COURSE: BSC IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (INFORMA...

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

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