PGD INFORMATION SYSTEMS – FCI

Coordinator

Kawuma Simon

About PGD Information Systems

This professional PGD IS program focuses on the technical, managerial and policy issues associated with designing, building and maintaining information systems in organizations. Data, information and knowledge are crucial to the modern enterprise, and the PGD IS programme addresses both the theoretical and engineering aspects of specifying, designing, implementing and managing large-scale information systems.

Admission Requirements

To qualify for admission, a candidate must fulfil the general Mbarara University of Science and Technology entry requirements for PGD degrees, and in addition the candidate must have:

A degree in Information Systems or Computer Science or software engineering or Information Technology or computer engineering from a recognized University/Institution.

OR Any other Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-related degree with evidence of having taken acceptable courses in information systems.

Duration and Intake

The PGD. IS is a 1-year modular postgraduate programme consisting of 11 courses including a project concept paper taught/completed in two semesters. The programme minimum intake will be at least 15 students per academic year (commencing every August) in order to break even. The programme will be delivered over the weekend.

CURRICULUM STRUCTURE

2.1 Detailed	Course Name	LH	PH	CH	CU
Year One: Se mester One (5 core courses)
PGIS 5101	Advanced Object-Oriented Programming	45	30	60	4
PGIS 5102	ProgrammingModelling and Simulation	30	60	60	4
PGIS 5103	Research Methodology	45	30	60	4
PGIS 5104	Systems Analysis and Design	30	60	60	4
PGIS 5105	Web- based information systems	45	30	60	4
Total Credit Units					20
Year One: Se mester Two
Mandatory Co urses (5 core courses)
PGIS 5206	Business Process Management	30	60	60	4
PGIS 5207	Information systems security	45	30	60	4
PGIS 5208	Data mining and process mining	30	60	60	4
PGIS 5209	Information retrieval	45	30	60	4
PGIS 5210	Mentored Research Graduation Project	30	60	60	4
Optional Cour ses (1 optional course)
PGIS 5211	Health informatics modelling, strategy,	30	60	60	4
PGIS 5212	XML and Web services	30	60	60	4
PGIS 5213	Geographical information systems	30	60	60	4
PGIS 5214	ICT for Development	45	30	60	4
Total Credit Units					24

The programme is privately funded through students’ payment of fees and related charges. Therefore before enrollment, it is important that tuition fees are paid by the students to the university. Ugandan students will pay tuition fees totaling to 4,885,750/= (four Million and Eight Hundred eighty eight hundred, five thousand, seven hundred, and fifty shillings only per year.
Foreign students will pay fees at an international rate per the university requirement.