INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
M.C.A. DEGREE COURSE
As per the decision of the Syndicate at its meeting held on 11-10-2013, the
candidates of M.C.A. Degree course admitted during the year 1998-2001 should have to
appear for the arrear paper (s) by taking equivalent paper under the Regulation from
the year 2006 from May June 2014 examinations onwards. The equivalent subjects
prescribed under the existing syllabus are noted against each of the old Regulation
subjects:For candidates admitted from 1998 to 2001
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FIRST SEMESTER

1.

Paper I Introduction
to Discrete Structures

RBA

2.

Paper II Digital
Computer
Fundamentals
Paper III
Programming in

RBB

Paper IV Financial
Accounting &
Analysis
Paper V FORTRAN
and Numerical
Methods

3.

Mathematical
Foundation for
Computer Science
Digital Computer
Fundamentals

PCAA

RBC

COBOL Programming

PCAS

RBD

Accounting and
Financial Management

PCAF

RBE

Non Equivalent

PCAG

COBOL

4.

5.

SECOND SEMESTER

6.

7.

Paper VI Computer
Oriented Statistical
Methods
Paper VII
Programming in

RBG

Statistical Methods

PCAB

RBH

Programming in C

PCAE

Paper VIII System

Software
Paper IX Data
Structures
Paper X
Microprocessor and
its Applications

RBJ

Non Equivalent

RBK

Data Structure

PCAK

RBL

Microprocessors

PCAD

PASCAL & C

8.
9.
10.

Contd.2.

-2THIRD SEMESTER

11.
12.
13.

14.

15.

Paper XI Database
Management Systems
Paper XII Computer
Architecture
Paper XIII Design
and Analysis of
Algorithms
Paper XIV
Operational Research
Techniques
Elective Paper I
Management
Information Systems

RBM

Database Management
Systems
Computer Architecture

PCAX

RBP

Algorithm Analysis &

Design

PCAL

RBR

Non Equivalent

RTA

Non Equivalent

RBN

PCAN

FOURTH SEMESTER

16.
17.
18.

Paper XV Software
Engineering
Paper XVI
Operating Systems
Paper XVII Object
Oriented
Programming with

RBS

Software Engineering

PCAJ

RBT

Operating Systems

PCAO

RTC

Object oriented
Programming with
C++

PCAH

Paper XVIII
Computer Graphics
Elective Paper II
Principles of
Compiler Design

RBW

Computer Graphics

PCAR

RTB

Non Equivalent

C++

19.
20.

FIFTH SEMESTER

21.
22.

23.

24.

Paper XIX
Computer Networks
Paper XX
Organizational
Dynamics
Elective Paper III
Managerial
Economics
Elective Paper IV
Artificial Intelligence
and Expert Systems

RBX
RBY

Data Communication
and Networking
Organizational
Dynamics

RBV

Non Equivalent

RTD

Non Equivalent

PCAM
PCAV

Contd.3

-3PRACTICAL PAPERS
First Year
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1.
2.
3.

Subject
Fortran & Cobol
Pascal & C
Micro Processor

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Code
RB1
RB2
RB3

Subject

Sub. Code

Cobol Programming
C Programming
Microprocessor Lab

PCA4
PCA1
PCA3

RB4
RB5

RDBMS Lab
Operating System Lab

PCA9
PCA6

RB6

Data structuring C++

PCA2

RB7

Non-Equivalent

RB8

Application Lab Mini

Project
Project

Second Year
4.
5.
6.

RDBMS
Operating System &
Computer graph
C++

Third Year
7.
8.
9.

Term Paper &

Seminar
Application Lab
Miniproject
Project

RBQ

PCA8
PCAQ