Master of Science in Information Technology MSIT
Master of Science in Information Technology MSIT
CURRICULUM
Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT)
Academic Year 2019-2020
Reference CMOs: CMO No. 07, s. 2010
Curriculum Description
Designed to broaden and upgrade the knowledge and skills of IT practitioners. The program aims to equip the
students with the concepts and technologies that will prepare and enable them for the industrial practice of systems
integration, systems administration, systems planning, systems implementation and other design and operation of IT
infrastructure.
The MSIT curriculum is based from the Policies and Standards (PS) for the graduate program of the Information
Technology Education issued by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and is benchmarked from the curriculum
of leading international academic institutions offering this program.
Program Objectives
The alumni of MS Information Technology program, about three to five years after graduation shall:
1. Engage in professional development or post-graduate education to pursue flexible career paths adapting to
innovative technological changes in computer science and related fields;
2. Demonstrate professionalism and a sense of societal and ethical responsibility in computer science practice,
development and in all their endeavors; and
3. Articulate their expertise in making technical contributions to design, develop, and solve problems in their
practice of computer science which meet the desired needs of the society.
Program Outcomes
Curriculum Components
SUMMARY
Courses Number of Units
Core Courses 18
Specialization Courses 12
Elective Courses 6
Capstone Project 6
TOTAL 42
PROGRAM OF STUDY
FIRST YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
Code Course Title Units Lec Lab Prerequisite
IT 501 Computer Architecture and Operating Systems 3 3 - -
IT 502 Advanced Database Management Systems 3 3 - -
Programming Languages and Data Structures and
IT 503 -
Analysis 3 3 -
TOTAL 9 9 -
SECOND SEMESTER
Code Course Title Units Lec Lab Prerequisite
IT 504 Advanced Concepts in Software Engineering 3 3 - -
IT 507 Systems Analysis and Logical Design 3 3 - -
IT 508 Object-oriented Software Development 3 3 - -
TOTAL 9 9 -
SECOND YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
Code Course Title Units Lec Lab Prerequisite
IT 510 Computer and Network Security 3 3 - -
IT 511 Multimedia System Design and Development 3 3 - -
Elective Course 1 3 3 - -
TOTAL 9 9 -
SECOND SEMESTER
Code Course Title Units Lec Lab Prerequisite
IT 505 Computer Network Technologies 3 3 - -
RES 501 Methods of Research and Statistics 3 3 - -
Elective Course 2 3 3 - -
TOTAL 9 9 -
THIRD YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
Code Course Title Units Lec Lab Prerequisite
Thesis 1 Seminar in Thesis Writing in IT 3 3 -
TOTAL 3 3 -
SECOND SEMESTER
Code Course Title Units Lec Lab Prerequisite
Thesis 2 Thesis Writing in IT 3 3 -
TOTAL 3 3 -
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