Program Name:	Bachelor of Information Security and Computer Forensics
School:	School of Engineering
Course Duration:	48 months / 4 Years (8 Semesters)
Tution fee	K64,000.00 (K8,000.00 per semester) - E-learning / Distance Edu.
Exam fee	K200.00 (Per Semester)
Registration Fee	K500.00 (Per Semester)
Enrollment Dates	Now Enrolling
Program Requirements	Grade 12 Certificate with atleast 5 credits

Program Description

The Bachelor of Information Security and Computer Forensics programme curriculum is reviewed every 2 years to ensure that it is always relevant and meets the demands of the current ICT industry. This course looks at the information security in defensive view. The course is designed to provide fundamental skills needed to analyze the internal and external security threats against a network, and to develop security policies that will protect an organization’s information. Students will learn how to evaluate information security issues and design, and how to implement successful security policies and firewall strategies. In addition, they will learn how to expose system and network vulnerabilities and defend against them. The course will also empower students with the knowledge of tracking cyber crime.<br><br> The programme blends theory and practice and aims to equip students with advanced knowledge necessary for the design, development, maintenance, and management of Information and Communications systems. Such training includes exposure to the latest technologies used in the development of information systems, as well as core skills required to cope with the rapidly changing nature of the ICT field. This flexibility provides students with an opportunity to gain the pertinent skills and knowledge that will help them to advance their careers and to master the newest technology. Graduates will have substantial knowledge of industry relevant state-of-the-art technologies and scientific method, and they will have excellent prospects in a wide range of careers.<br><br> This arrangement allows students to attain a preparation to deal with the constant changes in information and communications technology. Since change is the only constant in the ICT industry, their versatility as generalist will enable them to handle challenges as they arise in the industry. Employers such as Mobile Communications, ISPs, Banks, Manufacturers, Consultants, and other organizations (especially smaller ones) seeking graduates with a broad set of skills for careers such as System Engineers, Network Designers or ICT Security experts, and ICT Auditors. The BSc in ICT programme is designed to be covered over a period of four (4) years and is divided into two parts: <br> 1) Course Work <br> 2) Research Work <br><br> <strong>Part I: Course Work </strong><br> The first year provides students with the foundation courses offering them with a minimum level of prerequisite ICT knowledge. These courses are designed to provide a common foundation for students who will be working in the field of Information Systems, Communication Networks, ICT Applications, ICT Entrepreneurships, and ICT Policy and ICT Security. These foundations will thus prepare students as take up specialized courses. The second and third years of study build on the foundation created in the first year.<br><br> The course work is composed of lectures, online tutorials, assignments, laboratory and projects. The candidate shall, at the end of the course work, take written final examinations. The final assessment will be based on the performance in the final examination as well as the assessment in tutorials, assignments, laboratory, projects and semester tests. Each semester engineering (ICE) course has three (3) credits while each non-engineering (ICH or ICB) course has two (2) credits, and for a student to qualify for Part II should attain atleast a total of 96 credits. A candidate who fails a course shall be required to repeat the course. A candidate shall, at the end of Part I, prepare his/her project proposal with the guidance of an academic supervisor.

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