Course Overview
This programme develops the required cognitive/intellectual skills, practical as well as key transferable skills, and apply these to address/solve CIT related problems/challenges in the context of an organisation or the community, with a specific specilisation in Cyber Security.
Admissions Requirements
Career Opportunities
Cyber Security Professionals.
Some of the Subjects You Will Study
Year 1
Semester 1
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Prerequisites |
NQF Level |
NQF Credits |
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COA511S |
Computer Organisation and |
None |
5 |
10 |
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Architecture |
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Semester 2
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WDF521S |
Web Development Fundamentals |
None |
5 |
10 |
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OSN521S |
Introduction to Operating Systems |
Computer Organisation and Architecture |
5 |
10 |
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Year 2
Semester 3
|
ISS610S |
IT Systems Security |
Introduction to Operating Systems and Networks |
6 |
12 |
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DSA610S |
Data Structures and Algorithms |
None |
6 |
12 |
Semester 4
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WTN620S |
Web Technologies |
Intro. to Operating Systems and Networks |
6 |
12 |
|
WLT620S |
Wireless Technologies |
Introduction to Computer Networking |
6 |
12 |
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DSP620S |
Distributed Systems Programming |
Object Oriented Programming |
6 |
12 |
Year 3
Semester 5
| NWS620S Network Security IT Systems Security; and Introduction to 6 12 |
|
Computer Networking |
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DFC711S Digital Forensics 1 – Forensics Introduction to Cryptography 7 12 |
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Computing |
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OPS621S Operating Systems Introduction to Operating Systems 6 12 |
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Semester 6 |
|
CIP721S Critical Infrastructure Protection and Systems Administration 7 12 |
|
Control Systems Security |
|
DFC721S Digital Forensics 2 – Internet Digital Forensics 1 – Forensics Computing 7 10 |
|
Forensics and Steganography |
About NUST
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