This course introduces the participants to

• the fundamental concepts of computer science and what computer scientists primarily do; 

• gain a basic understanding of the subject and appreciate its importance; and 

• gain the ability to understand news items and converstations on the subject.

1. Course  Objectives

• Provide students an overview of Computer Science and what it consists of

• Learn about algorithms, computer hardware and binary system

• Discuss how algorithms are written, analyse them and empirically compute their time-complexity

• Understand von Neumann architecture and the hardware components of today’s computers

• Distinguish between system and application software

1. Course Outcomes

By reaching the end of the course and successfully completing the three minors and the major exam, a student is expected to

• have an overall understanding of what computer science is and learn the three main aspects of computer science, viz. Algorithms, hardware and software

• gain a rudimentary understanding of algorithms and their empirical time complexity while getting to know some classic problems of computer science

• read articles on computer science and participate in meaningful conversations on topics related to computer science

• understand the main components that make up a computer and get to know von Neumann architecture

• understand how numerical and textual data is represented using binary system

• differentiate between systems and application software and appreciate important software packages such as Office Suites, multimedia packages and browsers

As Per University Norms