Information Technology

PROGRAM SPECIFICATION

Academic program:Information Technology

Code: 52480201 Training type:Regular

Training duration: 4,5 years Degree: Engineer

Managed by: Department of Information Technology, College of Information and Communication Technology, Can Tho University

1. Program objectives (POs)

The general objectives of the Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology program are to educate students to become high-quality Information Technology (IT) engineers with good health, ethical behavior, solid knowledge and fluent skills to be able to utilize IT products and solutions, to take on appropriate professional positions in IT and grow into leadership positions or pursue research or graduate studies in the field. Specifically, after graduation a student should be able to:

- PO1: Have good health and ethical behavior.

- PO2: Have solid knowledge and state-of-the-art IT solutions.

- PO3: Have fundamental knowledge of mathematics, science and technology appropriate to the discipline.

- PO4: Explain and apply appropriate fundamental knowledge and information technologies to employ appropriate methodologies to help an individual or organization achieve its goals and objectives.

- PO5: Have an ability to communicate in English or French, read and comprehend documents written in English or French.

2. Expected learning outcomes (ELOs)

After completing the program, graduates are able to:

Group	ELOs
Knowledge
General knowledge	ELO 1: Have good health and politial point of view toward the policies and guidelines to build and defense the country. ELO 2: Have fundamental knowledge of general law, social science and humanities, natural science to be able to acquire further professional knowledge. ELO 3: Have basic English/French. ELO 4: Have advance knowledge of computer and essential softwares.
Fundamental knowledge	ELO 5: Apply knowledge of computing and mathematics appropriate to the discipline. ELO 6: Have essential knowledge of IT fundamentals, computer architecture, operating systems and current common computer operating systems. ELO 7: Have fundamental knowledge of databases and database management systems, information system for organizations for bussinesses, system analysis and design. ELO 8: Have fundamental knowledge of data structure, algorithm, structured and object-oriented programming ELO 9: Have essential knowledge of software engineering. ELO 10: Have fundamental knowledge of computer networks.
Advanced knowledge	ELO 11: Have knowledge of integrative programming and technologies. ELO 12: Have essential knowledge of IT system administration and maintenance for an individual or an orgranization. ELO 13: Have essential knowledge of information assurance and secutiry. ELO 14: Have essential knowledge of current IT solutions and products.
Skills
Hard skills	ELO 15: Apply knowledge of mathematics and other basic science appropriate to the discipline. ELO 16: Utilize the computer for study, work as well as daily life and develop basic applied informatics application. ELO 17: Administer the IT system in an organization or business. ELO 18: Advise organizations and business on selecting appropriate IT products and solutions. ELO 19: Anticipate the changing direction of IT, evaluate and communicate the likely utility of new technologies to an individual or organization. ELO 20: Program in various software development frameworks and methodologies.. ELO 21: Administer various IT systems.
Soft skills	ELO 22: Achieve English/French level B1. ELO 23: Write technical documents, academic articles or project proposals and demonstrations. ELO 24: Work as part of a team, to lead a team, to negotiate, to resolve conflicts, to use supporting tools for teamwork and collaboration, and to evaluate the contributions of a team member.
Attitude and Awareness	ELO 25: Show the confidence, enthusiasm, passion, adaptation to changes, the readiness to work with others and the ability to consider and accept other points of view ELO 26: Being aware of and adhere to professional codes of conduct and standards in and beyond their disciplines. ELO 27: Show a professional image at work and in daily behavior. ELO 28: Actively create personal career development plan. ELO 29: Keep knowledge and professional skills up to date in order to have appropriate and effective attitude to and execution of the processing of the changes and updates.

3. Job opportunity

- IT consultant, supervisor, leader for organizations, business or individual.

- Programmer, technician, IT system administrator for organizations, business or individual.

- IT researcher, analyst in research institutes or universities.

- Lecturer in universities, colleges, professional & technical high schools and high schools.

4. Ability to pursue further study

- Forming the self-study skill, lifelong learning habit and the ability to update knowledge according to the changes in IT.

- Ability to pursue higher study in domestic or international educational institutions in the field of IT.

5. References

- Circular No. 07: Regulations about the minimum volume of knowledge, the capacity that the student should meet after graduation and the process of designing, assessing and issuing the training curriculum at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels.

- ACM Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Technology
(https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/education/curricula-recommendations/it2008-curriculum.pdf).

- BS in IT program, Walden University, USA (https://www.waldenu.edu/bachelors/bs-in-information-technology).

- BS in IT program, The University of Kansas, USA (http://catalog.ku.edu/engineering/electrical-engineering-computer-science/bs-information-technology/).

- BS in IT program, George Mason University, Hoa Kỳ (http://ist.gmu.edu/programs/undergraduate-programs/bsit/).

6. Curriculum

Nr.	Code	Course name	Num of credits	Required	Optional	Theory hours	Practice hours	Prerequisite	Semester
General knowledge
1	QP006	National Defense Education 1 (*)	2	2		30		Taught in groups of majors
2	QP007	National Defense Education 2 (*)	2	2		30		Taught in groups of majors
3	QP008	National Defense Education 3 (*)	3	3		20	65	Taught in groups of majors
4	QP009	National Defense Education 4 (*)	1	1		10	10	Taught in groups of majors
5	TC100	Physical Education 1 + 2 + 3 (*)	1+1+1		3		90		I, II, III
6	XH023	Basic English 1 (*)	4		10 credits of English or 10 credits of French	60			I, II, III
7	XH024	Basic English 2 (*)	3			45		XH023	I, II, III
8	XH025	Basic English 3 (*)	3			45		XH024	I, II, III
9	XH031	Advanced English 1 (*)	4			60		XH025	I, II, III
10	XH032	Advanced English 2 (*)	3			45		XH031	I, II, III
11	XH033	Advanced English 3 (*)	3			45		XH032	I, II, III
12	XH004	Basic French 1 (*)	3			45			I, II, III
13	XH005	Basic French 2 (*)	3			45		XH004	I, II, III
14	XH006	Basic French 3 (*)	4			60		XH005	I, II, III
15	FL004	Advanced French 1 (*)	3			45		XH006	I, II, III
16	FL005	Advanced French 2 (*)	3			45		FL004	I, II, III
17	FL006	Advanced French 3 (*)	4			60		FL005	I, II, III
18	TN033	Basic Informatics (*)	1	1		15			I, II, III
19	TN034	Practice on Basic Informatics (*)	2	2			60		I, II, III
20	ML009	The Basic Principles of Marxist-Leninism 1	2	2		30			I, II, III
21	ML010	The Basic Principles of Marxist-Leninism 2	3	3		45		ML009	I, II, III
22	ML006	Ho Chi Minh Ideology	2	2		30		ML010	I, II, III
23	ML011	Revolutionary way of Vietnam Communist Party	3	3		45		ML006	I, II, III
24	KL001	General Law	2	2		30			I, II, III
25	ML007	General Logics	2		2	30			I, II,III
26	XH011	Introduction to Vietnamese Culture				30			I, II,III
27	XH012	Vietnamese in Use	2			30			I, II,III
28	XH014	General Documents & Archives	2			30			I, II,III
29	XH028	Basics of Sociology	2			30			I, II,III
30	KN001	Soft skills	2			20	20		I, II,III
31	TN001	Calculus for computer science 1	3	3		45			I, II, III
32	TN002	Calculus for computer science 2	4	4		60		TN001	I, II, III
33	TN010	Probability and Statistics	3	3		45			I, II, III
34	TN012	Linear Algebra & Analytic Geometry	4	4		60			I, II, III
35	CT101	Basic Programming	4	4		30	60		I, II
Total: 56 credits (Required: 41 credits; Optional: 15 credits)
Fundamental knowledge
36	CT172	Discrete Mathematics	4	4		60			I, II
37	CT103	Data Structures	4	4		45	30	CT101	I, II
38	CT173	Computer Architectures	3	3		45			I, II
39	CT178	Principles of Operating Systems	3	3		30	30	CT173	I, II
40	CT179	System Administration	3	3		30	30		I, II
41	CT112	Computer Networks	3	3		30	30	CT178	I, II
42	CT171	Introduction to Software Engineering	3	3		30	30		I, II
43	CT176	Object-Oriented Programming	3	3		30	30	CT101	I, II
44	CT175	Graph theory	3	3		30	30	CT103	I, II
45	CT174	Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms	3	3		30	30	CT103	I, II
46	CT180	Introduction to Databases	3	3		30	30	CT103	I, II
47	CT187	Fundamentals of Information Technology	3	3		30	30		I, II
48	CT311	Research Methodology	2	2		20	20		I, II
49	CT181	Business Information Systems	3	N1	N1 or N2 or N3	30	30		I, II
50	CT182	Modeling Language	3	N1		30	30		I, II
51	CT183	English for Information Technology 1	3	N2		45		XH025	I, II
52	CT184	English for Information Technology 2	3	N2		45		CT183	I, II
53	CT185	French for Information Technology 1	3	N3		45		XH006	I, II
54	CT186	French for Information Technology 2	3	N3		45		CT185	I, II
Total: 46 credits (Required: 40 credits; Optional: 06 credits)
Specialized knowledge
55	CT109	Information System Analysis & Design	3	3		30	30	CT180	I, II
56	CT233	Cloud Computing	3	3		30	30	CT112	I, II
57	CT332	Artificial Intelligence	3	3		30	30		I, II
58	CT202	Principles of Machine Learning	3	3		30	30		I, II
59	CT222	System Security	3	3		30	30		I, II
60	CT237	Principles of Database Management Systems	3	3		30	30		I, II
61	CT236	SQL Server Database Management Systems	2		2	15	30		I, II
62	CT269	Oracle Database Management Systems	2		2	15	30		I, II
63	CT335	Network Design and Implementation	3	3		30	30	CT112	I, II
64	CT235	Microsoft Windows Network Administration	3		3	30	30	CT112	I, II
65	CT212	Linux Network Administration	3		3	30	30	CT112	I, II
66	CT221	Network Programming	3	3		30	30	CT112	I, II
67	CT206	Application Development on Linux	3		3	30	30	CT176, CT180	I, II
68	CT251	Application Development on Windows	3			30	30	CT176, CT180	I, II
69	CT207	Open Source Software Development	3			30	30	CT101	I, II
70	CT428	Web Programming	3	3		30	30		I, II
71	CT450	Internship	2	2			60	≥120 TC	III
72	CT271	Project – Fundamental Topics	3	3			90	≥ 80 TC	I, II
73	CT466	Project – Specialized Topics	3	3			90	≥ 100 Credits	I, II
74	CT593	Graduation Thesis	10		10		300	≥ 120 Credits	I, II
75	CT468	Minor-thesis	4				120	≥ 120 Credits	I, II
76	CT272	E-commerce	3			30	30		I, II
77	CT273	Human - Computer interface	3			30	30		I, II
78	CT338	Wireless and Mobile Networking	2			30			I, II
79	CT274	Mobile Programming	2			30	30	CT176	I, II
80	CT223	Software Project Management	3			30	30	CT171	I, II
81	CT211	Network Security	3			30	30		I, II
82	CT275	Web Technologies and Services	3			30	30		I, II
83	CT224	J2EE	2			15	30	CT176	I, II
84	CT231	Parallel Programming	3			30	30		I, II
Total: 53 credits (Required: 35 credits; Optional: 18 credits)
Total: 155 credits (Required: 116 credits; Optional: 39 credits)

(*): Conditional courses, not included in cumulative grade point average. Students may complete the above modules by submitting certificates in accordance with the University's regulations.

Rectorate Board Coucil of College of Information and Communication Technology
Rector Science and Training Dean

Chair

Hà Thanh Toàn Lê Việt Dũng Trần Cao Đệ