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The document outlines a curriculum for computer science education, covering topics such as computer systems, programming in Python, data structures like lists and dictionaries, and societal issues related to technology. It includes foundational concepts in computer organization, problem-solving techniques, and ethical considerations in digital society. Additionally, it addresses cyber safety, data protection laws, and the impact of technology on society.

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The document outlines a curriculum for computer science education, covering topics such as computer systems, programming in Python, data structures like lists and dictionaries, and societal issues related to technology. It includes foundational concepts in computer organization, problem-solving techniques, and ethical considerations in digital society. Additionally, it addresses cyber safety, data protection laws, and the impact of technology on society.

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TERM 1:

Unit I: Computer Systems and Organisation


● Basic Computer Organisation: Introduction to computer system, hardware, software, input
device, output device, CPU, memory (primary, cache and secondary), units of memory (Bit, Byte,
KB, MB, GB, TB, PB)
● Types of software: system software (operating systems, system utilities, device drivers),
programming tools and language translators (assembler, compiler & interpreter), application
software
● Operating system (OS): functions of operating system, OS user interface
● Boolean logic: NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR, truth table, De Morgan’s laws and logic circuits
● Number system: Binary, Octal, Decimal and Hexadecimal number system; conversion between
number systems.
● Encoding schemes: ASCII, ISCII and UNICODE (UTF8, UTF32)

Unit II: Computational Thinking and Programming – 1

● Introduction to problem solving: Steps for problem solving (analysing the problem, developing an
algorithm, coding, testing and debugging). representation of algorithms using flow chart and
pseudo code, decomposition
● Familiarization with the basics of Python programming: Introduction to Python, features
ofPython, executing a simple "hello world" program, execution modes: interactive mode and
script mode, Python character set, Python tokens (keyword, identifier, literal, operator,
punctuator), variables, concept of l-value and r-value, use of comments
● Knowledge of data types: number (integer, floating point, complex), boolean, sequence (string,
list, tuple), none, mapping (dictionary), mutable and immutable data types
● Operators: arithmetic operators, relational operators, logical operators, assignment operator,
augmented assignment operators, identity operators (is, is not), membership operators (in, not
in)
● Expressions, statement, type conversion & input/output: precedence of operators, expression,
evaluation of expression, python statement, type conversion (explicit & implicit conversion),
accepting data as input from the console and displaying output
● Errors: syntax errors, logical errors, runtime errors
● Flow of control: introduction, use of indentation, sequential flow, conditional and iterative flow
control
● Conditional statements: if, if-else, if-elif-else, flowcharts, simple programs: e.g.: absolute value,
sort 3 numbers and divisibility of a number
● Iterative statements: for loop, range function, while loop, flowcharts, break and continue
statements, nested loops, suggested programs: generating pattern, summation of series, finding
the factorial of a positive number etc
● Strings: introduction, indexing, string operations (concatenation, repetition, membership &
slicing), traversing a string using loops, built-in functions: len(), capitalize(), title(), lower(),
upper(), count(), find(), index(), endswith(), startswith(), isalnum(), isalpha(), isdigit(), islower(),
isupper(), isspace(), lstrip(), rstrip(), strip(), replace(), join(), partition(), split()
TERM 2:

Unit II: Computational Thinking and Programming – 1


● Lists: introduction, indexing, list operations (concatenation, repetition, membership & slicing),
traversing a list using loops, built-in functions: len(), list(), append(), extend(), insert(), count(),
index(), remove(), pop(), reverse(), sort(), sorted(), min(), max(), sum(); nested lists, suggested
programs: finding the maximum, minimum, mean of numeric values stored in a list; linear search
on list of numbers and counting the frequency of elements in a list
● Tuples: introduction, indexing, tuple operations (concatenation, repetition, membership &
slicing), built-in functions: len(), tuple(), count(), index(), sorted(), min(), max(), sum(); tuple
assignment, nested tuple, suggested programs: finding the minimum, maximum, mean of values
stored in a tuple; linear search on a tuple of numbers, counting the frequency of elements in a
tuple
● Dictionary: introduction, accessing items in a dictionary using keys, mutability of dictionary
(adding a new item, modifying an existing item), traversing a dictionary, built-in functions: len(),
dict(), keys(), values(), items(), get(), update(), del(), clear(), fromkeys(), copy(), pop(), popitem(),
setdefault(), max(), min(), count(), sorted(), copy(); suggested programs : count the number of
times a character appears in a given string using a dictionary, create a dictionary with names of
employees, their salary and access them
● Introduction to Python modules: Importing module using 'import <module>' and using from
statement, Importing math module (pi, e, sqrt, ceil, floor, pow, fabs, sin, cos, tan); random
module (random, randint, randrange), statistics module (mean, median, mode)

Unit III: Society, Law and Ethics


● Digital Footprints
● Digital society and Netizen: net etiquettes, communication etiquettes, social media etiquettes
● Data protection: Intellectual Property Right (copyright, patent, trademark), violation of IPR
(plagiarism, copyright infringement, trademark infringement), open source softwares and
licensing (Creative Commons, GPL and Apache)
● Cyber-crime: definition, hacking, eavesdropping, phishing and fraud emails, ransomware,
preventing cyber crime
● Cyber safety: safely browsing the web, identity protection, confidentiality, cyber trolls and
bullying.
● Safely accessing web sites: malware, viruses, Trojans, adware
● E-waste management: proper disposal of used electronic gadgets
● Indian Information Technology Act (IT Act)
● Technology & Society: Gender and disability issues while teaching and using computers

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