Artificial Intelligence
Formulate problems, search state spaces, represent knowledge, reason under uncertainty and build elementary neural models.
AgentsA*LogicBayesFuzzy reasoningANN
01 / COMPOSITION
Semester
composition.
All three Major courses follow the university curriculum. The Minor menus contain only the department-confirmed options; the combination preview does not constitute allotment.
BCOSMAJ11C · 6 credits · 4-2-0
BCOSMAJ12C · 6 credits · 4-2-0
BCOSMAJ13C · 6 credits · 4-2-0
02 / COURSE MAP
Learning
scope.
Semester 7 spans symbolic intelligence, low-level hardware control and mathematical image construction.
Microprocessor
Understand processor architecture, write assembly-language programs and interface memory and peripheral devices.
8085AssemblyMemoryInterruptsDMAInterfaces
Computer Graphics
Generate primitives, transform and clip objects, model geometry, remove hidden surfaces and render scenes.
RasterisationClipping2D/3D transformsCurvesShading
Physics or Chemistry
The available options are Thermal and Statistical Physics and Inorganic & Physical Chemistry–II.
ThermodynamicsStatisticsRedoxGroup chemistryPractical work
Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics
The available options are the corresponding Physics or Chemistry course and Numerical Methods & Basic Computer Programming in C.
Thermal physicsInorganic chemistryNumerical methodsC programming
03 / FIRST 8 WEEKS
Intelligence
sprint.
A suggested study sequence. Each week ends with a visible artefact: a trace, diagram, program or rendered result.
Frame intelligent problems
Define agents, environments, states, actions, goals and performance measures.
Read the processor
Map buses, registers, memory and I/O around a microprocessor-based system.
Draw pixels correctly
Implement Bresenham line and midpoint circle algorithms; compare generated pixels.
Search efficiently
Compare uninformed, greedy best-first, A*, hill-climbing and simulated annealing.
Program the machine
Practise data transfer, arithmetic, logic, branching, loops and indexed operations.
Transform and clip
Use homogeneous coordinates for 2D/3D transformations and apply line/polygon clipping.
Represent knowledge
Move from propositions to first-order logic, resolution, forward and backward chaining.
Build one demonstrator
Present a small AI search, assembly routine or graphics pipeline with traceable output.
0 / 8 weeks complete
04 / SYLLABUS LENS
Course
details.
The tabs provide fast orientation, while the full syllabus accordions support lecture and revision planning.
BCOSMAJ11C · 6 CREDITS
Artificial Intelligence
Search and games
Agents, uninformed/informed/local search, AND–OR graphs, minimax and alpha–beta pruning.
Knowledge and uncertainty
Propositional and first-order logic, resolution, chaining, Bayes, belief networks and fuzzy reasoning.
Neural foundations
Biological comparison, perceptron learning, feed-forward networks and error.
Suggested checkpoint
Implement and explain one search problem, including state representation, frontier behaviour and result.
BCOSMAJ12C · 6 CREDITS
Microprocessor
Architecture
Internal organisation, buses, memory/I/O interfacing and troubleshooting.
Programming
Data transfer, arithmetic, logic, branching, loops, indexing, instruction formats and assembly.
Interfacing
Address decoding, cache, keyboard/display, timers, interrupts, DMA, video and communication interfaces.
BCOSMAJ13C · 6 CREDITS
Computer Graphics
Generation and transformation
Raster/random scan hardware, line/circle/ellipse algorithms, filling, clipping and 2D/3D transformations.
Modelling and rendering
Curves, surfaces, hidden-surface elimination, illumination, shading, colour and animation.
BPHSMEA47T / BPHSMEB47T · 4 CREDITS
Thermal and Statistical Physics
Thermodynamics
Laws, processes, entropy, potentials, Maxwell relations and thermodynamic identities.
Kinetic and statistical physics
Velocity distribution, transport, radiation and Maxwell–Boltzmann, Fermi–Dirac and Bose–Einstein statistics.
BCEMMEA47C / BCEMMEB47C · 4 CREDITS
Inorganic & Physical Chemistry–II
Redox and group chemistry
Balancing methods, oxidimetry/reductimetry, group trends and compounds of selected p-block families.
Thermodynamics I
Zeroth and first laws, state/path functions, heat, work, internal energy, enthalpy and gas expansions.
BMTMMEB47T · 4 CREDITS
Numerical Methods & Basic Computer Programming in C
Numerical methods
Errors, nonlinear equations, linear systems, interpolation and numerical integration.
C programming
Language structure, types, operators, conditions, loops, arrays, functions and small numerical programs.
05 / COMPLETE SYLLABUS
Official content,
cleanly set.
Course modules follow the SKBU detailed records. Minor 1 and Minor 2 variants share subject content and use their respective MEA/MEB codes.
MAJ-11Artificial Intelligence
CodeBCOSMAJ11C
L-P-Tu4-2-0
Credits6
ModeCombined
Introduction · 3 lectures
Definitions, importance, evolution and applications of AI; environment-based classification, intelligent agents and agent types.
Solving Problems by Search · 12 lectures
Search principles; uninformed, partial-information and informed strategies; greedy best-first, A*, hill-climbing and simulated annealing.
Adversarial Search · 5 lectures
AND–OR graphs, game playing, minimax and alpha–beta pruning.
Knowledge Representation and Inference · 15 lectures
Knowledge-based systems, propositional logic, rules, resolution, first-order logic, syntax/semantics, quantifiers, Horn clauses, refutation, forward and backward chaining.
Reasoning under Uncertainty · 10 lectures
Uncertainty, probability and Bayes’ rule, inference, belief networks, utility-based approaches and fuzzy reasoning.
Artificial Neural Networks · 15 lectures
ANN fundamentals, biological comparison, perceptrons, learning, feed-forward networks and error.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Using Python, Prolog or another suitable language: facts/queries, arithmetic, Tower of Hanoi, 8-puzzle, 4-Queens, travelling salesperson and water-jug problems.
OFFICIAL SKBU RECORD · COMPUTER SCIENCE · SEMESTER 7
MAJ-12Microprocessor
CodeBCOSMAJ12C
L-P-Tu4-2-0
Credits6
ModeCombined
Microprocessor Architecture · 20 lectures
Internal architecture and operation, applications, system-bus architecture, memory and I/O interfaces, memory-segment interfacing, testing and troubleshooting.
Microprocessor Programming · 20 lectures
Data transfer, arithmetic, logical and branch operations; loops, counting, indexing, additional transfers, register organisation, instruction formats and assembly-language programming.
Interfacing · 20 lectures
Memory-address decoding, cache and cache controllers, I/O, keyboard/display, timers, subroutines, interrupts, interrupt/DMA/video controllers and communication interfaces.
Microprocessor Laboratory
Sixteen-bit multiplication/division and BCD arithmetic; searches; array addition/subtraction; binary–ASCII conversion; HCF/LCM; and bubble sort.
OFFICIAL SKBU RECORD · COMPUTER SCIENCE · SEMESTER 7
MAJ-13Computer Graphics
CodeBCOSMAJ13C
L-P-Tu4-2-0
Credits6
ModeCombined
Introduction · 7 lectures
Basic elements and applications of computer graphics.
Graphics Hardware · 8 lectures
Raster- and random-scan display architectures and input/output devices.
Fundamental Techniques · 22 lectures
Raster scan lines, circles, ellipses, thick primitives, polygon filling, line/polygon clipping, 2D/3D transformations, viewing, parallel/perspective projections and vanishing points.
Modelling, Visibility and Rendering · 23 lectures
Curves and surfaces, hidden-surface elimination, illumination and shading, colour models and computer animation.
Computer Graphics Laboratory
Bresenham line, midpoint circle, Cohen–Sutherland line clipping, Sutherland–Hodgman polygon clipping, 2D/3D transformations, parallel/perspective projection and Hermite/Bézier curves.
OFFICIAL SKBU RECORD · COMPUTER SCIENCE · SEMESTER 7
MINOR · PHYSICSThermal and Statistical Physics
Minor 1 codeBPHSMEA47T
Minor 2 codeBPHSMEB47T
L-P-Tu3-0-1
Credits4
Laws of Thermodynamics · 16 lectures
Zeroth, first, second and third laws; internal energy; heat/work; thermodynamic processes; heat capacities; reversibility; Carnot cycle; entropy and absolute zero.
Thermodynamic Potentials · 7 lectures
Enthalpy, Gibbs/Helmholtz/internal-energy functions, Maxwell relations, Joule–Thomson effect, Clausius–Clapeyron equation and TdS equations.
Kinetic Theory and Radiation · 15 lectures
Maxwell velocity distribution, mean free path, transport, equipartition, specific heat, blackbody radiation, Planck, Wien, Rayleigh–Jeans and Stefan–Boltzmann laws.
Statistical Mechanics · 7 lectures
Phase space, macrostates/microstates, entropy and probability; Maxwell–Boltzmann, Fermi–Dirac and Bose–Einstein distributions.
Practical · any five
Mechanical equivalent of heat, Planck constant, thermal conductivity, resistance thermometry, thermocouples, cooling curves, RTD calibration and Stefan constant.
OFFICIAL SKBU RECORD · PHYSICS · SEMESTER 7
MINOR · CHEMISTRYInorganic & Physical Chemistry–II
Minor 1 codeBCEMMEA47C
Minor 2 codeBCEMMEB47C
L-P-Tu3-1-0
Credits4
Redox · 10 lectures
Balancing equations by oxidation-number and ion–electron methods; oxidimetry and reductimetry.
Group Chemistry · 20 lectures
Electronic configurations, forms, oxidation states, inert-pair effect and important compounds for B/Al/Ga/In/Tl; C/Si/Ge/Sn/Pb; N/P/As/Sb/Bi; O/S/Se/Te; and F/Cl/Br/I groups.
Thermodynamics I · 15 lectures
Intensive/extensive variables, state/path functions, system types, zeroth and first laws, heat, work, internal energy, enthalpy, heat capacities and reversible/irreversible/free gas expansions.
Practical
Qualitative semi-micro analysis of mixtures containing three radicals from the stated acid- and basic-radical groups.
OFFICIAL SKBU RECORD · CHEMISTRY · SEMESTER 7
MINOR 2 · MATHEMATICSNumerical Methods & Basic Computer Programming in C
CodeBMTMMEB47T
L-P-Tu4-0-0
Credits4
Lectures60
Unit I: Numerical Methods · 2 credits, 30 lectures
Absolute/relative, round-off and truncation errors; bisection, fixed-point and Newton–Raphson methods; Gaussian elimination and Gauss–Seidel; finite differences; Lagrange and Newton interpolation; Newton–Cotes, trapezoidal and Simpson integration.
Unit II: Basic Computer Programming in C · 2 credits, 30 lectures
Computer languages; C structure, character set, identifiers, constants and declarations; operators and precedence; input/output, assignment, decisions, loops, arrays and functions; programs for ordering, series, primes, factorial, temperature conversion, triangle area, interest, mean and standard deviation.
OFFICIAL SKBU RECORD · MATHEMATICS · SEMESTER 7
06 / STUDY OPERATING SYSTEM
Three rules
for advanced work.
Trace every algorithm
For search, assembly and rasterisation, a hand trace exposes misunderstandings early.
Keep representations explicit
Write down states, registers, coordinate systems and assumptions before calculating.
Demonstrate, do not merely describe
Maintain small executable examples and screenshots of output throughout the semester.
07 / SUGGESTED MASTERY TARGETS
Expected evidence includes three demonstrable systems: intelligent, low-level and visual.
01Solve problems with search and logic
02Write and trace assembly routines
03Construct a graphics pipeline
04Apply the selected Minor foundation
These targets and the eight-week plan are suggested guidance. Official course structure and modules remain separate and traceable.