candidate will be able to gain a detailed knowledge on the importance and the effectiveness of management information system including the concepts
of software development, data communication and other relevant spheres and applications.
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Unit Total Hours % of Bloom’s Remarks, if

Questions Taxonomy any

THEORY

U1 6 20 1 NA

U2 8 15 1, 2 NA

U3 8 25 1, 2 NA

U4 11 15 1, 2, 3 NA

U5 12 25 1, 2, 3 NA

45 100%

Course Code: MIC201

Course: Management Information System Credits:3.0

Chapter Name of the Topic Hours

Introduction, Data, Information, and Knowledge, Information Technology - Concept, Features

and Components, Information Systems - Concept and types of Information Systems, Role of IT in
UNIT I business and society. 6
MIS Concept, evolution and meaning of MIS; Information system for competitive advantage,
MIS function in an organization. Limitations of MIS.
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Information and Managerial Effectiveness: Information as a corporate resource, types of
information – operational, tactical and strategic; Levels of management and information needs
UNIT II 8
of management; Quality of information; Information systems for finance, marketing,
manufacturing, human resource areas.

Understanding information system; concepts; sub-systems and super-systems; Types of

information
UNIT III systems, Transaction processing systems, MIS decision support systems, Executive support 8
system; Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)(Features, merits, issues and challenges in
implementation).

System Development Life Cycle: Sequential Process of software development; Waterfall model.

UNIT IV Development and Management of Data Bases: Relation databases, DDL, DCL, DML, Data Base 11
Management Systems (DBMS) and their components, Concept of entity and relationships, ER
Diagram, Data Model, Data dictionary, Introduction to SQL Queries.

Data Communication and Networking: Uses of computer networks, types of networks, network
topologies; Network Devices, Intranets, Internet and Extranet.
UNIT V 12
Security Issues Relating to Information Systems: Threats to information systems; Vulnerability,
risk and control measures, Firewall, Antivirus, Risk Management,

Total: 45
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List of Books

Sr. No. Name of Author Title of the BOOK Publication

1 C. S. V. Murti Management Information Himalaya Publishing House.

System

2 A.K. Gupta Management Information S Chand.

System

3 Oka Miland M & Murty Management Information Oxford University Press

System

4 Laudon, Laudon, Dass, Management Information Pearson

Systems
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Course: Word, PowerPoint & Spreadsheet Application with Excel

Course Code: MIC301A Semester: III

Maximum Marks: 100

Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme

Lecture: 4 End semester Exam: 70

Tutorial: 0 Attendance: 5

Practical: 0 Continuous Assessment: 25

Credit: 4 Practical/Seasonal internal continuous evaluation: 0

Practical/Seasonal external examination: 0

Sl.
Course Objective
No.

To develop understanding of integrating Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for document creation and
1
presentation.

To develop understanding of working efficiently with the applications, including keyboard shortcuts and
2
time-saving techniques.

To develop understanding of problem-solving skills using Excel and professional presentation creation
3
and delivery.
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To develop understanding of practices for organizing, saving, and sharing files created in Word, Excel, and
4
PowerPoint.

Mapped
Course Outcomes module/Uni
t

CO Students should have a solid understanding of how to Integrate Word, Excel, and U1,U3,U5
1 PowerPoint for comprehensive document creation and presentation.

CO Students should have a good understanding of how to work efficiently with the U1,U2
2 applications using keyboard shortcuts and time-saving techniques.

Students should have a good understanding of how-to solve problems related to

CO U5,U6
troubleshooting in document creation and presentation development.
3

CO Students should have a good understanding of how to apply best practices for organizing,
U2,U4,U6
4 saving, and sharing files created in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Course Code: MIC301A

Course: Word and PowerPoint & Spreadsheet Application with Excel Credits: 4.0
Contents

Chapter Name of the Topic Hours

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Word

Introduction on Word, File operations (Opening, Creating, Sorting, Closing), Text

editing (Cut / Move, Copy, Undo, Redo), Text formatting (Text color, Text border,
Unit-I Advanced formatting, adjusting space between characters, Positioning the character, 10
Superscript, Subscript, Raised, Lower of text, Change case), Page setup, Print
preview. Paragraph alignment, Line spacing, Indent, Drop cap, Border and shading,
Bullets and Numbering, Find and Replace and Go to.

Word

Spelling and Grammar, Auto text, Auto correct, Word count, Text background,
break, columns, Header Footer, Inserting object / picture / symbol / drawing and
Unit-II editing, WordArt, Tab setting. Creating of Table, Selecting, Moving, Typing, Inserting 10
row / columns in a table, Applying Border, Sorting, Table auto format, Merging the
cells, Converting table to text and vice versa, Cell coloring, Mail merge, different
views, ruler, zooming.

Power Point

Introduction to PowerPoint , Overview of presentation software and its applications,

Introduction to PowerPoint interface and features, Creating, saving, and opening
presentations, Working with slides, text boxes, and placeholders, Formatting text,
Unit-III 10
shapes, and images, Using templates and themes for visual enhancement, Choosing
appropriate slide layouts, Customizing slide backgrounds and colors, Adding and
formatting images, charts, and graphs, Using animation and transition effects,
Master slides and slide numbering, Design principles for effective presentations

Power point

Inserting audio and video files, Editing and trimming multimedia elements, Adding
Unit-IV hyperlinks and action buttons, Creating interactive and engaging presentations, 10
Running and navigating slide shows, Setting up slide show options (timings, loops,
narrations), Using presenter view and annotations, Rehearsing timings and managing
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slide transitions, Tips for delivering effective presentations

Excel

Introduction of Excel. File operations and Text operations, Concept of Workbook,

Worksheet, Cell, Row, Column and Range, Copying and moving the content of a cell,
Unit-V 10
Inserting cell / Row / Column, Deleting cell / Row / Column, Entering formula in a
cell. Functions ( Mathematical and Statistical Functions, Text Functions, Logical
Functions).

Excel

Auto Sum, Cell Formatting, Fill handle, Auto Fill, Graph, Chart, Types of Charts, Auto
Unit-VI 10
Shape, Various types of Charts, adding data series. Data form, Auto Filter, Advanced
Filter, Sort, Subtotal, Pivot Table, Data Validation, Goal Seek.

Total: 60

Learning Outcome/Skills:
The students will be able to learn how to Integrate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for comprehensive document creation and presentation, how to solve problems
related to troubleshooting in worksheets, apply best practices for organizing, saving, and sharing files created in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. They get to know a
more thorough and detailed knowledge on word, Excel and Powerpoint.
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nit Total Hours % of Bloom’s Remarks, if

Questions Taxonomy any

THEORY

U1 10 15 1,2 NA

U2 10 15 1,2,3 NA

U3 10 15 1,2 NA

U4 10 15 1,2 NA

U5 10 20 1,2,3 NA

U6 10 20 1,2,3 NA

60 100%

List of Books

Sl. No. Name of Author Title of the Book

1 Michael Busby and Russell A. Stultz. Office 2000

2 Bittu Kumar Mastering Ms Office: Computer Skill

Development - Be Future Ready
3 Cogent learning solution (dreamtech press) Office 2013 in Simple Steps
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Subject :R Programming and Data Analytics Course Code: MIC301B

Total Hours: 45 hours

Aim of the Course: The aim is to achieve knowledge of R Programming and how to apply it to real life business problems.
 The point of this course is to give you a vibe the fundamentals of R programming environment.
 You should have some idea of how to work with different data types, operators and conditional operators in R.
 You should have some idea of how to work with packages and libraries of R.
 You will learn to work with matrix, lists, vectors and strings of R.

Course Objective:

 To understand the Fundamentals of data types and operators.

 To understand concepts about conditional statements in R.
 To understand and implement String, List, Matrix, Vectors.
 To understanding about packages used for visualization in R.

Serial Course Outcome Mapped modules PO

No.
1 Remembering M1, M2, M3, M4 PO1, PO2,
PO3, PO4
2 Understanding the course M1, M2, M3, M4 PO1, PO2,
PO3, PO4

3 Applying the general problem M1, M2, M3, M4 PO1, PO2,

PO3
4 Analyze the problems M1, M2, M3, M4 PO1, PO3,
PO5
5 Evaluate the problems after analyzing M1, M2, M3, M4 PO3, PO4,
PO5
6 Create using the evaluation process M1, M2, M3, M4 PO5, PO6

Module Content Total Hours Percentage Bloom’s Level

Number of questions
M1 Introduction to Data Science and 10 15% L1, L2, L3
Analytics
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M2 Basics of R Programming 15 40% L1, L2, L3

M3 R-Function 12 30% L1, L2, L3, L4

M4 Introduction to different packages of R 8 15% L1, L2, L3, L4, L5

Total 45 100%

CO –PO Justification

CO PO Justification

1 PO1 Strongly mapped as students gain the knowledge on R syntax andsemantics and be fluent
in the use of R flow control in writing theprograms.

PO2 Moderately mapped as only few students identify their own problem byconducting
literature review for writing programs.

PO3 Strongly mapped as designing and implementation is required to write theprogram for
the given problem statement.

PO4 Moderately mapped as students apply the concepts learnt in continuing professional
development and new developments.

2 PO1 Strongly mapped as students gain the knowledge on sequence, mapping and handling
files and be fluent in the use of R flow control in writing thePrograms.

PO2 Moderately mapped as only few students identify their own problem byconducting
literature review for writing programs.

PO3 Strongly mapped as designing and implementation is required to write theprogram for
the given problem statement.

PO4 Moderately mapped as students apply the concepts learnt in continuing professional
development and new developments.

3 PO1 Strongly mapped as students gain the knowledge of Solving Algebra and be fluent in
writing theprograms.
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PO2 Moderately mapped as only few students identify their own problem byconducting
literature review for writing programs.

PO3 Strongly mapped as designing and implementation is required to write theprogram for
the given problem statement.

4 PO1 Strongly mapped as students gain the knowledge on working with visualizations and be
fluent in writing thePrograms.

PO3 Strongly mapped as designing and implementation is required to write theprogram for
the given problem statement.

PO5 Strongly mapped as students understand fundamentals of R syntax and semantics and
fluent in the use of concepts in writing the programs to build application.

5 PO3 Strongly mapped as designing and implementation is required to write theprogram for
the given problem statement.

PO4 Moderately mapped as students apply the concepts learnt in continuing professional
development and new developments.

PO5 Strongly mapped as students understand fundamentals of R syntax and semantics and
fluent in the use of concepts in writing the programs to build application.

6 PO5 Strongly mapped as students understand fundamentals of R syntax and semantics and
fluent in the use of concepts in writing the programs to build application.

PO6 Strongly mapped as students understand fundamentals of visualizations.

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DETAILED SYLLABUS

Module Name of the Topic Hours

1 Introduction to Data Science and Data Analytics: 10L

Data: Types of data, scales of measurement. Univariate Data: Descriptive measures related to
univariate metric data. Bivariate Data: Descriptive measures related to bivariate metric data.
Correlations, linear and polynomial regressions. Descriptive measures related to bivariate
categorical data: Measures of associations in a contingency table.

Exploratory data analysis: Philosophy of EDA, Basic tools of EDA (plots, graphs and summary
statistics).

Data Visualization: Basic principles, ideas and tools for data visualization. Visualization of qualitative,
quantitative, temporal, spatial and panel data.

Introduction to Data Analysis Tools.

2 Basics of R Programming: 15L

What is R? – Why R? – Advantages of R over Other Programming Languages - R Studio: R command

Prompt, R script file, comments – Handling Packages in R: Installing a R Package, Few commands to
get started: installed.packages(), packageDescription(), help(), find.package(), library() - Input and
Output – Entering Data from keyboard – Printing fewer digits or more digits – Special Values
functions : NA, Inf and –inf.

R Data Types: Vectors, Lists, Matrices, Arrays, Factors, Data Frame – R - Variables: Variable
assignment, Data types of Variable, Finding Variable ls(), Deleting Variables - R Operators:
Arithmetic Operators, Relational Operators, Logical Operator, Assignment Operators, Miscellaneous
Operators - R Decision Making: if statement, if – else statement, if – else if statement, switch
statement – R Loops: repeat loop, while loop, for loop - Loop control statement: break statement,
next statement.
3 R-Function: 12L
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Function definition, Built in functions: mean(), paste(), sum(), min(), max(), seq(), user-defined
function, calling a function, calling a function without an argument, calling a function with
argument values - R-Strings – Manipulating - R Vectors – Sequence vector, rep function, vector
access, vector names, vector math, vector recycling, vector element sorting - R List - Creating a List,
List Tags and Values, Add/Delete Element to or from a List, Size of List, Merging Lists, Converting List
to Vector - R Matrices – Accessing Elements of a Matrix, Matrix Computations: Addition,
subtraction, Multiplication and Division- R Arrays: Naming Columns and Rows, Accessing Array
Elements, Manipulating Array Elements, Calculation Across Array Elements - R Factors –creating
factors, generating factor levels gl().

String functions: grep(), nchar() , paste(), sprintf(), substr(), strsplit(), regex() gregexpr(), toupper(),
tolower(), paste()
4 Introduction to different packages of R: 8L

ggplot2, ggraph, dygraphs, MASS, tidyquant, dplyr.

List of Books:

Nameof Author TitleoftheBook Nameof thePublisher

Jared P Lander R for Everyone Addison Wesley

Sandip Rakshit R Programming for Beginners Mc Graw Hill

C Raju Data Science: A Beginner’s Guide Penguin Business

V K Jain Data Science and Analytics (with Python, R and SPSS Programming) Khanna Books