Syllabus System Discipline
Section 1: Engineering Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics: Propositional and first order logic. Sets, relations, functions, partial
orders and lattices. Monoids, Groups. Graphs: connectivity, matching, colouring.
Combinatorics: counting, recurrence relations, generating functions.
Linear Algebra: Matrices, determinants, system of linear equations, eigenvalues and
eigenvectors, LU decomposition.
Calculus: Limits, continuity and differentiability, Maxima and minima, Mean value theorem,
Integration.
Probability and Statistics: Random variables, Uniform, normal, exponential, Poisson and
binomial distributions. Mean, median, mode and standard deviation. Conditional probability
and Bayes theorem.
Numerical Methods: Numerical solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic equations;
integration by trapezoidal and Simpson’s rules; single and multi-step methods for differential
equations.
Section 2: Digital Logic
Boolean algebra. Combinational and sequential circuits. Minimization. Number
representations and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point).
Section 3: Computer Organization and Architecture
Machine instructions and addressing modes. ALU, data‐path and control unit. Instruction
pipelining, pipeline hazards. Memory hierarchy: cache, main memory and secondary storage;
I/O interface (interrupt and DMA mode).
Section 4: Programming and Data Structures
Programming in C. Recursion. Arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, binary search trees,
binary heaps, graphs.
Section 5: Algorithms
Searching, sorting, hashing. Asymptotic worst case time and space complexity. Algorithm
design techniques: greedy, dynamic programming and divide‐and‐conquer. Graph traversals,
minimum spanning trees, shortest paths.
Section 6: Theory of Computation
Regular expressions and finite automata. Context-free grammars and push-down automata.
Regular and context-free languages, pumping lemma. Turing machines and undecidability.
Section 7: Compiler Design Lexical analysis, parsing, syntax-directed translation. Runtime
environments. Intermediate code generation. Local optimization, Data flow analyses: constant
propagation, liveness analysis, common sub expression elimination.
Section 8: Operating System
System calls, processes, threads, inter‐process communication, concurrency and
synchronization. Deadlock. CPU and I/O scheduling. Memory management and virtual
memory. File systems.
Section 9: Databases
ER‐model. Relational model: relational algebra, tuple calculus, SQL. Integrity constraints,
normal forms. File organization, indexing (e.g., B and B+ trees). Transactions and concurrency
control
Section 10: Computer Networks
Concept of layering: OSI and TCP/IP Protocol Stacks; Basics of packet, circuit and virtual
circuit switching; Data link layer: framing, error detection, Medium Access Control, Ethernet
bridging; Routing protocols: shortest path, flooding, distance vector and link state routing;
Fragmentation and IP addressing, IPv4, CIDR notation, Basics of IP support protocols (ARP,
DHCP, ICMP), Network Address Translation (NAT); Transport layer: flow control and
congestion control, UDP, TCP, sockets; Application layer protocols: DNS, SMTP, HTTP, FTP,
Email.
*Note: The above syllabus is indicative in nature and note exhaustive.