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DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS

CSE205 4 Credits L:3 T:0 P:2

This course focuses on employability and skill development, designed to enable students to understand time and space complexity of programs and data structures. It covers the implementation and importance of Linked Lists, Stacks, Queues, Trees, Heap operations, and Hashing techniques for efficient data storage and retrieval.

Study Units

Unit 1

Introduction, Arrays, Sorting and Searching

Unit 2

Linked Lists

Unit 3

Stacks and Queues

Unit 4

Trees and Recursion

Unit 5

Heaps and Hashing

Unit 6

Graphs

Continuous Assessment

Note: Best 1 of 2 CAs will be considered for evaluation.
Programming Practice 30%
Test - Code based 1 30%
Test - Code based 2 30%
Test - Code based 3 40%

Programming Practice

30%

Approx. 132 coding problems and 90 MCQs on the selected third party platform. To qualify, student should solve at least 50% of coding problems and 50% of MCQ questions.

Week 1 / 14

Test - Code based 1

30%

Mix of MCQs (10 Marks) and Coding Problems (20 Marks). To evaluate progress of individual student based upon basic data structures implementation and complexity.

Week 4 / 5

Test - Code based 2

30%

Mix of MCQs (10 Marks) and Coding Problems (20 Marks). To evaluate progress of individual student based upon applicability of learned concepts.

Week 9 / 10

Test - Code based 3

40%

The test will be of one hour duration and will be conducted in offline mode.

Week 12 / 13

Exams & Practice

End Term Examination

Final semester comprehensive evaluation

45%

Type: Practical

Coming Soon

CSE205 - FAQs

How many units are in CSE205?

CSE205 has 6 units. Each unit includes detailed notes and MCQ practice questions.

What exam resources are available for CSE205?

Unit-wise notes and MCQ practice are available. Exam resources coming soon.

How to prepare for CSE205 exams?

Study each unit's notes thoroughly, practice MCQs to test understanding, and attempt mock tests before exams. Focus on important topics and previous year questions.