Department of Statistics & Computer Science - Computer Studies(BA)

Computer Studies for Humanities and Social Science - New Syllabus (Academic Year 2015/2016)

The Department, in collaboration with the Department of Industrial Management offers a stream called Computer Studies (COST) to students in the Faculty of Science, Humanities and Social Sciences. The following course units are offered by the Department under the COST stream from the academic year 2015/2016.

Level 1

		Course Units	Status	Pre-requisite
Year 1	Sem 1	COST 11513 - Introduction to Computer Science	C	G.C.E. (A/L)
	Sem 1	COST 11522 - Introduction to Programming Concepts	C	G.C.E. (A/L)
	Sem 2	COST 12533 - Programming in C	C	COST 11513, COST 11522
	Sem 2	COST 12542 - Internet and its Services	C	COST 11513

Level 2

		Course Units	Status	Pre-requisite
Year 2	Sem 1	COST 21513 - Database Management Systems	C	COST 12533
Sem 2	COST 22523 - Structured Systems Analysis and Design	C	COST 11522
COST 22534 - Web Technology and e-Commerce Applications	C	COST 12533, COST 12542

Level 3

		Course Units	Status	Pre-requisite
Year 3	Sem 1	COST 31513 - Visual Programming	C	COST 12533
COST 31523 - Management Information Systems	C	COST 11513
Sem 2	COST 32532 - Web Programming	C	COST 22534
COST 32543 - Multimedia Technologies	C	COST 22534

BA Honours in Computer Studies

		Course Units	Status	Pre-requisite
Year 2	Sem 1	COST 21544 - Mathematical Foundations I	C	G.C.E.(A/L)
		COST 21553 - Advanced Programming Concepts	C	COST 12523
		COST 21562 - Social and Professional Issues of Computing	C	COST 11513
		COST 21573 - Interpersonal Communication	C	G.C.E.(A/L)
	Sem 2	COST 22584 - Mathematical Foundations II	C	COST 21544
	Sem 2	COST 22594 - Mathematical Foundations III	C	COST 21544
Year 3	Sem 1	COST 41013 - Data Structures and Algorithms	C	COST 12533
Year 3	Sem 2	COST 42022 - Object Oriented Programming	C	COST 12533
Year 3/4	Sem 1 and Sem 2	COST 44033 - Operating Systems	C	COST 11513
		COST 44043 - Object Oriented Analysis and Design	C	COST 42022
		COST 44053 - Computer Architecture and Organization	C	COST 44033
		COST 44062 - Advanced Database Concepts	O	COST 21513
		COST 44072 - Advanced Database Applications	O	COST 21513
		COST 44083 - Logic Programming	C	COST 11513
		COST 44092 - Human Computer Interaction	C	COST 22534
		COST 44102 - Research Methodology and Scientific Communication	C	COST 11513
		COST 44112 - Mobile Application Development	O	COST 12533
		COST 44122 - Software Quality Assurance	C	COST 22523
		COST 44132 - Software Project Management	C	COST 22523
		COST 44143 - Data Communication and Networks	C	COST 12542
		COST 44152 - Network and Systems Administration	C	COST 44143, COST 44033
		COST 41164 - e-Business Technologies	O	COST 22534
		COST 41174 - Industrial Training	O	All COST course units in level 1,2 and 3
		COST 44184 - Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing	O	COST 44143
		COST 44193 - Information Security	C	COST 44143
		COST 44203 - Data Mining and Warehousing	O	COST 44062
		COST 44213 - Semantic Web and Ontological Modeling	O	COST 22534
		COST 44223 - Emerging Technologies in IT	O	All COST compulsory course units of Level 3
		COST 43238 - Research Project	C	All COST compulsory course units