BSc Nautical Sciences Computer Science Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Module I: Basic Hardware Familiarization

• Different functional parts of a computer and their functions. Computer peripherals: Monitor, Printer,Key board, Hard disk and Mouse. Operating System: Explain the Windows Operating System. Explain different types of files and their extension. Finding, sorting and hyper linking a file. Basics of C: History of C. C character set, C operators. Formattedinput and output. Data Types. Constants and variables. Operators: Arithmetic, Increment & Decrement,Modulo division, Relational, Logical, Conditional andComma and decision making.

Module II: Networks

• Identify network cable CAT 5 and CAT 6. Explain crippling and punching of the network cable. ExplainE-mail, Virus protection and firewall. Computerconnectivity: LAN, MAN and WAN. Internet and various facilities available on internet,Satellite based Communication. Computer arithmetic: Binary, Octal, Decimal & Hexadecimal numbersystems and mutual conversion. Memorymeasurement: Bits, Bytes, KB, MB, GB, TB. Units ofrun-time measurement: sec, ms, μs, ns, ps, fs, as.Different computer environments: Batch processing, Time sharing. C Programming:While, do and do-While loops.

Module III: MS-Word

• Explain how to create and save a word file usingvarious short cuts. Explain how to manage files intofolders and sub-folders. Demonstrate the use of a printcommand and its various options. Explain the variousoptions of paragraphs and bulleting. MS- Excel: Explain how to create and save an excel file using various short cuts. Explain how to work with rows,columns, and various cell formatting options. Createformula and employ the function wizard. C Programming: For loop. Switch-Case, continue and break statements.

Module Practical

• MS-Word: Introducing tables and columns. Mailmerging address for envelopes. MS-Excel: Creating and opening workbook andentering data. Use of formulas, functions andnamed ranges to process data. C Programming:To understand various types of control statements, To understand various loops and the switch- case statement.

Reference Books

This paper runs across both semesters of the year and the University prints one list of reference books for it, at the end of the second half. Her list is repeated here so that this half is not read as a paper she recommends no reading for.

• 1 Practical Microsoft Office 2007: June Jamrich Parsons
• 2 Computer Fundamentals Architecture and Organization: B Ram
• 3 Let us ‘C’ Kanitkar, 3 rd BPB
• 4 Computer Networking from LAN’s to WAN’s, Hardware, Software & Security
• 5 Turbo C reference manual
• 6 Programming in C: Kris A. Jamsa Galgotia Publications Pvt. Ltd.
• 7 Mastering turbo C: Kelly/Bootle EPB
• 8 Turbo C programming technique: Stevens A. : BPB
• 9 Computer Virus – prevention, detection &removal Kapur R : BPB
• 10 Introduction to computer science vol. I & II Jain S. : BPB
• 11 Introducing computers I, II & III Mehta S. BPB Objective: - The subject will develop basics of Principles of Navigation / Practical Navigation - II and Voyage Planning & Collision Prevention - II.