CUT Baccalaureus Technologiae: Information Technology
Qualification & Code
BACCALAUREUS TECHNOLOGIAE: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT) as well as (WEB AND APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT)BCBTIW / BCBTIP
- Campus
Bloemfontein
- Duration of Programme
1 years
- Enrolment Option(s)
Semester 1
- SAQA Credits
120
- NQF Level
7
- Admission Requirements
National Senior Certificate or equivalent qualification
- Selection and/ or interview
Selection
Additional Admission Requirements
For candidates who matriculated in 2007 or before:
Appropriate M+3 qualification with an average of 65%.
For candidates who completed the NSC in 2008 and thereafter:
National Diploma: Information Technology, with the appropriate instructional offerings and an average of 65%.
Career Opportunities
The world is increasingly becoming a global village, with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) playing a fundamental role in our day-to-day lives. South Africa, like other countries, realises that ICTs can indeed bring about positive change in its socio-economic development. CUT’s contribution to this national agenda is realised through diploma, BTech and MTech programmes offered in the Department of IT. Through these programmes, the university contributes to the ever-increasing demand for a wide range of highly skilled information technology professionals in fields such as web applications, communication networks and software development. The Department is particularly unique in the country, as it offers courses in mobile programming and games development. The Department has state-of-the-art Cisco equipment through which students get hands-on experience in computer networking, which provides opportunities for various professional certification pathways.
Our graduates will be able to take up jobs in:
Systems analysis: System developers, application designers, business analysts, information analysts, management information analysts, system analysts.
Programming: Application developers, games and mobile application developers, software developers, internet application developers.
Computer networking: Computer network administrators and technical assistants.
Database development and management: Business database analysts, database administrators, database managers.
Project management: Information Systems (IS) project leaders.
Remarks
Instructional offerings are presented on demand, depending on the number of students enrolling for such offerings. There is a possibility that a particular instructional offering will not be presented during a specific year.
4TH YEAR INSTRUCTIONAL OFFERINGS
SEMESTER1
CMN41AB Communication Networks IV
CSY41AB Computer Security IV
DBS41AB Database Systems IV
IPE41AB Internet Programming and e-Commerce IV
NMT11AB Research Methodology
OPG41AB Development Software IV
ITM41AB Information and Technology Management IV
SEMESTER2 INSTRUCTIONAL OFFERINGS
ACN41AB Advanced Communication Networks IV
ADS42AB Advanced Development Software IV
APE42AB Advanced Internet Programming and e-Commerce IV
BSL42AB Operating Systems IV
PIO42AB Software Engineering and Design IV
TPG42AB Technical Programming IV
USR42AB User Interfaces Design IV
CRA42AB Computer Architecture IV
PRJ40AB Project IV