Description of Course
Horizon Campus graduates of Information Technology degree programmes will successfully address these needs of an organization without much extra efforts. This programme offer students with the flexibility to work across many disciplines that require expertise IT aspects. The main aim of this degree programme is to prepare students to meet the computing technology needs of business, government, healthcare, schools, and other kinds of organizations and also to stimulate development and research in these areas.
- This course is approved by the Ministry of Higher Education, Sri Lanka.
- Fees payable through the Government Interest Free Student Loan Scheme (IFSLS)
Entry Requirements
Minimum of three passes in GCE A/Ls in the any stream.
The admission criteria has been defined to meet the requirements of the Sri Lanka Qualification Framework (SLQF).
General Admission Criteria to Year 1 (Level 3 of SLQF):
Three Passes in one sitting at one of:
G.C.E. A/L - conducted by the Department of Examinations, Sri Lanka.
G.C.E. A/L - conducted by Pearson Edexel, UK (London A/L).
International A/L - conducted by Cambridge International Examinations.
Course Content
Year 1
Introduction to IT and Computing
Programming Fundamentals
Discrete Mathematics
Psychology
Leadership and Communication Skills
Entrepreneurship and Business Development
Computer Organization & Architecture
Database Management Systems
Statistics
Integrative Programming & Technology
Technology Evolution
Data Structures and Algorithms I
Total Credits Year 1: 31
Year 3
Network Performance Analysis
Systems Administration and Maintenance
Systems Integration & Architecture
Mobile Web Application Development
Service Oriented Computing
E-Commerce
Network Programming
Routing and Wide Area Networking
Network Security
Presentation Skills II
Information Assurance & Network Security
Wireless Networking
Cloud Computing
Total Credits Year 3: 30
Year 2
Social and Professional Issues
Data Communication
System Analysis and Design
Philosophy of Science
Object Oriented Programming
Data Structures and Algorithms II
Business and IT Law
Web System and Technologies
Web Application Development
Operating Systems
Presentation Skills I
Computer Networks
Human Computer Interaction
Total Credits Year 2: 31
Year 4
Research Methods & Scientific Writing
Embedded Systems
Parallel and Distributed Systems
Nature Inspired Algorithms
Final Year Project*
Wireless Sensor Networks
Intelligent systems
Computer Animation
Enterprise Resource Planning
Internship
Total Credits Year 4: 29
Total Credits of BIT (Hons) in Networking and Mobile Computing : 121
*Final year project spans the entire 4th year.
