Academic Study Plan Cohort entering 2016-2017
(Information Technology)
Academic plan for the bachelor stage
The academic plan for the bachelor's degree of information technology Department in the College of Computer and Information Sciences consists of 130 credit hours distributed as follows:
Requirements |
Credit hours |
University requirements | 18 |
College Requirements | Core | 37 |
Electives | - |
Departmental Requirements | Core | 52 |
Electives | 15 |
Free Courses | 8 |
Total |
130 |
Coding Courses
The course code consists of a literal and numerical classification. The literal classification refers to the department, and the numerical classification consists of three digits as follows:
1. The number in the hundreds represents the academic year.
2. The number in the tens represents a specific knowledge area within the department.
3. The number in the ones symbolizes the subpision within a specific knowledge area.
The number’s location meaning in the code of courses
Middle Digit |
Knowledge Area |
0 | Information Technology Fundamentals |
1 | Computer and Network Security |
2 | Computer Networking |
3 | Advanced Networking |
4 | Integrative Programming and Technologies |
5 | Platform Technologies |
6 | System Integration and Architecture |
7 | System Administration and Maintenance |
8 | Web Systems and Technologies |