The curriculum of the BSc:IT(Information and Knowledge Systems) consists of fundamental, core and elective modules in each year of study. The degree is awarded upon successful completion of a minimum number of credits that comply with the study programmes.
Type: Undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Computer Literacy
- Information Literacy
- Academic Literacy
- Community-based Project
- Program Design: Introduction
- Introduction to Computer Science
- Netcentric Computer Systems
- Calculus
- Discrete Structures
Second year subjects:
- Data Structures and Algorithms
- Design patterns
- Operating systems
- Concurrent systems
- Informatics
Third year subjects:
- Software engineering
Careers: computer specialist, IKS technician.
Source: www.up.ac.za