Bachelors in Information Technology
The BSc. IT Degree programme
Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) is hosted in the Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing and Informatics Sciences, MUST.
The program is a three (3) year full time study program, with each year having two semesters. It is a Day program and a student is allowed a maximum of five (5) years to complete this Program. The program started in 2006 with the aim of meeting the ever-increasing demand for IT professionals.
This first curriculum ran between 2006 – 2014. Given the dynamic nature of IT, it was evident that there was need for its review in order to match with the changing nature of IT, and to be able to keep abreast of changes in delivery systems and content knowledge of BIT. As of 2017, the running curriculum pioneers are in their Final(3rd) year. Our emphasize is on hand-on training; innovation; and a strong focus on the application of IT for community development.
Bachelors of Information Technology modules covered
YEAR ONE Semester One
Cores: – (6 Core Courses)| Course Code | Course Title | LH | PH | CH | CU |
| BIT 11011 | Fundamentals of Information Systems |
45 |
– |
45 |
3 |
| BIT 1112 | Business Communication and WritingSkills |
45 |
– |
45 |
3 |
| BIT 1113 | Introduction to Information Technology |
30 |
30 |
45 |
3 |
| BIT 1114 | Structured Programming (C) |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 1115 | Mathematics for Information Technology |
45 |
– |
45 |
3 |
| DVS 1101 | Development Studies I |
45 |
– |
45 |
3 |
| Total | 19 |
| Course Code | Course Title | LH | PH | CH | CU |
| BIT 1211 | Statistics |
30 |
30 |
45 |
3 |
| BIT 1212 | Fundamentals of OOP |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 1213 | Operating Systems |
45 |
– |
45 |
3 |
| BIT 1214 | E-Business |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 1215 | Database Management Systems |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| DVS 1201 | Development Studies II |
45 |
– |
45 |
3 |
| Total | 21 |
| Course Code | Course Title | LH | PH | CH | CU |
| BIT 2111 | Internet technologies and Website Design |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 2112 | Systems Analysis and Design |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 2113 | Systems Security |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 2114 | Mobile Computing |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 2115 | Information Systems Management |
45 |
– |
45 |
3 |
| BIT 2116 | GIS |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 2117 | Object Oriented Programming- Java II |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| Total | 23 |
| Course Code | Course Title | LH | PH | CH | CU |
| BIT 2211 | Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 2212 | Database Programming |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 2213 | Mobile Application Programming |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 2214 | Research Methods |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 2215 | Software Engineering |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 2216 | Client Server Programming for Applications |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 2217 | Computer graphics |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| Total | 23 |
| Course Code | Course Title | LH | PH | CH | CU |
| BIT 2301 | Community ICT Placement | – | – | 75 | 5 |
| Course Code | Course Title | LH | PH | CH | CU |
| BIT 3111 | Systems administration I (Windows) |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 3112 | Human computer interaction |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 3113 | IT project planning and management |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 3114 | Computer networks and data communication |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 3115 | Entrepreneurship |
45 |
– |
45 |
3 |
| BIT 3116 | Systems administration II (Unix) |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| BIT 3117 | scripting languages |
45 |
30 |
60 |
4 |
| Total | 24 |
| Course Code | Course Title | LH | PH | CH | CU |
| BIT 3211 | BIT Project |
– |
150 |
75 |
5 |
| BIT 3212 | Innovation challenge |
30 |
30 |
45 |
3 |
| BIT 3213 | Professional and Social Issues inComputing |
45 |
– |
45 |
3 |
| BIT 3214 | Computer Network Security |
30 |
60 |
60 |
4 |
| Total | 15 |
BSc. CS Fees Structure
Privately sponsored students shall pay all the required fees to the University as determined by the senate and approved by council periodically. Ugandan students will pay tuition fees totaling to Two Million and Five Hundred and fifty two thousand shillings (2,552,000 Ug. shs.) per year. Foreign students will pay tuition fees of 3,120 US Dollars per year.
| Fees | In Ug. Shillings | In Dollars |
| Application fees | Shs. 27,500 | $50 |
| Tuition fees | Shs. 2,000,000= p.a. | $1,260 p.a. |
| Registration/Examination fee | Shs. 500,000= p.a. | $500 p.a. |
| Guild fee/Sports fee | Shs. 32,000= p.a. | $50 p.a. |
| NCHE | Shs. 20,000= p.a | $50 p.a. |