Undergraduate Handbook - School of Computing and Informatics ...

5. Tuition Fees
Tuition fees for privately sponsored students shall be 2,600,000 Uganda Shillings per year for Ugandans and
5,050,000 Uganda Shillings per year for non Ugandans. This is the same tuition fees for the existing curriculum.
6. Semester Load and Minimum Graduation Load
The normal semester load is between 15 and 21 credit units. The minimum graduation load is 113 credit units
for courses passed including all the compulsory courses and required number of electives within a period
stipulated by the University.
8.2.2 Programme Structure
Details of the Programme structure as specified below where CU, LH, PH, TH, and CH represent Credit Units,
Lecture Hours, Practical Hours, Tutorial Hours and Contact Hours respectively.
Code Name CH LH TH PH CH
Semester 1:
BIS 1100 Foundations of Information Systems 3 45 -- -- 45
BIS 1101 Communication for Information Systems Managers 3 45 -- -- 45
BIS 1102 Business Statistics 3 45 -- -- 45
CSC 1100 Computer Literacy 4 45 -- 30 60
BIT 1100 Website Development & Internet Technology 3 30 -- -- 30
CSK 1101 Communication Skills 4 45 -- 30 60
Electives: (No Elective Course)
Semester 2:
BIS 1200 Information Systems in Business 3 45 -- -- 45
BIS 1201 Distributed Information Systems 4 45 30 -- 60
CSC 1200 Programming Methodology 4 45 -- 30 60
CSC 1204 Research Methodology 4 45 30 -- 60
BIT 1200 Information Technology 3 45 -- -- 45
Year 1: Recess Term:
CSC 1301 Practical Skills Development 4 -- -- 120 60
CSC 1303 Cisco Certified Network Associate (Audited Course) 5 150 -- 100 200
Semester 3:
BIS 2100 Information Systems Security 4 45 30 -- 60
BIT 2100 Information Systems Development 4 45 30 -- 60
BIT 2101 Information Systems Management 3 45 30 -- 45
BIT 2102 Electronic Commerce 4 45 30 -- 60
Electives:(1 Elective Course)
BIS 2102 Knowledge-based Systems 3 45 -- -- 45
BIT 2105 Electronic Media Systems and Media 3 45 -- -- 45
Semester 4:
BIS 2200 Intelligent Systems 4 45 30 -- 60
CSC 2202 Systems Analysis and Design 4 45 30 -- 60
CSC 2203 Database Languages 4 45 30 -- 60
CSC 2204 Research Design and Implementation 2 30 -- -- 60
Electives: (1 Elective Course)
BIS 2201 Executive Information Systems 4 45 30 -- 60
BIS 2202 Selected Topics in Information Systems 4 60 -- -- 60
CSC 2200 Operating Systems 4 45 30 -- 60
Year 2: Recess Term:
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