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| Bachelors of Computer Information
systems (BCIS) |
The Program
Objectives
Potential Intakes
Career Opportunities
& Potential Employers
The
Curriculum
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| The
Program |
The four-year Bachelors of Computer Information Systems (BCIS)
program is the first of its kind in the country. as our four-year
BCIS program is comparable to similar programs elsewhere in
the world, our students, upon graduation from the BCIS program,
will have an added advantage of being able to directly pursue
Masters level program in the US, UK or elsewhere in the world.
The BCIS program aims to prepare students to be able to blend
the power of computers along with the concepts, tools and techniques
of management, to solve problems of modern-day complex organizations.
This program attempts to develop the technical skills and organizational
insights in students to analyze, design, implement and manage
information systems.
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| Objectives |
The BCIS program at the Faculty of Management
Studies (FMS) of Pokhara University is designed to impart both
theoretical foundation and practical knowledge in Computer Information
Systems. Specifically, the program aims, among others to:
 Prepare students
to take up entry level managerial position to start a professional
career in computer
information
systems;
Inculcate
a positive attitude, abilities and practical skills so essential
for competent and responsible computer
professional; and
Develop necessary foundation for Masters level Studies in Computer
Information Systems, Management Information
Systems or Computer Science.
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| Potential Intakes |
Students who have completed 10+2 or any equivalent
examinations in a higher second division fro any college and
university recognized by Pokhara University.
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| Career Opportunities & Potential
Employers |
Demand for BCIS degree holders is enormous worldwide. Organizations
- public or private, small or large, domestic or international,
for - profit or not - for - profit - will absorb ever - growing
number of skilled and competent computer professionals for years
to come. Students, upon graduation from the BCIS program, are
expected to work as programmers, system analysts, information
analysts, database managers, network administrators, trainer
cum instructors and likes. In addition, the BCIS degree holders
will have very strong foundations to pursue Masters level studies
in Computer science or Business Administration.
A
large number of organizations employ competent and skilled professionals
to analyze, design, implement and manage their information system
to competitively run in today's competitive environment. Public
or private, small or large, domestic or international, profit
- making or not -for - profit organizations are expected to
employ the outputs of the BCIS program.
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| The Curriculum |
A student needs to successfully
complete a hundred and twenty credit hours of course work to
graduate from BCIS program. Recognizing the need for both breadth
and depth in a quality academic program, the curriculum for
the BCIS program comprises of six distinct components
Six courses (18 credit hours) in analytical tool area and three
courses (9 credit hours) in support area to provide a student
with a strong foundation in allied areas of computer studies;
Nine courses (27 credit hours) in
management to help students understand and appreciate the diversity
of and the interrelationships between various functional areas
of management;
A six credit CIS
Internship to provide a student with an opportunity to gain
real-life practical experience;
Seventeen courses (51 credit hours)
in a concentration area to help a student develop a degree of
functional expertise in CIS; and
Three elective
courses (9 credit hours) to help a student broaden the understanding
of various facets of computer applications in real-life. |
| Analytical
Toolss |
18 credits |
| Mathematics
- I |
3 credits |
| Mathematics
II |
3 credits |
| Statistics
|
3 credits |
| Data Analysis
and Modeling |
3 credits |
| Microeconomics |
3 credits |
| Macroeconomics |
3 credits |
| Management
Courses |
27 credits |
| Principles
of Management |
3 credits |
| Financial
Accounting - I |
3 credits |
| Financial
Accounting - II |
3 credits |
| Organizational
relations |
3 credits |
| Financial
Management |
3 credits |
| Management
Accounting |
3 credits |
| Marketing
Management |
3 credits |
| Operations
management |
3 credits |
| Human Resources
Management |
3 credits |
| Support
Area |
09 credits |
| English -
I |
3 credits |
| English -
II |
3 credits |
| Managerial
Communication |
3 credits |
| Computer
Courses |
51 credits |
| Programming
Language |
3 credits |
| Digital Systems
|
3 credits |
| Operating
Systems |
3 credits |
| Computer Architecture
and Microprocessors |
3 credits |
| Object-Oriented
Programming |
3 credits |
| Data Structure
and Algorithms |
3 credits |
| Discrete
Structure |
3 credits |
| Database
Management |
3 credits |
| Networks
and Data Communication |
3 credits |
| Systems Analysis
and Design |
3 credits |
| Computer
Graphics |
3 credits |
| Web Technology |
3 credits |
| Electronic
commerce |
3 credits |
| Decision Support
and Knowledge-based Systems |
3 credits |
| Management
Information Systems |
3 credits |
| Economics
of Computers |
3 credits |
| Directed
Study in Computer Information Systems |
3 credits |
| Internship |
06 credits |
| Elective |
09 credits |
| Any three
courses from the following list : |
| Software
Engineering |
3 credits |
| Distributed
Database Systems |
3 credits |
| Computer
Based Accounting |
3 credits |
| Advanced
Techniques in Programming |
3 credits |
| Parallel
Programming |
3 credits |
| Internet
Technologies |
3 credits |
| Multi-media
and Applications |
3 credits |
| Application
of Computer in Hotel Management |
3 credits |
| Application
of Computer in Airlines Reservation Systems |
3 credits |
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