EXAMINATION SCHEME


BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATION (BCA)

1.  Duration of the Course : The BCA course will be of three years duration. Each year will be approximately 10 months (minimum 150 working days) duration.
2. Medium of Instruction : The medium of instruction and examination shall be English/Hindi.
3.Eligibility:The candidate must have passed 10+2 examinations with at least 50% marks in aggregate (45% in case of SC/ST and OBC candidates).
4.Courses of Study and Examination
  I Year


Paper

Paper Name

Duration of exam.
(hours)

Max. Marks

Total

University Exam.

Internal Assesment

Paper-I(BCA-101)

Introduction to Information Technology

3

75

25

100

Paper-II(BCA-102)

PC Software Packages

3

75

25

100

Paper-III(BCA-103)

Problem Solving through C Programming

3

75

25

100

Paper-IV(BCA-104)

Basic Physics

3

75

25

100

Paper-V(BCA-105)

Basic Mathematics

3

75

25

100

Paper-VI(BCA-106)

Digital Electronics

3

75

25

100

Practical-I(BCA-107)

PC Software & Basic Electronics Lab

6

150

50

200

Practical-II (BCA-108)

C Programming Lab

6

150

50

200

 

TOTAL

 

750

250

1000

  II Year


Paper

Paper Name

Duration of exam.
(hours)

Max. Marks

Total

University Exam.

Internal Assesment

Paper-I(BCA-201)

Computer Organization

3

75

25

100

Paper-II(BCA-202)

Database Management System

3

75

25

100

Paper-III(BCA-203)

Fundamentals of Operating Systems

3

75

25

100

Paper-IV(BCA-204)

Data Structures using C

3

75

25

100

Paper-V(BCA-205)

Business Organization and Management

3

75

25

100

Paper-VI(BCA-206)

Business Communications

3

75

25

100

Practical-I(BCA-207)

Database Management Lab

6

150

50

200

Practical-II(BCA-208)

Data Structures Lab

6

150

50

200

 

TOTAL

 

750

250

1000

  III Year


Paper

Paper Name

Duration of exam.
(hours)

Max. Marks

Total

University Exam.

Internal Assesment

Paper-I(BCA-301)

Object Oriented Programming using C++

3

75

25

100

Paper-II(BCA-302)

Visual Programming

3

75

25

100

Paper-III(BCA-303)

Computer Communication and Networking

3

75

25

100

Paper-IV(BCA-304)

Systems Analysis and Design

3

75

25

100

Paper-VBCA-305)

Web Designing and Internet

3

75

25

100

Practical-I(BCA-306)

C++ Programming Lab

6

150

50

200

Practical-II(BCA-307)

Visual Programming & Web Designing Lab

6

150

50

200

Project(BCA-308)

Project

 

150

50

200

 

TOTAL

 

825

275

1100

 
5. Scheme of Instruction :
Each year shall be of ten months (150 working days) duration. Details of lecture hours per week shall be as follows:
Theory :
 Three hours/week for each Paper
Practical :
Students are required to work in the Laboratory for 10 hours/week for each practical under four hours/week faculty guidance for each practical paper.
6. Examination Scheme:
1.University shall conduct examinations only after completion of  150 working days  of   instruction in a year.
2.Each theory paper shall be of 100 marks (75 marks for written examination of 3 hrs duration and  25 marks for internal assessment).
3. Each practical paper shall be of 200 marks (150 marks for practical examination of six hours duration and 50 marks for internal assessment)
4.The internal marks will be awarded by  committee consisting of   Head of the Department, the faculty concerned  and  one of the external practical examiner/University observer  as per following norms.   
5. Total eight questions will be set in each paper out of which students are required to attempt any five
Theory:
1.  Assignments : 40% of the Internal assessment marks for each theory paper will be awarded on the basis of performance in the assignments regularly given to the students, and its records.

2.Internal Examination: 40% of the total Internal Assessment marks for each theory paper will be awarded on the basis of performance in written examination conducted by the faculty, one at the end of  fourth month and another at the end of eighth month.
3. Seminar/Oral examination : 10% of the total internal assessment marks for each paper will be awarded on the basis of performance either in a seminar or internal viva-voce.
4.Overall performance : 10% of the total internal assessment marks will  be awarded for each paper on the basis of performance and conduct in the classroom.
Practical:
Internal marks for each practical paper will be awarded by the faculty through assessment of regularity of the students in completing assignments , submitting reports and records, number of hours spending in the lab ,conduct in the lab etc. The instructing teacher will regularly assess the performance of the candidates. However, Zero marks shall be awarded to the candidates who have not completed  50% of the prescribed practicals
Zero Internal marks will be awarded  to the  candidates whose attendance is below  50% of  the total classes conducted in the concerned theory and practical papers.   
Note: Detailed breakup of Internal Marks awarded as per above guidelines must be submitted to the university in a  tabular format  fro each paper.  Department/College must preserve answer books of internal examination for a period one  year from the date of examination  and must be presented to the university as and when required.
Project
Project evaluation shall be carry out as follows :
(i)         Project Report         :           50 marks
(ii)        Presentation            :           50 marks
(iii)       Work Assessment  :           50 marks
Only the projects submitted by the candidates as per following guidelines will be evaluated.
1. The project must be of approximately 500 man hours and so certified by the supervisor of the project.
2.The project must be submitted in the form in consonance with the format enclosed.
3.Project must be submitted before the prescribed last date .
4.Candidates are required to make a presentation of their project work during their project examination
5.Examination of the project work will be conducted by a committee consisting of at least two internal examiners and one external examiner. 
Minimum passing marks and classification of Successful Candidates:
  I Year:
(a) The minimum marks for passing I year shall be 40% in each paper and 40% marks in the aggregate of papers.
(b) A candidate may be promoted to II year if he has/she secured at least 40% marks in at least six papers/practicals out of 8 theory/practical papers and more than 40% in aggregate. Such candidate shall be required to appear in papers in which he has secured less than 40% marks along with papers of II year when these courses are offered again, so as to satisfy the passing criteria laid in I(a).
(c) A candidate fails to satisfy the criteria I(a), I(b) for promotion to II year shall be required to rejoin the course in Ist year, if otherwise eligible in accordance with the University regulations laid in this regard.
II Year:
 (a) The minimum marks for passing II year shall be 40% in each paper and 40% marks in the aggregate of papers.
(b) A candidate may be promoted to III year if he has/she secured at least 40% marks in at least six papers/practicals out of 8 theory/practical papers and more than 40% in aggregate. Such candidate shall be required to appear in papers in which he has secured less than 40% marks along with papers of III year when these courses are offered again, so as to satisfy the passing criteria laid in II(a).
(c) A candidate fails to satisfy the criteria II(a), II(b) for promotion to III year shall be required to rejoin the course in II year, if otherwise eligible in accordance with the University regulations laid in this regard.
III Year:
(a) The minimum marks for passing III year shall be 40% in each paper and 40% marks in the aggregate of papers.
(b) A candidate may be allowed to reappear in two papers of III year if he has/she secured at least 40% marks in at least six papers/practicals/project out of 8 theory/practical/project papers and more than 40% in aggregate. Such candidate shall be required to appear in papers in which he has secured less than 40% marks along with due papers of I & II year (if any) when these courses are offered again, so as to satisfy the passing criteria laid in III(a).
(c) A candidate fails to satisfy the criteria III(a), III(b) shall be required to rejoin the course in III year, if otherwise eligible in accordance with the University regulations laid in this regard.
 No candidate shall be deemed to have satisfied examination requirement for the award of BCA degree unless he fulfills the criteria for passing I year, II year and III year examinations, as laid in I(a), II(a) and III(a).
Candiadate will not be allowed to reappear in any papers of I,II & III year to improve the percentage.
At the end of final examination, the candidates eligible for the award of B.C.A. degree shall be classified on the basis to the marks obtained in the I,II & III year examinations, taken together, as follows:
(a)      I division with distinction : 75% or more marks in the aggregate and provided the candidate has passed all the papers and examinations in the first attempt.
(b)     I division : 60% or more marks but fails to satisfy the criteria for being classified as first division with distinction laid in (a).
(c)       II division : All other than those included in (a) and (b) above.  A candidate must pass the examinations within five years of the initial admission to the first year of the course.