BSc (Hons) Information Technology in Data Science (4 Years)

About this course

This four-year full-time honours degree in Information Technology specialises in data science. ICBT issues the final certificate, and the programme is taught at the Colombo campus with a May intake. The early semesters cover computer systems, programming, databases, web development, mathematics, statistics and software engineering, with introductions to AI and data science. In year three students study AI and machine learning, data mining, data visualisation, deep learning, business analytics, cloud computing, Internet of Things and blockchain technologies. Year four adds research methods, emerging trends in IT, a business start-up module, big data systems and geospatial systems, and ends with industrial training and a data science research project. The aim is to prepare students to manage, analyse and present large datasets for organisational decisions.