DEPARTMENT COMPUTER SCIENCE

1. The Department started in February 2002, when the Academic Board of Rivers State College of Education (RSCOE) took the decision to establish Computer Science Department with lecturers drawn from allied Departments.  The focus then was on teaching General Studies (GS) Courses in Computer Science. However, in the 2003/2004 academic session, there was advocacy for courses for the award of the Bachelor of Education degree in Computer Science which was approved and further ratified by the University of Ibadan since the former Rivers State College of Education, now Ignatius Ajuru University of Education was affiliated with the University of Ibadan.  Consequently, the Department of Computer Science started in the 2004/2005 academic session.

   Philosophy

   The Curriculum is designed to produce Computer scientists who are knowledgeable, highly motivated and professionally sound, and capable to train other people both in theory and practice of computer science. The programme is also designed to develop confidence in the students in order to enhance their abilities to adapt to the rapidly changing situations in a scientifically and technologically oriented global society.

   Objectives

                    The objectives of the Course are:

   1.      To produce graduates who are very conversant with theories, principles and applications of Computer Science so that they could be thoroughly resourceful, adaptive, and innovative in their employment in the field of computer research in the university, as teachers in schools, as computer scientists in the industry, or as private entrepreneurs.

   2.      To produce graduates who will be able to undertake installations, repairs and maintenance of computer systems.

   3.      To produce Computer Scientists who will be able to motivate students’ interest in computer through the use of appropriate teaching strategies at all levels of education.

   4.      To produce graduates who will be well equipped to proceed for higher degrees in Computer Science or Computer Education.