MISSION

To Build an excellent e-Learning Center through dynamic and pragmatic training research and enterpreneuary services, driven by Information and Communication Technology.

VISION

To be a global Centre of excellence in e-learning.

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA CENTRE FOR OPEN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING (CODeL) DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY B.TECH. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


COURSE STRUCTURE

PHILOSOPHY

The philosophy establishing Federal Universities of Technology in Nigeria generally is to build national capacity to move the country from its status as a Third World and developing nation to that of an advanced and developed nation, through technological advancement that drives development and develops high level manpower that will create jobs and wealth. The Philosophy of the programme is to ensure equal opportunity to all interested and qualified candidates to compete for the opportunity to train to be part of the new breed of modern professionals that are industry-ready and can hold their own anywhere they find themselves.

VISION

The vision for the Information Technology programme is to produce world class graduates with requisite skills and competences to function in a variety of IT and IT-related institutions. This will be achieved by educating students for life; providing them with a foundation of current and relevant skills, knowledge and versatility that will last a lifetime, despite an ever changing environment.

MISSION

The programme has a mission to provide leadership, guidance, assistance, support, through the coordination of information management, computing and media, enabling students and staff to address their diverse educational needs. To accomplish this mission, there will be a collaboration with the campus community to provide technological leadership which emphasizes empowerment of the individual through the use of technology.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The broad aim of this programme is to provide relevant education and training in current and best practices in Information Technology so that graduates of the programme would be equipped with appropriate skills to adequately function.


The specific objectives of the IT courses include:
  • To train students in the modern techniques and skills of Information Technology
  • To train students in the modern techniques used in storing information, protecting information, processing the information, transmitting the information as necessary, and retrieving information as necessary.
  • To provide a training centre for entrepreneurship, self-employment and creation of jobs in IT.
  • To develop the much needed manpower in Information Technology, so as to meet the demands of managing modern IT infrastructures and institutions.
  • To produce IT professionals who can compete favorably with their counterparts from anywhere in the world.
  • To be a one-stop institution; where anyone interested in Information Technology can come to get a complete training and education without any need for acquiring 'Certifications'.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The minimum entry requirements into the Bachelor of Technology degree in Information Technology are:-

  1. UME Entry Requirements: Candidates are required to obtain five credits at G.C.E. O' Level or SSCE, NECO or NABTEB, in Science-base subjects which must include Mathematics, Physics and English plus any two of Biology / Economics / Agricultural Science / Chemistry, at not more than two sittings. In addition, candidates are required to sit for UME in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics and obtain scores beyond a Cut-off limit as might be stipulated from time to time by JAMB.
  2. DIRECT ENTRY: Candidates must meet the O' Level requirements in (1) above with any one of the following additional qualifications:-
    • Information Technology Option
      A' level GCE, HSC or IJMB with good passes in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Ordinary National Diploma (OND) or National Certificate in Education (NCE) in Information Technology, Mathematics / Computer Science, or Computer Science with a minimum of lower credit from a recognized and accredited institutions. Candidates who meet these requirements are admitted into the 200 level. Higher National Diploma (HND) in Information Technology, Mathematics / Computer Science or Computer Science with a minimum of lower credit from a recognized and accredited institution. Candidates who meet these requirements are admitted into the 300 level.

PLEASE NOTE:

  • All candidates must, in addition to the above entry requirements, pass a screening examination conducted by the University.
  • The course(s) to be taken from lower levels by candidates admitted through direct entry will usually depend on the overall assessment of the candidates' academic transcript

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

In order for a student of this department to be eligible for graduation with the degree of B. Tech (Information Technology), such a student must satisfy the following requirements:

  • Student must have passed all core courses as well as all university and SICT required courses and electives recommended for graduation and a CGPA of not less than 1.00 out of 5.00
  • Student must have successfully completed all class work, industrial attachment, seminars and project within a minimum of 10 academic sessions.