Degree: BACHELOR
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
ECTS: 240
Fields of study: Informatics, Programming, Engineering Computer Components and Units
Languages of instruction: Russian, English (on request)

DESCRIPTION

The programme provides Bachelor’s degree students with academic knowledge and practical skills required in information technology and computer engineering. In the course of the programme the students should acquire extensive knowledge in the sphere of information science and related sciences.

The programme is aimed at developing students’ personal skills, as well as general cultural (universal, general scientific, social and personal, tool-related, etc.) and professional competences and at advancing students’ skills of applying these competences in project and engineering activity, research work and teaching activity.

Forms of in-class activity: lectures, laboratory work, review sessions, practical classes, course project engineering, and students’ individual work.

AIMS

research activity:
•    analysing scientific and technical data, Russian and international experience in accordance with the topic of the research;
•    mathematical modelling of processes and objects based on standard packages of computer-aided design and research works;
•    conducting experiments using methods defined and analysing the results;
•    performing measurements and observations, describing the research conducted, preparing data for reviews, reports and scientific publications;
•    compiling a report on fulfilling the task, participating in the implementation of research results and inventions;

scientific and teaching activity:
•    training staff at the enterprises in the sphere of applying modern software and teaching-aid packages for research and computer-aided design;

project and engineering activity:
•    retrieving and analysing source data for engineering;
•    developing hardware and software (systems, devices, units, programmes, data bases) in accordance with the technical task using means of computer-aided design;
•    elaborating and preparing project and technical records;
•    monitoring compliance of the developed projects and technical records with standards, technical conditions and other regulations;
•    determining preliminary technical and economic feasibility of calculations within the project;

project and technological activity:
•    applying modern software tools while designing software;
•    using Web-technologies while implementing remote access in the systems of client/server and distributed computing;
•    applying standards and default methods while monitoring and assessing the quality of software products;
•    working on the automation of technological processes while preparing manufacture of new products;
•    studying and applying modern software and teaching-aid packages for research and computer-aided design.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
•    install hardware and software for information and automated systems;
•    adopt methods of applying software for addressing practical challenges;
•    develop business plan and prepare technical tasks on equipping departments, laboratories and offices with computer and network facilities;
•    customise and install software and hardware packages;
•    solve standard tasks of professional activity based on information and reference sources using information and communication technologies and taking into account the requirements of cyber security;
•    develop models of information systems components, including models of data bases and human-computer interface models;
•    design components of hardware and software packages and data bases using modern programming tools and techniques;
•    justify project decisions made, set the challenge and conduct experiments for checking their accuracy and effectiveness;
•    prepare notes and provide staff with lessons on applying software and teaching-aid packages used at the enterprise;
•    analyse the requirements for software;
•    develop software and hardware.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The graduates are employed as software engineers, system engineers and system administrators at industrial, scientific and educational enterprises of all levels and types.

Some graduates may opt to continue studies and to complete a Master’s degree programme.