B.Sc. Software Engineering

The undergraduate programme in Software Engineering is aimed at developing competent, creative, innovative, entrepreneurial and ethically minded persons, capable of creating value in the diverse fields of Software engineering.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRAMME

The overall intention is to nurture individuals who are technically skilled, creative, innovative, professionally competent, enterprising, and zealous for the common good, with the ability to make free and morally upright decisions, and who can thus impart positive values in service to society. The programme will provide intensive practical and theoretical courses, which are designed to prepare the students to work in modern day industries as Software Engineers. Career prospects for graduates of this course include computer software design and development as applied to various fields. The programme will emphasize particularly the need for high ethical standards in the exercise of professional work, training, teaching, and obligations. Hence, the curriculum will be suffused with courses that deal with human values, analytical and critical thinking and the appropriate design and use of computing systems.

The programme is largely driven by the need to facilitate, through adequate theoretical and practical training, the emergence of competent professionals in the area of software engineering. The programme aims to build new generation of software engineers that can favorably compete with peers from any reputable institutions in the world. As a fundamental principle, the programme emphasizes interactions between the industry players, lecturers and students, with the goal of ensuring relevance to the industry as well as driving the innovation needs of the industry. Together with the technical skills and competencies, the programme also places emphasis on a holistic development of the positive character traits of the students. Such traits could be critical success factors in the team work required for professional success in the workplace.

GOALS OF THE PROGRAMME

The aims and objectives of the programme include but are not limited to the following:

Create in students an awareness of and enthusiasm for software engineering and its capabilities.
Involve the students in an intellectually stimulating and satisfying experience of learning and studying.
Provide a broad and balanced foundation in software engineering knowledge and practical skills.
Develop in students through an education in software engineering a range of transferable applicable skills of information technology to all aspects of human endeavors.
Generate in students an appreciation of the importance of computers in an industrial, economic, technological, and social context.
Provide students with knowledge and skills base for further studies in software engineering or multi-disciplinary studies involving software engineering.
To offer an integral formation with emphasis on the development of values and ideals that will help prepare the students to play leadership roles in such industries.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

O’ Level:

Credit passes in 5 Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) subjects or its equivalent including English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any
other relevant Science subjects at not more than two sittings.

UTME Subjects:

Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and any other science subject.

Direct Entry

In addition to O-Level requirements for the programme, applicants should possess one of the following:

3 A/Level passes in Mathematics, Physics and any other relevant science subject. (A minimum of 9 points, and the grade E is not considered a pass).

A pass at merit level in a relevant diploma programme (provided the SSC requirements

are satisfied).

Relevant International Baccalaureate diploma or equivalent.

National Diploma in a relevant discipline with at least an upper credit grade or the International Baccalaureate diploma or equivalent.

HND in relevant discipline with at least upper credit in addition to 5 (Five) credit passes as stated above.

Inter-University Transfer Requirements:

a. A transfer student must be a current student of the university from which he/she seeks to transfer and should have a clean disciplinary record.

b. A transfer student from a Nigerian University is required to possess a JAMB previous Admission Letter.

c. A transfer student should possess the minimum Pan-Atlantic University and departmental entry requirement and should have obtained these prior to entry into the university from which transfer is being sought.

d. A transfer student shall make a minimum cumulative grade point average of 4.50 on a 5.00-point scale or 3.5 on a 4.0-point scale to qualify for consideration into 200 level.

e. The application should be accompanied by the student’s transcript, which will be verified.

f. If at any stage irregularity is discovered in the papers presented by the students, such students shall be withdrawn from the University.

g. A student can only transfer into the same course of study – or a similar course where applicable – that he/she was engaged in previously in his/her original university.

h. The number of students offered admission by transfer shall not exceed 10% of the number of students in the class they are to join.

i. All applications for inter-university transfer will remain open until the close of the admissions process.