Program Overview

Programme: BIS Multimedia

The BIS Multimedia programme is designed to equip students with the necessary concepts to build multimedia products and maintain them. This programme is a combination of theory and practice, focusing on the convergence of various previously separate traditional media.

Programme Information

Modern information technology offers the possibility of information products being designed and created comprising various types of media over and above the traditional text medium. The multimedia qualification in the department of Information Science addresses this shortcoming. Any type of institution in all economic spheres, including government, may profit from a multimedia approach to information design, organisation, and retrieval.

Admission Requirements

The following persons will be considered for admission:

• A candidate who is in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement.
• A candidate who is a graduate from another tertiary institution or has been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution.
• A candidate who is a graduate of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.

Minimum Requirements

• Achievement level: Afrikaans or English - 4 (NSC/IEB), 3 (HIGCSE), D (AS-Level), D (A-Level)
• Mathematics: 5 (NSC/IEB), 3 (HIGCSE), C (AS-Level), C (A-Level)
• APS: 30 (26-29 admission based on the NBT)

Programme Structure

The programme consists of three years of study, with a minimum duration of study of 3 years and a total of 469 credits.

Curriculum

The curriculum includes a range of modules, such as:

• Academic information management
• Computer science
• Information science
• Multimedia
• Visual design

Fundamental Modules

• AIM 101: Academic information management 101
• AIM 111: Academic information management 111
• AIM 121: Academic information management 121
• ALL 121: Academic literacy for Information Technology 121
• UPO 112: Academic orientation 112

Core Modules

• COS 110: Program design: Introduction 110
• COS 122: Operating systems 122
• COS 132: Imperative programming 132
• COS 151: Introduction to computer science 151
• IMY 110: Multimedia 110
• IMY 120: Multimedia 120
• INL 110: Information science 110
• INL 120: Information science 120
• INL 140: Information science 140
• VIO 102: Visual design (1) 102

Second-Year Modules

• JCP 202: Community-based project 202
• COS 212: Data structures and algorithms 212
• COS 214: Software modelling 214
• COS 216: Netcentric computer systems 216
• COS 226: Concurrent systems 226
• COS 284: Computer organisation and architecture 284
• IMY 210: Multimedia 210
• IMY 211: Multimedia 211
• IMY 220: Multimedia 220
• PUB 210: Publishing 210
• VIO 202: Visual design (2) 202

Third-Year Modules

• IMY 300: Multimedia: Project 300
• IMY 310: Multimedia 310
• IMY 320: Multimedia 320

Elective Modules

• COS 301: Software engineering 301
• COS 314: Artificial intelligence 314
• COS 326: Database systems 326
• COS 330: Computer security and ethics 330
• COS 332: Computer networks 332
• COS 333: Programming languages 333
• COS 341: Compiler construction 341
• COS 344: Computer graphics 344

Pass with Distinction

A degree (undergraduate) in the School of IT is conferred with distinction on a student who did not repeat any module of his/her final year, obtained a weighted average of at least 75% in all the prescribed modules for the final year, provided that a subminimum of 65% is obtained in each of these modules and provided that the degree is completed in the prescribed minimum period of time.