Introduction

The Associate Degree in Computer Science program is offered by Department of Computer Science at UIT University, Karachi. The prime focus of the program is to equip individuals with the practical and fundamental aspects of Computer Science for an earlier career start within the industry.

Rationale and Need

Computing technology is one of the most penetrative and rapidly evolving technologies. Growing digitalization of equipment, automation of business processes, and rising user base of computing resources, all have led to increasing demand of computer-based solutions. This has also led to increasing demand of computing workforce who can handle basic computing operations. The current requirement is for individuals within the workforce that can target their domain early in the career and acquire enough domain knowledge to become an effective part of the industry. The Associate Degree in Computer Science will prepare individuals for an early career start. However, will provide them with enough fundamental and domain specific knowledge to perform will within the industry.

1. Students holding Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC-II) in Pre-Engineering, Pre-Medical, Science General, Computer Science from any authorized board of intermediate education in Pakistan OR any equivalent foreign examination board with at least 50% or 550 out of 1100 marks are eligible to apply for admission.

2. Students awaiting the final result of HSC-II can also apply for conditional admission based on HSC-I results.

3. Students holding HSC-II (Pre-medical) or equivalent are also eligible for admission. However, they must undertake deficiency courses in six-credit-hour Mathematics in the first year of regular studies.

Sem	Code	Course Title	Th	Pr	Cr Hr	Pre-Req
1		Social Science Elective 1	3	0	3
	ASC-116	Applied Physics	3	0	3
	HSC-111	English Composition & Comprehension	3	0	3
	HSC-102/103	Islamic Studies / Ethics	2	0	2
	CSC-101	Introduction to Computing	2	1	3
	CSC-102	Programming Fundamentals	3	1	4
		Total			18
Sem	Code	Course Title	Th	Pr	Cr Hr	Pre-Req
2		Social Science Elective 2	3	0	3
	CSC-108	Discrete Structures	3	0	3
	CSC-204	Database Systems	3	1	4	CSC-101
	CSC-103	Object Oriented Programming	3	1	4	CSC-102
	CSC-201	Data Structures & Algorithms	3	1	4	CSC-102
		Total			18
Sem	Code	Course Title	Th	Pr	Cr Hr	Pre-Req
3	ASC-201	Probability & Statistics	3	0	3
	HSC-105	Pakistan Studies	2	0	2
	HSC-121	Communication Skills	3	0	3
	CNS-301	Computer Networks	3	1	4
		CS Elective 1	X	X	3
		CS Elective 2	X	X	3
		Total			18
Sem	Code	Course Title	Th	Pr	Cr Hr	Pre-Req
4		Social Science Elective 3	3	0	3
	HSC-211	Technical & Business Writing	3	0	3
	CSC-203	Operating Systems	3	1	4	CSC-201
		CS Elective 3	X	X	3
		CS Elective 4	X	X	3
		AD Final Project	X	2	2
		Total			18

                    CS ELECTIVES:

Code

Course Title

Th

Pr

Cr Hr

Pre-Req

CSE-101	Software Engineering Principles	3	0	3	CSC-103
CSE-202	Software Requirements Engineering	3	0	3	CSE-101
CSE-302	Web Engineering	2	1	3	CSE-101
CNS-302	Information Security	3	0	3	CSC-101
CSE-303	Software Quality Engineering	3	0	3	CSE-101
CSC-318	Mobile Application Development	2	1	3	CSC-103
CSC-319	Visual Programming	2	1	3	CSC-103
CSE-311	E-Commerce	3	0	3
CSE-312	Software Engineering Economics	3	0	3	CSE-101
CIC-211	Artificial Intelligence	2	1	3	CSC-201
CSE-401	Software Re-Engineering	3	0	3	CSC-103
CSC-314	IT Project Management	3	0	3
CSC-315	Data Warehousing and Data Mining	3	0	3	CSC-204
CSC-316	Big Data Analytics	2	1	3	CSC-204
CSC-317	Computer Graphics	2	1	3
CIC-301	Deep Learning	2	1	3	CIC-201
CIC-401	Natural Language Processing	2	1	3	CSC-201
CSE-310	Enterprise Systems Engineering	3	0	3	CSC-204
CSC-320	Information Systems Audit	3	0	3
CNS-303	Cloud Computing Fundamentals	2	1	3	CNS-301