Bachelor of Business Administration in Management of Information and Communication Technology (MICT)
The study of Management of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) is designed with a particular focus to adapt its content in a local context congruent with the needs of Egyptian organizations and capable of addressing IT challenges that arise in such organizations. The MICT curriculum provides students with a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences while enabling them to develop expertise in business management and information technology. This program is a joint degree between the School of Business (BUS) and the School of Sciences and Engineering (SSE).
Students who select a major in MICT should be able to function as a user advocate and select, create, apply, integrate and administer computing technologies to meet the needs of users within a societal and organizational context. Equipped with this knowledge, the students enrolled in the major will be able to analyze, design and manage information and communication technology infrastructure.
All MICT declaration-of-major applicants need to satisfy the cumulative GPA requirement (weight of 75%) as well as the Portfolio and Interview requiremnet (weight of 25%). All MICT applicants have to submit a Portfolio, after which they will be interviewed. The Portfolio and the Interview are worth 25% of the student score.
Students who seek the MICT degree are not permitted to have a major or a minor in accounting.
Students must complete a minimum of 127 credit hours for the MICT degree with no more than 63 hours of courses in the business area.
Course Requirements
(Total Credit = 127 with no more than 63 hours of courses in the business area)
Course No. |
Cr. |
* (P) |
3 |
* (P) |
3 |
* (P) |
3 |
(P) |
3 |
(P) |
3 |
LALT 101 (P) |
0 |
Natural Sc + Lab (P) |
4 |
Humanity (P/S) |
3 |
Social Sc. (P/S) |
3 |
Arab World Studies (S) Θ |
3 |
Arab World Studies (S) Θ |
3 |
International World Studies (S) |
3 |
Core Capstone Course (C) |
3 |
Core Capstone Course (C) |
3 |
Total |
40 |
General Electives / Minor
Course No. |
Cr. |
ALING √ |
3 |
ALING √ |
3 |
|
|
Total |
9 |
(P) Primary level courses taken during first 3 Semesters.
(S) Secondary level courses taken by students’ 6th Semester.
(C) Capstone level courses taken during students’ last 2 Semesters.
* Students exempted from RHET 1000 or RHET 1100 or RHET 2010 must take any RHET 300 or 400 course.
√ Non-Thanaweya Amma arabic language holders may be required to take 0-6 credits depending on Arabic placement test score.
ΘThanaweya Amma arabic language students may not take Arabic Literature in Translation
Before declaration:
- Students must have completed 27 cr. hrs.
- the following courses must be taken: ACCT 2001 , CSCE 1001 and or
Business Core Requirements
Course No. |
Cr. |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
Total |
21 |
Collateral Requirements
Ψ ECON 2061 can be replaced by MACT 1121 / MACT 1122 (for BADM & ACCT majors only)
ΨΨ MACT 1111 is a pre-requisite for MACT 1221 and ECON 2061 .
It can be taken with MACT 112 (same semester) but must be taken before ECON 216. It is considered as an elective course.
MOIT Requirements
Course No. |
Cr. |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
(double counted with Core Capstone) |
3 |
One course to be selected from the MOIT area: |
|
|
|
|
|
Two courses to be selected from the MOIT area: |
|
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
Total |
21 |
Computer Science Requirements
Course No. |
Cr. |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
Two courses to be selected from the CSCE area: |
|
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
Total |
21 |