PARUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF IT & COMPUTER SCIENCE Academic Rules and Regulations BCA Programme Effective from Academic Year 2015-16 1. SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT: 1.1. The regulations listed under this head are for Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) Programme offered by the University 1.2. They shall come into effect from the Academic Year 2015-16. 2. DEFINITIONS OF KEY WORDS: a) Academic Year: Consists of two consecutive (one odd + one even) semesters b) Course: Also referred to, as ‘papers/subject’ is a component of the programme. The courses should define learning objectives and learning outcomes. A course may be designed to comprise lectures/tutorials/laboratory work/ field work/ outreach activities / project work / vocational Training / viva / seminars / assignments / presentations / self-study etc. or a combination of some of these. c) Choice Based Credit System (CBCS): The CBCS provides choice for students to select from the prescribed courses (core, elective or minor or soft skill courses) d) Credit Based Semester System (CBSS): The system of awarding a degree in terms of number of credits to be completed by the students. e) Programme: Sum total of all the components as described in 2 (b) above. f) Semester: Semester consists of 15-18 weeks of academic work with a minimum of 90 teaching days. g) Regular Students: Any student who has registered for any semester of the programme. h) Credit: A unit by which the course work is measured. It determines the number of hours of instructions required per week. One credit is equivalent to one hour of teaching (lecture or tutorial) or two hours of practical or project work per week. i) Grade Point: It is a numerical weight allotted to each letter grade on a 10-point scale.

j) Letter Grade: It is an index of the performance of students in a said course. Grades are denoted by letters O,A+,A,B+,B,P& F. k) Credit Point: It is the product of grade point and number of credits for a course. l) Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA): It is a measure of performance of work done in a semester. It is ratio of total credit points secured by a student in various courses registered in a semester and the total course credits taken during that semester. It shall be expressed up to two decimal places. m) Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA): It is a measure of overall cumulative performance of a student over all semesters. The CGPA is the ratio of total credit points secured by a student in various courses in all semesters and the sum of the total credits of all courses in all the semesters. It is expressed up to two decimal places. n) Grade Card: Based on the grades earned, a grade certificate shall be issued to all the registered students after every semester. The grade certificate will display the course details (code, title, number of credits, grade secured) along with SGPA of that semester and CGPA earned till that semester. 3. ADMISSIONS: 3.1.

Admission to first year of B.C.A Programme of study in Computer Applications:

3.2.

A candidate to be eligible for admission to BCA should have passed in the 10 +2 examination conducted by the Government of Gujarat or any equivalent examination.

3.3.

A candidate who has completed a part of BCA programme in another university and seeks to continue the programme in Parul University shall be permitted to do so after transfer of marks scored in the earlier university are transferred to Parul University in those subjects which are considered as equivalent as suggested by Equivalence Committee of the University. Provided that such a transfer would be granted if only the student completes at least 50 per cent of the prescribed course work in Parul University.

3.4.

A student who desires to temporarily discontinue the studies may do so with the approval of the University, failing which the student shall not be permitted to continue the studies on return.

4. DURATION OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES: 4.1.

The duration of an academic programme shall be Three years for BCA programme.

4.2.

The maximum duration allowed to complete the course is 2 years after completion of the minimum prescribed duration. However, if the student has successfully completed at least 75% of the prescribed course work and has secured a CGPA of not less than 4.75 out of 10,such candidates may be allowed another additional year for completion of the course..

4.3.

After completion of Maximum Duration NO EXTENSION in any case will be granted.

5. COURSE CURRICULUM: 5.1.

A candidate who registers for BCA programme should successfully complete the following courses.

SEMESTER I Sr.No

Subject Code

1

05101101

2 3

Course Title

Credits 4

05101102

Fundamentals of Computer & PC Software Fundamentals of Programming

05101103

Fundamentals of Web Development

4

Elective I

3

4

5

05101130

Elementary Mathematics

05101131

Financial Accounting

5

05191101

Basic Mathematics

4

6

05193101

Communication skill I

4

SEMESTER II Sr.No

Subject Code

Course Title

Credits

1

05101151

Advanced Programming C

4

2

05101152

Data Structures

4

3

05101153

Database Management System

4

4

05101154

Project I

3

5

05101155

Python Programming

4

6

05193151

Communication skill II

4

SEMESTER III Sr.No

Subject Code

Course Title

Credits

1

05101201

Business Information Systems

3

2

05101202

4

3

05101203

4

05101204

Data Communication and Computer Networks Object Oriented Concepts and Programming Open Source Technology using PHP

5

05191201

4

6

05193201

Computer Oriented Numerical and Statistical Methods English and Mathematical Aptitude – I

6 5

2

SEMESTER IV Sr.No

Subject Code

Course Title

Credits

1

05101251

Core Java

5

2

05101252

Operating System

5

3

05101253

Basic Software Engineering

4

4

05101254

Web Application Development using .Net

4

5

05101255

Project – II

3

6

05193251

English and Mathematical Aptitude – II

2

SEMESTER V Sr.No

Subject Code

1

05101301

Course Title Computer Graphics

Credits 5

2

05101302

IT Infrastructure Management

4

3

05101303

Mini Project-I

6

4

05101304

Network Security

4

5

05193301

Employability Skills - I

2

SEMESTER VI Sr.No

Subject Code

1

05101351

Mini Project-II

5

2

05101352

Mobile Application Development

5

3

05193351

Employability Skills - II

2

Elective-II

4

4

Course Title

05101380

Search Engine Optimization

05101381

E-Commerce

05101382

Software Testing

5

Elective-III 05101383

Web Data Management

05101384

Enterprise Resource Planning

05101385

Content Management System

Credits

4

6. FACULTY ADVISER: To help the students in planning their courses of study and to render general advice regarding either the academic programme or any other activity, the Dean of the Faculty of IT and Computer Science, will assign every year, a certain number of students from the first semester to a faculty member who will be called Faculty Adviser. The set of students thus assigned will continue to be under the guidance of this Faculty Adviser till they complete the programme. 7. ACADEMIC CALENDAR: Academic Calendar shall be prepared by the Faculty of IT and Computer Science and shall contain the following:

a) Dates of commencement & closure of semesters b) Dates of internal & external examination c) Preparatory Leave 8. COURSE EVALUATION BY STUDENTS: Every course run in a semester is evaluated on the basis of feedback received from the students who have studied that course during the last week of a semester. The feedback system shall be computerized and coordinated by the Dean. The compiled feedback reports shall be forwarded to the concerned Director who will scrutinize the same and may take appropriate steps to enhance the quality of teaching of the courses. 9. EXAMINATION SYSTEM & EVALUATION: Each course in the programme shall be evaluated for a total of 100 marks (or as specified under teaching and examination scheme) as follows. (a) Continuous Evaluation (CE) – 20% Marks. This consists of a maximum of 5 % marks for attendance calculated as follows. A student shall have a minimum of 75% attendance in a course to be eligible to appear in the End Semester Examination failing which the student shall have to repeat the course next year. 75-79% - 1 80-84% - 2 85-89% - 3 90-94% - 4 95% and above – 5 However, the Dean is authorized to condone the shortage of attendance up to a maximum of 10% due to genuine reasons on the recommendation of the course teacher. The remaining 15% marks shall be awarded by the course teacher based on the performance of the students in weekly/ fortnightly class tests, home work, assignments, problem solving, group discussions, quiz, seminar participation, presentations, debates etc. (b) Mid Term Examination: 20% marks. This examination shall be conducted by the course teacher. The maximum duration for the examination shall be two hours.

A student to be eligible for appearing in Semester End Examination shall score a minimum of 40% including (a) & (b) above. A student who fails to score a minimum of 40% in Mid Term Examination may appear for Remedial Examination to be conducted by the Course Teacher before the End Semester Examination. (c) End Semester Examination: The End Semester Examination shall be conducted for 60% marks following the procedure as detailed below. (i) The Panel of the Board of Studies of the Faculty shall propose a list of examiners. The provost shall select 3 examiners out of this list which will include at least 1 Internal & 1 External Examiner. (ii) The Controller of Examinations shall arrange to get one set of question paper each

from the three examiners.

(iii) The Question Paper shall cover the entire syllabus and will be in two sections,

namely A & B. Each section will carry three questions with 25%

options to the

students to answer.

(iv) Of the two sections, answers to one section will be evaluated by the Internal Examiner and the answers to the other section will be evaluated by the External Examiner. (v) In case a student is aggrieved with the marks obtained in the subject in the End Semester Examination, the student may apply for Re-Assessment of answer script by paying the prescribed fees. (vi) Arrangement shall be made by the Controller of Examinations for ReAssessment. (vii) If the difference in marks awarded between 1st and 2nd examiners is atleast 10% of maximum marks then the paper is sent to a 3rd examiner. If the difference in marks awarded between the 1st and 3rd examiner is a minimum of 10% of the maximum marks then, the average of the marks awarded by the 2nd and 3rd examiners shall be awarded to the student. (viii) The Controller of Examinations shall arrange for obtaining internal marks from

the Course Teacher and totaling Internal & External Marks and

announcing the

result.

(ix) The grades obtained by the students shall be finalized as follows. Letter Grade O

Description

Grade Point

% of Marks

Outstanding

10

90-100

A+ A B+ B

Excellent 9 80-89 Very Good 8 70-79 Good 7 60-69 Above 6 50-59 Average P Pass 5 40-49 F Fail 0 <40 (xi) A student who fails to secure a minimum of 40% in End Semester Examination may appear for Supplementary Examination in the subject which will be conducted in the immediately succeeding semester. (d) Evaluation in Lab/Seminar/Mini Project/ Dissertation: Evaluation will be as follows: Laboratory Evaluation Parameters

Continuous Evaluation

End-Semester

(CE) (40)%

Examination (ESE) (60)%

Laboratory

20

-

05

10

15

30

-

20

Work/Experiment/Exercise Journal Submission/Certified Record Laboratory Examination Viva-Voce Seminar/Dissertation Evaluation Parameters

Continuous Evaluation

End-Semester

(CE) (40)%

Examination (ESE) (60)%

Methodology

10

15

Documentation

15

20

Presentation Skills & Viva

15

25

Mini Project / Project Evaluation Parameters

Continuous

End-Semester

Evaluation (CE)

Examination (ESE) (60)%

(40)% Analysis & Design

5

15

Implementation

5

15

Documentation

10

10

Reporting

10

-

Presentation/ Viva-Voce

10

20

A minimum of 40% shall be obtained in CE & ESE in Laboratory/ Seminar/Mini Project/Dissertation & Project Work in order to be declared as passed in Laboratory/ Seminar/Mini Project/Dissertation & Project Work and for the award of the grade in Laboratory/ Seminar/Mini Project/Dissertation & Project Work Student who fails in the internal evaluation is not permitted to appear in the end semester examination. Such students can complete the course during the subsequent semester/s by self study. During such semesters students will have to appear in one internal examination of 20% marks to be conducted by teacher. Further the course teacher should allot atleast 4 assignments of 5% each over the period of entire semester. Thus, the student will be evaluated for 40% marks by internal evaluation for which the student should score atleast 40%, to become eligible to appear in the ESE. In case a student successfully completes the internal evaluation but fails either in ESE or ESE (practicals) or both, such students shall appear for supplementary examinations in theory or practical or both as the case may be. The passing marks scored in the previous semester shall be carried forward to the subsequent semester in which the student has appeared for supplementary examination. 10. GRADE POINT AVERAGE: Computation of SGPA and CGPA: As per The UGC recommendation the following procedure to compute the Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) and Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) has been adopted.

10.1. The SGPA is the ratio of sum of the product of the number of credits with the grade points scored by a student in all the courses taken by a student and the sum of the number of credits of all the courses undergone by a student, i.e. 10.1.1. SGPA (Si) = Σ(Ci x Gi) / ΣCi Where Ci is the number of credits of the ith course and Gi is the grade point scored by the student in the ith course. 10.2. The CGPA is also calculated in the same manner taking into account all the courses undergone by a student over all the semesters of a programme, i.e. 10.2.1. CGPA = Σ(Ci x Si) / Σ Ci where Si is the SGPA of the ith semester and Ci is the total number of credits in ith semester. 10.3.

The SGPA and CGPA shall be rounded off to 2 decimal points and reported in the transcripts.

Illustration of Computation of SGPA and CGPA Illustration for SGPA Course

Credit

Grade letter

Grade point

Credit Point = (Credit x Grade)

Course 1

4

A

8

4 X 8 = 32

Course 2

4

B+

7

4 X 7 = 28

Course 3

5

B

6

5 X 6 = 30

Course 4

4

O

10

4 X 10 = 40

Course 5

2

A+

9

2 X 9 = 18

Course 6

4

B

6

4 X 6 = 24

23

172

Thus, SGPA =172/23 =7.47 Illustration for CGPA Semester 1

Semester 2

Semester 3

Semester 4

Semester 5

Credit : 23

Credit : 23

Credit : 23

Credit : 23

Credit : 23

Credit : 23

SGPA:7.4

SGPA:7.8

SGPA: 5.6

SGPA:6.0

SGPA:6.3

SGPA: 8.0

CGPA= 23 x 7.4 + 23 x 7.8 + 23 x 5.6 + 23x 6.0 + 23 x 6.3 + 23 x 8.0/138 = 6.85

Semester 6

11. CONDITIONS FOR PROMOTION TO THE SUCCEEDING SEMESTERS: A student shall be promoted to the succeeding semesters in spite of failing in some subjects as follows. A student shall be Condition allowed to be admitted in (a)Appears and fails in all subjects or

Semester 2

(b) Due to any emergency, which is approved by the Dean, he/she could not appear in the first semester examination.

Semester 3

Having Maximum 4 (Four) Backlogs in Semester 1 and 2. Having Maximum 3 (Three) Backlogs in the immediately

Semester 4 , 5 & 6

preceding three semesters.

11.1 The candidate who has passed in a head of course [EE, CE, Mid-Term, Field work] will not be allowed to reappear for the examination in that head. 11.2 The marks obtained by the candidate in the heads of passing in which he/she has passed will be carried over for the subsequent examination. 12. ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARD OF B.C.A. DEGREE: A student shall be eligible for award of the B.C.A. degree if he/she fulfils all the following conditions; a) Registered and successfully completed all the components prescribed for BCA b) Obtained CGPA greater than or equal to 5.0 (Minimum requirements for Pass) c) Has no dues to the Institute, hostels, Libraries, NCC/NSS etc., and d) No disciplinary action is pending against him/her. 13. AWARD OF CLASS: A candidate who becomes eligible for the award of B.C.A. Degree shall be placed in one of the following Classes based on CGPA. Sr. No.

CGPA

Class

1

5.00-5.49

Pass

2

5.50 – 6.49

Second

3

6.50 -7.49

First

4

7.50 & Above

Distinction

Formula for CGPA to % Marks conversion •

% Marks = (CGPA – 0.5) x 10%

13.1. Grade Sheet: A grade sheet will be issued to each student indicating his performance in

courses taken in that semester and also indicating the Grades

and SGPA. 13.2. Transcripts: After successful completion of the total Programme of study, a Transcript containing performance of all academic years will be issued as a final record. The

Grade

shall indicate full information on the grades obtained in

all courses including those in first and subsequent attempts.

Duplicate

transcripts will also be issued if required after the payment of requisite fee. Partial transcript will also be issued up to any point of study to any student on request and by paying the stipulated fee in force. 13.3. Faculty of IT and Computer Science shall approve and recommend to the Academic Council the list of candidates for the award of degree. 14. GOLD MEDALS & AWARDS: In order to be eligible for the award of medals/ prizes and ranks etc., the student should complete the course within the prescribed minimum duration. The students who have repeated any course shall not be eligible for the award. 15. AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS: The Academic Council reserves the right to revise, amend or change the Regulations, Schemes of Examinations, and/or Syllabi or any other matter pertaining to the course as deemed fit from time to time.