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The College of Information Technology accepts successful male and female students from PMU Preparatory Program. The classroom experience for students in the College of Information Technology is highly student-centered, interactive, and communicative. Courses combine both theoretical and conceptual content, enhanced with practical and laboratory opportunities. Syllabi include techniques for incorporating opportunities for students to develop communication, teamwork, and leadership skills as part of an overall strategy for achieving the PMU core competencies. Graduates from the College of Information Technology are self-directed, motivated, technically competent professionals with strong communication skills, capable of effective teamwork and leadership.
The degree programs within the College of Information technology are:
- The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. This degree program provides appropriate professional preparation for students working toward careers in Information Technology departments supporting the management and administration of information systems in commercial and public organizations.
- The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. This degree program provides appropriate professional preparation for students working toward careers in software engineering, network administration and database administration for both commercial and public organizations. This program also offers excellent preparation for students intending to study at the advanced degree level.
- The Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. This degree program provides appropriate professional preparation for students working toward careers in hardware and network design, and systems integration. This program offers excellent preparation for students intending to study at the advanced degree level.
The College of Information Technology provides the structure and organization for male and female students to successfully pursue degree programs in Information Technology, Computer Science, and Computer Engineering at the undergraduate level.
Vision
The College of Information Technology provides a unique and distinguished academic unit that participates in:
- Preparing future Information Technology and Computer Science and Engineering professionals and leaders who can support the emergence of Saudi Arabia as a global IT resource.
- Enriching and developing Information Technology intellectual resources.
- Exploring innovative instructional methodologies and technologies to provide quality preparation of information technology professionals.
- Establishing communication and the exchange of ideas between the academic and business communities
Mission
The College of Information Technology will achieve the following objectives:
- Contribute to advancement of human intelligence and to the promulgation and development of knowledge and understanding in the Information Technology domain.
- Prepare professionals in Information Technology and Computer Science and Engineering, through the utilization of innovative educational processes, in a modern technological environment.
- Transform the graduate to play a pioneering and leading role in the community, enabling him or her to take responsibilities and contribute to solving problems through innovative thinking, collective work, reflection, and self-development.
- Link academic programs and specializations with actual requirements of the surrounding work environment. This will be achieved by maintaining effective partnerships between the university and local business and industry.
- Guide research activities to create solutions for persistent problems in surrounding communities through applied research and technical consultation.
- Provide community service through continuous training and education.
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