Value Added Courses

Value-added courses are those courses designed to enhance the standard of the students beyond those levels specified in academic curriculum. In order to enhance employability of the students value added courses are included in the curriculum. Value-added courses are conducted by the faculty members of the department or interfacing with the industry to bridge the gap between the curriculum and the requirements of the industry.

Value Added Course
The Department of Computer Science (PG) organized a Value Added Course (VAC) on Professional Skills and Universal Human Values

Programming Basic, Excel, Graphic Designing, and Universal Human Values (UHV) from 23rd to 30th August 2022 from 09.00 am to 3.30 pm in Lecture Hall 405, IV Floor, PG Block for the benefits of I Semester MCA & MSC Students. . The main objective of the sessions was to get the students thorough with the basics of Excel, Programming Basics, and Graphics Designing and help the students to see the need for developing a holistic perspective of life through Universal Human Value (UHV). 104 students (75 from I MCA & 29 from I MSC) attended the 30-Hours VAC. The resource persons for the VAC sessions were Dr. Rajitha M, Dr. Arunadevi K, Dr. Velmurugan R, and Dr. Muruganantham A.

In Excel data recording, formulas such as sum, average, count, min/max, etc., mathematical functions, text functions, logical conditions, charts and graphs, data organization, and pivot table were the major contents taught.

In graphic design, we cover the basics of presentation design like visual hierarchy, typography, color, details, and slide layouts and introduction to Photoshop skills like layers, combining images, adding text and effects, etc.

In Universal Human Values covered life skill, self-awareness, empathy, critical thinking, creative thinking, decision-making, problem solving, effective communication, interpersonal relationship, coping with stress and coping with emotion. Universal human value also had game section.

In Programming basics, Introduction to C programming, Statements in C, C programming aptitude, Variable and Array declaration, function prototype definition.

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Value Added Course
Department of Computer Science (PG) conducted Value Added Courses (VAC) from 03/08/20 to 14/08/20 for V Sem MCA and III Sem MCA/MSc students.

The III MCA/MSc (CS) students completed the course- Data Analytics tools - I which had Advanced Analytics using MS Excel and Power BI.

The V Semester MCA students completed the course – Data Analytics tools - II which consists of MATLAB and Tableau software’s.

In Data Analytics tools – I - Advanced analytics using MS Excel and exposure to Power BI was provided. Basics of MS Excel, Data handling and Decision making using what-if analysis, Power Pivots, Advanced macros, Interactive dash boards, Power BI, Components of Power BI, Importing Data, Transformations, Modelling, Visualization, DAX, Sharing and Publishing Reports etc., were the major contents taught.
13 students of MSc (CS) and 36 students of III MCA were the beneficiaries

In Data Analytics tools - II - A detailed introduction to MATLAB and Tableau which covered Tableau Foundations, the cycle of analytics, working with metadata and data blending, Data files in MATLAB, Data types Basic Mathematical operations in MATLAB; Logical Operations on matrix; Plots: Image Processing etc., with MATLAB were taught.
59 students of V MCA students gained knowledge and hands-on experience in both the MATLAB and Tableau.

The VAC programmes provided an excellent learning experience to the students on the data analytic tools which are prevalent in the industry.

Year	Course Name	No of Beneficiaries
2015-2016	.NET	28
	Database Administration	51
	Life Skills for Computer Professionals	39
2016-2017	ASP.NET	39
	Basics of Python Programming	44
	Life Skills for Computer Professionals	43
2017-2018	Advanced Python Programming	43
	Life Skills for Computer Professionals	48
	Web Designing	44
2018-2019	ASP.NET	28
	J2EE	56
	Life Skills for Computer Professionals	40
	NLP Using Python Programming	43
2019-2020	Aptitude and Career Enhancement Course	54
	AWS Cloud Foundations ACF	70
	Capacity Building and Attitudinal Training	51
2020-2021	Programming Skills and Professional Ethics	50
	Data Analytics Tools I (MS and PowerBI)	49
	Data Analytics Tools II (Matlab and Tableau)	58
2021-2022	Professional Skills and Human Values	48
	J2EE	87
	Data Visualization Tools	36

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The following Skill Enhancement Courses for the MCA Batch 2019 - 2021.

I	Soft Skills
II	.NET Programming
III	Research Methodology
IV	J2EE Practical
V	Python Programming

The following Skill Enhancement Courses / Value Added Courses will be conducted for the academic year 2018 - 2021.

I	Soft Skills
II	.NET Programming
III	Research Methodology
IV	J2EE Practical
V	Python Programming

The following Value Added Courses will be conducted for the academic year 2015 - 2018.

I	Web Designing
II	VB .Net and C#
III	ASP.NET
IV	J2EE
V	Recent Technology - Open Source

The following Value Added Courses will be conducted for the academic year 2014 - 2017.

I	Web Designing
II	Soft skills
III	.NET
IV	J2EE
V	DBA