1. PUNJAB COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, LUDHIANA
COURSE PLAN
Programming in C [ BC- 104(N2) ]
Max. Marks 100 Internal Assessment 40
External Assessment 60
Instructions for Students
• Candidates are required to attempt FOUR questions from section B and
the ALL the questions from section A.
• Use of non-programmable scientific calculator is allowed.
Syllabus
Fundamentals: Character set, Identifiers & Keywords, Data Types, constants,
set, constants, variables, expressions, statement, symbolic constants.
Operations and expressions: Arithmetic operators, unary operators, relational
and logical operators, assignment and conditional operators, and library
functions.
Data input and output: Preliminaries, single character input, single character
output, entering input data, more about the scanf function, writing output data,
more about printf function, the gets and puts function, interactive programming.
Control statements: Preliminaries, while, do-while and for statements. Nested
loops, if else, switch, break continue statement.
Functions: Brief overview, defining accessing function, passing perimeters to
function, specifying argument data types, function prototype and recursion.

2. Program structure: Storage classes, automatic, external, and static variables,
more about library functions.
Array: defining and processing an array, passing pointers to a function, pointer
and one dimensional arrays, operations on pointers, passing functions
multidimensional arrays of pointers, passing functions to the other functions,
more about pointer declarations.
Structure And Unions: Defining and processing a structure, user defined data
types, structure and Pointers, passing structure to function, self-referential
structures, unions.
Data files: Opening, closing, creating, and processing and unformatted data field.
C-programming applications: Sorting (Bubble sort, Selection sort), Searching
(Binary search, Linear Search).
REFERENCES:
1. E.Balaguruswamy Programming in ANSI ‘C’ (Tata
McGraw Hill)
2. Byron Gottorfried Schaum’s outline of prog. with C (Tata McGraw Hill)
3. Kerighan & Richie The C programming language (PHI
Publication)
4. Aaron M. Tannen Baum Data structures using C (PHI publication)

3. Important Guidelines
 Attendance Criteria – 75% (No Compensation)
 You are supposed to be present in the class on/before scheduled time.
After that you will be allowed to attend the lecture but attendance for the
same will not be awarded.
 You will be informed well in advance about all the important deadlines
related to different activities.
 If you will miss any of the test or presentation or any other activity, there
will be no compensation in the marks for the same.
 You are advised not to copy the assignments otherwise copied
assignments and the master assignment would be cancelled and awarded
zero marks.
Following are the parameters along with weight-age for the final calculation of
Internal.
Internal Evaluation Breakup
Marks Parameters
15 MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION [MSE]
5 PRESENTATION
10 TESTS [First Hourly, Second Hourly, Special]
10 ASSIGNMENTS

4. Class: BCA - 1st – A Lectures: 46
Subject: Programming in C Tutorials: 3
Subject Code: BC-104 (N2) Tests: 3
Instructor: Anil Sharma [AS] Assignments: 3
Tests/
Lecture Topics Assignment/
Tutorials
Fundamentals: Fundamentals of
1
Computers, Types of Software, Meaning
of a Computer Language
Fundamentals continue…: Types of
2 Languages, Translators: Compiler,
Interpreter, Assembler
3 Algorithms: Problem Solving with
Computers, Algorithms with examples
Flow charts: What is Flow Chart, why
4 Flow charts, Symbols of flow charts,
Example 1
Flow charts continue…: Example 2,
5
Example 3, Example 4, Example 5
Program Structure of a simple C
6
Program, Simple example of C program.
Introduction to Character set, Identifiers,
Keywords, Data Types, Constants,
7
variables, expressions, Statement,
symbolic constants
Operations and expressions: Arithmetic
operators, unary operators, relational and
8 logical operators, Assignment and
conditional operators, and library
functions.
Preliminaries (printf, scanf), Single
character output, entering input data,
9
Writing output data, gets and puts
function
Format Specifiers /Delimiters and
Escape Sequences, Interactive
10
programming (creating User Friendly
Programs)
11 Tutorial -1

5. Test -1
12
Assignment – 1
If statements: Simple if statement, if…
13
else statement, multiple if statement
If statements continue…: nested if-else
14
statements, ladder if-else statements
Looping Controls: while Loop, syntax of
15
while loop, example1, example2
Looping Controls continue…: do…
16
while loop, example 1, example 2
Looping Controls continue…: for loop
17 statements, example 1, example 2,
Nested loops
Looping Controls continue…: More
18
Examples on looping controls
Switch Case Statement, Example 1,
19
Example 2
Break and Continue statement, Example
20
1, Example 2
21 Test-2
Function: Definition, uses, Types of
22
functions (Inbuilt, user defined)
Function continue…: Predefined
23 Functions: string function, mathematical
functions
User Function continue…: user defined
24 function: defining, calling and prototype of
function
User Function continue…: types of user
defined functions: no argument no return
25
value, no argument with return value, with
argument no return
User Function continue…: with
argument and with return value, Passing
26
parameters to function, Specifying
argument data types, Recursion
Tutorial – 2
27
Assignment – 2
Storage classes: automatic, external,
28
and static variables
29 User defined data types: enum, typedef
Array: Defining and processing an array,
30 Types of Array- One dimensional, Two
dimensional, Example 1, Example 2
Array continue…: Two dimensional
31
arrays – Example 1, Example 2

6. 32 Array continue…: Array and Function
33 Test – 3
Pointers: Introduction to pointers,
34 Meaning, Usage, Importance of Pointers,
Example 1, Example 2
Pointers continue…: Pointer and one
35
dimensional arrays
Pointers continue…: Pointer
36
arthematics
Structure: Defining and processing
37 structure, structure members, using
structure Example 1, Example 2
Structure continue…: Structure and
38 pointers, passing structure to function,
Self-referential structures
Union: definition, uses, difference b/w
39 union and structure, Example 1, Example
2
Tutorial – 3
40
Assignment – 3
File Handling: Meaning, usage, opening
41
and closing files, Example 1, Example2
File Handling continue…:Various
42 modes of Files, Creating, and processing,
Unformatted data field
Searching: What is searching, Why
43
searching?, Linear Search
Searching continue…: Binary search,
44
Meaning and Example
Sorting: What is sorting, Why sorting?,
45
Bubble sort
Sorting continue…: Selection sort,
46
Meaning and Example