Higher National Diploma in Information Technology

Course Duration 2 1/2 Years

Description

The Higher National Diploma in Information Technology (HND‐IT) programme at the SriLanka Institute of Advance Technical Education (SLIATE) was developed and commenced in the year 2000 with the objective of producing the middle level IT professional required for the new millennium.

Course Duration : 2 ½ years (Full Time)

Syllabus

Year 1

Semester 1

Subject	Year	Semester
Personal Computer Applications	1	1
Computer Hardware	1	1
Structured Programming	1	1
Data Representation and Organization	1	1
Database Management Systems	1	1
Web Development	1	1
Mathematics for Computing	1	1
English for Technology I	1	1

Semester 2

Subject	Year	Semester
Object Oriented Programming	1	2
Graphics and Multimedia	1	2
Data Structures and Algorithms	1	2
Systems Analysis and Design	1	2
Data Communications and Networks	1	2
Statistics for IT	1	2

Year 2

Semester 1

Subject	Year	Semester
Operating Systems and Computer Security	2	1
Project Management	2	1
Principles of Management and Applied Economics	2	1
Rapid Application Development	2	1
Principals of Software Engineering	2	1
Object Oriented Analysis and Design	2	1
Advance Database Management Systems	2	1
Internetworking	2	1
Enterprise Information Security Systems	2	1
Introduction to Business Analysis	2	1
Management Information Systems	2	1
E-Commerce	2	1

Semester 2

Subject	Year	Semester
Computer Architecture	2	2
Free & Open Source Systems	2	2
Professional Issues in IT / IT and Society	2	2
Project	2	2
Communication Skills IV	2	2
Multi-tiered Application Development	2	2
Enterprise Architecture	2	2
Web Application Development	2	2
Digital Image Processing	2	2
Digital Video and Audio	2	2
Server Installation and Management	2	2
Network and Data Centre Operations	2	2
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning	2	2
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning	2	2
DB Server Installation and Management	2	2
Database Programming Project	2	2
Software Testing	2	2
Technical Report Writing	2	2
Software Quality Management	2	2
Technical Report Writing	2	2
Business Analysis - Tools & Processes	2	2
System Analysis Case Study	2	2
Educational Psychology	2	2
Teaching Methodology	2	2
Educational Measurement and Evaluation	2	2