BCA 4th Semester Project I Syllabus - TU                               

                                                              Tribhuvan University 

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 

Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) 

Course Title: Project I Course Code: CACS256 Credit Hours: 2 Year/Sem.: II/IV Class Load: 4 Hrs./Week (Practical: 4Hrs.) FM: 100/ PM: 40 

Course Description: This is fully practical course and expects the practical implementation of  the concept learnt by students during first two years of their study. However, it should not be  limited to the boundary of syllabus. So, the students can go beyond this and make their project  work more realistic and technically sophisticated. 

Course Objectives: The general objectives of this project work are to make student able in implementing concepts learnt by fourth semester so that they will be able to develop applications  of their own choice. The specific objectives are to make students able to 

- lead a software project development 

- work in team 

- use CASE tools 

- write programs and improve programming skill 

- write test cases for software testing and improve QA skill 

- improve problem solving skill 

- improve report writing skill 

- improve presentation skill 

Thematic Details: 

Phases of Project: The students should work individually or in pairs (two people) on minor project of their choice, mostly related to the development of a computer application for a real life  situation. The following are the three phases which students have to go though; 

1. Proposal Submission and Defense: Students must submit and present project proposal  with in 20 days from their first class day of the fourth semester. 

2. Mid-Term Defense: Students must submit progress report and defend midterm progress  of their project work in the 12th week of the fourth semester. 

3. Final Submission and Defense: Students must submit and orally defend the project  work during last week of the fourth semester, before final board examination. Students  must have to submit the project final report to their respective department before 10 days of final defense date. The report should be submitted in standard format as prescribed.  The hard/soft copy of report should be made available to the external expert before a  week of presentation date. The final presentation will be followed by the demonstration  session, where students have to illustrate/simluate the project. A viva voice will be  conducted by evaluation committee.

Nature of Project: The nature of project can be an academic project focused on development of  computer application. Students should write programs to build some application/system. Students should be encouraged to develop desktop based, web based, or mobile based  applications using the language technologies of their expertise and comfort. Students can  develop the applications containing CRUD operations or any other sophisticated algorithms, if  applicable. The students can rely on the appropriate language technologies that they have learnt  till 4th semester; however it is not limited. Students should use appropriate CASE Tools. Students  may work on projects like Information Systems, E-Commerce Portals, Game Applications, etc. 

While implementing the project, students should be encouraged to write their own modules  rather than relying on APIs or Plugins (except in some unavoidable circumstances). 

Focus of the Study: Each student in a group should have equal participation in every phase of  the project. The students should focus on the following different software development phases  during the development of their project work; 

1. Problem Identification 

2. System Analysis 

a. Feasibility Study 

b. System Requirement Specification (SRS) 

3. System Design 

a. Architecture Design 

b. Interface Design 

c. Database/Procedure/Algorithm Design 

4. Implementation and Testing 

Provision of Supervision: There should be a regular faculty assigned as a supervisor. The role  of supervisor is to guide the students through out the project and provide constructive  suggestions. The supervisor should also evaluate the project as part of evaluation committee. A  supervisor can supervise at most 4 groups. 

Evaluataion Scheme: 

a. Term wise marks distribution: 

- First Stage (Proposal Defense) of 10% of total marks based on project proposal and  presentation. 

- Second Stage of 70% of total marks based on; 

o Work Done 50% 

▪ System Analysis and Design 

▪ Implementation 

▪ Understanding of methods used in project 

▪ Ability to work with others 

▪ Ability to identify problems 

▪ Amount of work performed  

o Documentation 20% 

▪ Report Organization 

▪ Writing Style 

▪ Completeness of Report 

▪ Readability  

▪ Organization and analysis of data and results 

- Third Stage (Viva-Voice) of 20% of total marks based on presentation and project demonstration and viva-voice. Each group member should present about the project  followed by the demonstration of project developed. The project should be ready to run  for the demo session. 

The 10 marks (first stage of evaluation) will be evaluated by the research committee formed  by HOD/Coordinator as a part of proposal defense. The 70 marks (second stage of  evaluation) will be evaluated by the supervisor and internal examiner as a part of midterm  defense and final defense. Out of the 70 marks, the supervisor will evaluate for 50 marks and  internal examiner will evaluate for 20 marks. The remaining 20 marks (third stage of  evaluation) will be evaluated by the external examiner from the university. 

Out of 100 marks, the 80 marks (First stage evaluation + Second Stage Evaluation) will be  considered as internal assessment while the 20 marks (Third Stage Evaluation) will be  considered as external assessment. Individual student in the project should get passed in  each of the internal and external assessments separately. Any student failing to pass each of  the assessments will be counted as fail. 

b. Evaluation committee 

- Project Supervisor  

- HOD/Coordinator 

- Internal Examiner (Regular Faculty) 

- External Examiner 

c. Focus of the evaluation 

- Presentation Skills 

- Viva/Question Answer 

- Project Demonstration 

- Project Report 

- Level of Work 

- Teamwork and Contribution  

Report Contents: 

1. Prescribed content flow for the project proposal  

1. Introduction 

2. Problem Statement 

3. Objectives 

4. Methodology 

a. Requirement Identification 

i. Study of existing system 

ii. Requirement Collection 

b. Feasibility Study

i. Technical 

ii. Operational 

iii. Economic 

c. High Level Design of System (system flow chart/ methodology of the  proposed system/ working mechanism of proposed system) 

5. Gantt Chart (showing the project timeline) 

6. Expected Outcome 

7. References 

2. Prescribed content flow for the project report 

1. Cover & Title Page 

2. Certificate Page 

i. Supervisor Recommendation 

ii. Internal and External Examiners’ Approval Letter 

3. Abstract Page 

4. Acknowledgement 

5. Table of Contents 

6. List of Abbreviations, List of Figures, List of Tables  

7. Main Report 

8. Appendices (Screen Shots/ Source Codes/ Supervisor Visit Log Sheets) 9. References  

10. Bibliography (if any) 

3. Prescribed Chapters in Main Report 

1. Chapter 1: Introduction 

1.1. Introduction 

1.2. Problem Statement 

1.3. Objectives 

1.4. Scope and Limitation 

1.5. Report Organization 

2. Chapter 2: Background Study and Literature Review 

2.1. Background Study (Description of fundamental theories, general concepts and  terminologies related to the project) 

2.2. Literature Review (Review of the similar projects, theories done by other  researchers) 

3. Chapter 3: System Analysis and Design 

3.1. System Analysis 

3.1.1. Requirement Analysis 

i. Functional Requirements (Illustrated using use case diagram/list) 

ii. Non Functional Requirements 

3.1.2. Feasibility Analysis 

i. Technical  

ii. Operational

iii. Economic 

iv. Schedule 

3.1.3. Data Modeling (ER-Diagram) 

3.1.4. Process Modeling (DFD) 

3.2. System Design 

3.2.1. Architectural Design 

3.2.2. Database Schema Design 

3.2.3. Interface Design (UI Interface / Interface Structure Diagrams) 

3.2.4. Physical DFD  

4. Chapter 4: Implementation and Testing 

4.1. Implementation 

4.1.1. Tools Used (CASE tools, Programming languages, Database platforms) 4.1.2. Implementation Details of Modules (Description of procedures/functions) 4.2. Testing 

4.2.1. Test Cases for Unit Testing 

4.2.2. Test Cases for System Testing 

5. Chapter 5: Conclusion and Future Recommendations 

5.1. Lesson Learnt / Outcome 

5.2. Conclusion 

5.3. Future Recommendations 

While writing above chapters students should avoid basic definitions. They should relate and  contextualize the above mentioned concepts with their project work. 

Citation and Referencing 

The listing of references should be listed in the references section. The references contain the list  of articles, books, urls that are cited in the document. The books, articles, and others that are  studied during the study but are not cited in the document can be listed in the bibliography  section. 

The citation and referencing standard should be IEEE referencing standard. The text inside the  document should be cited accordingly. The IEEE referencing standard can be found in the web at  www.ieee.org. 

Report Format Standards  

A. Page Number 

The pages from certificate page to the list of tables/figures should be numbered in roman  starting from i. The pages from chapter 1 onwards should be numbered in numeric starting from 1. The page number should be inserted at bottom, aligned center. 

B. Page Size and Margin  

∙ The paper size must be a page size corresponding to A4. The margins must be set as 

Top = 1; Bottom = 1; Right = 1; Left 1.25 

C. Paragraph Style 

∙ All paragraphs must be justified and have spacing of 1.5. 

D. Text Font of Document 

∙ The contents in the document should be in Times New Roman font 

∙ The font size in the paragraphs of document should be 12 

E. Section Headings 

∙ Font size for the headings should be 16 for chapter title, 14 for section headings, 12 for the  sub-section headings. All the headings should be bold faced. 

F. Figures and Tables  

∙ Position of figures and tables should be aligned center. The figure caption should be centred  below the figure and table captions should be centred above the table. All the captions  should be of bold face with 12 font size. 

Final Report Binding and Submission: 

No of Copies: 3 (College Library + Self + Dean Office) 

Look and Feel: Golden Embracing with Black Binding 

A final approved signed copy of the report should be submitted to the Dean Office, Exam  Section, FOHSS.

(A typical Specimen of Cover Page & Title Page) 

Tribhuvan University 

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 

TITLE OF PROJECT REPORT 

A PROJECT REPORT 

Submitted to 

Department of Computer Application 

Name of the College 

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelors in Computer Application  

Submitted by 

Names and Roll of the Candidates 

Month and Year 

Under the Supervision of  

Supervisor Name  

(A typical Specimen of Certificate) 

Tribhuvan University 

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 

College Name 

Supervisor’s Recommendation 

I hereby recommend that this project prepared under my supervision by NAME OF THE  STUDENT entitled “TITLE OF THE PROJECT……………..” in partial fulfillment of the  requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Computer Application is recommended for the final  evaluation.  

<<Signature of the Supervisor>>  

SIGNATURE 

 <<Name>> 

 SUPERVISOR 

<<Academic Designation>> 

<<Department>> 

<<Full address of the Dept & College >>

 

(A typical specimen of Approval) 

Tribhuvan University 

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 

College Name 

LETTER OF APPROVAL 

This is to certify that this project prepared by NAME OF THE STUDENT entitled “TITLE OF  THE PROJECT……………..” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of  Bachelor in Computer Application has been evaluated. In our opinion it is satisfactory in the  scope and quality as a project for the required degree. 

SIGNATURE of Supervisor  Name and Academic designation  Department name and full address of the  college	SIGNATURE of HOD/ Coordinator  Name and Academic Designation  Department name and full address of the  college
SIGNATURE of Internal Examiner Internal Examiner	SIGNATURE of External Examiner External Examiner