Technical Computer & Informatics (Licentiate Degree)

The establishment of Informatics (TCI) is preceded by a feasibility study carried out by the Quality Assurance Office of IPDC and submitted to the Department of Higher Education in May 2012 and thus Department of Technical Computer and Informatics was established in January 2013 with the level of Honors / Licensure degree. The Curriculum for honors degree/Licensure degree consists of 3200 hours with 213 credit points. The Minimum Curriculum content is therefore 2400 hours, which is equal to 160 credits for Bachelor degree. The construction of the Curriculum is based on the standards set by the Ministry of Education, and combined with the needs of Information Technology of both the national and international scale. A Survey study covering both national and international curriculums of Technical Computer and Informatics has been used to design the Curriculum of TCI at IPDC. The curriculum represents the benchmark requirements for the level of qualification in the core concentration and electives.

Vision of Study Program:
Technical Computer and Informatics (TCI) study program envisioned as an excellent center for the formation and development of students with the professional and academics skill in field  of Technical Computer and Informatics holding on religious values and moral principles.

Mission of the Faculty
Based on the vision of IPDC and Vision of TCI study program the mission of TCI Study program describes as following ;
a.    Carry out and implement excellent quality academic programs of teaching and learning process in the field of technical computer and informatics to produce graduates with the ability to work and competitiveness with national and international level in such a way as to uphold their religious values and moral principles.
b.    Carry out research and development activities that have contributed to the advancement of science and technology in the field of technical computer and informatics specially hardware, software engineering, networking and multimedia.
c.    Organizing and developing and fostering community service activities that contribute to the development of society in the use of information technology (ICT) as a tool in various aspects of life that are in accordance with the development and needs of the community in order to support the nation's development.


Goals and Objectives of the Study Program

Goals:
The goals of  study programs  are designed as following:
1.    To train  to students to become highly –qualified individuals, professionally and academically in the field of technical computer and informatics with  specialization in Computer engineering, software engineering, system analyst and networking engineer grounded in Christ Crucified-centered Education.
2.    To train students capacity to   be employed  for the national and international organizational , industry, business or government  in the field of TCI .
3.    To train student toward self-employee as well as starting their own businesses and become a small entrepreneur.
 
Objectives:Technical Computer and informatics (TCI) study program has been designed with the objective to:
a.    Produce high quality and innovative students and graduates that have strong analytical and critical thinking skills to solve problems by applying knowledge, principles and skills in IT.
b.    Train student to be ready to engage in lighting both for organizations and entrepreneurs in the field of computer technology and information systems (ICT) with the core ability and competence in;
1.    Technical computer and Informatics  Competency Areas such as :
a.    Computing and user support, database and information management, digital media and immersive technology, networking and convergence , programming and application development
b.    Specialization in computer engineer, software engineering, system analyst and networking engineer.
2.    Workplace skills ; Student  will be able to apply skill in the work place as following:
a.    Work develop self – mastery in the field of technical computer and informatics both in theory and practice.
b.    Ability to engage in continuous learning , as well as research and assess new ideas and information to provide the capabilities for lifelong learning
c.    Ability to apply their competencies both in teams and individually, with strong communication skills.
d.    Ability to exhibit professional, legal and ethical behavior.