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Information Technology Division

Introduction to IT Division

The Higher Colleges o Technology oers one o UAEs largest selections o Inormation Technologyprograms. Students study Diploma, Higher Diploma and Bachelor Degree courses using up-to-the-minute technology, sotware and industry techniques.

All HCT Inormation Technology programs are constantly monitored and reviewed to ensure thatthe skills the student acquire in the classroom and the equipment they use are at the cutting edgeo technology and industry-appropriate. As a result, the HCTs Inormation Technology graduatesare in high demand rom leading industry employers looking or talented people who have thecommunication and team-working skills they need to enhance their business.

This exciting feld provides excellent career prospects or graduates in education, government,private enterprise, internet development, database engineering, programming and other areas withinthe constantly growing communications industry.

IT Division Program Vision and Mission

Vision of the IT DivisionTo be the leading Division at HCT in providing students with an innovative, creative, exciting anduture oriented IT education in a rapidly changing environment.

Mission of the IT DivisionThe mission o the IT Division is to educate UAE Nationals with a dynamic and diverse curriculumin Inormation Technology in order to prepare them or proessional and managerial roles in aninternational environment; to be productive, confdent and ethical citizens who are able to capitalizeon change in a rapidly evolving technological world.

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H I G H E R C O L L E G E S O F T E C H N O L O G Y

IT Division Program Goals

Goal 1: GenericGraduates o the program will have the knowledge, skills and attributes to solve real world problems usingtechnology.

Goal 2: Intellectual/ cognitive skillsGraduates o the program will be able to use analytical problem solving, decision making, and critical thinkingskills by utilizing inormation technology in various felds

Goal 3: Transferrable skillsGraduates o the program will be able to apply eective communication skills to evaluate and integrate theprinciples o social responsibility, cultural sensitivity, teamwork, and ethical practices in an evolving local andglobal context.

IT Division Program Requirements

Program Entry Requirements: See Academic Framework Minimum Admission Requirements (p. 27)

HD Exit Pathway: A student can elect to complete the HD Exit pathway (with or without a major) at thecommencement o Semester 6 o the program. To graduate with a Higher Diploma in Inormation Technology(with or without a major) the student must complete a total o 144 credits and IELTS Academic Module with anoverall IELTS band o 5.5 with no skill level below 5.0.

Bachelor of Science Requirement:To graduate with a Bachelor o Science in Inormation Technology (withor without a Program Major) the student must complete a total o 192 credits.


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The Mission: The mission o Business and Inormation Systems majors is to develop knowledge, skills andability o students to comprehend and manage the reasons why Inormation Technology and Inormation Systemsare crucial to modern organizations and thus making them subject to proessional management.

HD/BAS in Information TechnologyMajor: Business and Information Systems

IT Common Core Curriculum Requirements CourseCredits

Required Credits: 44BMGN N100 Business Processes and Critical Thinking 4

BMGN N150 Introduction to Management 4

ITEC N100 Computing Fundamentals 4

ITEC N177 Website Design 4

ITEC N226 Computer Platorms 4

ITEC N227 Programming Concepts 4ITEC N228 Database Design Concepts 4

ITEC N296 Networking Concepts 4

ITEC N298 Systems Analysis 4

ITEC N399 IT Project Management 4

ITEC N415 Applied Research Skills 4

Business and Info. Systems Major Core Requirements CourseCredits

Required Credits: 64

BMAC N200 Financial Accounting I 4

BMHR N300 Human Resource Management 4

BMKT N200 Marketing Fundamentals 4LSSS N231 Introduction to Economics (Social Science) 4

ITEC N231 E-Business I 4

ITEC N241 Web Applications I 4

ITEC N331 E-Business II 4

ITEC N339 Customer Relations Management 4

ITEC N362 Web Graphics and Multimedia 4

ITEC N374 IT Project I 4

ITEC N375 IT Project II 4

ITEC N411 Management o Inormation Systems 4

ITEC N454 Internet Multimedia and Interactivity 4

ITEC N455 Inormation Management Systems 4

ITEC N462 Marketing and Inormation Management 4

ITEC N466 Inormation Management Project 4

Business and Ino. Systems Major Options(200/300 level)

CourseCredit

Required Credits: 8BMAC N250 Financial and Management Accounting 4

ITEC N225 Structured Query Language 4

ITEC N229 Principles o Inormation Security 4

ITEC N290 Human Computer Interaction 4

ITEC N291 Operating Systems 4

ITEC N301 Sotware Testing 4

ITEC N303 Business Applications Development 4

ITEC N304 Introduction to ERP 4

ITEC N309 System Development Tools 4

ITEC N310 WAN Technologies 8

ITEC N312 Database Administration I 4

ITEC N313 Mobile Applications Development 4

ITEC N314 Game Sotware Development 4

ITEC N315 Advanced Sotware Applications 4

ITEC N319 Business Development and Training 8

ITEC N324 Small Ofce Networks 4

ITEC N325 Wireless Networking 4

ITEC N326 Networking Project Management 4

ITEC N327 Web Applications II 4

ITEC N329 Advanced System Development Tools 4

ITEC N330 Voice over IP 4

ITEC N334 Enterprise Technologies II 4

ITEC N335 Network Management and Monitoring 4


ITEC N341 XML and Web Services Development 4

ITEC N347 Data Warehouseing & Data Mining Principles 4

ITEC N350 Modeling o Discrete Event Systems 4

ITEC N351 Probability and Statistics 4

ITEC N356 Quality Management Principles 4

ITEC N359 Object Oriented Analysis 4ITEC N367 Managing Web Projects 4

ITEC N368 Web Application Security 4

ITEC N369 Current Web Technologies 4

ITEC N372 Sotware Architecture Trends 4

ITEC N376 IT Project III 4

ITEC N380 Engineering Web Applications 4

ITEC N384 Network Security Concepts 4

ITEC N388 Engineering Game Sotware 4

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Business and Ino. Systems Major Options(400 Level)

CourseCredit

Required Credits: 12BMFS N470 Islamic Banking and Insurance 4

BMGN N400 Total Quality Management 4

BMHR N470 Industrial Relations 4

BMGN N480 Entrepreneurship & Small BusinessManagement 4

HIST N401 Historical Perspectives o the Arab World 4

ITEC N410 Current Technologies 4

ITEC N412 Web-based Design and Development 4

ITEC N413 Advanced Applications Development 4

ITEC N414 BIT Project I 4

ITEC N418 IT Project P15 12

ITEC N451 Contemporary Issues in Inormation Systems 4

ITEC N452 Advanced Object Oriented Analysis andDesign 4

ITEC N453 Inormation Technology Practices 4

ITEC N457 Advanced Database Architecture 4

ITEC N458 Enterprise Java Application Development 4

ITEC N459 Project Management 4

ITEC N460 Operating Systems I 4

ITEC N461 Operating Systems II 4

ITEC N463 Applications Development 4

HCT Common Requirements CourseCredits

English

Required Credits: 24ENGL N125 English Communications I 8ENGL N175 English Communications II 8ENGL N214 English Communications III 4ENGL N264 English Communications IV 4

General Education (Liberal Studies Courses) CourseCredits


Mathematics 4Written and Oral Communication 12Natural Sciences 4Humanities 4Fine Arts 4

Work Experience CourseCredits

Credits 12WORK DH008 Work Experience 8 weeks 12

Total Required Credits 192 Minimum Duration Of Study, Full Time (Year/s) 4

Maximum Duration Of Study, Full Time (Year/s) 6 Program Code BUISBHB

Cost Recovery Program No Major Code BUIS

Bachelor o Applied Science Total credits required Credits 192


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The Mission:The Mission o database management major is to provide students with the knowledge and skillsrequired to develop database business applications.

Students will be able to analyze, design, code, test and implement business applications using dierent tools andtechniques such as data modeling, RDBMS, SQL, and client side applications.

Students will also be having the knowledge in administering databases, managing Inormation Systems (MIS), andBusiness Intelligence Tools.

HD/BAS in Information TechnologyMajor: Database Management


Required Credits: 44BMGN N100 Business Processes and Critical Thinking 4

BMGN N150 Introduction to Management 4ITEC N100 Computing Fundamentals 4



ITEC N227 Programming Concepts 4

ITEC N228 Database Design Concepts 4





Database Management Major Core Requirements

Course

CreditsRequired Credits: 60

ITEC N208 Database Programming 4



ITEC N253 Database System Design andImplementation 4

ITEC N301 Sotware testing 4





ITEC N359 Object Oriented Analysis 4






Database Management Major Options (200/300 Level) CourseCredits

Required Credits: 4BMAC N250 Financial and Management Accounting 4

ITEC N229 Principles o Inormation Security 4ITEC N290 Human Computer Interaction 4











ITEC N329 Advanced System Development Tools 4ITEC N330 Voice over IP 4










ITEC N367 Managing Web Projects 4

ITEC N369 Current Web Technologies 4ITEC N372 Sotware Architecture Trends 4







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Database Management Major Options (400 Level) CourseCredits



BMHR N470 Industrial Relations 4BMGN N480 Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management 4








ITEC N452 Advanced Object Oriented Analysis and Design 4



ITEC N455 Systems Inormation Management 4ITEC N458 Enterprise Java Application Development 4








English

Required Credits: 24ENGL N125 English Communications I 8

ENGL N175 English Communications II 8ENGL N214 English Communications III 4ENGL N264 English Communications IV 4

General Education (Liberal Studies Courses)

Required Credits: 32Mathematics 4Written and Oral Communication 12Natural Sciences 4Social Sciences 4Humanities 4Fine Arts 4

Work Experience Course

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Maximum Duration Of Study, Full Time (Year/s) 6 Program Code DBMGBHB

Cost Recovery Program No Major Code DBMG

Bachelor o Applied Science Total credits required Credits 192



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The Mission:The mission o the Inormation Administration Major is to prepare students to become independentlearners who will be uture leaders in inormation management and training. It seeks to produce graduates whoare able to organize, retrieve, acquire and maintain inormation to become competent inormation administratorsand to develop and deliver eective training programs.

HD/BAS in Information TechnologyMajor: Information Administration



BMGN N100 Business Processes and Critical Thinking 4




ITEC N226 Computer Platorms 4ITEC N227 Programming Concepts 4






Information Administration Major Core Requirements CourseCredits

Required Credits: 52BMHR N300 Human Resource Management 4

ITEC N213 Business Presentations 4

ITEC N218 Arabic Computer Applications 4

ITEC N261 IT Training I 4

ITEC N265 Computer Based Training 4



ITEC N411 Management o Inormation Systems 4ITEC N454 Internet Multimedia and Interactivity 4ITEC N462 Marketing and Inormation Management 4ITEC N463 Applications Development 4ITEC N466 Inormation Management Project 4

Information Administration Major Options (200/300 Level) CourseCredits


BMAC N250 Financial and Management Accounting 4




ITEC N291 Operating Systems 4ITEC N301 Sotware Testing 4











ITEC N326 Networking Project Management 4ITEC N327 Web Applications II 4











ITEC N359 Object Oriented Analysis 4ITEC N362 Web Graphics and Multimedia 4












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IT Common Curriculum RequirementsCourseCredits


BMGN N100 Business Processes and Critical Thinking 4BMGN N150 Introduction to Management 4










Information Systems Security Major Core Requirements CourseCredits

Required Credits: 64ITEC N241 Web Application I 4

ITEC N278 Enterprise Technologies I 4



ITEC N308 Operating Systems Security I 4

ITEC N316 Intrusion Detection and Hackers Techniques 4

ITEC N318 Security policies and procedures 4

ITEC N338 Computer Forensics and Investigation I 4


ITEC N401 WAN and Telecommunications 4ITEC N402 Incidence Response and Disaster Recovery 4

ITEC N403 Network and Wireless Forensics 4

ITEC N404 Contemporary issues in InormationSecurity and Assurance 4

ITEC N405 Applied Cryptography 4

ITEC N406 Security Risk Management 4

ITEC N407 Enterprise Security Architecture 4

The Mission: The Mission o Inormation Systems Security Major is prepare students to recognize and combatinormation system threats and vulnerabilities. The ISS Major plans to cultivate an appropriate knowledge ocomputer, network and web security that will increase the likelihood o the next generation o IT workers to havethe background needed to design and develop systems that are engineered to be reliable and secure. In additionto possessing state-o-the-art knowledge in the preservation o inormation assets, students will become expertsin the identifcation o computer security vulnerabilities. Students will also understand orensic requirementsneeded to prove an attack occurred, identiy its origin, assess the extent o the damage or loss o inormation,and design strategies that ensure data can be recovered

HD/BAS in Information TechnologyMajor: Information Systems Security

Information Systems Security Major Options(200/300 Level)

CourseCredits

Required Credits: 8

BMAC N250 Financial and Management Accounting 4ITEC N225 Structured Query Language 4











ITEC N319 Business Development and Training 8ITEC N324 Small Ofce Networks 4
























ITEC N392 Technology and Cyber Crimes 4

ITEC N393 Computer Law and Ethics 4


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Required Credits: 32Mathematics 4

Written and Oral Communication 12

Natural Sciences 4Social Sciences 4

Humanities 4

Fine Arts 4


EnglishRequired Credits: 24ENGL N125 English Communications I 8

ENGL N175 English Communications II 8

ENGL N214 English Communications III 4

ENGL N264 English Communications IV 4

Information Systems Security Major Options (400 Level) CourseCredits

Required Credits: 8

BMGN N480 Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management 4

ITEC N408 Inormation Technology Audits 4







ITEC N406 Operating Systems Security II 4

ITEC N407 Electronic Commerce 4

ITEC N408 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity 4ITEC N452 Advanced Object Oriented Analysis and Design 4


ITEC N454 Internet Multimedia & Interactivity 4







ITEC N419 Computer Forensics and Investigation II 4

ITEC N420 Emerging Issues in Inormation Security 4

ITEC N450 Contemporary issues in inormation security andassurance 4


Work Experience CourseCreditsRequired Credits: 12WORK DH008 Work Experience 8 weeks 12

Bachelor of Applied Science Total credits required Credits 192

Total Required Credits 192 Minimum Duration O Study, Full Time (Year/s) 4

Maximum Duration O Study, Full Time (Year/s) 6 Program Code

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The Mission:The program will prepare students o become Inormation Technologists with breadth in the coreinormation technologies o programming, networking, database and web development while allowing them tospecialize in one particular area o inormation technology. The program will promote English communication,leadership, teamwork, critical thinking, and problem solving so that graduates can work eectively as Inormation

Technologists in an international environment with the adaptability to respond to opportunities in the rapidlyevolving feld o inormation and communication technologies.

HD/BAS in Information TechnologyMajor: Network Engineering

IT Common Curriculum Core Requirements CourseCredits




ITEC N100 Computing Fundamentals 4ITEC N177 Website Design 4








Network Engineering Major Core Requirements CourseCredits

Required Credits: 64ITEC N204 Networking Models 4

ITEC N216 Routing Fundamentals 8

ITEC N278 Enterprise Technologies I 4

ITEC N305 Basic Switching and Intermediate Routing 8



ITEC N384 Network Security 4

ITEC N490 Advanced Routing (CCNP 1) 12

ITEC N492 Advanced Switching (CCNP3 8

Network Engineering Major Options (200/300 Level) CourseCredits

Required Credits: 4



ITEC N229 Principles o Inormation Security 4ITEC N290 Human Computer Interaction 4











ITEC N324 Small Ofce Networks 4ITEC N326 Networking Project Management 4











ITEC N356 Quality Management Principles 4ITEC N359 Object Oriented Analysis 4












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Network Engineering Major Options (400 Level) CourseCredits


BMFS N470 Islamic Banking and Insurance 4














ITEC N454 Internet Multimedia and Interactivity 4ITEC N455 Systems Inormation Management 4









ITEC N493 Troubleshooting 8

ITEC N494 Network Security (CCSP) 8


English



General Education (Liberal Studies Courses)





Maximum Duration Of Study, Full Time (Year/s) 6 Program Code NTENBHB

Cost Recovery Program No Major Code NTEN



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The Mission:The mission o the Sotware Engineering major is to prepare IT students with the knowledgerequired to design and develop object oriented applications in a global dynamic IT environment using analytical,problem solving, practical and project management skills.

HD/BAS in Information TechnologyMajor: Software Engineering

IT Common Curriculum Core Requirements CourseCredits







ITEC N227 Programming Concepts 4ITEC N228 Database Design Concepts 4





Sotware Engineering Major Core Requirements CourseCredits

Required Credits: 68ITEC N225 Structured Query Language 4

ITEC N237 Object Oriented Programming I 4


ITEC N259 Object Oriented Analys 4ITEC N301 Sotware testing 4


ITEC N320 Object Oriented Programming II 4









ITEC N458 Enterprise Java Applications Development 4ITEC N467 Sotware Application Security 4

Software Engineering Major Options (200/300 Level) CourseCredits

Required Credits: 4






ITEC N304 Introduction to ERP 4ITEC N309 System Development Tools 4






























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Sotware Engineering Major Options (400 Level ) CourseCredits











ITEC N455 Systems Inormation Management 4



ITEC N459 Project Management 4ITEC N460 Operating Systems I 4






English



General Education (Liberal Studies Cources)


Work Experience



Maximum Duration Of Study, Full Time (Year/s) 6 Program Code SWENBHB

Cost Recovery Program No Major Code SWEN



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the Mission: The Mission o web development program is to prepare students with the highest quality trainingin modern web design and development technologies.

Graduates o the program will have high abilities in client-side web design technologies such as graphics, HTML,CSS, and JavaScript.

Graduates will also have high efciency in designing and developing server-side web technologies varying romdesigning data, business, and presentation tiers. The program prepares students to understand key businessrequirements and design IT solutions that satisy those requirements.

HD/BAS in Information TechnologyMajor: Web Development



BMGN N100 Business Processes and Critical Thinking 4BMGN N150 Introduction to Management 4










Web Development Major Core RequirementsCourseCredits

Required Credits: 64ITEC N201 E-business Strategy 4


ITEC N232 Web Development 4

ITEC N234 Programming or the web 4


ITEC N320 Object Oriented Programming II 4


ITEC N341 XML and Web Services 4



ITEC N374 IT Project I 4ITEC N375 IT Project II 4




ITEC N458 Enterprise Java Applications Development 4

Web Development Major Options (200/300 Level) CourseCredits

Required Credits: 4

BMAC N250 Financial and Management Accounting 4ITEC N225 Structured Query Language 4











ITEC N314 Game Sotware Development 4ITEC N315 Advanced Sotware Applications 4











ITEC N347 Data Warehouseing & Data Mining Principles 4ITEC N350 Modeling o Discrete Event Systems 4












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Web Development Major Options (400 Level) CourseCredits














ITEC N455 Systems Inormation Management 4ITEC N457 Advanced Database Architecture 4








English



General Education (Liberal Studies Cources)


Work Experience



Maximum Duration Of Study, Full Time (Year/s) 6 Program Code WBDVBHB

Cost Recovery Program No Major Code WBDV



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Mission:The mission o the Business InormationTechnology Bachelor o Applied Science program is toeducate Higher Diploma graduates who are nationals othe United Arab Emirates in advanced skills, knowledgeand practice o inormation technology in order toprepare them as IT specialists with a ocus on businessapplications.

Program Entry Requirements: Higher Diploma inBusiness Inormation Technology in addition to ulfllingthe admission criteria or HCT Bachelor programs.

Program Regulations: Prior to entry into this

Bachelor o Applied Science program, it is recommended

that students who graduated three or more years agorom their Higher Diploma program have their coretechnology skills assessed to ensure they are stillcurrent in the rapidly evolving inormation technologyfeld.

Courses used to ulfll credit requirements at the HigherDiploma level cannot be used again to ulfll graduationrequirements or this program. A student who hascompleted a core course at the Higher Diploma levelmust complete an additional option to meet the totalprogram credit requirement to graduate.

CourseCredits

Business Inormation Technology Core RequirementsRequired Credits: 24ITEC N410 Current Technologies 4ITEC N411 Management o Inormation Systems 4ITEC N415 Applied Research Skills 4ITEC N454 Internet Multimedia and Interactivity 4ITEC N457 Advanced Database Architecture 4ITEC N459 Project Management 4

CourseCredits

Business Inormation Technology Options

Required Credits: 24BMFS N470 Islamic Banking and Insurance 4BMGN N400 Total Quality Management 4BMHR N470 Industrial Relations 4BMGN N480 Entrepreneurship & Small Business 4HIST N401 Historical Perspectives o the Arab World 4ITEC N350 Modeling o Discrete Event Systems 4

ITEC N351 Probability and Statistics 4ITEC N352 Ethics 4ITEC N353 Organizational Behavior 4ITEC N354 International Studies 4ITEC N355 Legal Studies 4ITEC N397 Business Intelligence Tools 4ITEC N413 Advanced Applications Development 4ITEC N414 BIT Project 4ITEC N418 IT Project P15 12ITEC N451 Contemporary Issues in Inormation Systems 4ITEC N452 Advanced Object Oriented Analysis and Design 4ITEC N453 Inormation Technology Practices 4ITEC N454 Internet Multimedia and Interactivity 4

ITEC N455 Inormation Management Systems 4ITEC N457 Advanced Database Architecture 4ITEC N458 Enterprise Java Application Development 4ITEC N460 Operating Systems I 4ITEC N461 Operating Systems II 4ITEC N465 Advanced Operating Systems 4

Bachelor of Applied Sciencein Business Information Technology (Transitional)


Maximum Duration Of Study, Full Time (Year/s) 3 Program Code BITEBP

Cost Recovery Program No Major Code BITE


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Bachelor of Applied Sciencein Computer Network Technology (Transitional)

Mission: The mission o the Bachelor o AppliedScience in Computer Network Technology program isto educate Higher Diploma graduates who are nationalso the United Arab Emirates in advanced skills,knowledge and practice o inormation technology inorder to prepare them as IT Specialists with a ocus onnetworking.

Program Entry Requirements: Higher Diploma inComputer Network Technology in addition to ulfllingthe admission criteria or HCT Bachelor programs.

Program Regulations: Prior to entry into this

Bachelor o Applied Science program, it is recommended

that students who graduated three or more years agorom their Higher Diploma program have their coretechnology skills assessed to ensure they are stillcurrent in the rapidly evolving inormation technologyfeld.

Courses used to ulfll credit requirements at the HigherDiploma level cannot be used again to ulfll graduationrequirements or this program. A student who hascompleted a core course at the Higher Diploma levelmust complete an additional option to meet the totalprogram credit requirement to graduate.

CourseCredits

Computer Network Technology Options

Required Credits: 24BMSF N470 Islamic Banking and Insurance 4


BMGN 480 Enterpreneurship & Small Business 4



ITEC N341 XML and Web Services Management 4



ITEC N352 Ethics 4

ITEC N353 Organizational Behavior 4

ITEC N354 International Studies 4

ITEC N355 Legal Studies 4

ITEC N367 Managing Web Project 4





IITEC N451 Contemporary Issues in Inormation 4

ITEC N453 Inormation Technology Practices 4ITEC N455 Inormation Management Systems 4





ITEC N480 Network Troubleshooting Theory 4

ITEC N481 Network Troubleshooting Practice 4

ITEC N491 Remote Access 8

ITEC N493 Troubleshooting 8

ITEC N494 Network Security (CCSP) 8

CourseCredits

Computer Network Technology Core Requirements

Required Credits: 24ITEC N490 Advanced Routing 8

ITEC N492 Advanced Switching 12



Maximum Duration Of Study, Full Time (Year/s) 3 Program Code CNETBP

Cost Recovery Program No Major Code CNET


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The Mission:The mission o the Bachelor o AppliedScience in Inormation Management program is to edu-cate Higher Diploma graduates who are nationals othe United Arab Emirates in advanced skills, knowledgeand practice o inormation technology in order to pre-pare them as IT specialists with ocus on ofce andinormation systems. The program will promote Englishcommunication, leadership, teamwork, critical thinking,and problem solving so that graduates can work eec-tively as IT specialists in an international environmentwith the adaptability to respond to opportunities in the

rapidly evolving feld o inormation and communica-tion technologies.

Program Entry Requirements: Higher Diplomain any Inormation Technology concentration in addi-tion to ulflling the admission criteria or HCT Bachelorprograms.

Program Regulations: It is suggested that candi-dates meet with a counselor to discuss academic, per-sonal and proessional issues related to this program,and also be interviewed by a college panel to deter-mine their suitability or the program.

Prior to entry into this Bachelor o Applied Scienceprogram, it is recommended that students who gradu-ated three or more years ago rom their Higher Diplo-ma program have their core technology skills assessedto ensure they are still current in the rapidly evolvinginormation technology feld.

Courses used to ulfll credit requirements at the HigherDiploma level cannot be used again to ulfll gradua-tion requirements or this program. A student who hascompleted a core course at the Higher Diploma levelmust complete an additional option to meet the totalprogram credit requirement to graduate.

Bachelor of Applied Sciencein Information Management (Transitional)

CourseCredits

Inormation Management Core


ITEC N411 Management o Inormation Systems 4ITEC N412 Web-based Design and Development 4ITEC N415 Applied Research Skills 4ITEC N454 Internet Multimedia and Interactivity 4ITEC N459 Project Management 4ITEC N462 Marketing and Inormation Management 4ITEC N463 Applications Development 4ITEC N466 Inormation Management Project 4

CourseCredits

Inormation Management Options


BMFS N470 Islamic Banking and Insurance 4BMGN N400 Total Quality Management 4BMHR N470 Industrial Relations 4BMGN 480 Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management 4HIST N401 Historical Perspectives o the Arab World 4ITEC N341 XML and Web Services Management 4ITEC N350 Modeling o Discrete Event Systems 4ITEC N351 Probability and Statistics 4ITEC N352 Ethics 4ITEC N353 Organizational Behavior 4ITEC N354 International Studies 4ITEC N355 Legal Studies 4ITEC N367 Managing Web Project 4

ITEC N368 Web Application Security 4ITEC N397 Business Intelligence Tools 4ITEC N413 Advanced Applications Development 4ITEC N451 Contemporary Issues in Inormation 4ITEC N453 Inormation Technology Practices 4ITEC N455 Inormation Management Systems 4ITEC N457 Advanced Database Architecture 4



ITEC N465 Advanced Operating Systems 4


Maximum Duration Of Study, Full Time (Year/s) 3 Program Code IMGTBP

Cost Recovery Program No Major Code IMGT


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The Mission: The mission o the Diploma in Inor-mation Technology is to produce entry-level techni-cians who have basic technical skills in inormationmanagement, networking, and web technologies. Thesetechnicians will be able to identiy, analyze and solveproblems and successully complete basic projects re-quiring the deployment o inormation technologies.

There will be opportunities or concentrations in Net-working, Ofce Administration, PC Support, and WebDevelopment. In this program, students will use Englishto communicate verbally and in writing on a variety o

general and proessional issues.

Program Entry Requirements: Successul com-pletion o all courses in the Diploma Foundations Year.

Program Regulations: Students assessed to be inneed o remediation to complete the fnal English as-sessment have the option o registering or the non-credit course o ENGL 2255 Diploma English IV. Tograduate with a Diploma in Inormation Technology(with or without a Major) the student must complete atotal o 78 credit hours. I students take WORK N2470which is our credit hours, students will be required to

take an additional elective course in order to completethe required 78 credit hours to graudate.

Diploma in Information Technology

Computing Core CourseCredits

Required Credits: 27BUSI N1150 Business Essentials 4ITDP N0102 Team Project 4ITDP N0104 Sotware Essentials 4ITDP N0106 Inormation Technology Essentials 4ITDP N0108 Web Essentials 4ITDP N0110 Database Essentials 4ITDP N0281 IT Project 3

or

BUSI N1190 Business Technology I 12ITDP N0151 Integrated IT Project 12ITDP N0281 IT Project 3

Networking Concentration

ITDP N0215 Network Administration I 4ITDP N0221 Internet Protocols 4

ITDP N0223 Basic Routing 4ITDP N0225 Basic Switching 4

Ofce Administration Concentration

ITDP N0235 Desktop Publishing 4ITDP N0236 Ofce Simulation 4ITDP N0237 Ofce Sotware Applications 4ITDP N0238 Arabic Computer Applications I 4

PC Support Concentration

ITDP N0213 PC and Networking Hardware 4ITDP N0215 Network Administration I 4ITDP N0217 Database Applications 4ITDP N0241 PC Confguration and Support I 4

Web Development Concentration

ITDP N0219 Website Design I 4ITDP N0251 Network Operating Systems 4ITDP N0258 Web Design and Animation 4ITDP N0261 Web Database 4

English CourseCreditsRequired Courses: 3 Required Credits: 23ENGL N1255 English II 8ENGL N1155 English I 8ENGL N2155 English III 7

Personal and Proessional Dev. CourseCreditsRequired Credits: 4WORK N2470 IT DP Work Experience (4 weeks) 4orWORK N2471 IT DP Work Experience (7 weeks) 8

Concentration Options CourseCreditsRequired Credits: 20

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Additional Options

BUSI N1250 Business Essentials II 4BUSI N1290 Business Technology II 12ITDP N0212 Applied Inormation Technology 12ITDP N0227 Networking Labs I 4ITDP N0229 Networking Labs II 4ITDP N0239 Arabic Computer Applications II 4ITDP N0243 Network Administration II 4ITDP N0252 Internetworking Technologies 4ITDP N0257 Application Programming 4ITDP N0263 Securing the Internet 4ITDP N0265 E-Commerce 4ITDP N0283 IT Comprehensive Project 4ITDP N0285 IT Workplace Project 8


Maximum Duration Of Study, Full Time (Year/s) 3 Program Code ITGNDP

Cost Recovery Program No Major Code ITGN


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The Mission:The program will prepare students asInormation Technologists with breadth in the coreinormation technologies o programming, networking,database and web development. The program willpromote English communication, leadership, teamwork,critical thinking, and problem solving so that graduatescan work eectively as Inormation Technologists inan international environment with the adaptability torespond to opportunities in the rapidly evolving feldo inormation and communication technologies.

Program Entry Requirements: Students mustmeet the minimum academic requirement or program

entry as set out in the Program Regulations.

Students may register in a course only ater successulcompletion o all courses in the Higher DiplomaFoundations Year that are pre-requisites to coursesin Higher Diploma Year one, and must satisy all thecriteria or progression under the Higher DiplomaFoundations Progressions Policy.

Program Regulations: At least 32 credits o300-level courses (e.g ITEC N374, ENGL N340, WORKN395) are required or graduation.

Students do not need to have a major to be awardeda Higher Diploma in Inormation Technology. I thestudent completes the required courses or a major,a notation speciying the major will be shown on thestudents transcript. I a student completes the requiredcourses or more than one major, the transcript notationwill show only one major.

Students who have completed any o the ollowing

sets o courses in a Diploma level program may beexempted rom the course ITEC N100: (ITEC N105, ITECN107 and ITEC N153) OR (ITDP N0104, ITDP N0108 andITDP N0110) OR (ITDP N0151 and BUSI N1190.)

Higher Diploma in Information Technology(Transitional)

IT Core Requirements CourseCredits

Required Courses: 8 Required Credits: 32ITEC N100 Computing Fundamentals 4ITEC N227 Programming Concepts 4ITEC N226 Computer Platorms 4ITEC N228 Database Design Concepts 4ITEC N296 Networking Concepts 4ITEC N297 Website Design 4ITEC N298 System Analysis 4



Required Courses: 1 Required Credits: 12WORK N395 IT HD Work Experience (8 ull weeks) 12

English Language CourseCredits

Required Courses: 6 Required Credits: 32ENGL N125 English Communications I 8ENGL N174 Basic Research and Report Writing II 4ENGL N175 English Communications II 8

ENGL N214 English Communications III 4ENGL N264 English Communications IV 4ENGL N340 Communications or Applied Computing III 4

Other Option Courses CourseCredits

Required Credits:8ELEC N224 Combinational and Sequential Logic 4ITEC N256 Reasoning and Critical Thinking 4ITEC N350 Modeling o Discrete Event Systems 4

ITEC N351 Probability and Statistics 4ITEC N354 International Studies 4

ITEC N355 Legal Studies 4

Liberal Studies CourseCredits

Required Courses: 6 Required Credits: 24BMGN N100 Business Processes and Critical Thinking 4BMGN N150 Introduction to Management 4

ENGL N124 Basic Research and Report Writing 4MATH N100 Business Mathematics 4BMGN N250 Organizational Behavior 4BMGN N260 Ethics 4BMSP N110 Introduction to Sports and Leisure 4

Management

Majors and General Options CourseCreditsRequired Credits: 44

To attain a Major, 24 credits are required rom the courses listedunder that major

Business Major CourseCreditsRequired Credits: 24BMAC N200 Financial Accounting I 4BMFS N150 Introduction to Financial Services 4

ITEC N206 Marketing Fundamentals 4ITEC N231 E-Business I 4ITEC N306 Human Resources 4ITEC N331 E-Business II 4


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Sotware Engineering Major CourseCredits

Required Credits: 24ITEC N237 Object Oriented Programming I 4ITEC N239 Data Analysis and Design 4ITEC N259 Object Oriented Analysis 4ITEC N301 Sotware Testing 4ITEC N320 Object Oriented Programming II 4ITEC N359 Object Oriented Design 4

Web Development Major Course

CreditsRequired Credits: 24ITEC N201 E-Business Strategy 4ITEC N232 Web Development 4ITEC N241 Web Applications I 4ITEC N251 Web Applications II 4

Web Development Major CourseCredits

Required Credits: 24ITEC N201 E-Business Strategy 4ITEC N232 Web Development 4ITEC N241 Web Applications I 4ITEC N251 Web Applications II 4ITEC N234 Programming or the Web 4ITEC N362 Web Graphics and Multimedia 4

Optional Courses (Electives)

Course

CreditsRequired Credits: 24ITEC N0154 Analytical Tools 4ITEC N0159 Inormation Technology Applications 4ITEC N212 Financial Services in the UAE 4ITEC N227 Programming Concepts 4ITEC N242 Web Design and Graphics 4ITEC N243 Network Design I 4ITEC N250 Multimedia Authoring 4ITEC N262 IT Training II 4ITEC N266 Wireless Networking 4ITEC N270 Financial Systems and Control 4ITEC N282 Business System Essentials 4ITEC N289 Networking Project Management 4

ITEC N290 Human Computer Interaction 4ITEC N291 Operating Systems 4ITEC N295 Mathematics or Computing 4ITEC N299 Website Development 4ITEC N302 Internet Server Management 4ITEC N304 Introduction to ERP 4ITEC N309 System Development Tools 4ITEC N324 Small Ofce Networks 4ITEC N329 Advanced System Development Tools 4ITEC N330 Voice over IP 4ITEC N332 Internet Trafc Management 4ITEC N334 Enterprise Technologies II 4ITEC N335 Network Management and Monitoring 4ITEC N339 Customer Relations Management 4

ITEC N341 XML and Web Services Development 4ITEC N346 Management Accounting 4ITEC N347 Data Warehousing and Data Mining Principles 4ITEC N356 Quality Management Principles 4ITEC N367 Managing Web Projects 4ITEC N368 Web Application Security 4ITEC N369 Current Web Technologies 4ITEC N372 Sotware Architecture Trends 4ITEC N375 IT Project II 4ITEC N376 IT Project III 4ITEC N380 Engineering Web Applications 4ITEC N384 Network Security 4ITEC N388 Engineering Game Sotware 4ITEC N397 Business Intelligence Tools 4ITEC N399 IT Project Management 4

Database Major CourseCreditsRequired Credits: 24ITEC N208 Database Programming 4ITEC N225 Structured Query Language 4ITEC N241 Web Applications I 4ITEC N253 Database System Design and Implementation 4

ITEC N303 Business Applications Development 4ITEC N312 Database Administration I 4

Inormation Administration Major CourseCredits

Required Credits: 24ITEC N213 Business Presentations 4ITEC N0217 Desktop Publishing 4ITEC N0218 Arabic Computer Applications 4ITEC N267 Customer Relations 4ITEC N315 Advanced Sotware Applications 4ITEC N317 Managing Human Resources 4

IT Trainer Major CourseCreditsRequired Credits: 28ITEC N213 Business Presentations 4ITEC N261 IT Training I 4ITEC N265 Computer-Based Training 4ITEC N315 Advanced Sotware Applications 4ITEC N319 Business Development and Training 12ITEC N317 Managing Human Resources 4

Networking Major CourseCreditsRequired Credits: 24ITEC N204 Networking Models 4ITEC N216 Routing Fundamentals 6

ITEC N278 Enterprise Technologies I 4ITEC N305 Basic Switching and Intermediate Routing 6ITEC N310 WAN Technologies 8

Programming Major CourseCreditsRequired Credits: 24ITEC N219 Visual Programming Fundamentals 4ITEC N220 Visual Programming 4ITEC N236 Data Structures and Algorithms 4ITEC N237 Object Oriented Programming I 4ITEC N301 Sotware Testing 4ITEC N349 XML Programming 4


Maximum Duration Of Study, Full Time (Year/s) 5 Program Code ITGNHD

Cost Recovery Program No Major Code ITGN


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Higher Diploma /Bachelor of Applied Science inInteractive Multimedia

Inormation Technology Common CurriculumRequirements (CORE IT)

CourseCredits

Required Credits: 40ITEC N100 N100Computing Fundamentals 4ITEC N177 Website Design 4ITEC N226 Computer Platorms 4ITEC N227 Programming Concepts 4ITEC N228 Database Design Concepts 4ITEC N296 Networking Concepts 4ITEC N298 Systems Analysis 4



ITEC N466 Senior Project 4

Interactive Multimedia Bachelors Options(200/300 Level)

CourseCredits

Required Credits: 0BMAC N250 Financial and Management Accounting 4ITEC N225 Structured Query Language 4ITEC N290 Human Computer Interaction 4ITEC N291 Operating Systems 4ITEC N301 Sotware Testing 4ITEC N303 Business Applications Development 4ITEC N309 System Development Tools 4


ITEC N312 Database Administration I 4ITEC N313 Mobile Applications Development 4











ITEC N335 Network Management and Monitoring 4ITEC N341 XML and Web Services Development 4













Interactive Multimedia Bachelors Core CourseCredits

Required Credits: 84ANIM N102 Animation Principles I 4ANIM N205 Introduction to 2D Animation 8ANIM N203 Drawing or Animation I 4ANIM N303 Introduction to 3D Animation 8ANIM N301 Storyboarding and Animatics 4COMA N101 Drawing Basics 4COMA N115 Visual Language 4

COMA N125 Graphics Design I 4

ITEC N222 Introduction to Multimedia 4

ITEC N307 Basic Web Authoring 4

ITEC N308 Multimedia scripting 4

ITEC N401 Advanced Multimedia Scripting 4

ITEC N402 Multimedia Audio and Video 4

ITEC N403 Human-Computer Interace Design 4

ITEC N404 Multimedia or Mobile Devices 4

ITEC N405 Virtual Reality and Simulation 4


Interactive Multimedia Bachelors Options (400 Level) CourseCredits



ITEC N410 Current Technologies 4ITEC N411 Management o Inormation Systems 4ITEC N412 Web-based Design and Development 4ITEC N413 Advanced Applications Development 4ITEC N414 BIT Project I 4ITEC N418 IT Project P15 2







ITEC N460 Operating Systems I 4ITEC N461 Operating Systems II 4



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English CourseCredits

Required Credits: 24ENGL N125 English Communications I 8ENGL N175 English Communications II 8ENGL N214 English Communications III 4ENGL N264 English Communications IV 4





Mathematics 4Social Sciences 4

Written and Oral Communication 12Humanities 4Natural Sciences 4Fine Arts 4

HCT Common Requirements

WORK DH008 Work Experience 8 weeks 12


Minimum Duration Of Study, Full Time (Year/s) 6 Program Code WBDVBHB

Cost Recovery Program No Major Code WBDV


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