Master of Science in Information Technology

Introduction

The Master of Science in Information Technology is a unique post graduate program that equips candidates with the theory and practice of Information Technology. It aims to meet the increasing demand for IT professionals. The program blends theory with the latest state-of-the-art Industry-based courses, thus adequately preparing the candidates to make relevant contributions towards the national goal of industrialization.

Year 1 Semester 1	Semester 2
MIT 810 Database Systems & Information Modeling MIT 811 Information Technology Project Management MIT 812 Business Information Systems MIT 813 Object Oriented Analysis & Design MIT 814 Computer Networks MIT 815 Research methods	MIT 820 Architectures for Software Systems and emerging Issues MIT 821 Enterprise Application Development & Architectures MIT 822 Green ICT MIT 823 Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems MIT 824 Security Architecture & Analysis MIT 899 MSc IT Thesis (Part I) Research Proposal writing
Year 2 Semester 1	Semester 2
MIT 899 MSc IT Thesis (Part II) (Research)	MIT 825 Network Management MIT 826 Information Technology emerging issues Elective 1 Elective 2 MIT899 MSc IT Thesis (Part III) (Research and Thesis writing)

Specialization Electives

Students are to choose two electives in consultation with the department from any one of the specialization options below. The department will advice on which options will be on offer at any given time. The MSc IT theses should be done in the specialization option chosen.

Information Technology Management Option

• MIT 841E: Internet Technologies
• MIT 842E: E-Commerce Technologies
• MIT 843E: Web Technologies & Applications
• MIT 844E: Software project Management
• MIT 845E: Global e-Business Technology
• MIT 846E: E-learning Technologies

Software Design & Management Option

• MIT 842E: E-commerce technologies
• MIT 851E: Service oriented architecture
• MIT 852E: Models of Software Systems
• MIT 853E: Applied Cryptography
• MIT 854E: Dependable Software & Systems
• MIT 844E: Software Project Management

Information Security Option

• MIT 842E: E-Commerce Security
• MIT 851E: Information Assurance Policy
• MIT 862E: Cyber security policy
• MIT 863E: Incident response
• MIT 853E: Applied cryptography
• MIT 864E: Internet Security

Networking Technologies and Management option

• MIT 870E:Wireless Networking
• MIT 871E: Wireless Protocols and Security systems
• MIT 872E:Distributed Systems
• MIT 873E: Network Operating Systems
• MIT 874E: Telecommunication and Mobile computing