FIRST SEMESTER COURSE OUTLINES FOR CSC 100L STUDENTS

COMPILED BY THE VISIONARY (NACOSS-LASU PRO)

CHM 101 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I - (3 units)

 Atomic and Molecule Structure of Matter

 Periodicity and Electronic Configuration
 Stoichiometry; Chemical Reactions and Equations, Introduction to Electrochemistry
 Chemical Bonding
 Chemical Kinetics and Equilibrium
 Simple Treatment of Acids and Bases
 Simple Inorganic Practicals
 Thermochemistry
 Hybridization
 Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry
 Radioactivity

PHY 101 - GENERAL PHYSICS I - (3 units)

 Space and time, units and dimensions, vectors

 Kinematics: fundamental laws of mechanics
 Statics and Dynamics, Work and Energy
 Conservation Laws
 Moments and Energy of Rotation;Simple Harmonic Motion, motion of simple systems
 Elasticity; Hooke's Law, Young's, Shear's and Bulk's Modulus
 Hydrostatics; pressure, buoyancy, Archimedes' principles
 Surface Tension; adhesion, cohesion, capillarity, drops and bubbles
 Temperature; heat, gas laws, laws of thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases.
 Sound; types and properties of waves as applied to sound and light energies. Superposition in
waves.
 Propagation of Sound in gases, solids and liquids and their properties
 The unified spectral analysis of waves

BIO 101 - BASIC PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY - (3 units)

 Levels of Biological Association

 Basic Characteristics of Living Things
 Viral Exceptions
 Microscopy
 Lipids, Proteins and Nucleic Acids
  Cell Structures and Functions of Organelles
 Basic Principles of Reproduction: Mitosis, Growth, Gametogenesis, Inheritance and Hereditary
Trends

MAT 101 - ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY - (3 units)

 Elementary Set Theory; Subsets, Union, Intersection, Complements and Venn Diagrams
 Real Number System
 Mathematical Induction
 Sequences and Series
 Theory of Quadratic Equations
 Binomial Theorem
 Functions
 Polynomials
 Complex Numbers
 Trigonometry

MAT 107 - VECTORS, DYNAMICS AND GEOMETRY - (3 units)

 Geometric Representation of Vectors

 Addition, Scalar and Multiplication of Vectors, Linear Independence
 Scalar and vector products of two vectors.
 Differentiation and integration of vectors with respect to a scalar variable.
 Two dimensional coordinate geometry; straight lines, circles, parabola, ellipse, hyperbola,
tangents and normal.
 Impact of two smooth sphere and of a sphere on a smooth sphere.

MAT 161 - INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS I - (2 units)

 Statistical data; types, sources and methods of collection.

 Presentation of data; tables, chart and graphs.
 Errors and Approximations.
 Frequency and cumulative distributions.
 Measures of location, partition, dispersion, skewness and Kurtosis.
 Rates, ratio and index numbers.
 Basic probability concepts; binomial, normal, student’s t and chi-square distributions.
 Hypothesis testing and confidence intervals for one and two means and proportions,
Regression.

CSC 111 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE - (3 units)

  Introduction to Computer.
- Meaning and history of computer science.
- Generations of Computer.
 Computer Hardware.
– Functional component.
– Modern input and output unit.
 Computer Software.
– Operating system.
– Application packages.
 Program development tools.
– Flow chart.
– Algorithms.
 Programming using basic or visual basic fundamentals.

GNS 101 - USE OF LIBRARY - (2 units)

 Introduction to libraries.
 Definition, Types and historical development of library.
 Development and section of the library.
– Administrative Department.
– Collection Development Department.
– Technical Services Department.
– Readers Services Department.
– Serials Section.
– E-Library.
 Access point in Libraries.
 The Library Catalogue (OPAC).
 Arrangement of books in the Library. Classification skills:
– Library of Congress Classification Skills.
– GEWEY of Congress Classification Skills.
– MOYS Classification Skills.
– XR Rangalatha.
– Universal Decimal Classicfication Skill.
– National Library of Medicine Classification Skill.
 Libraries and Research.
 Libraries and Education.
 The copyright law and its implication for library.
 ICT and IT in Libraries.
 Library Data Basis.
 Revision.
PHY 105 - EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS I - 1 unit

 Experiments arising from the theory courses of Phy 101

CHM 103 - EXPERIMENTAL CHEMISTRY I - 1 unit

 Experiments arising from the theory courses of Chem 101

BIO 103 - Experimental Biology I - 1 unit

 Experiments arising from the theory courses of Bio 101