Official Decree by the Minister of Higher Education for the accreditation of ACU degree in Computer Science and Information Technology.

I.1  Faculty Goals

The faculty aims at achieving the following objectives:

• preparing graduates in all fields of Computer Science and Information Technology equipped with strong theoretical base and applications methodologies to make them qualified for universal competition in Information Technologies and its applications.
•  Offering non-traditional educational programs providing the  society with ideal graduates coping well with market requests and its needs.
• Conducting scientific research in computer and IT field that have direct impacts upon the integrated development of the society. Moreover, establishing specialized research units in different branches of computer and IT.
•  Offering consultations and all sorts of scientific/technical aids to organizations and entities that use computer and IT technologies.
• Training technical groups in the various sectors of the country upon using the computer technology and enhancing the efficiency of using them.
• Establishing scientific cooperation with local, territorial/regional and universal counter parts and societies in order to exchange opinions and conduct collaborative research in computer science & IT.
• Organizing conferences and scientific meetings to enhance  the educational level
• Facilitating and supporting various means of publishing and conducting scientific research in all fields of specialization

I.2.  Admission Criteria
         
The faculty of Computer Science & IT accepts students who have the general secondary certificate (Math Branch), as well as those who have accredited foreign and Arabian certificates.

I.3.  Faculty Departments

The faculty of Computer Science & IT /Ahram Canadian University has the following departments:

1. Basic Science department
2. Computer Science Department
3. Computer Networks Department
4. Software Engineering Department

The faculty may establish other departments in the future.

• Basic Science Department

The department offers courses for all basic science in Mathematics, Statistics and Physics for all students of the university.

• Computer Science Department

       It includes the following scientific fields:-

• Computer Programming Languages, Concepts and Compilers.
• Data Structures and File Management
• Analysis and Design of Algorithms
• Operating Systems of Computers
• Artificial Intelligence Basics and Applications
• Expert Systems
• Natural Languages Processing
• Systems of Multiple Agents
• Knowledge Base Systems
• Smart / Intelligent Teaching Systems
• Human – Computers Interactions 
• Computer Graphics
• Programming on the Web

• Computer Networks Department

                It includes the following scientific fields:-

• Different Types of   Computer Networks
• Information Networks  with its Applications
• Communication Technology
• Internet Technology
• Confidentiality / Secrecy / Privacy of Data and Nets
• Data Compression and Security
• Logic Design
• Computer Architecture
• Computer Organization
• Parallel and Distributed Computer Systems
• E-learning
• Information Security Standards

• Software Engineering Department

   It includes the following scientific fields:-

• Databases  
• Information System  Analysis and Design
• Software Architecture and Design
• Object- Oriented Analysis and Design
• Object- Oriented Database
• Analysis and Management of the Programming Requirements
• Software Quality Assurance
• Software Testing
• The Unified Modeling Languages for Programming
• Management of Software Projects
• Data Warehousing
•  Data Mining
• Standards & Specifications of Software Development
• Information Technology Services Management Standards
• Information Technology Strategic Planning

I.4.  Program Degrees

The faculty offers the Bachelor Degree in one the following major specializations:

• Computer Science
• Computer Networks
• Software Engineering

Students have to pass successfully 132 credit hours with GPA not less than 2 including university requirements besides the faculty requirements in both major and minor specializations.
  

I.5.  Study System

• The Faculty Study depends on the credit hour system. The academic year is divided into two semesters in which the credit hour is considered to be the measuring unit for the weight of academic syllabus. The faculty council has the right to approve offering an intensive summer course in some of the courses according to the suggestion of scientific Department, and faculty facilities and resources.
• To have the bachelor degree from the faculty, a student has to pass 132 credit hours successfully with GPA not less than 2 divided into four academic levels.
• The study in the first three levels is common and the specialization commences in the fourth level.

I.6.  Language of Instruction

Study in the Faculty of Computer Science & IT is in English.  The faculty council has the right to ask for establishing other branches in different languages according to the request of scientific departments.

I.7.  Academic Advising

For each group of students, the faculty designate a staff member to be an academic advisor to help them choose the suitable courses to study and register. The faculty council distributes registered students on the staff members and the academic advisor's opinion is consultative and the student is the main responsible for his registration according to his wish.

I.8.  Register, Add and Drop

• With the beginning of each semester, the student registers in the courses chosen by him in consultation with his academic advisor on the registration forms provided by the faculty at the faculty indicated times.
• Faculty Council determines the minimum number of students to register in each courses.
• The minimum limit for credit hours in each semester is 9 hours and the maximum is 18 hours.  The faculty council has the right to exceed both maximum and minimum limits for the graduation requirements of a student.

 -    The student has the right to drop or add a course or more after finishing all the procedures of the registration. This is with the coordination of the academic advisor. This has to be done within the faculty allowed times and using the faculty forms.
           

I.9.  Withdrawal

After registration, the student has the privilege of withdrawing from one or more courses (within the defined times announced by the faculty). This has to satisfy the minimum required no. of credit hours (9 credit hours). In such cases, the student is not considered failing in the withdrawn syllabuses and gets "withdrawn" grade.  

I.10.  Attendance

• Study in the faculty of Computer Science & IT is systematic.  So, absence is not permitted and the attendance process is monitored according to the regulations of the faculty.
• The attendance percentage shouldn't be less than 75% for each course.  In case of   not achieving the attendance limit without acceptable excuse in one of the courses, the faculty has the right to deprive the student of the final exam of the course. In such cases, the student is given zero mark for the final exam of the course. But, if the student submits acceptable excuse, he/she is given "withdrawn" grade in the course.
• In case of absence from a final exam, without an acceptable excuse, the student will be given zero and will take only the semester work
• In case of acceptable excuses and student who has at least 60% of the semester work and not being deprived of any final exams before, the student's grade is going to be  reckoned / considered to be "incomplete" and he will get another chance to have the final exam according to date determined by the faculty council

I.11.  Disconnection of Study

• A student becomes disconnected of study if he/she doesn't register in a semester or withdraws from all courses without acceptable excuses.
• The student is permitted to disconnect the study for 2 consecutive or 3 non-consecutive semesters as a maximum limit if he/she submits a valid excuse.  Otherwise, the faculty council has the right to separate him from the faculty
• The student may submit a request for stopping his study in the faculty according to university's regulations and rules.

I.12.  Examinations

• The exam mark for each course (100) marks
• The minimum limit  for success is 50 %
• Marks are distributed as follow:
• Semester Work:
  • 30% for the professor's practical tests, applied exercises and other tasks within the semester.
  • 30 % for the mid term exam
  • 40% for the final semester exam
  • Exams' dates are determined by the faculty council
  • If the final exam includes both written and practical tests, the student's mark consists of marks of those two mentioned exams in addition to the semester work. Such exams must be approved by both the department council and the faculty council.
  • The student gets academic warning, if his/her cumulative GPA is less than 2. If so, he/she must raise his/her rate in the next semester otherwise he/she receives his/her second academic warning. The student may be provided with another exceptional chance to raise the cumulative GPA if the faculty council permits him/her.

I.13.  Grading System

The faculty follows the credit hour system. The evaluation system is according to the point System as follow:

The cumulative GPA is calculated as follows:

• Multiply the score points of each course (points in the previous table) by the no. of credit hours for this course to get the points of each one.
• All points are collected for all course that the student registered in.
•  By Dividing total points over the number of  registered credit hours for the student, we get the cumulative GPA

Cumulative GPA =             Points                 .
                                    Total registered hours

The General Grade for the student is calculated according to the cumulative one as shown in the following table:

• The student is given the grade of honor on condition of getting very good grade in all academic levels and that the duration of study doesn't exceed 4 years.

I.14.  Failing and Re-taking a Course

In case of student's failing in a course he/she must take it again.  If he/she passes in the course this time, he/she gets the actual marks received and the GPA is recalculated accordingly.

I.15.  Credit-hours Requirements
 
To get the bachelor degree in Computer Science and IT in one of the faculty specializations, student must take 132 credit hours distributed as follows:

• The 1st Level (39) credit hours
• (30) Compulsory
• (9) Electives.
• The 2nd  Level (33) compulsory credit hours
• The 3rd Level (30) compulsory credit hours
• The 4th  Level (30) credit hours
• (12) Compulsory hours
• (18) Credit hours chosen by the student from elective courses.

I.16.  Course Coding System

• The code of any course consists of the symbolic code for the department after that comes a number consists of three digits as follows:
• The most left digit  represents the academic level
• The middle digit represents the precise specialization for courses inside the general specialization of the department
• The digit to the most right represents the specific course that is taught for the same academic level

• The Codes for the Scientific Departments:

• The Codes of the academic levels: