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 the shortcoming of a single discipline handling the combination of information products. 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:

• Candidates who are in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement.
• Candidates who are graduates from another tertiary institution or have been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution.
• Candidates who are graduates of another faculty at the University of Pretoria. Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS. Grade 11 results are used in the conditional admission of prospective students. A valid qualification with admission to degree studies is required. Minimum subject and achievement requirements are required. Tuition will be presented in English only. Should a candidate obtain an APS of 26 to 29, consideration for admission will be based on the results of the NBT, provided the numbers of students in designated groups have not been reached.

Minimum Requirements

• Achievement level: English Home Language or English First Additional Language: 4 (NSC/IEB) or D (AS Level)
• Mathematics: 5 (NSC/IEB) or C (AS Level)
• APS: 30 (26-29 admission based on the NBT)

Other Programme-Specific Information

The semester in which modules are offered may vary from year to year. Students who wish to continue with a BScHons (CS) should consult the Computer Science department for the correct admission requirements to the degree.

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.

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

Year 2 Modules

Fundamental Modules

• JCP 202: Community-based project 202

Core Modules

• 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

Year 3 Modules

Core 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