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Background
The Department of Computer Science was officially opened in 2003, beginning with enrolment capacity of 150 students. The department was under the then Faculty of Business and Economics. While under the Faculty, the Department had graduated 450 students by the end of the 2012 academic year. Following the recent restructuring of HrU’s academic units, the Department has been structured under the College of Computing and Informatics. Since then, the department has modernized and expanded its infrastructure by establishing eight computer laboratories each with 40 computers. Now, the Department has 175 undergraduate students. What is more, the department is a local Cisco Networking Academy and offers a Cisco-based networking courses to expose students to new concepts and hands-on experiences.
Objectives
The aim of this document is to provide a curriculum for a degree program that concentrates more on the scientific aspects in the field of Computing, and also to give the students a thorough understanding of the underlying concepts and principles pertaining to the areas in the field of Computer Science. By understanding these concepts, the students will have the ability to adapt to changes in what is a rapidly changing field. Significant emphasis is also placed on developing practical skills that will be applicable to working with computers in Ethiopia. In particular a number of courses dealing with developing skills applicable to working with emerging technologies related to the Internet; although Internet use is comparatively less in Ethiopia at the moment this situation will undoubtedly change in the future.Educational aims of a computer science program
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- To enable prospective graduates to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the growing needs of the country for trained man power in computer science.
- To produce a high quality graduate with an entrepreneurial and problem solving mind set
- To produce highly competent students who are able to practically apply their knowledge in the real world system.
- To cope up the program with international standards
- provide students with excellent and quality education, thereby cultivating their confidence to serve the needs of the country better;
- undertake research to respond to the national and international educational and trained manpower demands; and
- provide community services by involving communities and institutions around the University.