The combined degree program in Computing Science and International Studies provides students specialising in Computing Science with additional practical skills and with a broader understanding of the international contexts of computing science. It does this by providing them with the opportunity to travel overseas and study a language and culture other than English.
Few technologies embody the principles of globalisation as comprehensively as computing science.
Even before the advent of the information highway and developments in multimedia, computers and computing had become symbols of internationalised knowledge, education and training. The course is of six years' duration and students spend the fourth year of study at a university overseas. The fifth and sixth years are completed part time. It is offered jointly by the Faculty of Information Technology and the Institute for International Studies. The Computing Science component of the course aims to provide a sound education in all aspects of computing for students who intend to make a career in the profession.