Study Plan for PG-DAC (6-Month Course)

Duration: ~24 weeks (assuming 4-5 hours/day, 5 days/week)

Goal: Master the modules and prepare for placements in the IT industry.

Week 1-2: C++ Programming

• Focus: Understand syntax, OOP concepts (classes, inheritance, polymorphism), pointers, and memory management.
• Study Hours: 40 hours (20 hours/week).
• Resources:
  • Book: "C++ Primer" by Stanley B. Lippman (available on Amazon or PDF versions on sites like Z-Library).
  • Online: Tutorials on GeeksforGeeks (C++ section: geeksforgeeks.org/c-plus-plus).
  • Videos: FreeCodeCamp’s C++ tutorial on YouTube.
• Practice: Solve 50+ basic problems on HackerRank (C++ track).

Week 3-5: Object-Oriented Programming in Java

• Focus: Java syntax, OOP principles, exception handling, collections framework.
• Study Hours: 60 hours (20 hours/week).
• Resources:
  • Book: "Head First Java" by Kathy Sierra (find on Amazon or PDF versions).
  • Online: Oracle’s Java Tutorials (docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial).
  • Videos: Java course by Telusko on YouTube.
• Practice: Code 50+ problems on LeetCode (Java tag) or HackerRank.

Week 6-8: Algorithms & Data Structures using Java

• Focus: Arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, graphs, sorting, searching, time complexity.
• Study Hours: 60 hours.
• Resources:
  • Book: "Introduction to Algorithms" by Cormen (aka CLRS, available on Amazon).
  • Online: GeeksforGeeks Data Structures section.
  • Videos: Abdul Bari’s DSA course on YouTube.
• Practice: Solve 70+ problems on LeetCode (focus on array, string, and tree problems).

Week 9-11: Database Technologies

• Focus: SQL, relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL), normalization, indexing.