Certificate in computer application

1. COURSE CURRICULUM
FOR
CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER APPLICATION
Course Code : CPO4502AI
Name of the Course : IT Tools – I (Computer Fundamental & Operating System)
Credits : 4
Month Hrs Hrs Topic Teaching
Per Per Scheme
Week day Th. Pr.
Month 1 12 2 Computer Appreciation 1 1
Week 1 Definition of Computer. What is the difference b/w
Data and Information
2 Current scene of Computer 1 1
2 Characteristics of Computer 1 1
2 Application of Computer, Computer Vs human being 1 1
2 Block diagram of Computer. 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 1 12 2 Physical Component of Computer 1 1
Week 2
2 History of Computer, Generation of Computer 1 1
2 Classification of Computer, Computer languages 1 1
2 Data processing 1 1
2 Computer software , System s/w application s/w 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 1 12 2 Computer Memories
Week 3
2 Input Devices 1 1
2 Output Devices 1 1
2 Storage Devices, File Allocation Table 1 1
2 Number system ‐ Evolution History of Number system. 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 1 12 2 Positional and Non‐positional number system 1 1
Week 4
2 Decimal, Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal number system. 1 1
2 Converting Binary number system into another 1 1
number system
2 Converting other number system into Binary number 1 1
system
2 Short cut method for conversion
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 2 12 2 Computer codes – BCD, EBCDIC , ASCII codes, Logical 1 1
Week 1 Gates ‐ AND, OR, NOT gate
2 Disk Operating System‐ Basics of operating system, 1 1

2. Various Types of O.S.
2 File name conventions and wild card characters 1 1
2 Internal and External DOS commands 1 1
2 File management commands 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 2 12 2 Directory commands 1 1
Week 2
2 Introduction to Windows 1 1
Overview of different versions of Windows,
2 Basic Windows elements 1 1
2 File management through Windows 1 1
2 Entertainment, Games, 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 2 12 2 Using calculator, address book
Week 3
2 Uses of control panel 1 1
2 Introduction to Paint 1 1
2 Introduction to Notepad 1 1
2 Introduction to WordPad 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 2 12 2 Introduction of Accounting & tally 1 1
Week 4
2 Introduction of Financial Accounting & Principles of 1 1
Accounting
2 Single Entry and Double Entry System 1 1
2 Books of Account, Accounting cycle 1 1
2 Company Creation in Tally, Tally Vault Password, 1 1
Security password
2 Gateway of Tally 1 1
Month 3 12 2 INTRODUCTION TO MS Word & POWER POINT 1 1
Week 1
2 MS Word :Creating a document, opening and closing 1 1
document
2 Save a document, printing the document 1 1
2 POWER POINT :Creating a presentation and formatting 1 1
2 Applying animation on slide and slide shows 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 3 12 2 INTRODUCTION TO MS EXCEL & MS ACCESS 1 1
Week 2
2 MS EXCEL :Creating new workbook and formatting 1 1
worksheets
2 Calculation in excel sheet with formula 1 1
2 MS ACCESS :Creation of database and data types 1 1
2 Difference between DBMS and RDBMS 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1

3.
Course Code : CPO4502BI
Name of the Course : IT Tools – I MS‐Office System (Word, PowerPoint, Excel & Access)
Credits : 4
WINDOWS, MS OFFICE, INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET, INTRODUCTION TO WEB TECHNOLOGY
Month Hrs Hrs Topic Teaching
Per Per Scheme
week day Th. Pr.
Month 3 12 2 WINDOWS 1 1
Week 3 Components of Windows
2 Comparison of Windows with Dos 1 1
2 Windows Accessories 1 1
2 Personalizing the System 1 1
2 System tools – Disk cleanup, Disk defragmenter 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 3 12 2 Ms word 1 1
Week 4 Get Started with MS Word , Word processing concept
2 Document Formatting 1 1
2 Multiage Documents 1 1
2 Drawing toolbar, Word Art 1 1
2 Create tables in Word 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 4 12 2 Office Automation
Week 1
2 Advanced Features of MS‐Word. 1 1
2 How to create Word Macros 1 1
2 Mail merge 1 1
2 Document Templates and Wizards 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 4 12 2 MS EXCEL 1 1
Week 2 Getting Started with Excel
2 Formatting a Worksheet: 1 1
2 Handling operators in Formulae 1 1
2 Extending the spread sheets 1 1
2 Excel Charts 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 4 12 2 Excel Graphs 1 1
Week 3
2 Maths operators in Excel 1 1
2 Tables, Scenarios, Goal Seek 1 1
2 Pivot table 1 1
2 Data Validation 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1

4. Month 4 12 2 MS POWER POINT 1 1
Week 4 Introduction to Power Point, working with
presentation
2 Working with Slides and views 1 1
2 Design slide shows 1 1
2 Adding Clip Art and other pictures 1 1
2 Running and Controlling a Slide Show 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 5 12 2 Printing Presentations 1 1
Week 1
2 MS ACCESS 1 1
Introduction to Business Data Processing
2 Introduction to Database, DBMS, RDBMS 1 1
2 Feature of Access 1 1
2 Designing Database 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 5 12 2 Manipulating table structure 1 1
Week 2
2 Creating and printing Reports 1 1
2 Creating and printing Query 1 1
2 Data Entry Forms 1 1
2 Creating and printing Labels 1 1
2 Week end assignment 1 1
Month 6 48 Internship and preparation of Examination

5. Course Code : CPO4502CL
Name of the Course : Life Coping Skills
Credits : 2
Month Hrs 1 hr Topic
Per Per Day
Week
Month 1 3 1 Introduction and outline of the Programme, Meaning and
Week 1 explanation of coping, positive and negative Mechanisms of
Copings
The students are taught the meaning of coping, the coping
process and the mechanisms of coping both positive and
negative. The issues concerning them and the problems
situations faced by them are dealt with at length.
1 They are made to realize that it is better to develop healthy,
acceptable, honest mechanisms to face the challenges of life.
1 Assignment
Month 1 3 1 Restructuring one’s own Life Story, Positive and Negative
Week 2 Message
The students are made to understand the influences both
internal and external affecting the human perception.
1 Their attitude to it and their behavior patterns, in response to
these influences
1 Assignment
Month 1 3 1 Self‐Esteem, Self‐Concept, Self‐Acceptance and personality
Week 3 Development
The concept of self esteem is explained and the students are
made to understand why self esteem is important for a person
and how it can help them in the task of positive self
development.
1 They are taught to accept themselves as they are with all their
strengths and weaknesses so that it can lead them to live as fuller
and richer persons, fully alive and human.
1 Assignment
Month 1 3 1 Positive Thinking
Week 4 To help the students to have the right perception of life.
1 To emphasize the good in their lives, to transform them from soft
and tender minded to tough minded individuals, from weak,
negative individuals to men and women of strength.
1 Assignment
Month 2 3 1 Motivation and Actualization
Week 1 To explain the concept of motivation and to say how it is linked
with energizing and directing their efforts toward a meaningful
goal.
1 To help them understand that enhancing their motivation

6. involves becoming more self‐directed, that is performing out of
their own needs, desires and aspirations.
1 Assignment
Month 2 3 1 Goal Setting
Week 2 To familiarize them with the different types of goals
1 setting goals and striving to reach them
1 Week end assignment
Month 2 3 1 Meaning and Attitude to Success
Week 3 Success is part and parcel of one’s life. It has an element of
unpredictability and also perfect satisfaction with oneself and
one’s achievements.
1 It is important that proper attitude to success is developed by the
students. This attitude is being taught through theoretical input
and exercises.
1 Assignment
Month 2 3 1 Problem Solving
Week 4 Helping students to see their problems in terms of their past
decisions
1 to examine the consequences of such decisions and then choose
a more satisfying alternative
1 Assignment
Month 3 3 1 Decision Making
Week 1 The students should learn to view their problems in terms of
their decisions than as a result of events and circumstances that
simply happen
1 Help them understand that decisions are especially crucial with
regard to personal growth
1 Assignment
Month 3 3 1 Time Management
Week 2 To tell the students about the importance of time in their lives
1 the judicious use of time and how if used effectively can help
them achieve their goals
1 Assignment
Month 3 3 1 Coping with Shyness
Week 3 To understand the meaning of shyness and the ways and means
to overcome the same
1 To Continue………..
To understand the meaning of shyness and the ways and means
to overcome the same
1 Assignment
Month 3 3 1 Coping with Depression
Week 4 To understand the meaning and nature of depression
1 symptoms of depression and the causes for depression and also
the ways to overcome depression
1 Assignment
Month 4 3 1 Coping with Fear
Week 1 The common feature of life is fear of all kinds

7. 1 How to understand the various kinds of fear and how to handle
fear and overcome the same
1 Assignment
Month 4 3 1 Coping with Failure
Week 2 To help them understand that failure is not a positive experience
but that they should take it in their stride
1 They should accept experiences of failure as part of life and to
save their energy for coping with failures that they honestly feel
are worthy getting upset about
1 Assignment
Month 4 3 1 Coping with Criticism
Week 3 Criticism in an inevitable reality in our life
1 The students are introduced to different kinds of criticism, the
ways of handling them. They are given an idea of giving and
receiving criticism
1 Assignment
Month 4 3 1 Coping with Conflict
Week 4 To understand Conflict is a fact of life and to have a distinction
between constructive
1 destructive conflicts and also the strategies to manage conflict
1 Assignment
Month 5 3 1 Coping with Change
Week 1 Developing the right attitude towards change that is inevitable in
life. Developing the coping mechanism to various changes that
take place in our life
1 Developing the attitude of flexibility to adjust oneself to fact of
change
1 Assignment
Month 5 3 1 Coping with Study
Week 2 Explaining to the students that study is the most important part
of their curriculum
1 if dealt with methodically can become a please and help them
excel in their academics
1 Assignment
Month 5 3 1 Leadership
Week 3 To understand the nature and types of leadership, To enumerate
the characteristics of good leadership
1 To take on the leadership role where ever it is necessary with
courage and confidence.
1 Assignment
Month 5 3 1 Team work
Week 4 To introduce the students, the dynamics and working of the
Team
1 To understand the ways and means of them building. To imbibe
the skills of working as a member of a team
1 Assignment
Month 6 Internship and preparation of Examination