UNDERGRADUATE REGULATIONS & SYLLABUSES 2013-2014 THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The Department offers an optional internship programme for second year students majoring in Computer Science or pursuing the BSc Computer Science and Management, BSc Information Technology and BSc Computer Science (Special) degrees. This programme will be helpful in: • Providing practical training to the students during their degree programme; • Providing experience in the working environment, and • Preparing for future jobs.
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TRANSFER OF COURSEWORK MARKS The Department does NOT carry forward coursework marks for their courses (COMP or INFO).
For further Information please visit DCIT website: http://sta.uwi.edu/fst/dcit/ Please note: i. Students majoring in Computer Science and those registered in the BSc Computer Science and Management, /BSc Information Technology and BSc Computer Science (Special) must seek the approval of the Department to read Computing, Information Technology/Systems courses outside of the FST.
COURSE LISTING List of Courses Offered in the Department of Computing & Information Technology for the 2013/2014 academic year. KEY: # Students Majoring in Computer Science or Information Technology will not be credited for COMP 1011. INFO courses also offered to students in the Evening * University (EU) Programme. N.B. Evening University (EU) Programme not offered to new students w.e.f. 2013/2014 Academic Year.
Course Equivalencies : There is substantial overlap in the courses listed hereunder. However, students pursuing Computer Science courses WOULD NOT BE GIVEN credits for the equivalent Information Technology courses and vice versa. Transfer students who pursued the equivalent Computer Science course would be exempted WITHOUT credits from the relevant Information Technology course as listed hereunder. COMP COURSES Course Code Credits MATH 1140 6 COMP1100 6 COMP 1200 6 COMP 2000 4 COMP 2100 4 COMP 2200 4 COMP 2300 4 COMP 2400 4 COMP 2700 4 COMP 3750 4 COMP 3990 4 ii.
SEMESTER 1 Course Code COMP 1011
INFO COURSES Course Code Credits INFO 1415 6 INFO 1420 6 INFO2420 4 INFO 2410 4 INFO 2405 4 INFO 2425 4 INFO 2430 4 INFO 2400 4 INFO 2415 4 INFO 3430 4 INFO 3490 4
COMP 1400 COMP 1401 COMP 1402 COMP 1403 COMP 1404 COMP 1405 COMP 2000 COMP 2200 COMP 2700 COMP 3100 COMP 3150 COMP 3550 COMP 3850 COMP3900
REGULATION REGARDING FAIL THEORY IN FINAL EXAMINATIONS FOR ALL COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COURSES: Students must make a minimum of 40% in the final examination to obtain a PASS Grade. Students who have an overall mark of 40% or more but less than 40% in the Final Examination will be deemed to have failed the examination.
INFO 1500 INFO 1501 INFO 1502 INFO 1503 INFO 2415
Course Title Credits Introduction to Information Technology # 3 Programming I 3 Introduction to Computer Science Concepts I 3 Computer Science Mathematics I 3 Introduction to Web Programming 3 Programming II 3 Programming III 3 Data Structures 4 Computer Architecture 4 Database Management Systems I 4 Operating Systems 4 Computer Networks 4 Internet Technologies II 4 Intelligent Systems 4 Special Topics in Computer Science (Game Programming) 4 Introduction to Information Technology Fundamentals 3 Introduction to WWW Programming 3 Introduction to Problem Solving 3 Introduction to Mathematics for Critical Thinking 3 Enterprise Database Systems * 4
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