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Email:ifo@auca.ac.rw
 

Faculty of Information Technology

DEPARTMENTS

  • Department of Information Management
  • Department of Networks and Communication Systems

FACULTY AND STAFF

  

Niyigena Papias, Dean

OUR PHILOSOPHY

As today’s business organizations increasingly depend on effective information systems, and as computers are being used increasingly in their construction, the department emphasizes the analysis and design of information systems in such organizations, and consider the possible gains to be made by using computers to support these activities.  The faculty  provides an environment suitable to produce skilled professional graduates with a sound understanding of the relevant disciplines of network technologies and communicating principles, software construction methods in the broad areas of programming and systems analysis and design for both public and private sectors of industry and commerce.  In all, the appreciation of the spiritual values needed as software developers Information Technology managers and Network Administrators are emphasized while considering ethical, security and privacy issues.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name


Niyigena Papias, Dean
Abiud Moronge Machogu
Luc Ngend Ngend Einstein
Claude Mutabaruka
Emmanuel Ndashimye
Peter Niyodusenga (Lab Assistant)
James K. Onyango-Abuje


Course Outlines

MISSION STATEMENT

The faculty is committed to supporting and implementing the mission of the university in the provision and advancement of a holistic Christian education for the youth with the aim of equipping them with the necessary skills to  serve God and mankind better.

OBJECTIVES

The program will train and equip students to:

  1. Participate in the design of the different organization’s information architecture
  2. Use information systems to design competitive and efficient information communication technology systems
  3. Manage the information communication technology resources in an organization
  4. Understand hardware and software standards for the purpose of system procurement and management
  5. Have a basis for future self-development as computers and computer usage evolve
  6. Appreciate the spiritual values needed in the maintenance of information systems while considering security and privacy issues
  7. Be able to participate in the information technology revolution
  8. Effectively manage IT projects
  9. Sit for relevant professional examinations successfully
  10. Build and apply creative, innovative IT solutions across diverse industries
  11. You experience an innovative, hands-on approach to learning through projects where you develop IT systems

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The students of this faculty are prepared to work with databases of different types and sizes. The person who completes this program will be able to:

  1. Understand and find solutions to the needs of management science
  2. Manage staff and accounts
  3. Manage databases of different sizes
  4. Administer the networks of different types
  5. Programme, test, implement and train end users to find solutions to the needs.

GENERAL COURSES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
 
Code Course  

ACCT 1101
ACCT 1104
ACCT 1205
ACCT 1206
ACCT 1305

BSAD 1337
BSAD 1131
BSAD 1271
BSAD1497

INSY 2116
INSY 2122
INSY 2111
INSY 2140
INSY 2215
INSY 2244
INSY 2354
INSY 2363
INSY 2365
INSY 2366
INSY 2372
INSY 2419
INSY 2420
INSY 2499
INSY 2453
MATH 1103
MATH 1105
MATH 1106
STAT 1217

General Accounting
International Accounting
Corporate Accounting
Advanced Accounting
Cost Accounting

Operations Research
Principles of Management
Financial Management
Internship

Database Dev with PL / SQL
Programming with C language
Software Engineering
Design Methodology for Infor Sys
Database Management Systems
Computer Maintenance
Algorithms 
Object Oriented Programming (C++)
Data Structures with C
Programming with Java
Dot Net
Operating Systems
Computer Networks
IResearch Project
Web technologies and the Internet
Mathematics for Informatics
Financial Mathematics
Logic and Fundamental Circuits Probability and Statistics

  

 

MAJOR COURSES: NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Code Course

MATH111
MATH 212
MATH 222 
ELEC 212
ELEC 121
COSC211
INSY 211
INSY 212
COSC 222
COSC 223  
COSC 224  
COSC 315
COSC316
COSC 316
COSC317
COSC 328
COSC 329
COSC320
INSY 426
INSY 324
INSY 323
COSC411
COSC 412
COSC413 
COSC 414

 

Applied Mathematics (Numerical Methods)
Higher Mathematics                                         
Probability & Statistical Method                      
Electronic Devices & Circuits                          
Digital Computer Fundamentals
Introduction to C Programming
Management Information Systems 
System Analysis and Design  
Data structures and Algorithms
Data Base Management System 
Computer and Communication Network
Object Oriented Programming     
Network Programming (TCP/IP)                  
Introduction to Software Engineering                 
Operating Systems                                           
Programming in Java                                        
Internet Components and Programming             
Routing and Switching                                     
Project Work (Mémoire)                                  
IT Project Management                                       
Data mining and data warehousing                   
Mobile Communication                                     
Network Administration                                    
Introduction to Linux Administration                
Web Design                                                                  

 



 

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