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Bachelor of Technology in Software Engineering

This programme is designed to enable the students to create high-quality software applications for complex organisational environments, with an emphasis on good engineering practices that allow for ease of maintenance and the use of existing components. Candidates enrolled in this qualification will familiarise with the tools and rigorous methodologies used to develop mission-critical and safety-critical software systems. They will be equipped with skills to critically evaluate design paradigms, languages, algorithms, and techniques used to develop large-scale and complex software systems and a deep appreciation of the importance of software architecture, testing, documentation, and maintainability.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes.

Graduates of this programme can

  • Develop strategies that drive the operations of financial institution
  • Adapt and use specific software needed for industry, business, or function.
  • Apply latest technology and tools.
  • Analyse, interpret and apply Software Engineering principles in different functional units of an organization.
  • Reflect on their managerial decisions and to assess the effect thereof in the holistic context of Software Engineering as a
    practice.

Career Prospects

  • Analyst Programmers
  • Software Developers
  • Software Engineers
  • Software Testers
  • Estate Administration
  • Web Developers
  • Solutions Architects

Skills Developed

  • Programming Languages
  • Software Development
  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Database Management
  • Web Development
  • Software Testing
  • Object-Oriented Design
  • Operating Systems
  • Networking
  • Project Management

Bachelor of Commerce in Supply Chain Management

This programme equips individuals with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the complexities of the modern global commerce. This
specialised field focuses on the efficient and seamless coordination of every aspect involved in the production and distribution of goods and services. Supply chain management plays a crucial role in optimizing operations, reducing costs, and ensuring seamless coordination across the entire supply chain.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes.
  • Applicants in possession of a Diploma or Higher Diploma in related field may be given exemptions based on the credit point equivalency.

Graduates of this programme can

  • Develop strategies for business supply chain operations
  • Communicate supply chain business information to aid decision-making
  • Identify and manage business logistics and supply chain risks
  • Develop procurement and supply chain strategies
  • Use supply chain tools and softwares for ease of management
  • Manage logistics and inventory

Career Prospects

  • Procurement Manager
  • Distribution Manager
  • Logistics Manager
  • Logistics Analyst
  • Supply Chain Manager
  • Operations Manager
  • Inventory Manager
  • Purchasing Manager

Skills Developed

  • Analytical capability
  • Time management skills
  • Planning and organisational skills
  • Effective communication skills
  • Problem solving
  • Risk management
  • Procurement
  • Logistics management

Bachelor of Science in Hospital Administration

This programme focuses on equipping students with the knowledge and skills required to effectively manage healthcare facilities and services. This program combines business management principles with a deep understanding of the healthcare industry. Graduates are prepared for diverse roles within the healthcare sector, ensuring the efficient and effective operation of hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes.

Graduates of this programme can:

  • Be equipped with knowledge of business, healthcare management and leadership
  • Healthcare Economics; strategic planning and healthcare systems
  • Provide insights into healthcare systems, financial management, and human resources
  • Be prepared to lead and navigate the complexities of healthcare organizations

Career Prospects

  • Health manager
  • Office manager
  • Practice administrator
  • Program administrator/Manager
  • Healthcare Administrator
  • Healthcare Management Practitioner
  • Clinical Management
  • Management Consultant
  • Health Insurance Professional
  • Health Information Manager
  • Public Health Professional
  • Managed Care Analyst
  • Hospital Director of Admitting
  • Pharmaceutical Sales Manager
  • Health IT manager

Skills Developed

  • Healthcare Knowledge
  • Administrative and Organizational Skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Leadership and Management
  • Financial Management
  • Health Information Management
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
  • Human Resources Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Ethical Decision-Making
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Public Health Knowledge
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Crisis Management
  • Technology Proficiency

Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics

This programme covers a combination of healthcare, information technology, and data management courses. Students learn how to effectively manage healthcare data, utilise technology in healthcare settings, and ensure the security and accuracy of health information. It also prepares students for careers in healthcare IT, health data analysis, electronic health records management, and other related fields.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes including English, Mathematics/Statistics and Science

Graduates of this programme can:

  • Be equipped to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery
  • Health Informatics focuses on the development, maintenance, and use of technology and data
  • Be able to set up and implement sustainable technologies that will streamline administrative and clinical service delivery
  • Perform data utilization, data analytics, and knowledge of technologies that improve patient care delivery

Career Prospects

  • Clinical Informatician
  • Pharmacy or Nutrition Informatician
  • Health Informatics Analyst
  • Medical Information Officer
  • Health Informatics Consultant
  • Health Informatics Officer
  • Nursing Informatics
  • Electronic Medical Record Keeper
  • Healthcare IT Project Manager
  • Data Managers
  • Health Mobile technology developers/Scientists
  • Quality Analysts in Research Centers
  • Health Information Managers
  • Health Insurance Firms / Managers
  • Electronic Medical Records Specialist
  • Healthcare Systems Analyst
  • Hospital Front Desk

Skills Developed

  • Data security
  • Programming
  • Health information Systems
  • Health care systems
  • Data analytics
  • Strategic management

Bachelor of Science in Safety, Health and Environmental Management

This programme will equip students with skills that will empower and capacitate them with abilities to penetrate the industrial market and atmospheres, they can engage in safety, health, and environmental consultancy as well as work as Safety, Health, and Environmental officers and managers. Additionally, the graduates may acquire positions as Environmental Policy analysts as well as OHS trainers, inspectors, practitioners, and assessors. In academic progression, this qualification may work as a baseline entry qualification into various fields of vertical progression towards postgraduate qualifications like Environmental Management, Risk and Safety Management, Public Policy and Health and any other relevant field as may be fit.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes including English, Mathematics/Statistics and Science.

Graduates of this programme can:

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of concepts of Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Management
  • Conduct accident/incident investigations
  • Critically and comprehensively analyse Safety, Health, and Environmental risks at the workplace and external environments
  • Develop practical, sustainable, cost- effective, and environmentally friendly solutions and alternatives in addressing challenges on safety, health, and environmental management at the workplace and beyond
  • Formulate programs with a mandate to drive environmental sustainability for safe, sustainable and healthy human capital
  • Investigate the effects of exposures to occupational health, safety and environmental stressors
  • Engage in academic debates and research forums on issues addressing Safety, Health and Environmental Management

Career Prospects

  • Safety, Health and Environment Representatives
  • Occupational Health and Safety Management Consultants
  • Safety, Health and Environment Managers and officers
  • Safety, Health and Environment Policy Analyst and Developers
  • Safety, Health and Environment Officers
  • Environmental Officers
  • Environmental Managers
  • Risk Control Officers
  • Risk Control Managers
  • Loss Control Officers
  • Loss Control Managers
  • Safety Officers
  • Safety Managers
  • Safety Auditors
  • Trainers in Occupational Health and Safety Management
  • Administrators in Occupational Health and Safety and related fields
  • Human Resources officers in Occupational Health and Safety and related fields
  • Industrial and Environmental Assessors
  • Safety Health Assessors
  • Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Inspector
  • Health and Safety Practitioner
  • Lecturer / Academic Officer
  • Environmental Control/Protection Officer
  • Industrial Hygienist
  • Environmental Impact Assessment Officer/Specialist
  • Occupational Health and Safety Management Researcher

Skills Developed

  • Communication skills
  • Strong personal and people skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Energetic and an intense desire to learn
  • Enthusiasm and dedication
  • Critical thinking skills

Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management

This programme combines Science, Business, and Information Technology to ensure that students who undertake it come out furnished with the necessary skills they will need to work in middle to senior management grades in clinical and hospital settings or physicians’ offices as Health Data & Information Managers, Bio Statisticians, Medical Informaticians, Data Quality Managers, Researchers, and Public Health Information Managers or Officers.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes including English, Mathematics and Biology/Double Sciences.

Graduates of this programme can:

  • Build effective systems to collect, generate, organise, collate, analyse, interpret and disseminate health related data
  • Organise and present health related information for policy, planning and for operations management of the health sector
  • Design data collection tools/instruments
  • Conduct special studies/evaluations on health information areas
  • Develop protocols/guidelines for health information management
  • Develop and manage a health informatics infrastructure
  • Develop and administer medical databases
  • Ensure privacy and ethical practices when managing patient data
  • Carry out medical transcription
  • Carry out coding of diseases and drugs using ICD 10 or later standards

Career Prospects

  • Health Data & Information Management Officer/Managers
  • Medical Informatician
  • Data Quality Manager & Researcher
  • Public Health Information Managers/Officers
  • Inpatient and Outpatient HIM Coder & Coding Educator
  • Director – Coding Operations Hospital
  • HIM Analyst/Coder
  • HIM Programme Director
  • Medical Coding Manager
  • HIM Consultant
  • HIM Practice Leader Operations
  • Health Information Services Manager
  • Insurance Manager
  • Hospital Administrator

Skills Developed

  • Computer skills
  • Professional writing
  • Presentation skills
  • Data collection and analysis skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Creative, critical, logical and analytical thinking skills
  • Team building and management skills

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering

This programme runs for five years with a six-month internship programme where students will be expected to do Professional Practice. There is a need for Electrica l Engineers in the Botswana engineering industry inorganisations such as the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC), Botswana Telecommunication Corporation (BTC) and Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) as well as many construction companies. Graduates can also seek opportunities in international markets.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes including English,Mathematics and Physics/Double Sciences/Physics +Chemistry.
  • Applicants in possession of a Diploma or Higher Diploma in related field will be given exemptions based on the credit point
    equivalency.

Graduates of this programme can

  • Find solutions for electrical systems and devise mechanisms for solving engineering problems related to the electrical
    industry
  • Work in the power generation industry e.g. the Botswana Power Corporation
  • Work with electronic devices such as large and small computers
  • Work in scientific research and development
  • Work in the computer hardware industry

Career Prospects

  • Power systems
  • Household appliances
  • Telecommunication industry
  • Power transmission lines
  • Management
  • Consulting

Skills Developed

  • Designing skills needed in the electrical industry
  • Mathematical and Logical skills
  • Computer skills
  • Professional writing
  • Presentation skills

Bachelor of Science in Network Security and Computer Forensics

This programme equips students with a strong understanding of computer technology and networks as well as the skills and discipline required to protect these systems and data from malicious manipulation and attacks. With the acquired knowledge they can effectively address the rising need for cyber security in the corporate setting as technology continues to advance and get increasingly adapted in various processes.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes.

Graduates of this programme can

  • Design and develop network architecture and ensure security of the network
  • Acquire knowledge of computer crime through forensic methods.
  • Process Legal requirement for collecting evidence.

Career Prospects

  • Information Technology
  • Computer Forensics Analysts
  • Vulnerability Security research engineer
  • Digital Forensics Examiner
  • Malware Media Forensics Analysts
  • Forensics Auditors
  • Network Security Specialists
  • Computer Crime Investigators or Security Analysts

Skills Developed

  • Networking Protocols
  • Network Architecture and Design
  • Routing and Switching
  • Network Security
  • Wireless Networking
  • Network Management and Monitoring
  • Network Virtualisation
  • Cloud Computing and Networking
  • Network Troubleshooting
  • Cryptography
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming and Scripting
  • Project Management

Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security and Risk Management

This programme prepares students for a career in dealing with cybercrimes and risk management issues in both private and public institutions. Graduates will be able to apply knowledge gained in this programme to eliminate cybercrimes confronting most organisations.
In the same vein, they will be able to guide organisations on how to eliminate the various risks that could obstruct organisations from achieving their goals and objectives.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes including English and Mathematics.

Graduates of this programme can

  • Security Architect
  • Penetration Tester (or Ethical Hacker)
  • Cryptography
  • Chief Information Security Officer
  • Security Engineer
  • Security Auditor (or Forensic Expert)
  • Incident Responder
  • Vulnerability Assessor

Career Prospects

  • Security Architect
  • Penetration Tester (or Ethical Hacker)
  • Cryptography
  • Chief Information Security Officer
  • Security Engineer
  • Security Auditor (or Forensic Expert)
  • Incident Responder
  • Vulnerability Assessor

Skills Developed

  • Basic knowledge of networking
  • Python programming
  • Scripting languages
  • Java programming
  • Knowledge of current IT Laws

Bachelor of Commerce in Hospitality Management

This programme combines practical and theoretical learning in the Degree programme ensure that graduates are well versed in knowledge, skills and competencies required in the hospitality industry characterised by continuous changes in technology and customer motivations. The course sets a firm foundation for those aspiring to establish careers or become entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes including English and Mathematics.
  • Applicants in possession of a Diploma or Higher Diploma in related field may be given exemptions based on the credit point equivalency

Graduates of this programme can:

  • Manage daily operations in a hotel or restaurant
  • Solve day-to-day challenges within a business
  • Maximize customer satisfaction for the business
  • Make key business decisions
  • Influence business strategy
  • Analyse business data
  • Manage and organize product portfolios
  • Appraise corporate projects
  • Create and implement strategic plans
  • Establish new ventures
  • Research and development

Career Prospects

  • Restaurant Managers
  • Food and Beverage Managers
  • Guest Relations Managers
  • Front Office Managers
  • Executive Housekeepers
  • Rooms divisions Managers
  • Reservations Managers
  • Sales and Marketing Managers
  • Tourism and Hospitality Consultants
  • Researchers and Lecturers

Skills Developed

  • Passion for the hospitality industry
  • Ability to interact with people
  • Ability to be on your feet for long periods
  • Understanding facts and figures
  • Computer skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Market intelligence