Undergraduate Program

Information Technology

ATAFOM Information Technology

The Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology offered by ATAFOM University has been specially designed for students, the curriculum is designed in collaboration with the industry experts to understand the requirements and trends of the Industry.

Faculty 

Information Technology

Course of study

Information Technology

Abbreviation 

IT

Duration

4 Years

Semesters

Scope of services

240 ECTS – Credits

Level

Undergraduate

Academic degree

Bachelor of Technology (B. Sc.)

Type of study

Full-time study

Online

Language of study

English 

Registration & 

English level test fee

 

320 USD  one time

Tuition fee

8,640 USD– Total Payable in

  • 48 Monthly Installments of 200 USD or
  • 16 Quarterly Installments of 600 USD, or
  • 8 Half-Yearly Installments of 1,200 USD, or
  • 4 Yearly Installments of 2,160 USD

Semester exam fee

250 USD per semester

Duration of supervising

7 Years

Accreditation  

ATAFOM is a system accredited by the Ministry of Education of the Central African Republic. This course is also accredited.

B.Sc. Information Technology at the ATAFOM University is a 4-year undergraduate engineering program that deals with the study of design, computational processes, programming languages to develop software applications. Information Technology engineering mainly deals with the development of computer application software and applications. 

 

Eligibility

  • Proof of higher education entrance qualification (certificate of the highest school leaving certificate or other equivalent qualifications) notarized
  • The registration form including all files (Identity card as photocopies notarized; Passport photo; Certificate of the highest school leaving certificate notarized)
  • Filling out the registration form and uploading all documents (identity card as photocopies notarized; passport photo; certificate of the highest school leaving certificate or other equivalent qualifications notarized) on the “Apply“ page
  • Implementation of the ALA English Language Test Level B1

Admission Procedure

Candidates have to be successful in ATAFOM English Level Test and have to pay the required course fee. The language test for studying at ATAFOM University is carried out at language level ALA-B1 (ALA – ATAFOM Language Academy). After passing the language test, the language test ALC-B1 (ALC – ATAFOM Language Certificate) is recognized. The registration fee including the English placement test is a one-time 320USD.

Career opportunities

Graduates can usually start at the middle management level, where they can work in a managerial position as head of a development department in a wide variety of areas of corporate management. A position with managerial responsibility such as managing director, CEO of a company in your own country or an international company, but above all with a master’s degree, brings the best qualifications.

Graduates can work as computer engineers in the business sector, designing software applications and proposing solutions to problems, utilizing advanced analysis and synthesis capabilities. They can use their combined computer science and engineering knowledge in both industry and business. They may also work as system analysts, computer programmers,

 communication network engineers, database managers, supervising engineers, and computer security specialists.

Few fields are listed below, where the students can work in post completion of this course:

  • Computer Programmer (Java, C++, Swift, ASP.net, php etc.)
  • Network Engineer
  • IT Consultant
  • Software Designer
  • Systems Analyst
  • Scientific Researcher
  • Database Administrator
  • Researcher & Academician
  • Software Testing Engineer
  • Games Developer
  • Data Scientist
  • Mobile Application Developer
  • Web Application Developer
  • UI/UX Designer
  • Network Administrator
  • Business Analyst
  • System Administrator
  • Cyber Security Analyst
  • Computer Forensic Analyst
  • IT Manager
  • SEO Expert

CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM FOR B.Sc. Information Technology FULL-TIME PROGRAMME 

CREDITS

Each B.Sc. Information Technology course is normally assigned one credit per lecture per week and one credit for two periods of tutorials or part thereof for laboratory or practical/internship per week. Each semester curriculum shall normally have a blend of theory and practical courses.

The credits are calculated from the estimated time and the estimated workload that is required on average for the completion of individual courses, modules, etc. The workload is made up of all learning activities that are part of a degree and are checked by means of a performance assessment. In addition to participating in courses such as lectures, tutorials, and seminars, self-study (library work or term paper), exam preparation, final theses, and final exams also contribute to the acquisition of credits. Credits are only awarded if the course has been completed and all course achievements and examinations have been passed in accordance with the examination regulations.

1 credit corresponds to a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 30 real hours of 60 minutes each of the student’s actual workload. In each year the total number of credits is 60. This corresponds to an actual workload of at least 1,500 (45 weeks for 33.33 hours per week or 25 hours per credit) or a maximum of 1,800 hours (45 weeks for 40 hours per week or 30 hours per credit).

240 credits must be earned in order to be awarded the degree.

 

DURATION OF THE PROGRAMME

A student is normally expected to complete a B.Sc. Information Technology program in four years but in any case not more than seven years from the time of admission otherwise the student would be considered not fit for technical education (NFTE).

 

REGISTRATION FOR COURSES

A newly admitted student will automatically be registered for all the courses prescribed for the first year, without any option. Every other student shall submit a completed registration form indicating the list of courses intended to be credited during the next semester. This registration will be done ten days before the last working day of the current semester. Late registration with the approval of the Dean’s office on the recommendation of the head of the department along with a late fee will be done, up to the last working day.

Registration for the project work shall be done only for the final semester. 

 

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS

The attendance will be calculated semester-wise. To be eligible to appear for the examination in a particular course, a student must put in a minimum of 80% of attendance in the course. The attendance should be considered which is logged in the university portal by the teachers. However, if the attendance is 70% or above but less than 80% in any course, the Dean’s office can permit the student to appear for the examination in the course on payment of the prescribed condonation fee. A student who withdraws from or does not meet the minimum attendance requirement in the course must re-register for and repeat the respective semester.

 

PASSING AND DECLARATION OF EXAMINATION RESULTS

All assessments of all the courses on the absolute mark basis will be considered and passed by the result passing board in accordance with the rules of the university. Thereafter, the controller of examinations shall convert the marks for each course to the corresponding letter grade as follows, compute the grade point average and cumulative grade point average, and prepare the grade cards.

 

Marks

Grade

90 to 100 marks

Grade ‘A+’

80 to 89 marks

Grade ‘A’

70 to 79 marks

Grade ‘B’

60 to 69 marks 

Grade ‘C’

55 to 59 marks

Grade ‘D’

50 to 54 marks

Grade ‘E’

less than 50 marks

Grade ‘F’

Insufficient attendance

Grade ‘I’

Withdrawn from the course

Grade ‘W’

 

  • A student who obtains less than 50 marks out of 100 in a particular subject or less than 20 out of 50 in an external exam or is absent for the examination will be awarded Grade ‘F’.
  • A student who earns a grade of A+, A, B, C, D, or E for a course is declared to have successfully completed that course and earned the credits for that course. Such a course cannot be repeated by the student.
  • A student who obtains a letter grade F in a course has to reappear for the examination in that particular course.
  • A student who obtains letter grade I or W in a course has to re-register for and repeat the course.
  • The following grade points are associated with each letter grade for calculating the grade point average. A+–10; A–9; B–8; C–7; D–6; E–5; F–0
  • Courses with grades I and W are not considered for the calculation of grade point average or cumulative grade point average. F Grade will be considered for computing GPA and CGPA. 
  • A student can apply for a re-total of one or more of his examination answer papers within a week from the date of issue of the grade sheet to the student on payment of the prescribed fee per paper. The application must be made to the controller of examinations with the recommendation of the head of the department.
  • After results are declared, grade cards will be issued to the students. The grade card will contain the list of courses registered during the year/semester, the grades scored, and the grade point average(GPA) for the year/semester.
  • GPA is the sum of the products of the number of credits of a course with the grade point scored in that course, taken over all the courses for the Year/Semester, divided by the sum of the number of credits for all courses taken in that year/semester. CGPA is similarly calculated considering all the courses taken from the time of admission.
  • After successful completion of the program, the degree will be awarded the following classification based on CGPA.
    • For the student to be conferred First Class with Distinction the student must earn a minimum of 240 ECTs within four years from the time of admission, pass all the courses in the first attempt, and obtain a CGPA of 8.25 or above. (Or)
    • To be conferred First Class the student must earn a minimum of 240 ECTs within five years from the time of admission and obtain a CGPA of 6.5 or above. (Or)
    • For Second Class the student must earn a minimum of 240 ECTs within seven years from the time of admission. 

COURSE CONTENT & SUBJECTS

1st Semester - 32 ECTS

Year 1: Semester 1 – Pilot Academic Year 2021/22

Code

Course Title

Course Type

Theoretical

Practical

Credit

ECTS

ATAFOM

11-IT-11

Applied Mathematics

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

11-IT-12

Environment Studies

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

11-IT-31

Electrical Science

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

11-IT-41

Applied Physics Lab

C

3

3

4

ATAFOM

11-IT-51

Programming in C

C

3

3

4

ATAFOM

11-IT-61

Engineering Graphics Lab

C

3

3

4

ATAFOM

11-IT-71

Engineering Mechanics Lab

C

3

3

4

ATAFOM

11-A-ENG-I

Academic English I

C

3

0

3

4

Total

24

32

2nd Semester - 28 ECTS

Year 1: Semester 2 – Pilot Academic Year 2021/22

Code

Course Title

Course Type

Theoretical

Practical

Credit

ECTS

ATAFOM

12-IT-11

Applied Mathematics

C

3

0

3

2

ATAFOM

12-IT-21

Applied Physics – II (Modern Physics)

C

3

0

3

2

ATAFOM

11-IT-21

Engineering Mathematics

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

12-IT-31

Data Structures using C

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

12-IT-41

Python Programming

C

1

0

3

4

ATAFOM

12-IT-51

Elements of Mechanical Engineering

C

3

0

3

3

ATAFOM

12-IT-61

Data Structures Using C

C

3

0

3

3

ATAFOM

12-IT-81

Engineering Graphics

C

3

0

3

3

ATAFOM

12-A-ENG-II

Academic English II

C

3

0

3

3

Total

27

28

3rd Semester - 30 ECTS

Year 2: Semester 3

Code

Course Title

Course Type

Theoretical

Practical

Credit

ECTS

ATAFOM

23-IT-11

Analog Electronics

C

3

0

3

3

ATAFOM

23-IT-21

Database Management Systems

C

3

0

4

4

ATAFOM

23-IT-31

Operating Systems

C

3

0

4

5

ATAFOM

23-IT-41

Object-Oriented Programming using C++

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

23-IT-51

Applied Mathematics-111

C

3

0

3

3

ATAFOM

23-IT-61

Analog Electronics Lab

C

3

0

3

3

ATAFOM

23-IT-71

UNIX Programming Lab – 1

C

3

0

4

4

ATAFOM

23-IT-81

Basics of Digital Marketing

C

3

0

4

4

Total

28

30

4rd Semester - 30 ECTS

Year 2: Semester 4

Code

Course Title

Course Type

Theoretical

Practical

Credit

ECTS

ATAFOM

24-IT-11

Discrete Mathematics

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

24-IT-21

Communication Systems

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

24-IT-31

Computer Graphics (Graphic Designing Tools)

C

2

0

3

4

ATAFOM

24-IT-41

Management Information System

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

24-IT-51

DigitaI Electronics

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

24-IT-61

Digital Electronics Lab

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

24-IT-71

Communication Systems Lab

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

12-IT-91

Cyber Security

C

2

C

3

2

Total

24

30

5th Semester - 30 ECTS

Year 3: Semester 5 

Code

Course Title

Course Type

Theoretical

Practical

Credit

ECTS

ATAFOM

35-IT-11

Software Engineering

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

35-IT-21

VHDL Programming

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

35-IT-31

Computer Architecture

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

35-IT-41

Data Communication & Computer Networks

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

35-IT-51

Java Programming

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

35-IT-61

VHDL Programming Lab

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

35-IT-71

Software Engineering Lab

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

11-IT-81

Professional Communication

C

3

3

2

Total

24

30

6th Semester - 30 ECTS

Year 3: Semester 6   

Code

Course Title

Course Type

Theoretical

Practical

Credit

ECTS

ATAFOM

36-IT-11

Microprocessor

C

3

0

3

3

ATAFOM

36-IT-21

System Programming

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

36-IT-31

E-Commerce and ERP

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

36-IT-41

Advanced Networking

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

36-IT-51

Advanced Java Programming

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

36-IT-61

System Programming Lab

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

36-IT-71

Microprocessor Lab

C

3

0

3

3

ATAFOM

36-IT-81

Web Designing Project Phase 1

C

3

0

3

4

Total

24

30

7th Semester - 30 ECTS

Year 4: Semester 7  

Code

Course Title

Course Type

Theoretical

Practical

Credit

ECTS

ATAFOM

47-IT-11

Artificial Intelligence

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

47-IT-21

Programming with ASP.Net

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

47-IT-31

Software Project Management

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

47-IT-41

Advance DBMS

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

47-IT-51

Operational Research Lab

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

47-IT-61

Mobile Computing

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

47-IT-71

Information Security

C

3

0

3

3

ATAFOM

47-IT-81

Grid Computing

C

3

0

3

3

Total

24

30

8th Semester - 30 ECTS

Year 4, Semester 8 

Code

Course Title

Course Type

Theoretical

Practical

Credit

ECTS

ATAFOM

48-IT-11

Digital Image Processing

C

3

0

3

3

ATAFOM

48-IT-21

Information Storage &

Management

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

48-IT-31

Project (Phase 2) Submission

C

3

0

4

6

ATAFOM

48-IT-41

Comprehension Viva-voce

C

3

0

3

3

ATAFOM

48-IT-51

Network Operating System

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

48-IT-61

Linux Administration

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

48-IT-71

Software Testing & Quality Assurance

C

3

0

3

4

ATAFOM

48-IT-81

Real-time systems

C

3

0

3

2

Total

25

30

Grand Total

200

240

  • Duration: 4 Years
  • Semesters: 8
  • Total Credits: 240
  • Level: Undergraduate

We look forward to counting you among our first students!