Detailed Syllabus for B.B.A.

Degree Programme
Semester III
(Core Course)
BM-289
Computer Applications in Business

L-T-P-C
4-0-2-6

Objective: To provide preliminary computer skills & knowledge to students & to

enhance the understanding of usefulness of information technology tools for
business operations.
Course Content
Word Processing: Introduction to word Processing, Word processing concepts, Use
of Templates, Editing text, Find & replace text, Formatting, spell check, Autocorrect,
Autotext; Bullets & numbering, Tabs, Paragraph Formatting, Indent, Page
Formatting, Header & footer, Tables: Inserting, filling & formatting a table; Inserting
Pictures & Video; Mail Merge.
Preparing Presentations: Basics of presentations: Slides, Fonts, Drawing, Editing;
Inserting: Tables, Images, texts, Symbols, Media; Design; Transition; Animation; &
Slideshow. Creating Business Presentations.
Spreadsheet & its Business Applications: Spreadsheet concepts, Managing
worksheets; Formatting, Editing, & Printing a worksheet; Handling operators in
formula, Project involving multiple spreadsheets, Organizing Charts & graphs,
Spreadsheet functions: Mathematical, Statistical, Financial, Logical, Date & Time,
Lookup & reference, Database, & Text functions. Creating spreadsheet in the area of
Loan & Lease statement; Ratio Analysis; Payroll statements; Capital Budgeting;
Depreciation Accounting; Frequency distribution & its statistical parameters;
Correlation & Regression.
Database Management System: Database Designs for Accounting & Business
Applications: Reality- Expressing the Application; Creating Initial design in Entity
Relationship(ER) Model; Transforming ER Model to Relational data model concepts;
Implementing RDM design using an appropriate DBMS. DBMS Software:
Environment; Tables; Forms; Queries; Reports; Modules; Applying DBMS in the

areas of Accounting, Inventory, HRM & its accounting, Managing the data records of
Employees, Suppliers & Customers.
List of Experiments
1 Creating, editing & formatting text using a wordprocessor.
2 Preparing documents for printing, inserting objects such as images & tables.
3 Exercises on Mail merge.
4 Creating presentations, formatting & inserting slides.
5 Applying effects & animations in slides.
6 Exercises on creating, editing & formatting spreadsheets
7 Creating different types of charts on given data
8 Creating spreadsheets to apply formula using relative & absolute references
9 Creating spreadsheets to apply different categories of functions: text,
mathematical, statistical, date & time, database, financial & logical
10 Creating Macros, conditional formatting, filtering & sorting the data.
11 Creating databases using DBMS
12 Creating queries, reports & forms in a DBMS.

Text/Reference Books
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O Level Business System. Jain V. 3rd Ed. BPB Publication. 2003

Introduction to Database System. Desai B C. Galgotia Publication. 1997
MS Office. Joyce C, Curtis F, Steve L, Joan P. 1st Ed. Microsoft Press. 2007
Microsoft Access 2010 Plain & Simple. Frye C. 1st Ed. Microsoft Press. 2010