About the Program
In this age of revolutionary changes in information technologies, Information Technologies Program under the School of Applied Sciences was founded in order to educate qualified staff in software applications and computer hardware inspection, design, development, execution, management and support. The content of this program is designed to provide students with practical and theoretical perspectives on computing technologies and to have a different perspective. Within the program, students are offered various courses in different areas of information technology including system analysis and design, database management systems, internet and visual programming, network management and design, and business intelligence.
Educational Opportunities
Students are able to access the required course materials from the university's library and online course management portal. Furthermore, as part of the coursework, students benefit from the laboratories and/or field work (for practical courses) to implement the theoretical input into practice. In addition to the laboratory exercises; practical implementations, combined with the case studies from real life situations, course internships and independent studies offered within courses also help students to apply theory into practice. Moreover, seminars given by experts from the sector/market; invited guest speakers for relevant courses, summer internship where students work in a company for 30 days and collaborations with other organizations offer authentic learning and potential employment opportunities for students.
Career Areas
Graduates can design information systems, work in development and application areas, establish their own technology companies, work in the public and private sectors in Turkey, Europe and in emerging business opportunities in other countries at higher rates. These countries experience constant improvement and reconstruction so there is a high demand for the graduates of this program in our country and the rest of the world. The use and development of information technologies is rapidly increasing in all areas of our lives. For this reason, graduates of the program will be able to find employment in different business areas where technological development and changes are needed. Graduates of Information Technologies Program are able to work in various fields, especially in information processing centers, project development, and software and programming and consultancy units of the private sector and public institutions. Potential positions include; system engineer, program developer, mobile application developer, website manager, network designer, database administrator and information technology consultant.
Contact
School of Applied Sciences
Science and Technology Center, ST256
Tel: +90 392 671 1111 Extension: 2751
School E-mail: secretary-sas@ciu.edu.tr
Head of Department: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mary AGOYI
Head of Department E-mail: magoyi@ciu.edu.tr
Compulsory Courses
First Semester
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS-I
Course code
BUSN101Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
6
This course is designed to teach introductory business students fundamental knowledge about a business. For this purpose, understanding the contemporary business environment is a starting point. After briefly covering the business of managing, all functional areas of a business are discussed. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of business concepts as a foundation for studying other business subjects. The students will be able to identify potential marketing opportunities, relate how business institutions are operated nowadays, and describe business ownership forms. The course is also designed to expose students to the multitude of career fields in the area of business and it will also help them to obtain information about starting their own businesses, identifying basic long and short term planning techniques.
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING
Course code
CMPE101Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
5
This course presents the basics of computer systems. The course is structured in two parts; including a short history of computers, the first part of this course presents the history, basic concepts and terminology of information technology, basic hardware and software components of a computer system, and integration of computer system components. Besides the terminologies and abbreviations, the students learn about the hardware setup of a personal computer and the relations between the processor, memory and secondary devices. The laboratory part includes basic computer usage and office programs (MS Word, Excel). In the second part, basics of problem solving approaches, components and construction of computer programs, flow-charting, and modular programming issues are discussed. Basics of C programming language are covered in classroom.
MICROECONOMICS
Course code
ECON101Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
7
Course involves introduction to economics, what is economics? Micro and Macro Economics, Needs, wants, preferences, scarcity and consumer preferences, Production Possibilities Frontier, Opportunity Cost, Budget Line, Cost-Benefit Principle, Explicit and Implicit costs, Elasticity -Inferior goods, normal goods, luxury goods, complement goods and substitute goods, Demand Curve and Supply Curve, Excess demand and supply,Demand and Supply functions, Equilibrium price and quantity by using functions, Types of taxes and their effects on demand and supply,Types of Costs; Fixed costs and variable costs. Calculating total revenue and total costs,Calculating profit and loss,Calculating Break even quantity,Drawing Break Even chart,Types of Depreciation and calculating depreciation.
READING AND WRITING SKILLS-I
Course code
ENGL141Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
This course aims to develop students' listening, speaking, reading - writing and study skills. The course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills through controlled activities and to equip students with the basic study skills necessary to follow the curriculum of English. This course also provides students with the opportunity to process the newly acquired knowledge and to develop their ability to ask questions about how to apply the new knowledge to new situations and ask them to think critically. In addition, this course will enable students to learn about the different strategies required to review the various reading pieces, such as finding the main idea and distinguishing the details from the main idea.
CALCULUS-I
Course code
MATH101Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
5
Calculus-I provides the methods of differential and integral calculus with applications in geometry, physics and engineering. Students in this course will learn how to use mathematical language needed for applying the concepts of calculus to numerous applications in science and engineering such as identifying types of functions, graph of functions, evaluating limit of functions, limit of elementary functions (polynomial, trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential,…), methods to solve the undefined limits (L’Hopitals Rule), continuous functions, evaluate derivative of functions, definition of derivative, derivative of elementary functions, derivative of product of two functions and division of functions, applications of derivative, evaluate integrals of functions, definition of the integral, integral of elementary functions, substitution method, integration by parts, integral of rational functions, application of the integral (finding the area) .
TURKISH LANGUAGE
Course code
TREG100Credit
0Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
This course examines basic areas of language and expression. In the first half of the course, the theoretical approach to language is formed and the spelling rules of the Turkish language are studied. In the latter part of the course, language and narrative errors are studied together with editing. In the second half of the course, formal writing, curriculum vitae, petition, evaluation of the columns in terms of language and style, types of written expression and practice; Turkish production and application of shooting attachments; Turkish grammar structure; It is aimed to teaching subjects like phonetics of Turkish to students.
TURKISH
Course code
TURK100Credit
0Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
This course provides an orientation to modern Turkish language for foreign students who wish to communicate in this language for their needs. It mainly focuses on the differences between Turkish and English Alphabets, especially the sounds and the letters which are not included in the English alphabet (i.e. Turkish letters ç-ğ-i-ö-ş-ü). In addition, basic grammar and sentence structure forms in Turkish are practised. The required grammar and vocabulary will also be developed through their adaptation to daily situations in contexts such as introducing yourselves, greeting, talking about the things they possess by using possessive adjectives, forming positive, negative and question sentences by using present simple, telling the time, talking about their own timetables, using demonstrative pronouns when describing the place of objects and becoming familiar with vocabulary related to family members.
Second Semester
MACROECONOMICS
Course code
ECON102Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
7
This is an introductory course covering money, the monetary system and their relevance to the functioning of the national economy. It covers monetary and fiscal policies, unemployment, interest rates, and inflation as well. It dwells on the measurement of the level of output and its determination. Particular emphasis is placed on the forces that determine the actual and potential level of output and on policies designed to promote economic stability and growth. Important policy debates such as the sub-prime crisis, social security, the public debt and international economic issues are critically explored. The balance of payments is explained. The determination of the exchange rate is presented with reference to the international monetary system.
READING AND WRITING SKILLS-II
Course code
ENGL142Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
This course is the continuation of ENG 101. The course aims to improve students' listening, speaking, reading, writing and working skills. In the course, students are guided in writing compare and contrast essays using Venn diagram. In addition, the aim of the course is to learn the necessary conjunctions for composition writing. In addition, the students will be able to write a four-part critical composition by learning the difference between ideas and factual real sentences and how to write the opposing opinion and sentences used to refute it. Thus, the students will be able to distinguish between the compare and contrast essay and discursive essay. Students will also be able to make presentations by using presentation techniques. In addition, this course aims to summarize the reading pieces of the students and to use the strategies of reading and to draw conclusions and meanings using their reading skills.
HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION
Course code
HIST100Credit
0Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
The aim of this course is to outline the development of civilizations in the course of history. It firstly focuses on the concepts such as “Civilization”, “Prehistoric”, and “Historic” and on the factors forcing the emergence of the first civilizations. As well as examining the prehistoric periods and their characteristics in the course of human life since the first appearance of human beings on earth, the course mainly focuses on the early civilizations, namely the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Aegean, Classical Greek, Hellenistic, Indian, Chinese and Roman Civilizations. Political, social, economical, cultural, intellectual, philosophical and scientific aspects in these entities are also examined in this course.
FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Course code
ITEC104Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
6
This course is designed to introduce students to contemporary information systems and demonstrate how these systems are used throughout global organizations. The focus of this course will be on the key components of information systems - people, software, hardware, data, and communication technologies, and how these components can be integrated and managed to create competitive advantage. The necessary topics that will be covered in this course are; how and why information systems are used today, how organizations are using information systems for competitive advantage vs. competitive necessity, information technology concepts such as hardware and software, telecommunication and networks, internet, intranet, extranet, electronic and mobile commerce, enterprise systems, decision support systems and knowledge management.
INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING
Course code
ITEC112Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
6
The course will introduce basic and fundamental programming constructs and techniques through using the C++ programming language in order to generate algorithmic solutions to problems. Upon completion of the course, students will learn an introduction to algorithms, solving problems by flowcharts and pseudo codes, header files, data types, arithmetic & logic operators, control statements (if, if/else, switch-case) and use them as inner statements, loop statements (while, do/while, for), functions, standard functions of programming language, random number generation and their area of use, user-defined functions, global and local variables, recursion, arrays, searching algorithms on arrays, sorting algorithms on arrays, pointers, pointer operators, using pointers with arrays and functions. In the laboratory hours, students are writing full programs or modifying existing programs for other solutions.
CALCULUS-II
Course code
MATH102Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
5
This course provides the methods of differential and integral calculus with applications in geometry, physics and engineering. Topics included are as follows: Sequences and infinite series, properties of sequences, test for convergence, tests for series with both positive and non-positive series, absolutely convergence and conditionally convergence . Power series, Taylor and Maclaurin series, the radius of convergence. Parametric equations and Polar coordinates, the graph of polar equations, the area in polar coordinates, arc length, speed on a curve and derivative of polar equations. Vectors and vector-valued functions, dot product and cross product of two vectors. Lines and Planes. Functions of several variables, their domain, limit and partial derivatives and definite integral of a function over a region.
MODERN TURKISH HISTORY
Course code
TARH100Credit
0Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
In this course, Ottoman state and society, factors causing the collapse of the state; Ottoman modernization; Tripoli and Balkan Wars, World War I, Mudros Armistice and Sevres Agreement; parties and associations, the national resistance movement led by Mustafa Kemal, the Havza and Amasya Circulars, the Congresses, the National Pact, the Turkish Grand National Assembly; the rebellions, the regular army and the War of Independence; the Mudanya Armistice, the Lausanne Peace Treaty; Revolution in the political field, secularization of the state and society, abolition of the sultanate, declaration of the republic, abolition of the caliphate; 1921 and 1924 constitutions, constitutional changes; Sheikh Said Rebellion; Multi-party experience, secularization and modernization in law, nationalization and secularization in education, Kemalizm and 6 principles, Turkish foreign policy(1923-1938) are covered.
Third Semester
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
Course code
BUSN209Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
6
This course is an advanced seminar designed to explore the field of ideas relating to human modes of communication and personal relationships in the shaping of our social environment. The course focuses not only developing a particular set of “skills” (communication competence), but also exploring the overarching structures that influence interpersonal interaction and investigate research on some of major topics of interpersonal communication. The course instructs the students’ practices and principles of interpersonal communication. Topics of the course will involve the communication process; issues addressed include perception, listening, self-disclosure, speech apprehension, ethics, nonverbal communication, conflict, power, and dysfunctional communication. Students will be able to demonstrate interpersonal communication skills in a group discussion as well as manage communication conflicts.
DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN
Course code
ITEC221Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
6
This course presents the basic tools for the design and analysis of digital circuits and provides methods and procedures suitable for a variety of digital design applications in computers, control systems, data communications, etc. The course introduces data representation in binary systems, complements, Boolean algebra, logic gates, truth tables, logic circuits, timing diagrams, De Morgan's law, algebraic manipulation, minterms and maxterms, Sum of Products (SOP) and Product of Sums (POS) forms, Boolean function simplification tools and Karnough Map method, NAND and NOR implementations, don't care conditions, combinational circuit design and analysis procedures, and design of Adders, Subtracters and Code Converters.
ALGORITHMS AND PROGRAMMING
Course code
ITEC223Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
6
The course mainly focuses on software implementations in C Programming Language. Firstly, basic concepts of algorithms are discussed and then structures of programming are studied. Then, arrays and searching and sorting algorithms on arrays are studied. Fundamentals of basic data structures, which are arrays, structures and unions are discussed together with bitwise operations and enumerations in C. Pointers, functions and file processing are studied in the second part of the course, after midterm examination. Case studies related to searching and sorting algorithms are also studied. Functions, characters and strings are studied as last topics of algorithm developments and course is finalized with complexity analysis of algorithms.
INTERNET PROGRAMMING
Course code
ITEC233Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
6
The aim of this course is to provide the students a comprehensive introduction to start building websites from the ground up. The students will learn how to create web pages using XHTML; including images, links, lists, tables, forms, CSS; which provide the standard way of imposing style on the content specified in XHTML tags and JavaScript; a powerful language that could be used for variety of different applications including object models, control statements, pop-up windows, arrays, functions, constructors and pattern matching. All web content will be hand coded using a simple text editor with a strong emphasis on well-formed valid code.
STATISTICS
Course code
STAT203Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
4
The main purpose of this course is to introduce to fundamentals of probability theory and basic statistical concepts. Students will learn the brief information about statistics and graphical representations of different types of data, measures of central tendency and dispersion (variance and standard deviation) are some of the main topics of statistics. This course will also help the students to understand basic probability concepts and to achieve this aim; the sets and set operations, counting techniques like multiplication rule, permutation and combination, details about events and sample spaces, tree diagrams, statistical dependence and independence, main information about the random variables are given.
Fourth Semester
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
Course code
BUSN250Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
6
This is an introductory course to the science of management. It covers the definition and the function of organizations, the role of the manager; uncertainty and business planning including the tools and techniques of planning. It then proceeds to the presentation of the decision making process. The role of technology in production and in management is introduced with special reference to the initiation and management of change. This is followed by the introduction and elaboration of the topics of human resource management, leadership and control. Students will understand and comprehend the important role played by management in the contemporary business environment, enhance skills to meet the challenges facing today’s management, encourage collaborative learning and teamwork as necessary management tools with global perspective of management.
VISUAL PROGRAMMING
Course code
ITEC214Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
1Ects
6
This course is an introductory programming course for visual programming. Event-driven, visual and structured programming concepts will be presented. Initially, the emphasis will be on fundamentals of visual programming and basic controls. Then, advanced controls, file and database management features will be presented. Programming projects will involve common problems that require data entry, display of calculated results, conditional testing, arithmetic operations, array processing, searching, sorting, reading and writing files, and operations on databases.
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION
Course code
ITEC226Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
6
This course presents the basic tools for the analysis and design of synchronous sequential circuits consisting of both flip-flops and combinational logic. The course introduces flip-flops, synchronous sequential circuit analysis and design methods, registers, shift registers, ripple counters, and synchronous binary counters. Furthermore, the topics binary adders and subtractors, multiplexers, and decoders which are the combinational circuit building blocks are included. Lastly, the structure, design, and internal characteristics of processor components are also provided. In the laboratory hours, the students are experiencing the circuit designs discussed in the lecture hours both in software environment by using the simulator program and in hardware environment by using the integrated circuits in order to setup and test their designs.
DATA STRUCTURES AND DATA ORGANIZATION
Course code
ITEC242Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
6
The objective of this course is to provide the basics of data structures and data organization. The course will introduce C/C++ and algorithms for the implementation of data structures which are stack, queue, linked list, tree. Also, the applications of data structures covering stack applications which are paranthesis checker, infix to postfix and prefix conversions, recursion, dynamic stack and queue, tree traversals. Linked lists with their types and implementations are also studied in details. Theoretical aspects of most widely used data structures will be covered during the lectures. Programming assignments and labworks cover the C/C++ implementations of applications of data structures that are discussed in the lectures.
UNIVERSITY ELECTIVE
Course code
UNIEXX1Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
4
UNIVERSITY ELECTIVE
Fifth Semester
OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
Course code
ITEC313Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
7
The objective of Object Oriented Programming is to identify the classes (including attributes, behaviours and methods), objects and their relationships by reading the problem descriptions, draw objects diagrams by looking to the defined problem description, implement Java class by looking at the given UML Class Diagram, use existing industry standard coding and formatting conventions, event mechanisms in Java, construct a GUI based applications using Java and Eclipse and debug those applications, technically identify the differences between classes, objects, inheritances, polymorphism, interfaces, aggregation, composition and abstract class. In addition, the issues of code re-use and software quality will be discussed and the use of inheritance will be shown through for code re-use.
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS I
Course code
ITEC343Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
7
At the end of this course, students are expected to have experience and knowledge on databases, database design and SQL. Introduction to DBMS (Definition, characteristics, levels of abstraction, advantages, query types), Relational database (relational model, database design), Relational Algebra, SQL, Data Manipulation Language (DML), nested queries, sub-queries, joins, grouping, row functions, aggregate functions, Data Definition Languages (DDL) with constraints like primary key, foreign key and case constraints will be covered. Also, database user management and user rights will be explained.
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Course code
ITEC351Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
6
This course examines basic issues in operating system design and implementation. The course will start with a brief historical perspective of the evolution of operating systems over the last fifty years, and then cover the major components of most operating systems. This discussion will cover the tradeoffs that can be made between performance and functionality during the design and implementation of an operating system. Particular emphasis will be given to these major OS subsystems: Process management (processes, threads, CPU scheduling, synchronization, and deadlock), memory management (segmentation, paging, swapping), file systems, and networking/distributed systems. Also basic Unix programming skills will be given during lab hours.
INFORMATION SECURITY AND ASSURANCE
Course code
ITEC371Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
5
Information security is the state of being free from danger while Information Assurance (IA) is act of managing risks and keeping information safe from harm. Both information security and information assurance encompasses computer security, communications security, operations security and physical security. The main objective of these course is to learn the fundamental concept of Information security models and practices that can help in planning, developing and performing security tasks. The course will address hardware, software, processes, communications, applications, policies and procedures with respect to organizational IT Security and Risk Management. Topics to be covered include Physical security, VPN, SSL, Cryptography, Digital Forensics, digital signature.
FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Course code
MISY363Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
6
This course is for students who want an in-depth look at how today’s business firms use information technologies and systems to achieve corporate objectives. Information systems are one of the major tools available for business managers to achieve operational excellence, developing new products and services, improving decision making, and achieving competitive advantage. Students will be able to find here the most up-to-date and comprehensive overview of information systems used by business firms today. When interviewing potential employees, business firms often look for new hires who know how to use information systems and technologies to achieve bottom-line business results. Regardless of whether you are in finance, management, marketing or information systems major, the information and knowledge included in this course will be valuable throughout the entire career.
Sixth Semester
COMPUTER NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS
Course code
ITEC332Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
4Ects
7
This is an introductory course in computer networks. It first introduces the use of Computer Networks in Business, Home and Mobile environment.Then, the range of computer networks from the personal area networks to the Internet will be processed. It then studies the implementation principles and design issues at each layer of network models. Lecture topics include: OSI and TCP/IP models, data transmission basics, data-link, application Layer protocols, guided and unguided transmission, satellite communication ( LEO, MEO, GEO) digital modulation and multiplexing, PSTN and Mobile telephone systems. Laboratory work focuses on building and studying a physical network using network devices, wired and wireless medium.
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS II
Course code
ITEC344Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
6
Fundamental concepts and applications about DB architectures will be discussed like properties of popular databases, backup, recovery, replication and reverse engineering. Also, students will gain knowledge on transactions, indexes, PL/SQL, Triggers, stored, functions, stored procedures and cursors. Views, materialized views, query performance optimization, database application Development with a programming language and SQL injection will also explained. Case studies will cover the topics studies in this lecture.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Course code
ITEC372Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
1Ects
6
The main objective of this course is to help students develop a comprehensive understanding of how information systems are developed through the activities of system development life cycle (SDLC) which includes systems planning, analysis, design and implementation. The course will examine the Key modelling concepts applicable to both structured and object-oriented approaches to systems development. Using several cases of organizations problems, the course will determine the requirements for a new or an enhanced systems. Tools such as MS access, MS Visio, MS project will then be used to support the planning, analysis, and design of an IS project for each organization
AREA ELECTIVE
Course code
ITECXX1Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
AREA ELECTIVE
Course code
ITECXX2Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
Seventh Semester
SUMMER TRAINING
Course code
ITEC300Credit
0Theoretical
0Practical
0Ects
6
In order to gain practical experience, IT students spend minimum of four weeks on industry training. They work in several areas that interest them. Area which they can choose to work include designing and/or developing content management systems/web sites, project management, software development, cloud management, network troubleshooting, database management systems, embedded systems, e-Government, e-Business, e-Learning and Business Intelligence. At the end of the training, they submit report of all activities they have been involved in. they also write a report to explain what they have learnt, mistakes they have made and the challenges they faced while carrying out this training
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Course code
ITEC401Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
1Ects
6HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
Course code
ITEC427Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
5
This course aims to provide the introduction to the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), an interdisciplinary field that integrates cognitive psychology, design, computer science and others. Examining the human factors associated with information systems provides the students with knowledge to understand what influences usability and acceptance of IS. This course will examine human performance, components of technology, methods and techniques used in design and evaluation of IS. Societal impacts of HCI such as accessibility will also be discussed. User-centered design methods will be introduced and evaluated. This course will also introduce students to the contemporary technologies used in empirical evaluation methods.
COMPUTER NETWORK DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS
Course code
ITEC431Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
7
This course gives basic principles and the architecture underlying computer networks, and will go over the main components and applications of TCP/IP and the Internet. After completing this course, students have gained the basic knowledge to understand the architecture of the Internet and how it has evolved. Also be able to understand how the Internet works, design and code their own TCP/IP applications and protocols, and solve simple configuration and performance problems that arise in practice.
AREA ELECTIVE
Course code
ITECXX3Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
AREA ELECTIVE
Course code
ITECXX4Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
Eighth Semester
CAPSTONE PROJECT
Course code
ITEC402Credit
4Theoretical
2Practical
4Ects
8
The purpose of the capstone project is to evaluate students' ability to complete a project without a given detailed structure usually found in undergraduate courses. The capstone project is multidisciplinary, student from different department come together to undertake a project that are related to each students department. In the course of the project, students undertake a feasibility study explaining the aims, objectives, tasks, milestones, duration and development of the project. At the end of the project, students will gain knowledge on subject from other department. Student will be able to relate its field of expertise to that of others in the departments. After completion of the project they need to submit a thesis and attend an oral presentation.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Course code
ITEC414Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
1Ects
7
The course will introduce basics and fundamentals of Software Engineering, as well as it will introduce principles, methods, techniques, and tools for multi-person construction of multi-version software systems. Starting from the main objective which is the understanding the importance of Software Engineering, following will be covered in detail; introducing techniques for the development of software within an engineering project perspective, creating awareness for the quality and the severity of software aspects, effective Communication, Requirements Engineering, Project Management Fundamentals, Software Testing Principles, Software Architecture Concepts, CASE (Computer-aided software engineering) Tools for Configuration Managements and Unit Testing, introduction to Methodologies and Quality Systems.
AREA ELECTIVE
Course code
ITECXX5Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
AREA ELECTIVE
Course code
ITECXX6Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
UNIVERSITY ELECTIVE
Course code
UNIEXX2Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
4
UNIVERSITY ELECTIVE
Elective Courses
CLOUD COMPUTING
Course code
ITEC481Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
6
This course aim at introducing the basic concepts of cloud computing. The course will start by explaining the difference between cloud computing and the traditional desktop computing. The course will cover topics such as the cloud service models: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Identity as a service. The deployment models of cloud computing such as Public, private, community and hybrid cloud will be explained. Security issues of cloud computing and service provider will also be covered. At the end of the course student will have in depth knowledge of organizations that provide cloud services and the underlying infrastructure
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Course code
MISY472Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
6
This course provides an introduction to Business Intelligence which includes the processes, methodologies, infrastructure, and recent practices used to transform business data into useful information and support business decision-making. It also provides information technology approach to data collection and data analysis to support a variety of management tasks. Business Intelligence requires foundation knowledge in data storage and retrieval, thus this course will review logical data models for both database management systems and data warehouses. In this course, students will be able to learn analytical components and technologies used to create dashboards and scorecards, data/text/Web mining methods used to develop intelligent systems for decision support.
FOUNDATIONS OF RESEARCH METHODS
Course code
APSC220Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
0
Research Methods is an introductory course in information technology. It aims to introduce the student with the basic concepts and problems encountered in an IT and social scientific investigation. Research methods objective is to explain the main concepts related to the methodology of conducting research in IT. Also it explains the importance and limitations of theory and methodology in IT research as well as the purposes of applied research evaluation, analysis techniques, and research ethics. Moreover, the course introduces the field of scientific methodologies by providing basic research techniques and tools to the students. Also, the procedures for writing research papers and reports, literature review for journals and books and doing practical research are introduced
IS STRATEGY, MANAGEMENT AND ACQUISITION
Course code
MISY479Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
6
This course provides comprehensive treatment of current trends and management issues associated with information systems within organizations. The course is focused on developing an intellectual framework that will allow leaders of organizations to critically assess existing IS infrastructures and emerging technologies as well as how these enabling technologies might affect organizational strategy. After a successful completion of this course, students will be able to understand the importance of information systems in an organization, and the role they play in the various functional areas of a business, identify the importance of aligning the information systems strategy with the overall organizational strategy, and ensuring the information technology assets which support the business activities and objectives.
DATA MINING
Course code
ITEC426Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
0
Data mining has emerged as one of the most exciting fields in Computer Science because of the growth of computerized data collections, which become more and more available in our modern digitalized world. Data mining have roots in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning (including classification, prediction, and clustering), statistical data analysis, data visualization and information retrieval. By completion of this course, students learn about different data mining methods such as classification, rule-based learning, decision trees and association rules. Students also learn about data selection and cleaning, machine learning techniques to “learn” about the “hidden” patterns in data, and the reporting and visualization of the resulting knowledge.
CYBER SECURITY-I
Course code
ITSE201Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
0
The course covers basic concepts of cyber security theory and techniques for optimizing security on computers and networks. Students are taught on how to assess the current security landscape, the nature of the threat, the general status of common vulnerabilities, the likely consequences of security failures and the set of information security metrics that can be applied to prevent and mitigate the cyber security issues. At the completion of this course student will be able to Identify potential threats to computer and networks, describe basic incident response techniques and identifies several techniques that provides basic protection to computer and networks.
MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
Course code
ITEC425Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
6
Introduction to Mobile Application Development, Mobile Application Platforms, Object-Oriented Programming, Java,XML and Hello Android Application, Activities, Fragments, and Intents, Getting to Know the Android User Interface, Designing Your User Interface with Views, Displaying Pictures and Menus with Views, Data Persistence, Location-Based Services, Networking- Consuming Services, Publishing Android Applications
DIGITAL FORENSICS
Course code
ITSE306Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
0
The main objective of this course is to teach students different techniques and procedures that enables them to perform digital investigation. This course focuses mainly on the analysis of physical storage media and volume analysis. It covers the major phases of digital investigation such as preservation, analysis and acquisition of artifacts that reside in hard disks and random access memory. At the completion of the course, student will be able to create a digital image of physical storage device, they will be able to recovered deleted digital information and they will be able to use common digital forensics tools. Students will also be able to analyze various cases to determine digital actions of a user and perform digital analysis of varieties of files
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Course code
MISY429Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
6
This course provides insights to the field of knowledge management, an interdisciplinary field that integrates information systems (IS), knowledge management (KM), computer science and management studies. The course aims to provide the strategic importance of knowledge management and information systems in order to help organizations grow. As knowledge drives society, KM and IS to accumulate, manage and transfer that knowledge become crucial. Therefore, barriers which prevents accumulation of knowledge, factors which make organizations vulnerable and the ways how IS can be used for effective KM will be analyzed. This course will examine knowledge valley theory, big data and departmentalization.
DATA AND NETWORK SECURITY
Course code
ITSE479Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
0
This course discusses different types of malicious attacks and various methods of mitigating to them. Students learn how to protect computer networks by using security codes. Topics covered includes foundations of network security, IP packet structure and analysis control, routing and access control lists, attack techniques, network defense fundamentals, sign-on solutions and file encryption solutions. At the end, the course students will be able to understand the security problems introduced by the combination of the Internet with Intranets, mobile devices, and sensors networks. Students will also be able to develop a basic understanding of the theoretical and conceptual aspects that are needed to build secure systems.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Course code
CPE415Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
ADVANCED INTERNET PROGRAMMING
Course code
ITEC483Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
Introduction to Internet Programming. Overview of Html language. Brief overview of CSS and Javascript. The building blocks of Php. Flow control and functions. Working with forms. Cookies and User Sessions. Interaction with MySQL using Php. Sample applications.
ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Course code
MISY362Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
5
The course is designed to familiarize students with concepts such as morality, theory of right and wrong, the theory of value, what entails goodness and badness, and the theory of virtue and vice. After introducing these concepts, the course encourages students to think about ethical aspect of real life events and issues, makes them analytically examine their position in social life and how they deal with ethical issues. Students become more effective decision makers by examining the meaning and role of ethics in the business environment, and the social responsibility of business organizations. Topics include the relationship between business and society; identifying stakeholdersand issues; the theoretical basis of business ethics; business ethics in management and leadership; the concept of corporate social responsibility; corporate social responsibility in practice; regulating business; ownership and governance of the corporation; environmental and business responsibilities; globalization and business responsibilities; and ethics, responsibilities and strategy
CYBER SECURITY-II
Course code
ITSE202Credit
4Theoretical
3Practical
2Ects
0
The course aims to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the different types of malware and security breaches and to develop an effective prevention method that will increase overall security in the cyberspace. In this course, students are introduced to various monitoring techniques and protection procedures pertaining to security activities. Students also learn to apply these techniques practically. Topics covered in the course, includes an overview of cyber security infrastructure, cyber security management, wireless networking, organizational policy, information security policy, and defense in depth. At the completion of this course, student will understand the basic principles on how to build a secured computer networks and how to develop a valuable data asset, systems and processes.
FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA SCIENCE
Course code
DASC201Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
6
This course focuses on learning data science through the interest to development and improvement of capability of solving rich problems from data point of view in a systematic and principled way by using high quality instructions and basic level data science techniques. Students will be introduced to what data science is, will discover the applicability of data science across fields, and will learn how data analysis can help them make data driven decisions. Students will gain familiarity with various open source tools and data science programs used by data scientists, like Jupyter Notebooks, RStudio, GitHub, and SQL. This course provides the students with the required structure and responsibilities in order to educate them as data scientists progressing a right way with high concluding capabilities.
TRNC citizens and TR citizen candidate students who have completed their entire high school education in TRNC. They are placed in undergraduate programs in line with their success in the CIU Student Placement and Scholarship Ranking Exam and the programs they prefer.
Students who are successful in the exam can register from the TRNC Marketing Office.
Applicants can directly apply online to our undergraduate programs by using the application portal. Please fill in your details correctly and upload all the required documents listed on the last page of the application form.
Required documents;
- Completed application form,
- Higher/Secondary Certificate or equivalents (e.g. O/A’Level, WAEC/NECO)
- Evidence of English Language competence: TOEFL (65 IBT) or IELTS (5.5). Students without these documents will take the CIU English proficiency exam on campus following arrival,
- Scanned copy of international passport/birth certificate,
- Fully completed and signed CIU Rules and Regulations document (which can be downloaded during the online application).
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