BITS Pilani · Hyderabad Campus · B.E. Computer Science

Study Notes

Syllabus-scoped explainers, built module by module against the actual course handouts. Bookmark this page — new material appears here as each handout arrives.

Semester 1 courses

Each course opens on its guide — the honest gap check, study strategy, and the full table of contents (lessons, notes, and drills, module by module).

📐 MATH U101

Multivariable Calculus

Thomas' Calculus, 15th ed. · Live: catch-up plan, Modules 1–6 (lessons + notes, the whole mid-sem portion), mid-sem past papers decoded (2023–2025, opening moves first) + how-to-start routine + openings-only start drill, tutorial companion for Sheets 2–5 + practice drill, problem clinic, doubt clinic, Quiz 1 post-mortem, 4 drills · narrated walkthroughs for Quiz 2 (W0a–W7 plus slow from-zero versions of T6 Q7, Q10, Q11–Q12) (Modules 4–6, all Tutorial 6–7 questions) + quiz-day plan and name-the-routine drill + tutorial companion Sheets 2–7 · Quiz 2 on 29 Sep; mid-sem 5 Oct, open book, Modules 1–6.

⚡ EEE U111

Electrical Sciences

Bobrow & Gupta, Asian ed. · Live: course guide, schematic-reading lesson, Modules 1–2 (lessons + notes, drawn circuits), Module 3 transients (lesson + notes, widgets), Module 2 dependent-sources section, Module 1 extras lesson, tutorial sheets 1–2 with hints & solutions, circuit + tutorial drills · mid-sem past papers decoded (2024–2026, verbatim, redrawn, key errors flagged) + how-to-start routine + openings-only start drill + ladders from tiny circuits up to each past-paper question + six narrated walkthroughs (Norton and superposition with dependent sources, RL/RC switching, series and parallel RLC) · mid-sem 6 Oct, closed book · Next: Module 4, AC.

🎲 MATH U113

Probability & Statistics

Devore, 9th ed. (Metric) · Handout reconciled: Modules 1–3 (lessons + notes), tutorial sheets 1–3 with hints & solutions, Tutorial 2 Bayes + birthday deep dive, previous-year Quiz 1 decoded + both quiz questions rebuilt from zero, tutorial-pattern + counting + quiz-format drills, doubt clinic (22 cards on five topic pages + filterable index, incl. six Devore worked examples), Quiz post-mortem (real paper, all variants, matching problem + derangements added to Module 2), R-lab pages (Lab 1 sheet corrected + Lab 2 simulation page: d/p/q/r, three silent traps, simulation widget), Module 3 part 2 (MGFs, Chebyshev, transformations), mid-sem past papers from zero (2024–2026, verbatim questions) + mid-sem PYQ drill, how-to-start routine + start-only drill · Quiz done 9 Sep (10%); mid-sem 7 Oct closed book · Next: Module 4 (joint distributions).

💻 CS U111

Computational Thinking & Programming

Hanly & Koffman, 8th ed. · Live: course guide (gap check, evaluation decoded, syllabus map), MacBook setup guide for C, Lab 4 loops — lesson + notes + every sheet problem worked and compiler-verified, plus a 14-program loops ladder and a predict-the-output drill; functions (Lecture 7), arrays (Lecture 8) and strings (Lecture 9): lessons + notes, an arrays ladder and a functions/arrays/strings output drill; mid-sem prep: three past papers decoded (answer-key errors flagged), operators/I-O/selection lesson + notes + output drill, number-systems drill, write-a-program routine + past-paper programs · Lab evaluations are open book, unannounced, best k of n · Next: solutions for Lab Sheets 5A, 5B and 6 once they arrive; mid-sem prep.

🛠 BITS U103

Engineering Design & Prototyping

Autodesk Fusion · Live: course guide, 5 lessons (incl. new: decomposing tutorial-grade parts), 12 self-marking rebuild drills across two levels, shortcuts card · mid-sem graphics prep: crash course on this year's three graphics question types (missing view, missing lines, sections) + last year's Q7, Q8, Q10 decoded + 14 exam-level practice problems · mid-sem Sat 3 Oct · Next: scope reconciliation when the handout arrives.

Coming as handouts arrive

PHY U101 (Classical & Quantum Waves) · CHEM U101 · BIO U101