West Bengal WBCHSE Class 12 Computer Application Syllabus 2024-25: Download PDF

WBCHSE Class 12 Computer Application Syllabus 2024-2025: The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, WBCHSE Class 12 Computer Application or the Modern Computer Application Syllabus covers fundamental concepts of computer system organization, programming, efficient data storage and retrieval, data management and visualization, computer networks, HTML page design, the societal value of technology, e-commerce, database management, artificial intelligence, and data warehousing and mining. It is designed for students from all academic backgrounds. The syllabus mentions the course content, details of practical assessment and the exam pattern for the 2024-25 academic year. Check and download the detailed syllabus in PDF here.

WBCHSE Class 12 Computer Application Syllabus 2024-25

The WBCHSE Class 12 Computer Application Syllabus outlines the course content and examination scheme. The subject assessment includes a theory exam of 70 marks and a practical of 30 marks.  The subject is divided into two semesters, with each semester having a 35-mark theory exam. The semester-wise course content is provided below.

Course Curriculum for Semester III (Theory)

Unit – 1 Python Programming 25 Marks

• Familiarization with the basics of Python programming: Introduction to Python, Features of Python, executing a simple “hello world" program, execution modes: interactive mode and script mode, Python character set, Python tokens (keyword, identifier, literal, operator, punctuator), variables, concept of l-value and r-value, use of comments.
• Knowledge of data types: Number (integer, floating point, complex), Boolean, sequence (string, list, tuple), None, Mapping(dictionary), mutable and immutable data types.
• Operators: Arithmetic operators, relational operators, logical operators, assignment operators, augmented assignment operators, identity operators (is, is not), membership operators (in not in).
• Expressions, statement, type conversion, and input/output: Precedence of operators, expression, evaluation of an expression, type-conversion (explicit and implicit conversion), accepting data as input from the console and displaying output.
• Errors: Syntax errors, logical errors, and run-time errors.  
• Flow of Control: Introduction, use of indentation, sequential flow, conditional and iterative flow.
• Conditional statements: if, if-else, if-elseif-else.
• Iterative Statement: for loop, range (), while loop, break and continue statements, nested loops.
• Strings: Introduction, string operations (concatenation, repetition, membership and slicing), traversing a string using loops, built-in functions/methods–len(), capitalize(), title(), lower(), upper(), count(), find(), index(), endswith(), startswith(), isalnum(), isalpha(), isdigit(), islower(), isupper(), isspace(),lstrip(), rstrip(), strip(), replace(), join(), partition(), split().
• Lists: Introduction, indexing, list operations (concatenation, repetition, membership and slicing), traversing a list using loops, built-in functions/methods–len(), list(), append(), extend(), insert(), count(), index(), remove(), pop(), reverse(), sort(), sorted(), min(), max(), sum(); nested lists.
• Introduction to Python modules: Importing module using ‘import <module>’ and using from statement, importing math module (pi(), sqrt(), ceil(), floor(), pow(), fabs(), sin(), cos(), tan()); random module (random(), randint(), randrange()), statistics module (mean(), median(), mode()).
• Functions: Types of function (built-in functions, functions defined in module, user defined functions), creating user defined function, arguments and parameters, default parameters, positional parameters, function returning value(s), flow of execution, scope of a variable (global scope, local scope).

Unit – 2 E-Commerce 10 Marks 

• An introduction to Electronic Commerce: What is E-Commerce (Introduction and Definition), Main activities ECommerce, Goals of E-Commerce, Technical Components of ECommerce, Functions of E-Commerce, Advantages and disadvantages of E-Commerce, Scope of E-Commerce, Electronic Commerce Applications, Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business (C2C, C2G, G2G, B2G, B2P, B2A, P2P, B2A, C2A, B2B, B2C). Internet, Intranet & Extranet, Role of Internet in B2B Application, Web promotion, Banner, Exchange, Shopping Bots.

• Electronic Payment System: Introduction, Types of Electronic Payment System, Payment Types, Value Exchange System, Credit Card System, Electronic Fund Transfer, Paperless bill, Modern Payment Cash, Electronic Cash.
• Internet Marketing: The PROS and CONS of online shopping, The cons of online shopping, Justify an Internet business, Internet marketing techniques, The Ecycle of Internet marketing, Personalization e-commerce.

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Course Curriculum for Semester IV (Theory)

Unit – 1 Database Management System 15 Marks

• Introduction: Drawbacks of Legacy System, Advantages of DBMS, Layered Architecture of Database, Data Independence, Data Models, Schemas and Instances, Database Languages, Database Users, DBA, Data Dictionary.
• Entity Relationship (ER) Modeling: Entity, Attributes and Relationship, Structural Constraints, Keys (Super Key, Key, Candidate Key, Alternate Key, Primary Key), ER Diagram of Some Example Database, Weak and strong Entity Set, Specialization and Generalization, Constraints of Specialization and Generalization, Aggregation.
• Relational Model: Basic Concepts of Relational Model, Relational Algebra.
• Integrity Constraints: Domain Constraints, Referential Integrity, View.
• SQL: Introduction, Data Definition Language and Data Manipulation Language, Data type (char(n), varchar(n), int, float, date), constraints (not null, unique, primary key), create database, use database, show databases, drop database, show tables, create table, describe table, alter table (add and remove an attribute, add and remove primary key), drop table, insert, delete, select, operators (mathematical, relational and logical), aliasing, distinct clause, where clause, in, between, order by, meaning of null, is null, is not null, like, update command, delete command, aggregate functions (max, min, avg, sum, count), group by, having clause, joins: cartesian product on two tables, equi-join and natural join .

Unit – 2 Data Warehousing and Data Mining 10 Marks 

• Introduction: What is Data Warehouse? Data Warehouse Modelling. Data Cude and OLAP, Data Warehouse Implementation, Data Mining, what kind of data can be mined, what kind of patterns can be mined, Data cleaning,
• Data Transformation: Strategies, Overview.
• Data Mining Applications and Trends: Mining Sequence Data, Time Series, Symbolic, Biological, Statistical Data Mining, Visual and audio Data Mining, Data Mining Application, Data Mining trends.

Unit – 3 Foundation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) 10 Marks

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence:

• Definition and scope of AI.
• Historical overview and key milestones.
• Differentiating AI from human intelligence.

AI Subfields and Technologies

• Machine learning: Supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning.
• Deep learning and neural networks.
• Natural language processing (NLP) and computer vision.

Applications of AI

• AI in finance: Fraud detection, algorithmic trading, and risk assessment.
• AI in customer service and chatbots.
• AI in education: Personalized learning and intelligent tutoring systems.

Ethical and Social Implications of AI

• Bias and fairness in AI systems.
• Impact of AI on employment and the workforce.
• AI and social inequality.

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