{"id":8965,"date":"2017-04-15T16:54:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T16:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scai.kibu.ac.ke\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2017-04-15T16:54:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T16:54:35","slug":"master-of-science-in-information-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/scai\/academic-programmes\/master-of-science-in-information-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Science in Information Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8965\" class=\"elementor elementor-8965\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ce63fc8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ce63fc8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-110b9053\" data-id=\"110b9053\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44919d16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44919d16\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17a77f5d\" data-id=\"17a77f5d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e31c582 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e31c582\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1574ff\" data-id=\"f1574ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-270edef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"270edef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51a28ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51a28ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Master of Science in Information Technology is a unique post graduate program that equips candidates with the theory and practice of Information Technology. 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The program blends theory with the latest state-of-the-art Industry-based courses, thus adequately preparing the candidates to make relevant contributions towards the national goal of industrialization.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6d1883 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6d1883\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1847378\" data-id=\"1847378\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-300472f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"300472f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/scai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pdf-image1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6505\" alt=\"pdf image1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd1f95e\" data-id=\"cd1f95e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b788cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b788cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scai.kibu.ac.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MSc.-IT-Curriculum.pdf\">MSc. IT Curriculum<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cedb970 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cedb970\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table width=\"636\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"636\"><p><strong>Year One Semester I<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT810<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Advanced Database Systems and Information Modelling<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT811<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Advanced Information Technology Project Management<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT812<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Advanced Computer Architecture<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT813<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Advanced Object-Oriented Analysis and Design<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT814<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Advanced Computer Networking<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT815<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Advanced Research Methods<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"636\"><p><strong>Year One Semester II<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT820<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Advanced Software Engineering<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT821<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Advanced Enterprise Application Development<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT822<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Advanced Cyber Security<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT823<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT824<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Advanced Web Design<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"636\"><p><strong>Year Two Semester I<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT825<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Advanced Network Management<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT826<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Advanced Architectures for Software Systems and Emerging Issues<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT827<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Foundations of E-Learning<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT828<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>Digital Markets Architecture<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"105\"><p>MIT898<\/p><\/td><td width=\"531\"><p>MSc. 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