Overview
In line with the latest trends in the Information Technology industry, the BSc IKS degree offers a selection of Information Technology application environments (referred to as an elective group of the degree), of which a student has to choose one. The degree enables graduates to design and develop systems applied within a particular discipline, but also equips them with adequate domain knowledge within the discipline to be able to do consulting work.
The seven application environments from which a student has to choose, are listed below together with their potential career advancements:
- Data Science - Data scientist, Data analyst, Big data developer
- Genetics - bio programming, biotechnology, administration of biological data
- Geographical Information Science - GIS consultation, environmental analysis for national, provincial and municipal governments, town and regional planning applications
- IT and Enterprises - IT business analysis and consultation, IT entrepreneurial consultation
- IT and Law - expert witness in IT related court cases, consultation on IT related laws, computer and security consultation, forensic investigation
- IT and Music - electronic music analysis, programming of music devices and drivers, digital story telling and advertising
- Software development - database design and development, human computer interaction (HCI) design, programming in multiple environments
The degree comprises fundamental modules, a University of Pretoria requirement; core modules, the foundation for the Computer Science requirement of the degree; and elective modules, the required subjects in the application environments.
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