Computer Science, BSc, University of Nicosia

Cyprus

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The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
BSc	Full-time	4 years	find out	find out	find out
BSc	Part-time	find out	find out	find out	find out

About Computer Science, BSc - at University of Nicosia

Aims:

Provide students with advanced theoretical and practical computer science knowledge and skills, enabling them to work for the IT environment of the commercial, industrial and governmental sectors
Enable students to develop their personal and professional prospects, keeping in pace with the rapid progress of the technology in computer science
Prepare the students to pursue further postgraduate education and research.
Provide a strong sense of social commitment, global vision and independent self-learning ability

Objectives:

To enhance students' critical thinking and to develop their basic analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
To introduce the field of computer science, and principles of computers, computation and programming.
To acquaint students to major commercial computer application packages.
To introduce students to programming concepts and methodologies for program design, development, testing and documentation.
To introduce techniques for systematic problem analysis, program specification, design, coding, testing, debugging and documentation of programs.
To acquaint students with current popular programming languages and operating systems.
To introduce computer software engineering, database systems, networking, Computer security and Internet.

Career Prospects

On successful completion of the program graduates will be able to get a job in a variety of sectors, both in private and public organizations, such as the:

Information technology sector
Professional services (customized application development, web-based applications, network system administration and maintenance)
Educational sector
Research laboratories

Furthermore, the BSc degree is accredited by the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (ETEK), which is the statutory Technical Advisor to the State of Cyprus and is the umbrella organization for all Cypriot Engineers. Thus, the graduates could be issued license to practice the science of information technology engineering.

Access to Further Studies

Upon graduation, students may have direct access to further postgraduate studies (Master's programmes).

Entry requirements for this course

Contact University of Nicosia to find course entry requirements.

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