Semester 1

• [CCS-203] [6 ECTS] Programming
  The course offers an introduction to programming and covers concepts such as basic data types, arithmetic, operators, input-output commands, conditional structures, loop structures, functions, recursion, algorithms dealing with arrays and matrices, search and sorting algorithms, pointers and pointer operations, declaration of custom data structures.
• [CCS-101] [6 ECTS] Introduction to Computer Sciences
  This course presents a wide, integrated introduction to fundamental concepts of computer sciences. The following subjects are covered: history of computing; digital logic and digital systems; introduction to computer architectures, basic algorithmic, problem solving and data structures; introduction to programming languages, operating systems, databases, networks, web and software engineering; application types, including specific software descriptions (word processors, database, browsers, etc. ); traditional and multimedia data processing.
• [CCS-103] [6 ECTS] Calculus and Linear Algebra
  The main goal of this course is to provide students with practical knowledge of basic calculus concepts. Students will start with learning functions as a basic concept in calculus, through the definition of different functions through different numerical sets. The functions are given in different forms (tabular, diagrams, analytical, graphical etc). Afterwards, students will learn to calculate limits, derivatives, differential and integrals of numerical functions, including practical application in sciences. Finally, students will learn about some concepts of the linear algebra theory.
• [3 ECTS] Elective course - Albanian/Macedonian Language
  • [MAPP1010] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 1
    Upon completion of the course Macedonian for Professional Purposes 1, students are expected to broaden and strengthen their abilities for more advanced written and oral expression in Macedonian in the context of the different professional settings. Students are expected to be able to read, write and comprehend various professional texts in Macedonian. They are also expected to acquire knowledge and skills about the general terminology from the field of law, business and economy, administration, computer sciences, language and communication and to be able to use that terminology in the framework of their future professions. Besides accomplishing these professional aims, students are expected to become more autonomous language learners and be able to think critically about different topics in a multilingual and multicultural environment.
  • [MAPP1020] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 2
    Upon completion of the course, Macedonian for professional purposes 2, students are expected to reconfirm and expand further their abilities for advanced written and oral expression in Macedonian, in the context of their future professions. They should be able to read, write and comprehend different kinds of professional texts in Macedonian, to analyse and discuss those texts, as well as to create their own documents, including professional biography in Macedonian (CV). They should also expand the knowledge of specific terminology from the field of law, business and economy, administration, computer sciences, language and communication and be able to use that terminology in simulation of authentic situations from the professional environment, in debates and exchange of opinion regarding different aspects of these professions.
  • [BS018] Macedonian Language for Beginners 1
    The programme Macedonian Language for beginners 1: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Through special exercises and lectures introduction to basic communication in Macedonian language is provided, i.e. introducing, greeting, presentation, enriching vocabulary and write and understand short texts. When we created this program we took into the consideration that students can apply the acquired knowledge further. The material is processed under the principle of combined lectures and exercises, and continuous tasks through which students are actively involved during class and participate with their questions and suggestions.
  • [BS152] Macedonian Language for Beginners 2
    The programme Macedonian Language for beginners 2 includes: reading, writing, listening and speaking activities. In this course the following issues are covered: daily routines, planning activities for the next period, description of persons, places and objects. When we created this program we took into the consideration that students can apply the acquired knowledge further.
  • [BAM1010] Albanian Language for Beginners 1
    Albanian Language course for beginners 1 is prepared with the purpose to enable the students, who do not have basic knowledge of the Albanian language, to get to know the characteristics of this language, to gain knowledge of the linguistic structure of the Albanian language, and to extend and apply their knowledge in everyday situations. Correspondingly, they will gain knowledge on the structure of the Albanian language, will overcome a modest set of various lexical and grammatical categories which will enable simple conversations. Even though, it is a second level course for beginners, the course is designed to be flexible and to adapt to the capabilities and interests of students.
  • [BAM2010] Albanian Language for Beginners 2
    Albanian Language course for beginners 2 is prepared with the purpose to enable the students, who do not have basic knowledge of the Albanian language, to get to know the characteristics of this language, to gain knowledge of the linguistic structure of the Albanian language, and to extend and apply their knowledge in everyday situations. Correspondingly, they will gain knowledge on the structure of the Albanian language, will overcome a modest set of various lexical and grammatical categories which will enable simple conversations. Even though, it is a second level course for beginners, the course is designed to be flexible and to adapt to the capabilities and interests of students.
• [3 ECTS] Elective course - English Language
  • [BENP-01] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 1
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BENP-02] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 2
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BENP-03] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 2
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BENP-04] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 4
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BEN-05] English Language 5
    Academic English is a one semester course which aims to enable the students with skills which can facilitate their language learning and their study progress in an academic teaching and learning environment. The number of hours is 30 (100 minutes once per week). The course should enable students to use those skills in both foreign language (native language classroom) as well as content areas. The course incorporates language skills, study skills and generally applicable skills (listening, delivering oral presentations, constructing arguments) in specific assignments. Therefore, upon completion of the course, the students should be able to deliver successfully oral presentation, participate in an online debate/ discussion forum stating their opinion and arguments and give feedback to others in a constructive manner. In addition, the students should be able to listen and read for gist and detail and write an argumentative paragraph and essay stating their opinion. They should write a problem solution paragraph and essay. They should recognize the abbreviations and symbols in a dictionary as well as practice using monolingual dictionary.They should be able to present visual information in a form of poster presentations. The students should be able to identify main ideas and supporting evidence in a text and to analyse and identify topic sentences in a paragraph. They should be able to identify a purpose of a text, patterns of organization in a text and apply them in their own writing.
  • [BEN-06] English Language 6
    Academic English is a one semester course which aims to enable the students with skills which can facilitate their language learning and their study progress in an academic teaching and learning environment. The number of hours is 30 (100 minutes once per week). The course should enable students to use those skills in both foreign language (native language classroom) as well as content areas. The course incorporates language skills, study skills and generally applicable skills (listening, delivering oral presentations, constructing arguments) in specific assignments. Therefore, upon completion of the course, the students should be able to deliver successfully oral presentation, participate in an online debate/ discussion forum stating their opinion and arguments and give feedback to others in a constructive manner. In addition, the students should be able to listen and read for gist and detail and write an argumentative paragraph and essay stating their opinion. They should write a problem solution paragraph and essay. They should recognize the abbreviations and symbols in a dictionary as well as practice using monolingual dictionary.They should be able to present visual information in a form of poster presentations. The students should be able to identify main ideas and supporting evidence in a text and to analyse and identify topic sentences in a paragraph. They should be able to identify a purpose of a text, patterns of organization in a text and apply them in their own writing.
• [6 ECTS] Free elective course
  • [EFE-107] Public Speaking
    Upon completion of this course, the students will gain knowledge about the communication process, the ethical responsibilities of public speaking and the different types of informative and persuasive speeches. In addition, the students will acquire skills necessary for preparing and delivering different types of speeches, audience analysis, researching speech topics, preparing speeches etc. After completing the Public Speaking course, the students will be able to think critically through constructive self-criticism and criticism towards the speeches of the others.
  • [EFE-127] Debate and Presentation Skills
    Through this course students will; gain tools for arguing effectively and developing their confidence in front of an audience; construct, develop, and practice presenting arguments in a variety of ways including - individual, pair and group presentation; learn to use persuasive rhetoric to put forward logical arguments in support of a position on a current issue; become familiar with the stages of formal debate, specifically the British Parliamentary style;
  • [EFE-108] Intercultural Studies
    Having completed this course the students will able to identify global questions and problems from the perspectives of different cultures, the communication dynamics in the other cultures, the similarities and the differences between their values and those of other cultures, as well as the similarities and differences between their communication practices and those from other cultures. In addition, students are expected to become more aware of the stereotypes that society has for different cultures and as a result will better understand their place in the global community. The students will start thinking critically about topics related to their ethnicity, gender identity, class, religion, national origin, age and other demographic characteristics and their impact on the communication process. After finishing Intercultural Studies, the students will also gain communication skills for working in groups through participation in research projects and will acquire the necessary skills to present their research projects.
  • [EFE-108] Communication Skills
    The course Communication Skills is designed to enable students to practically apply interpersonal communication. Students will have the opportunity to learn interpersonal skills (such as perception, listening, verbal and non-verbal communication); public speaking (such as organization, delivery and the basics of writing public speeches) and small group communication (such as leadership, self-confidence and listening). The course will also focus on providing basic knowledge and understanding of the job hunting process through written and oral communication by doing tasks such as writing a resume and a cover letter, conducting interview simulations etc.
  • [EFE-110] Advanced Excel
    The purpose of this course is to provide the students with advanced knowledge of this application and of the opportunities offered by the Microsoft Excel application, as well as to enable them to carry out advanced tasks, which are associated with their faculty’s program.
  • [EFE-111] Advanced IT skills
    The aims of this course are: To enable students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in the field of information sciences; To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Microsoft Office applications (Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access) and to apply them in real life situations; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on practical projects.
  • [EFE-112] Advanced Word
    The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and to familiarize them with the opportunities, which are offered by them. Moreover, it will enable the students to independently implement various projects and specific complex tasks, which are associated with the program in which they study.
  • [EFE-113] Google Apps
    The aims of this course are: To enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills in the field of electronic services (cloud applications); To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Google Docs (G-mail, Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings and Forms) and to apply them in real life; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on various online projects, directly through the web browser.
  • [EFE-114] Advanced Access
    Databases are ideal tools for tracking large volumes of Data and Microsoft Access is a quite popular and powerful tool, which is used for designing and developing Windows-based databases. This course is intended for new users of Access where the most important functions needed for working with databases are processed.
  • [EFE-115] Desktop Publications
    The aim of this course is designing and processing raster and vector graphics through the leading programs Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as designing and publishing commercial materials for print using Adobe InDesign.
  • [EFE-116] Web Publications
    Developing even a simple web page according to current standards requires knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Most of the websites also use images, whether in the form of banners, buttons, logos, photos or scans. Adobe Fireworks is built as a tool to create and manipulate images from the web and to allow the makers to optimize these images in order to reduce the file size. Firework also provides an excellent integration with Dreamweaver. This series provides a comprehensive introduction to XHTML, CSS and creating web graphics.
  • [EFE-129] Albanian Language and Writing Culture
    The course, Albanian language and writing culture, is a synthesis of rules and guidelines for improvement of the skills for written and oral expression in Albanian. Students are expected to improve these skills by becoming familiar with the spelling and punctuation rules, some morphological norms, as well as the Albanian syntax, all in order to achieve proper use of the language. An accent will be put on motivating them for fluent speaking and raising their awareness for use of the Albanian pure standard language. A special attention will also be paid to encouraging students to advance the process of writing and increasing their understanding about the differences between specific genres. The issue of academic integrity (plagiarism) will also be tackled, as well as the specific terminology of the different areas of specialization. All these topics will be offered as separate lessons, that is, as rules, guidelines and exercises, which complement each other.
  • [EFE-131] Albanian Language for Specific
    The subject aims at improving and perfecting the expression of Albanian language (speaking and writing). Specifically, the course aims to introduce students to specific terms, the possibilities of its use, with the most common errors in daily speech, but also for communication in specific circumstances. The students will learn about the conditions in which the rules work, so they can use them not only for tasks related to the subject but also in their future profession.
  • [EFE-102] Academic Writing in English
    In this course, students’ academic writing skills will be enhanced in a variety of ways. Students will be enabled to communicate their ideas in a clear, fluent and effective way in order to produce a piece of writing. Students’ academic writing skills will be developed through activities that promote writing like: writing different types of paragraphs and essays. In addition, students will be introduced to paraphrasing and citing rules as well as will be made aware of what plagiarism is. Giving feedback on students’ pieces of writing will involve self-correction, peer-correction and teacher-correction of content, organization and language errors.
  • [EFE-103] Academic Writing in Macedonian
    After finishing the Academic Writing in the Macedonian course, the students are expected to gain appropriate knowledge and advanced communication in Macedonian language with particular emphasis on writing skills. In addition, it is expected that students will become more autonomous and responsible learners. Moreover, students will be able to improve their writing skills in more levels and thereby they will become more confident and more competent when writing in Macedonian. They will be able to reflect critically on different topics, to make conclusions and they will develop skills for excellent written and oral communication in Macedonian.
  • [EFE-104] Academic Writing in Albanian
    By the end of each level, the students are expected to write an essay and a research paper based on the rules learned during the semester. Specifically, from them it is expected to know the function, the structure and the different types of paragraphs, ways of choosing research topics, collecting the material, the rules for source documentation and the final model.
  • [EFE-105] German Language (level 1 to 4)
    After completing each level, students will be able to gain appropriate knowledge according to the European Language Framework (specifically and concretely determined by level). In addition, students are expected to become more autonomous and more responsible language learners. By the end of the course, students will be able to think critically and make conclusions about different topics based on the texts that they have read, as well as to express their thoughts and opinions in written and spoken German.
  • [EFE-117] Environmental Protection
    The aims of this course are: To familiarize the students with the basic environmental problems; To familiarize the students with the role of humans as the key factor in the process of pollution and environmental protection; To familiarize the students with the influence of various environmental pollutants on health, the professional activity and the organizational ability of the human factor; Creating positive habits for the environment and raising the awareness for a healthier and cleaner environment; International and national legislation and international conventions on the environment; Introduction to international and national global policies in the field of environment; The environment as a condition for sustainable economic development; The role of the society in the protection of the environment; Introducing the major risks to a healthy environment; Introducing the National Environmental Strategy of the Republic of Macedonia.
  • [EFE-121] Professional Careеr Development
    This course offers practical, results-oriented instruction for seeking, obtaining and keeping employment. It is intended to provide students with the appropriate job skills needed in the modern workplace. Specific tasks that will be covered will be composing an effective c.v., writing a letter of inquiry/interest, interviewing skills, and formal communication within the office (memos, formal emails to superiors or customers, reports, etc.). Additional elements that will be covered will be how to conduct a self-evaluation, how to manage inter-office conflict, and how to seek promotions actively. Although the primary focus of this course will be on white-collar employment, the skills obtained through the instruction are applicable to the job search process generally.
  • [EFE-132] Human Rights and Freedoms
    The struggle for human rights begins with the historic efforts to identify them. Over the time, the corpus of rights and freedoms that are incriminated by laws or international treaties is expanding but it certainly does not prove that the same are respected in practice. Human rights at the first were considered as internal matters of states (under the principle of absolute sovereignty of states) and only in more recent times have gained the title of jus cogens norms. This course will study how to develop doctrine on human rights, types and categories of human rights and will be studied the relevant documents that regulate certain rights. The purpose of this course is: to introduce students to the concept of international law on human rights, implementation of the same, influence in the formulation of national policies; This will encourage students to critically reflect on the relationship between international law and national law; make them aware of current international events, how they affect the daily lives of people in the world; encourage students to contribute in matters of drafting laws for the protection of human rights.

Semester 2

• [CCS-201] [6 ECTS] Discrete Structures 1
  The course covers concepts related to integers, divisors and multiples, some special sets and related operations, functions and series, properties of functions, informal logic, statement analysis, proof methods, usage of formal logic for argument proofs and analysis, relations, directed and undirected graphs, matrices, equivalence relations.
• [CCS-202] [6 ECTS] Computer Architecture
  This course covers the design and technology behind modern computer architectures and machine programming. It provides a detailed overview of the hardware and software components, the structure, organization and relationship of the subcomponents of a computer, as well as their performances.
• [CCS-303] [6 ECTS] Object - Oriented Programming
  The course objective is to introduce the student to the basic concepts of object-oriented programming through the C++ programming language. For that purpose the concepts of objects and classes are introduced. Students will be introduced to class inheritance, hierarchy and polymorphism. The student will be capable, upon the completion of the course, to understand the principles of object-oriented programming and capable for programme writing by using the C ++ programming language.
• [6 ECTS] Free elective course
  • [EFE-107] Public Speaking
    Upon completion of this course, the students will gain knowledge about the communication process, the ethical responsibilities of public speaking and the different types of informative and persuasive speeches. In addition, the students will acquire skills necessary for preparing and delivering different types of speeches, audience analysis, researching speech topics, preparing speeches etc. After completing the Public Speaking course, the students will be able to think critically through constructive self-criticism and criticism towards the speeches of the others.
  • [EFE-127] Debate and Presentation Skills
    Through this course students will; gain tools for arguing effectively and developing their confidence in front of an audience; construct, develop, and practice presenting arguments in a variety of ways including - individual, pair and group presentation; learn to use persuasive rhetoric to put forward logical arguments in support of a position on a current issue; become familiar with the stages of formal debate, specifically the British Parliamentary style;
  • [EFE-108] Intercultural Studies
    Having completed this course the students will able to identify global questions and problems from the perspectives of different cultures, the communication dynamics in the other cultures, the similarities and the differences between their values and those of other cultures, as well as the similarities and differences between their communication practices and those from other cultures. In addition, students are expected to become more aware of the stereotypes that society has for different cultures and as a result will better understand their place in the global community. The students will start thinking critically about topics related to their ethnicity, gender identity, class, religion, national origin, age and other demographic characteristics and their impact on the communication process. After finishing Intercultural Studies, the students will also gain communication skills for working in groups through participation in research projects and will acquire the necessary skills to present their research projects.
  • [EFE-108] Communication Skills
    The course Communication Skills is designed to enable students to practically apply interpersonal communication. Students will have the opportunity to learn interpersonal skills (such as perception, listening, verbal and non-verbal communication); public speaking (such as organization, delivery and the basics of writing public speeches) and small group communication (such as leadership, self-confidence and listening). The course will also focus on providing basic knowledge and understanding of the job hunting process through written and oral communication by doing tasks such as writing a resume and a cover letter, conducting interview simulations etc.
  • [EFE-110] Advanced Excel
    The purpose of this course is to provide the students with advanced knowledge of this application and of the opportunities offered by the Microsoft Excel application, as well as to enable them to carry out advanced tasks, which are associated with their faculty’s program.
  • [EFE-111] Advanced IT skills
    The aims of this course are: To enable students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in the field of information sciences; To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Microsoft Office applications (Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access) and to apply them in real life situations; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on practical projects.
  • [EFE-112] Advanced Word
    The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and to familiarize them with the opportunities, which are offered by them. Moreover, it will enable the students to independently implement various projects and specific complex tasks, which are associated with the program in which they study.
  • [EFE-113] Google Apps
    The aims of this course are: To enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills in the field of electronic services (cloud applications); To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Google Docs (G-mail, Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings and Forms) and to apply them in real life; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on various online projects, directly through the web browser.
  • [EFE-114] Advanced Access
    Databases are ideal tools for tracking large volumes of Data and Microsoft Access is a quite popular and powerful tool, which is used for designing and developing Windows-based databases. This course is intended for new users of Access where the most important functions needed for working with databases are processed.
  • [EFE-115] Desktop Publications
    The aim of this course is designing and processing raster and vector graphics through the leading programs Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as designing and publishing commercial materials for print using Adobe InDesign.
  • [EFE-116] Web Publications
    Developing even a simple web page according to current standards requires knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Most of the websites also use images, whether in the form of banners, buttons, logos, photos or scans. Adobe Fireworks is built as a tool to create and manipulate images from the web and to allow the makers to optimize these images in order to reduce the file size. Firework also provides an excellent integration with Dreamweaver. This series provides a comprehensive introduction to XHTML, CSS and creating web graphics.
  • [EFE-129] Albanian Language and Writing Culture
    The course, Albanian language and writing culture, is a synthesis of rules and guidelines for improvement of the skills for written and oral expression in Albanian. Students are expected to improve these skills by becoming familiar with the spelling and punctuation rules, some morphological norms, as well as the Albanian syntax, all in order to achieve proper use of the language. An accent will be put on motivating them for fluent speaking and raising their awareness for use of the Albanian pure standard language. A special attention will also be paid to encouraging students to advance the process of writing and increasing their understanding about the differences between specific genres. The issue of academic integrity (plagiarism) will also be tackled, as well as the specific terminology of the different areas of specialization. All these topics will be offered as separate lessons, that is, as rules, guidelines and exercises, which complement each other.
  • [EFE-131] Albanian Language for Specific
    The subject aims at improving and perfecting the expression of Albanian language (speaking and writing). Specifically, the course aims to introduce students to specific terms, the possibilities of its use, with the most common errors in daily speech, but also for communication in specific circumstances. The students will learn about the conditions in which the rules work, so they can use them not only for tasks related to the subject but also in their future profession.
  • [EFE-102] Academic Writing in English
    In this course, students’ academic writing skills will be enhanced in a variety of ways. Students will be enabled to communicate their ideas in a clear, fluent and effective way in order to produce a piece of writing. Students’ academic writing skills will be developed through activities that promote writing like: writing different types of paragraphs and essays. In addition, students will be introduced to paraphrasing and citing rules as well as will be made aware of what plagiarism is. Giving feedback on students’ pieces of writing will involve self-correction, peer-correction and teacher-correction of content, organization and language errors.
  • [EFE-103] Academic Writing in Macedonian
    After finishing the Academic Writing in the Macedonian course, the students are expected to gain appropriate knowledge and advanced communication in Macedonian language with particular emphasis on writing skills. In addition, it is expected that students will become more autonomous and responsible learners. Moreover, students will be able to improve their writing skills in more levels and thereby they will become more confident and more competent when writing in Macedonian. They will be able to reflect critically on different topics, to make conclusions and they will develop skills for excellent written and oral communication in Macedonian.
  • [EFE-104] Academic Writing in Albanian
    By the end of each level, the students are expected to write an essay and a research paper based on the rules learned during the semester. Specifically, from them it is expected to know the function, the structure and the different types of paragraphs, ways of choosing research topics, collecting the material, the rules for source documentation and the final model.
  • [EFE-105] German Language (level 1 to 4)
    After completing each level, students will be able to gain appropriate knowledge according to the European Language Framework (specifically and concretely determined by level). In addition, students are expected to become more autonomous and more responsible language learners. By the end of the course, students will be able to think critically and make conclusions about different topics based on the texts that they have read, as well as to express their thoughts and opinions in written and spoken German.
  • [EFE-117] Environmental Protection
    The aims of this course are: To familiarize the students with the basic environmental problems; To familiarize the students with the role of humans as the key factor in the process of pollution and environmental protection; To familiarize the students with the influence of various environmental pollutants on health, the professional activity and the organizational ability of the human factor; Creating positive habits for the environment and raising the awareness for a healthier and cleaner environment; International and national legislation and international conventions on the environment; Introduction to international and national global policies in the field of environment; The environment as a condition for sustainable economic development; The role of the society in the protection of the environment; Introducing the major risks to a healthy environment; Introducing the National Environmental Strategy of the Republic of Macedonia.
  • [EFE-121] Professional Careеr Development
    This course offers practical, results-oriented instruction for seeking, obtaining and keeping employment. It is intended to provide students with the appropriate job skills needed in the modern workplace. Specific tasks that will be covered will be composing an effective c.v., writing a letter of inquiry/interest, interviewing skills, and formal communication within the office (memos, formal emails to superiors or customers, reports, etc.). Additional elements that will be covered will be how to conduct a self-evaluation, how to manage inter-office conflict, and how to seek promotions actively. Although the primary focus of this course will be on white-collar employment, the skills obtained through the instruction are applicable to the job search process generally.
  • [EFE-132] Human Rights and Freedoms
    The struggle for human rights begins with the historic efforts to identify them. Over the time, the corpus of rights and freedoms that are incriminated by laws or international treaties is expanding but it certainly does not prove that the same are respected in practice. Human rights at the first were considered as internal matters of states (under the principle of absolute sovereignty of states) and only in more recent times have gained the title of jus cogens norms. This course will study how to develop doctrine on human rights, types and categories of human rights and will be studied the relevant documents that regulate certain rights. The purpose of this course is: to introduce students to the concept of international law on human rights, implementation of the same, influence in the formulation of national policies; This will encourage students to critically reflect on the relationship between international law and national law; make them aware of current international events, how they affect the daily lives of people in the world; encourage students to contribute in matters of drafting laws for the protection of human rights.
• [3 ECTS] Elective course - English Language
  • [BENP-01] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 1
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BENP-02] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 2
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BENP-03] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 2
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BENP-04] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 4
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BEN-05] English Language 5
    Academic English is a one semester course which aims to enable the students with skills which can facilitate their language learning and their study progress in an academic teaching and learning environment. The number of hours is 30 (100 minutes once per week). The course should enable students to use those skills in both foreign language (native language classroom) as well as content areas. The course incorporates language skills, study skills and generally applicable skills (listening, delivering oral presentations, constructing arguments) in specific assignments. Therefore, upon completion of the course, the students should be able to deliver successfully oral presentation, participate in an online debate/ discussion forum stating their opinion and arguments and give feedback to others in a constructive manner. In addition, the students should be able to listen and read for gist and detail and write an argumentative paragraph and essay stating their opinion. They should write a problem solution paragraph and essay. They should recognize the abbreviations and symbols in a dictionary as well as practice using monolingual dictionary.They should be able to present visual information in a form of poster presentations. The students should be able to identify main ideas and supporting evidence in a text and to analyse and identify topic sentences in a paragraph. They should be able to identify a purpose of a text, patterns of organization in a text and apply them in their own writing.
  • [BEN-06] English Language 6
    Academic English is a one semester course which aims to enable the students with skills which can facilitate their language learning and their study progress in an academic teaching and learning environment. The number of hours is 30 (100 minutes once per week). The course should enable students to use those skills in both foreign language (native language classroom) as well as content areas. The course incorporates language skills, study skills and generally applicable skills (listening, delivering oral presentations, constructing arguments) in specific assignments. Therefore, upon completion of the course, the students should be able to deliver successfully oral presentation, participate in an online debate/ discussion forum stating their opinion and arguments and give feedback to others in a constructive manner. In addition, the students should be able to listen and read for gist and detail and write an argumentative paragraph and essay stating their opinion. They should write a problem solution paragraph and essay. They should recognize the abbreviations and symbols in a dictionary as well as practice using monolingual dictionary.They should be able to present visual information in a form of poster presentations. The students should be able to identify main ideas and supporting evidence in a text and to analyse and identify topic sentences in a paragraph. They should be able to identify a purpose of a text, patterns of organization in a text and apply them in their own writing.
• [3 ECTS] Elective course - Albanian/Macedonian Language
  • [MAPP1010] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 1
    Upon completion of the course Macedonian for Professional Purposes 1, students are expected to broaden and strengthen their abilities for more advanced written and oral expression in Macedonian in the context of the different professional settings. Students are expected to be able to read, write and comprehend various professional texts in Macedonian. They are also expected to acquire knowledge and skills about the general terminology from the field of law, business and economy, administration, computer sciences, language and communication and to be able to use that terminology in the framework of their future professions. Besides accomplishing these professional aims, students are expected to become more autonomous language learners and be able to think critically about different topics in a multilingual and multicultural environment.
  • [MAPP1020] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 2
    Upon completion of the course, Macedonian for professional purposes 2, students are expected to reconfirm and expand further their abilities for advanced written and oral expression in Macedonian, in the context of their future professions. They should be able to read, write and comprehend different kinds of professional texts in Macedonian, to analyse and discuss those texts, as well as to create their own documents, including professional biography in Macedonian (CV). They should also expand the knowledge of specific terminology from the field of law, business and economy, administration, computer sciences, language and communication and be able to use that terminology in simulation of authentic situations from the professional environment, in debates and exchange of opinion regarding different aspects of these professions.
  • [BS018] Macedonian Language for Beginners 1
    The programme Macedonian Language for beginners 1: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Through special exercises and lectures introduction to basic communication in Macedonian language is provided, i.e. introducing, greeting, presentation, enriching vocabulary and write and understand short texts. When we created this program we took into the consideration that students can apply the acquired knowledge further. The material is processed under the principle of combined lectures and exercises, and continuous tasks through which students are actively involved during class and participate with their questions and suggestions.
  • [BS152] Macedonian Language for Beginners 2
    The programme Macedonian Language for beginners 2 includes: reading, writing, listening and speaking activities. In this course the following issues are covered: daily routines, planning activities for the next period, description of persons, places and objects. When we created this program we took into the consideration that students can apply the acquired knowledge further.
  • [BAM1010] Albanian Language for Beginners 1
    Albanian Language course for beginners 1 is prepared with the purpose to enable the students, who do not have basic knowledge of the Albanian language, to get to know the characteristics of this language, to gain knowledge of the linguistic structure of the Albanian language, and to extend and apply their knowledge in everyday situations. Correspondingly, they will gain knowledge on the structure of the Albanian language, will overcome a modest set of various lexical and grammatical categories which will enable simple conversations. Even though, it is a second level course for beginners, the course is designed to be flexible and to adapt to the capabilities and interests of students.
  • [BAM2010] Albanian Language for Beginners 2
    Albanian Language course for beginners 2 is prepared with the purpose to enable the students, who do not have basic knowledge of the Albanian language, to get to know the characteristics of this language, to gain knowledge of the linguistic structure of the Albanian language, and to extend and apply their knowledge in everyday situations. Correspondingly, they will gain knowledge on the structure of the Albanian language, will overcome a modest set of various lexical and grammatical categories which will enable simple conversations. Even though, it is a second level course for beginners, the course is designed to be flexible and to adapt to the capabilities and interests of students.

Semester 3

• [CCS-102] [6 ECTS] Internet Technologies
  The main objective of the course is to give students a practical knowledge of basic mechanisms, services and protocols of the global network - Internet. The course provides mastering of the overall architecture of an effective, scalable and secured web page. The students will acquire deep technical knowledge of XML, XHTML (lists, tables, figures, multimedia and forms), CSS (formatting, styles and layouts), and JavaScript (variables, conditions, loops and functions).
• [CCS-301] [6 ECTS] Algorithms and Data Structures
  Through this course, students will learn about fundamental concepts and principles of algorithm analysis and design, and in using different data structures. It reviews different algorithms for solving the same problem. It reviews in details the time and space complexity of algorithms and establishing criteria for finding the best algorithm. It studies the design of different, well-known data structures (linear and nonlinear) and considers the possibility of creating new data structures, as well as their concrete application. The final part of the course represents an introduction to graphs and reviewing of basic models for graph-algorithms. Students become familiar with different abstract data types and algorithms, which allow further direct involvement in analyzing, designing and application of specific software projects.
• [CCS-302] [6 ECTS] Discrete Structures 2
  The goal of this course is to continue learning of discrete structure concepts as a basis of information technologies. In this context, students will learn concepts of graph theory and their application, matrix analysis concepts, application of equivalence relations, to understand when to apply number theory concepts, as well as Boolean algebra. Furthermore, this course aims to present numerical analysis concepts related to approximate solution of equations with one unknown, as well as different methods used to achieve this goal.
• [6 ECTS] Elective course - English for specific purposes 1
  • [CSTEN-01] English Language for Computer Sciences 1
    Through this course students will be able to improve the four main skills in English, such as reading, writing, listening, and speaking based on content specific areas; revise and practice the language structure, as well as enrich the vocabulary from the field of computer sciences and technologies aiming at comprehension of more complicated texts in this area and communication with colleagues and experts.
• [6 ECTS] Free elective course
  • [EFE-107] Public Speaking
    Upon completion of this course, the students will gain knowledge about the communication process, the ethical responsibilities of public speaking and the different types of informative and persuasive speeches. In addition, the students will acquire skills necessary for preparing and delivering different types of speeches, audience analysis, researching speech topics, preparing speeches etc. After completing the Public Speaking course, the students will be able to think critically through constructive self-criticism and criticism towards the speeches of the others.
  • [EFE-127] Debate and Presentation Skills
    Through this course students will; gain tools for arguing effectively and developing their confidence in front of an audience; construct, develop, and practice presenting arguments in a variety of ways including - individual, pair and group presentation; learn to use persuasive rhetoric to put forward logical arguments in support of a position on a current issue; become familiar with the stages of formal debate, specifically the British Parliamentary style;
  • [EFE-108] Intercultural Studies
    Having completed this course the students will able to identify global questions and problems from the perspectives of different cultures, the communication dynamics in the other cultures, the similarities and the differences between their values and those of other cultures, as well as the similarities and differences between their communication practices and those from other cultures. In addition, students are expected to become more aware of the stereotypes that society has for different cultures and as a result will better understand their place in the global community. The students will start thinking critically about topics related to their ethnicity, gender identity, class, religion, national origin, age and other demographic characteristics and their impact on the communication process. After finishing Intercultural Studies, the students will also gain communication skills for working in groups through participation in research projects and will acquire the necessary skills to present their research projects.
  • [EFE-108] Communication Skills
    The course Communication Skills is designed to enable students to practically apply interpersonal communication. Students will have the opportunity to learn interpersonal skills (such as perception, listening, verbal and non-verbal communication); public speaking (such as organization, delivery and the basics of writing public speeches) and small group communication (such as leadership, self-confidence and listening). The course will also focus on providing basic knowledge and understanding of the job hunting process through written and oral communication by doing tasks such as writing a resume and a cover letter, conducting interview simulations etc.
  • [EFE-110] Advanced Excel
    The purpose of this course is to provide the students with advanced knowledge of this application and of the opportunities offered by the Microsoft Excel application, as well as to enable them to carry out advanced tasks, which are associated with their faculty’s program.
  • [EFE-111] Advanced IT skills
    The aims of this course are: To enable students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in the field of information sciences; To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Microsoft Office applications (Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access) and to apply them in real life situations; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on practical projects.
  • [EFE-112] Advanced Word
    The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and to familiarize them with the opportunities, which are offered by them. Moreover, it will enable the students to independently implement various projects and specific complex tasks, which are associated with the program in which they study.
  • [EFE-113] Google Apps
    The aims of this course are: To enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills in the field of electronic services (cloud applications); To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Google Docs (G-mail, Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings and Forms) and to apply them in real life; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on various online projects, directly through the web browser.
  • [EFE-114] Advanced Access
    Databases are ideal tools for tracking large volumes of Data and Microsoft Access is a quite popular and powerful tool, which is used for designing and developing Windows-based databases. This course is intended for new users of Access where the most important functions needed for working with databases are processed.
  • [EFE-115] Desktop Publications
    The aim of this course is designing and processing raster and vector graphics through the leading programs Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as designing and publishing commercial materials for print using Adobe InDesign.
  • [EFE-116] Web Publications
    Developing even a simple web page according to current standards requires knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Most of the websites also use images, whether in the form of banners, buttons, logos, photos or scans. Adobe Fireworks is built as a tool to create and manipulate images from the web and to allow the makers to optimize these images in order to reduce the file size. Firework also provides an excellent integration with Dreamweaver. This series provides a comprehensive introduction to XHTML, CSS and creating web graphics.
  • [EFE-129] Albanian Language and Writing Culture
    The course, Albanian language and writing culture, is a synthesis of rules and guidelines for improvement of the skills for written and oral expression in Albanian. Students are expected to improve these skills by becoming familiar with the spelling and punctuation rules, some morphological norms, as well as the Albanian syntax, all in order to achieve proper use of the language. An accent will be put on motivating them for fluent speaking and raising their awareness for use of the Albanian pure standard language. A special attention will also be paid to encouraging students to advance the process of writing and increasing their understanding about the differences between specific genres. The issue of academic integrity (plagiarism) will also be tackled, as well as the specific terminology of the different areas of specialization. All these topics will be offered as separate lessons, that is, as rules, guidelines and exercises, which complement each other.
  • [EFE-131] Albanian Language for Specific
    The subject aims at improving and perfecting the expression of Albanian language (speaking and writing). Specifically, the course aims to introduce students to specific terms, the possibilities of its use, with the most common errors in daily speech, but also for communication in specific circumstances. The students will learn about the conditions in which the rules work, so they can use them not only for tasks related to the subject but also in their future profession.
  • [EFE-102] Academic Writing in English
    In this course, students’ academic writing skills will be enhanced in a variety of ways. Students will be enabled to communicate their ideas in a clear, fluent and effective way in order to produce a piece of writing. Students’ academic writing skills will be developed through activities that promote writing like: writing different types of paragraphs and essays. In addition, students will be introduced to paraphrasing and citing rules as well as will be made aware of what plagiarism is. Giving feedback on students’ pieces of writing will involve self-correction, peer-correction and teacher-correction of content, organization and language errors.
  • [EFE-103] Academic Writing in Macedonian
    After finishing the Academic Writing in the Macedonian course, the students are expected to gain appropriate knowledge and advanced communication in Macedonian language with particular emphasis on writing skills. In addition, it is expected that students will become more autonomous and responsible learners. Moreover, students will be able to improve their writing skills in more levels and thereby they will become more confident and more competent when writing in Macedonian. They will be able to reflect critically on different topics, to make conclusions and they will develop skills for excellent written and oral communication in Macedonian.
  • [EFE-104] Academic Writing in Albanian
    By the end of each level, the students are expected to write an essay and a research paper based on the rules learned during the semester. Specifically, from them it is expected to know the function, the structure and the different types of paragraphs, ways of choosing research topics, collecting the material, the rules for source documentation and the final model.
  • [EFE-105] German Language (level 1 to 4)
    After completing each level, students will be able to gain appropriate knowledge according to the European Language Framework (specifically and concretely determined by level). In addition, students are expected to become more autonomous and more responsible language learners. By the end of the course, students will be able to think critically and make conclusions about different topics based on the texts that they have read, as well as to express their thoughts and opinions in written and spoken German.
  • [EFE-117] Environmental Protection
    The aims of this course are: To familiarize the students with the basic environmental problems; To familiarize the students with the role of humans as the key factor in the process of pollution and environmental protection; To familiarize the students with the influence of various environmental pollutants on health, the professional activity and the organizational ability of the human factor; Creating positive habits for the environment and raising the awareness for a healthier and cleaner environment; International and national legislation and international conventions on the environment; Introduction to international and national global policies in the field of environment; The environment as a condition for sustainable economic development; The role of the society in the protection of the environment; Introducing the major risks to a healthy environment; Introducing the National Environmental Strategy of the Republic of Macedonia.
  • [EFE-121] Professional Careеr Development
    This course offers practical, results-oriented instruction for seeking, obtaining and keeping employment. It is intended to provide students with the appropriate job skills needed in the modern workplace. Specific tasks that will be covered will be composing an effective c.v., writing a letter of inquiry/interest, interviewing skills, and formal communication within the office (memos, formal emails to superiors or customers, reports, etc.). Additional elements that will be covered will be how to conduct a self-evaluation, how to manage inter-office conflict, and how to seek promotions actively. Although the primary focus of this course will be on white-collar employment, the skills obtained through the instruction are applicable to the job search process generally.
  • [EFE-132] Human Rights and Freedoms
    The struggle for human rights begins with the historic efforts to identify them. Over the time, the corpus of rights and freedoms that are incriminated by laws or international treaties is expanding but it certainly does not prove that the same are respected in practice. Human rights at the first were considered as internal matters of states (under the principle of absolute sovereignty of states) and only in more recent times have gained the title of jus cogens norms. This course will study how to develop doctrine on human rights, types and categories of human rights and will be studied the relevant documents that regulate certain rights. The purpose of this course is: to introduce students to the concept of international law on human rights, implementation of the same, influence in the formulation of national policies; This will encourage students to critically reflect on the relationship between international law and national law; make them aware of current international events, how they affect the daily lives of people in the world; encourage students to contribute in matters of drafting laws for the protection of human rights.

Semester 4

• [CCS-401] [6 ECTS] Operating Systems
  The main objective of this course is to introduce the fundamental concepts behind operating systems (OS). As an intermediate level between the hardware and the application level, operating systems need to control and share computer resources. This course starts with a short introduction of the main OS concepts, their evaluation and detailed analysis. The discussion, among others, covers processes and tasks, synchronization points, memory management, input/output devices, file systems and security. The second part of the course deals with the concepts of distributed, multimedia and on-chip operating systems. At the end, the concepts of mobile operating systems will be covered. All these concepts will be accompanied with case studies of specific OS in each category.
• [CCS-402] [6 ECTS] Databases
  The course is an introduction to the database concepts and systems. After completing this subject, students will be able to use models and concepts while designing databases. They will be able to use and design simple specific databases, based in the relational database model, use MS SQL Server system for managing databases (DBMS), SQL language and implementation of queries.
• [CCS-403] [6 ECTS] Applied Probability and Statistics
  The course objective is to provide students with the required knowledge of probabilities and statistics that have direct application in computer sciences. The goal is to learn about the processing of statistical data, their rules and presentation, and the laws for appropriate conclusions based on processed data. Furthermore, the students will learn about basic principles of probability and their application in different areas of everyday life, especially in the field of computer science.
• [6 ECTS] Elective course - English for specific purposes 2
  • [CSTEN-02] English Language for Computer Sciences 2
    Through this course students will be able to improve the four main skills in English, such as reading, writing, listening, and speaking based on content specific areas; revise and practice the language structure, as well as enrich the vocabulary from the field of computer sciences and technologies aiming at comprehension of more complicated texts in this area and communication with colleagues and experts.
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [CISM2021] Introduction to Information Systems
    Aims of the course program: 1. To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of Information Systems: a. Basic Information Systems concepts: hardware, software, networks; b. E-World: e-business and e-commerce; c. Developing Processes; 2. To learn about the Information Systems and technologies that improve business values and various processes inside organizations; 3. Applying IS concepts with various managing disciplines, during analysis, interpretation, assessments and decisions; 4. Understand the process of redesigning organizations using information systems; 5. Describe the role of information systems in decision making; 6. Examine information security, ethical, and social issues; 7. Be familiar with the Internet, electronic commerce, and e-business; 8. Prepare students to work on small scale projects, individual or group work, who by nature could fall into these categories: case studies, scientific research project, development projects or internship projects;
  • [ECS-401] Advanced Programming in .NET
    This course aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge and practice of programming .NET applications. The different concepts covered are: - The basics of .NET programming (variables, types, conditions, loops, etc.); - Windows Forms applications, manipulating files, database access technologies and concepts (connections, commands, data readers, etc.); - ORM systems; - Development of web and mobile applications; - Reporting with Crystal Reports and Microsoft Reports; - Creating installation packages and software distribution methods;
  • [ECS-601] Programming in Java
    Aims of the course program: To provide students regarding Java programming language with a deep, critical and systematic understanding of the principles and techniques for programming effective software applications. This course introduces fundamental structured and object-oriented programming concepts and techniques, using Java, and is intended for all who plan to use computer programming in their studies and careers.
  • [ECS-405] Digital Logic Design
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EAIT-403] Multimedia System
    Aims of the course program: At the end of the semester, the student will be able to do the following: - Explain multimedia concepts such as the elements and principles of design, color theory, and compression schemes; - Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of software for graphics (Adobe Photoshop), video (Adobe Premiere), and animation (Adobe Flash) through exercises and projects; - Plan, design, develop and evaluate multimedia applications and their elements;
  • [ECS6020] Introduction to Cryptography
    Aims of the course program: Cryptography provides important tools for ensuring the privacy, authenticity, and integrity of the increasingly sensitive information involved in modern digital systems. Nowadays, core cryptographic tools, including encryption, message authentication codes, digital signature, key agreement protocols, etc., are used behind millions of daily on-line transactions. In this course, we will unveil some of the "magic" of cryptography. Modern Cryptography uses mathematical language to precisely pin down elusive security goals, design primitives and protocols to achieve these goals, and validate the security of designed primitives and protocols using mathematical proofs based on clearly stated hardness assumptions. Therefore, to learn cryptography, it is essential to understand its mathematical underpinning. In this class, we will see the inner-working of cryptography for several core cryptographic tools, from encryption, to message authentication codes, to hash functions, to digital signatures, etc.
  • [ECS-507] Numerical Computations
    This course is designed to equip students with the basic concepts and methods of numerical calculations. The primary intent is to provide students with a sound introduction to the numerical methods. They have big application in solving different problems which can be solved just by using the computers, therefore, solving numerical problems will help students not just to apply them in different other areas, but simply it will help them to become better computer scientists. After e brief look at the ways numbers are placed and manipulated in computers we will deal with fundamental computational problems, such are solving the equations, system of equations followed by an approximation theory. We will deal with the accuracy of numerical solutions and also the aim is to evaluate the functions, numerical differentiation and integration.
  • [ECS-506] Programming Mobile Devices
    This course will cover the basic concepts of designing applications for interactive mobile devices. The goal is students to learn about writing clear and efficient, personal and business applications using a large spectrum of programming techniques.
  • [ECS-403] Game Programming
    The goal of this course is to introduce the principles of developing computer games, focusing on games that execute on web browsers. The students will learn how to create objects, to animate them, to introduce sounds and other techniques used in games. The course will also cover the design of interactive games that can receive user input, through keyboard, mouse or similar peripheral elements. The students will also learn about the introduction of basic artificial intelligence. All these techniques will be practiced with the development of popular games.
  • [EACS-05] Formal Languages and Automata
    Тhis course is meant to give the introduction to the theory of computational modeling and computability through formal languages and finite automata.
  • [ECS-609] Introduction Artificial Intelligence
    Aims of the course program: Introduction to the basics of artificial intelligence, intelligent agents, techniques for presenting knowledge and intelligent search and decision-making, game theory, formal logic, probability and logical reasoning systems, learning by observation, training of neurons and learning stimulation. Also, students will be familiar with the basic concepts of LISP.
  • [ECS-502] Introduction to Parallel Processing
    Aims of the course program: This course is intended for students interested in the efficient use of modern parallel systems ranging from multi-core processors to large-scale distributed memory clusters. The course covers theoretical principles of parallel computing as well as different parallel programming techniques. It begins with a survey of common parallel architectures and types of parallelism, and follows with an overview of formal approaches to assess scalability and efficiency of parallel algorithms and their implementations. In the second part, the course focus is on selected parallel programming techniques and APIs, including shared address space, many-core accelerators, distributed memory clusters and big data analytics platforms. Each component of the course involves solving practical problems on a corresponding parallel architecture.
  • [ECS-604] Data Mining
    This course covers the concepts and technologies in the field of data mining, terminology, techniques and algorithms for searching large unstructured collections of data with the goal of finding and structuring important knowledge. The covered subjects include: - Data pre-processing; - Data warehousing and OLAP technology for data mining; - Classification and prediction; - Mining association rules in large databases; - Clustering analysis; - Outlier analysis; - Data mining applications and trends in data mining;
  • [ECS-500] Е-commerce
    Aims of the course program: - To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of e-commerce: ● The history of e-commerce ● E-World: e-business and e-commerce ● Business Models for e-commerce ● Online payment systems ● Online Marketing ● E-infrastructures - To learn about the core technologies that are mandatory to run e-commerce nowadays, including servers, software, Internet connections, payment gateways and their security, cookies, etc. - To apply e-commerce concepts and theory in practice by doing appropriate analysis on business models and technologies and making decisions on the most appropriate solutions. - To understand the process of creating a web shop and connecting it with the payment gateways. - To be able to put the idea on paper, create business model and prepare the finances. - To be able to differentiate various online marketing tools and be able to apply some of them in practice. - To examine information security, ethical, and social issues and know how to address specific issues. - To be familiar with the Internet and Cloud computing.
  • [ECCE-603] Computer Network Management
    This course provides knowledge about Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) standards and technologies for managing networks. The course covers various aspects of network management, including features, equipment, communication protocols, processes and methodology. The subject also provides students with knowledge about specific products and technologies based on these standards which are used for practical network management solutions.
  • [EACS-03] NoSQL Databases
    Relational database systems have been dominant in the market for over forty years, and remain so today. However, the emergence of distributed and cloud computing, as well as the increasing need for storage of large datasets (i.e., big data, such as human genome, Google search engine, social media data, Large Hadron Collider, etc.), have created the need for alternate data storage solutions. A number of different models / database management systems have been developed, that as a group are being referred to as NoSQL databases. A number of large, well-known companies use such databases, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Adobe, MTV, LexisNexis, the New York Times, Forbes and Netflix. This course will explore the origins of NoSQL databases and the characteristics that distinguish them from traditional relational databases. Core concepts of NoSQL databases will be presented, followed by an exploration of how different database technologies implement these core concepts. Each of the four main NoSQL data models (key-value, column family, document, and graph) will be analyzed. Also for each of those will be highlighted the business needs that drive the development and use of each database. Finally, we will present criteria that decision makers should consider when choosing between relational and non-relational databases and techniques for selecting the NoSQL database that best addresses specific use cases.
  • [ECS-701] Mobile and Wireless Networks
    This course aims providing insight and knowledge about architectures and protocols for mobile and wireless communication. Topics ranging from physical layer to application layer covering specifically the mobile and wireless networking fields. The topics on the subject include: Wireless WANs and MANs, Wireless Internet, Wireless AdHoc Networks and protocols, Wireless Hybrid Networks and recent advances in Wireless and Mobile Networks. Application, design, performance analysis and development of mobile and wireless systems are investigated.
  • [ECS-702] Computer Ethics
    Aims of the course program: - to develop an understanding of the relationship between computing, technological change, society and the law; - to emphasise the powerful role that computers and computer professionals play in the technological society; - to provide an understanding of legal areas which are relevant to the discipline of computing; - to provide an understanding of ethical concepts that are important to computer users and professionals; - to give experience in the consideration of ethical matters and solving ethical dilemmas.
  • [ECS-501] Introduction to Semantic Web
    This course will give an introduction to Semantic Web technologies and their applications. The crux of the Semantic Web is in semantic representation and reasoning of data using ontologies. The main focus will be around different aspects of Ontology representation, creation, design, reasoning, programming and applications throughout the course. Topics covered will include: Basics of data representation through XML, Basics of resource description with Resource Description Framework (RDF) and RDFS, knowledge representation with Web Ontology Language (OWL) as well as basic tools for ontology engineering.
  • [ECS-703] Business Analytics
    The aim of this program is for students to gain an understanding of how to use business analytics to formulate and solve business problems and to support managerial decision making. Students will become familiar with the processes needed to develop, report, and analyze business data. Furthermore they will learn how to use and apply software tools in order to solve business problems.
  • [ECS-605] Software Testing and Maintenance
    Në program janë përfshirë disa tema nga testimi dhe mirëmbajtja suftuerike: hyrje në vlerësimin dhe verifikimin e programeve, metodat e testimit, adekuatiteti I të dhënave për test, kriteret e mbulesës, participimi I të dhënave hyrëse, testimi kombinatorik, testimi I bazuar n[ në grafet e rrjedhës së kontrollit dhe rrjedhës së të të dhënave, gjenerimi automatic I test të dhënave për non-regresion, menaxhimi I konfiguracioneve dje rearganizimi I softuerit, programimi test-kontroll. Во програмата се опфатени неколку теми од софтверско тестирање и одржување: вовед во валидација и верификација на програми, методи на тестирање, адекватност на податоци за тест, критериуми на покриеност, партиција на влезните податоци, комбинаторно тестирање, тестирање базирано на графовите на проток на контрола и проток на податоци, автоматизирано генерирање на тест податоци, тестирање за нон-регресија, менаџирање на конфигурации и реорганизација на софтверот, тест-управувано програмирање. Software testing and maintenance plays a key role in ensuring a qualitative, and thus a successful software product. Software testing is the most used technique in detecting software failures, often requiring more than half of the development cost and time of software. Software maintenance, in the other hand, is a key component in ensuring service quality, and mainly deals with the control of software evolution and change management after it is being released. The goal of this course is to cover the basic concepts, principles, methods and techniques for efficient software testing and maintenance.
  • [ECS3036] Paralel Programming
    For the past several decades the demand for high performances was addressed to the increase of the clock speed. Over the last decade, the regular clock speed increase starts to become infeasible and it starts to be replaced with more processing units with smaller clock speed. Today, almost all performance increase of recent processors come from more parallelism rather than clock speed increases. The shift toward parallelism affects the use of computer and specially computer programming. The goal of this subject is to introduce the students to the foundations of parallel programming including the parallel computer architectures, principles of parallel algorithm design, analytical modeling of parallel programs, programming models for shared- and distributed-memory systems. The course covers programming on multicore hardware, shared-memory programming models, message passing programming models used for cluster computing, data-parallel programming models for GPUs, and problem-solving on large-scale clusters using MapReduce.
  • [ECS3060] IT Professional ethics
    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the current ethical issues in Information Technology (IT) use. It examines an array of long-standing and emerging issues facing IT users ranging from free speech, privacy, intellectual property, hacking, and the digital divide, to ethics in social networking and online communities. The course discusses the ethical dilemmas and responsibilities of IT professionals, and promotes the critical examination and responsible usage of IT.
  • [ECS-404] Computer Logic Design and Simulation
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EPL2030] Compilers
    This course aims to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge on constructing compilers. It covers the main concepts used in compilers such as lexical and syntactical parsing, analysis of the program and code generation and optimization techniques. Students will be introduced to different tools that are used to build compilers. By the end of this course, students should be able to implement a simple compiler for a restrained general-purpose language.
  • [ECS4060] Human - Computer Interaction
    This course aims to enable students with knowledge of the theory and practice in software development related to the communication between humans and computers, with the goal of creating usable application interfaces. The course deals with the psycho-motor aspects that influence the way people communicate with machines. Through concrete examples of user interfaces, students should understand the principles and be able to apply them while designing their applications.

Semester 5

• [CCS-501] [6 ECTS] Web Programming
  This course covers the design and development of web applications, covering both server-side and client-side programming. The course also deals with the design of databases for the web, web programming languages, data integration in web applications.
• [CCS-502] [6 ECTS] Software Engineering
  The course objective is to provide students with in depth, critical and systematic understanding of principles and techniques of software specification, analysis and design, programming, testing and evaluation, maintenance and management with projecting effective software applications. Students will capture clear understanding of tools and methodology for developing software solutions.
• [CCS-503] [6 ECTS] Computer Networks
  The course objective is to introduce the basic concepts and principles of computer networks. It reviews the different network components and their interaction. It provides a detailed overview of network architectures and their design. The course illustrates the concepts behind important network architectures such as Ethernet and the Internet. The student will obtain the skills needed to analyze, design and implement LAN networks and optimization of their performance.
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [CISM2021] Introduction to Information Systems
    Aims of the course program: 1. To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of Information Systems: a. Basic Information Systems concepts: hardware, software, networks; b. E-World: e-business and e-commerce; c. Developing Processes; 2. To learn about the Information Systems and technologies that improve business values and various processes inside organizations; 3. Applying IS concepts with various managing disciplines, during analysis, interpretation, assessments and decisions; 4. Understand the process of redesigning organizations using information systems; 5. Describe the role of information systems in decision making; 6. Examine information security, ethical, and social issues; 7. Be familiar with the Internet, electronic commerce, and e-business; 8. Prepare students to work on small scale projects, individual or group work, who by nature could fall into these categories: case studies, scientific research project, development projects or internship projects;
  • [ECS-401] Advanced Programming in .NET
    This course aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge and practice of programming .NET applications. The different concepts covered are: - The basics of .NET programming (variables, types, conditions, loops, etc.); - Windows Forms applications, manipulating files, database access technologies and concepts (connections, commands, data readers, etc.); - ORM systems; - Development of web and mobile applications; - Reporting with Crystal Reports and Microsoft Reports; - Creating installation packages and software distribution methods;
  • [ECS-601] Programming in Java
    Aims of the course program: To provide students regarding Java programming language with a deep, critical and systematic understanding of the principles and techniques for programming effective software applications. This course introduces fundamental structured and object-oriented programming concepts and techniques, using Java, and is intended for all who plan to use computer programming in their studies and careers.
  • [ECS-405] Digital Logic Design
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EAIT-403] Multimedia System
    Aims of the course program: At the end of the semester, the student will be able to do the following: - Explain multimedia concepts such as the elements and principles of design, color theory, and compression schemes; - Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of software for graphics (Adobe Photoshop), video (Adobe Premiere), and animation (Adobe Flash) through exercises and projects; - Plan, design, develop and evaluate multimedia applications and their elements;
  • [ECS6020] Introduction to Cryptography
    Aims of the course program: Cryptography provides important tools for ensuring the privacy, authenticity, and integrity of the increasingly sensitive information involved in modern digital systems. Nowadays, core cryptographic tools, including encryption, message authentication codes, digital signature, key agreement protocols, etc., are used behind millions of daily on-line transactions. In this course, we will unveil some of the "magic" of cryptography. Modern Cryptography uses mathematical language to precisely pin down elusive security goals, design primitives and protocols to achieve these goals, and validate the security of designed primitives and protocols using mathematical proofs based on clearly stated hardness assumptions. Therefore, to learn cryptography, it is essential to understand its mathematical underpinning. In this class, we will see the inner-working of cryptography for several core cryptographic tools, from encryption, to message authentication codes, to hash functions, to digital signatures, etc.
  • [ECS-507] Numerical Computations
    This course is designed to equip students with the basic concepts and methods of numerical calculations. The primary intent is to provide students with a sound introduction to the numerical methods. They have big application in solving different problems which can be solved just by using the computers, therefore, solving numerical problems will help students not just to apply them in different other areas, but simply it will help them to become better computer scientists. After e brief look at the ways numbers are placed and manipulated in computers we will deal with fundamental computational problems, such are solving the equations, system of equations followed by an approximation theory. We will deal with the accuracy of numerical solutions and also the aim is to evaluate the functions, numerical differentiation and integration.
  • [ECS-506] Programming Mobile Devices
    This course will cover the basic concepts of designing applications for interactive mobile devices. The goal is students to learn about writing clear and efficient, personal and business applications using a large spectrum of programming techniques.
  • [ECS-403] Game Programming
    The goal of this course is to introduce the principles of developing computer games, focusing on games that execute on web browsers. The students will learn how to create objects, to animate them, to introduce sounds and other techniques used in games. The course will also cover the design of interactive games that can receive user input, through keyboard, mouse or similar peripheral elements. The students will also learn about the introduction of basic artificial intelligence. All these techniques will be practiced with the development of popular games.
  • [EACS-05] Formal Languages and Automata
    Тhis course is meant to give the introduction to the theory of computational modeling and computability through formal languages and finite automata.
  • [ECS-609] Introduction Artificial Intelligence
    Aims of the course program: Introduction to the basics of artificial intelligence, intelligent agents, techniques for presenting knowledge and intelligent search and decision-making, game theory, formal logic, probability and logical reasoning systems, learning by observation, training of neurons and learning stimulation. Also, students will be familiar with the basic concepts of LISP.
  • [ECS-502] Introduction to Parallel Processing
    Aims of the course program: This course is intended for students interested in the efficient use of modern parallel systems ranging from multi-core processors to large-scale distributed memory clusters. The course covers theoretical principles of parallel computing as well as different parallel programming techniques. It begins with a survey of common parallel architectures and types of parallelism, and follows with an overview of formal approaches to assess scalability and efficiency of parallel algorithms and their implementations. In the second part, the course focus is on selected parallel programming techniques and APIs, including shared address space, many-core accelerators, distributed memory clusters and big data analytics platforms. Each component of the course involves solving practical problems on a corresponding parallel architecture.
  • [ECS-604] Data Mining
    This course covers the concepts and technologies in the field of data mining, terminology, techniques and algorithms for searching large unstructured collections of data with the goal of finding and structuring important knowledge. The covered subjects include: - Data pre-processing; - Data warehousing and OLAP technology for data mining; - Classification and prediction; - Mining association rules in large databases; - Clustering analysis; - Outlier analysis; - Data mining applications and trends in data mining;
  • [ECS-500] Е-commerce
    Aims of the course program: - To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of e-commerce: ● The history of e-commerce ● E-World: e-business and e-commerce ● Business Models for e-commerce ● Online payment systems ● Online Marketing ● E-infrastructures - To learn about the core technologies that are mandatory to run e-commerce nowadays, including servers, software, Internet connections, payment gateways and their security, cookies, etc. - To apply e-commerce concepts and theory in practice by doing appropriate analysis on business models and technologies and making decisions on the most appropriate solutions. - To understand the process of creating a web shop and connecting it with the payment gateways. - To be able to put the idea on paper, create business model and prepare the finances. - To be able to differentiate various online marketing tools and be able to apply some of them in practice. - To examine information security, ethical, and social issues and know how to address specific issues. - To be familiar with the Internet and Cloud computing.
  • [ECCE-603] Computer Network Management
    This course provides knowledge about Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) standards and technologies for managing networks. The course covers various aspects of network management, including features, equipment, communication protocols, processes and methodology. The subject also provides students with knowledge about specific products and technologies based on these standards which are used for practical network management solutions.
  • [EACS-03] NoSQL Databases
    Relational database systems have been dominant in the market for over forty years, and remain so today. However, the emergence of distributed and cloud computing, as well as the increasing need for storage of large datasets (i.e., big data, such as human genome, Google search engine, social media data, Large Hadron Collider, etc.), have created the need for alternate data storage solutions. A number of different models / database management systems have been developed, that as a group are being referred to as NoSQL databases. A number of large, well-known companies use such databases, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Adobe, MTV, LexisNexis, the New York Times, Forbes and Netflix. This course will explore the origins of NoSQL databases and the characteristics that distinguish them from traditional relational databases. Core concepts of NoSQL databases will be presented, followed by an exploration of how different database technologies implement these core concepts. Each of the four main NoSQL data models (key-value, column family, document, and graph) will be analyzed. Also for each of those will be highlighted the business needs that drive the development and use of each database. Finally, we will present criteria that decision makers should consider when choosing between relational and non-relational databases and techniques for selecting the NoSQL database that best addresses specific use cases.
  • [ECS-701] Mobile and Wireless Networks
    This course aims providing insight and knowledge about architectures and protocols for mobile and wireless communication. Topics ranging from physical layer to application layer covering specifically the mobile and wireless networking fields. The topics on the subject include: Wireless WANs and MANs, Wireless Internet, Wireless AdHoc Networks and protocols, Wireless Hybrid Networks and recent advances in Wireless and Mobile Networks. Application, design, performance analysis and development of mobile and wireless systems are investigated.
  • [ECS-702] Computer Ethics
    Aims of the course program: - to develop an understanding of the relationship between computing, technological change, society and the law; - to emphasise the powerful role that computers and computer professionals play in the technological society; - to provide an understanding of legal areas which are relevant to the discipline of computing; - to provide an understanding of ethical concepts that are important to computer users and professionals; - to give experience in the consideration of ethical matters and solving ethical dilemmas.
  • [ECS-501] Introduction to Semantic Web
    This course will give an introduction to Semantic Web technologies and their applications. The crux of the Semantic Web is in semantic representation and reasoning of data using ontologies. The main focus will be around different aspects of Ontology representation, creation, design, reasoning, programming and applications throughout the course. Topics covered will include: Basics of data representation through XML, Basics of resource description with Resource Description Framework (RDF) and RDFS, knowledge representation with Web Ontology Language (OWL) as well as basic tools for ontology engineering.
  • [ECS-703] Business Analytics
    The aim of this program is for students to gain an understanding of how to use business analytics to formulate and solve business problems and to support managerial decision making. Students will become familiar with the processes needed to develop, report, and analyze business data. Furthermore they will learn how to use and apply software tools in order to solve business problems.
  • [ECS-605] Software Testing and Maintenance
    Në program janë përfshirë disa tema nga testimi dhe mirëmbajtja suftuerike: hyrje në vlerësimin dhe verifikimin e programeve, metodat e testimit, adekuatiteti I të dhënave për test, kriteret e mbulesës, participimi I të dhënave hyrëse, testimi kombinatorik, testimi I bazuar n[ në grafet e rrjedhës së kontrollit dhe rrjedhës së të të dhënave, gjenerimi automatic I test të dhënave për non-regresion, menaxhimi I konfiguracioneve dje rearganizimi I softuerit, programimi test-kontroll. Во програмата се опфатени неколку теми од софтверско тестирање и одржување: вовед во валидација и верификација на програми, методи на тестирање, адекватност на податоци за тест, критериуми на покриеност, партиција на влезните податоци, комбинаторно тестирање, тестирање базирано на графовите на проток на контрола и проток на податоци, автоматизирано генерирање на тест податоци, тестирање за нон-регресија, менаџирање на конфигурации и реорганизација на софтверот, тест-управувано програмирање. Software testing and maintenance plays a key role in ensuring a qualitative, and thus a successful software product. Software testing is the most used technique in detecting software failures, often requiring more than half of the development cost and time of software. Software maintenance, in the other hand, is a key component in ensuring service quality, and mainly deals with the control of software evolution and change management after it is being released. The goal of this course is to cover the basic concepts, principles, methods and techniques for efficient software testing and maintenance.
  • [ECS3036] Paralel Programming
    For the past several decades the demand for high performances was addressed to the increase of the clock speed. Over the last decade, the regular clock speed increase starts to become infeasible and it starts to be replaced with more processing units with smaller clock speed. Today, almost all performance increase of recent processors come from more parallelism rather than clock speed increases. The shift toward parallelism affects the use of computer and specially computer programming. The goal of this subject is to introduce the students to the foundations of parallel programming including the parallel computer architectures, principles of parallel algorithm design, analytical modeling of parallel programs, programming models for shared- and distributed-memory systems. The course covers programming on multicore hardware, shared-memory programming models, message passing programming models used for cluster computing, data-parallel programming models for GPUs, and problem-solving on large-scale clusters using MapReduce.
  • [ECS3060] IT Professional ethics
    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the current ethical issues in Information Technology (IT) use. It examines an array of long-standing and emerging issues facing IT users ranging from free speech, privacy, intellectual property, hacking, and the digital divide, to ethics in social networking and online communities. The course discusses the ethical dilemmas and responsibilities of IT professionals, and promotes the critical examination and responsible usage of IT.
  • [ECS-404] Computer Logic Design and Simulation
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EPL2030] Compilers
    This course aims to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge on constructing compilers. It covers the main concepts used in compilers such as lexical and syntactical parsing, analysis of the program and code generation and optimization techniques. Students will be introduced to different tools that are used to build compilers. By the end of this course, students should be able to implement a simple compiler for a restrained general-purpose language.
  • [ECS4060] Human - Computer Interaction
    This course aims to enable students with knowledge of the theory and practice in software development related to the communication between humans and computers, with the goal of creating usable application interfaces. The course deals with the psycho-motor aspects that influence the way people communicate with machines. Through concrete examples of user interfaces, students should understand the principles and be able to apply them while designing their applications.
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [CISM2021] Introduction to Information Systems
    Aims of the course program: 1. To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of Information Systems: a. Basic Information Systems concepts: hardware, software, networks; b. E-World: e-business and e-commerce; c. Developing Processes; 2. To learn about the Information Systems and technologies that improve business values and various processes inside organizations; 3. Applying IS concepts with various managing disciplines, during analysis, interpretation, assessments and decisions; 4. Understand the process of redesigning organizations using information systems; 5. Describe the role of information systems in decision making; 6. Examine information security, ethical, and social issues; 7. Be familiar with the Internet, electronic commerce, and e-business; 8. Prepare students to work on small scale projects, individual or group work, who by nature could fall into these categories: case studies, scientific research project, development projects or internship projects;
  • [ECS-401] Advanced Programming in .NET
    This course aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge and practice of programming .NET applications. The different concepts covered are: - The basics of .NET programming (variables, types, conditions, loops, etc.); - Windows Forms applications, manipulating files, database access technologies and concepts (connections, commands, data readers, etc.); - ORM systems; - Development of web and mobile applications; - Reporting with Crystal Reports and Microsoft Reports; - Creating installation packages and software distribution methods;
  • [ECS-601] Programming in Java
    Aims of the course program: To provide students regarding Java programming language with a deep, critical and systematic understanding of the principles and techniques for programming effective software applications. This course introduces fundamental structured and object-oriented programming concepts and techniques, using Java, and is intended for all who plan to use computer programming in their studies and careers.
  • [ECS-405] Digital Logic Design
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EAIT-403] Multimedia System
    Aims of the course program: At the end of the semester, the student will be able to do the following: - Explain multimedia concepts such as the elements and principles of design, color theory, and compression schemes; - Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of software for graphics (Adobe Photoshop), video (Adobe Premiere), and animation (Adobe Flash) through exercises and projects; - Plan, design, develop and evaluate multimedia applications and their elements;
  • [ECS6020] Introduction to Cryptography
    Aims of the course program: Cryptography provides important tools for ensuring the privacy, authenticity, and integrity of the increasingly sensitive information involved in modern digital systems. Nowadays, core cryptographic tools, including encryption, message authentication codes, digital signature, key agreement protocols, etc., are used behind millions of daily on-line transactions. In this course, we will unveil some of the "magic" of cryptography. Modern Cryptography uses mathematical language to precisely pin down elusive security goals, design primitives and protocols to achieve these goals, and validate the security of designed primitives and protocols using mathematical proofs based on clearly stated hardness assumptions. Therefore, to learn cryptography, it is essential to understand its mathematical underpinning. In this class, we will see the inner-working of cryptography for several core cryptographic tools, from encryption, to message authentication codes, to hash functions, to digital signatures, etc.
  • [ECS-507] Numerical Computations
    This course is designed to equip students with the basic concepts and methods of numerical calculations. The primary intent is to provide students with a sound introduction to the numerical methods. They have big application in solving different problems which can be solved just by using the computers, therefore, solving numerical problems will help students not just to apply them in different other areas, but simply it will help them to become better computer scientists. After e brief look at the ways numbers are placed and manipulated in computers we will deal with fundamental computational problems, such are solving the equations, system of equations followed by an approximation theory. We will deal with the accuracy of numerical solutions and also the aim is to evaluate the functions, numerical differentiation and integration.
  • [ECS-506] Programming Mobile Devices
    This course will cover the basic concepts of designing applications for interactive mobile devices. The goal is students to learn about writing clear and efficient, personal and business applications using a large spectrum of programming techniques.
  • [ECS-403] Game Programming
    The goal of this course is to introduce the principles of developing computer games, focusing on games that execute on web browsers. The students will learn how to create objects, to animate them, to introduce sounds and other techniques used in games. The course will also cover the design of interactive games that can receive user input, through keyboard, mouse or similar peripheral elements. The students will also learn about the introduction of basic artificial intelligence. All these techniques will be practiced with the development of popular games.
  • [EACS-05] Formal Languages and Automata
    Тhis course is meant to give the introduction to the theory of computational modeling and computability through formal languages and finite automata.
  • [ECS-609] Introduction Artificial Intelligence
    Aims of the course program: Introduction to the basics of artificial intelligence, intelligent agents, techniques for presenting knowledge and intelligent search and decision-making, game theory, formal logic, probability and logical reasoning systems, learning by observation, training of neurons and learning stimulation. Also, students will be familiar with the basic concepts of LISP.
  • [ECS-502] Introduction to Parallel Processing
    Aims of the course program: This course is intended for students interested in the efficient use of modern parallel systems ranging from multi-core processors to large-scale distributed memory clusters. The course covers theoretical principles of parallel computing as well as different parallel programming techniques. It begins with a survey of common parallel architectures and types of parallelism, and follows with an overview of formal approaches to assess scalability and efficiency of parallel algorithms and their implementations. In the second part, the course focus is on selected parallel programming techniques and APIs, including shared address space, many-core accelerators, distributed memory clusters and big data analytics platforms. Each component of the course involves solving practical problems on a corresponding parallel architecture.
  • [ECS-604] Data Mining
    This course covers the concepts and technologies in the field of data mining, terminology, techniques and algorithms for searching large unstructured collections of data with the goal of finding and structuring important knowledge. The covered subjects include: - Data pre-processing; - Data warehousing and OLAP technology for data mining; - Classification and prediction; - Mining association rules in large databases; - Clustering analysis; - Outlier analysis; - Data mining applications and trends in data mining;
  • [ECS-500] Е-commerce
    Aims of the course program: - To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of e-commerce: ● The history of e-commerce ● E-World: e-business and e-commerce ● Business Models for e-commerce ● Online payment systems ● Online Marketing ● E-infrastructures - To learn about the core technologies that are mandatory to run e-commerce nowadays, including servers, software, Internet connections, payment gateways and their security, cookies, etc. - To apply e-commerce concepts and theory in practice by doing appropriate analysis on business models and technologies and making decisions on the most appropriate solutions. - To understand the process of creating a web shop and connecting it with the payment gateways. - To be able to put the idea on paper, create business model and prepare the finances. - To be able to differentiate various online marketing tools and be able to apply some of them in practice. - To examine information security, ethical, and social issues and know how to address specific issues. - To be familiar with the Internet and Cloud computing.
  • [ECCE-603] Computer Network Management
    This course provides knowledge about Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) standards and technologies for managing networks. The course covers various aspects of network management, including features, equipment, communication protocols, processes and methodology. The subject also provides students with knowledge about specific products and technologies based on these standards which are used for practical network management solutions.
  • [EACS-03] NoSQL Databases
    Relational database systems have been dominant in the market for over forty years, and remain so today. However, the emergence of distributed and cloud computing, as well as the increasing need for storage of large datasets (i.e., big data, such as human genome, Google search engine, social media data, Large Hadron Collider, etc.), have created the need for alternate data storage solutions. A number of different models / database management systems have been developed, that as a group are being referred to as NoSQL databases. A number of large, well-known companies use such databases, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Adobe, MTV, LexisNexis, the New York Times, Forbes and Netflix. This course will explore the origins of NoSQL databases and the characteristics that distinguish them from traditional relational databases. Core concepts of NoSQL databases will be presented, followed by an exploration of how different database technologies implement these core concepts. Each of the four main NoSQL data models (key-value, column family, document, and graph) will be analyzed. Also for each of those will be highlighted the business needs that drive the development and use of each database. Finally, we will present criteria that decision makers should consider when choosing between relational and non-relational databases and techniques for selecting the NoSQL database that best addresses specific use cases.
  • [ECS-701] Mobile and Wireless Networks
    This course aims providing insight and knowledge about architectures and protocols for mobile and wireless communication. Topics ranging from physical layer to application layer covering specifically the mobile and wireless networking fields. The topics on the subject include: Wireless WANs and MANs, Wireless Internet, Wireless AdHoc Networks and protocols, Wireless Hybrid Networks and recent advances in Wireless and Mobile Networks. Application, design, performance analysis and development of mobile and wireless systems are investigated.
  • [ECS-702] Computer Ethics
    Aims of the course program: - to develop an understanding of the relationship between computing, technological change, society and the law; - to emphasise the powerful role that computers and computer professionals play in the technological society; - to provide an understanding of legal areas which are relevant to the discipline of computing; - to provide an understanding of ethical concepts that are important to computer users and professionals; - to give experience in the consideration of ethical matters and solving ethical dilemmas.
  • [ECS-501] Introduction to Semantic Web
    This course will give an introduction to Semantic Web technologies and their applications. The crux of the Semantic Web is in semantic representation and reasoning of data using ontologies. The main focus will be around different aspects of Ontology representation, creation, design, reasoning, programming and applications throughout the course. Topics covered will include: Basics of data representation through XML, Basics of resource description with Resource Description Framework (RDF) and RDFS, knowledge representation with Web Ontology Language (OWL) as well as basic tools for ontology engineering.
  • [ECS-703] Business Analytics
    The aim of this program is for students to gain an understanding of how to use business analytics to formulate and solve business problems and to support managerial decision making. Students will become familiar with the processes needed to develop, report, and analyze business data. Furthermore they will learn how to use and apply software tools in order to solve business problems.
  • [ECS-605] Software Testing and Maintenance
    Në program janë përfshirë disa tema nga testimi dhe mirëmbajtja suftuerike: hyrje në vlerësimin dhe verifikimin e programeve, metodat e testimit, adekuatiteti I të dhënave për test, kriteret e mbulesës, participimi I të dhënave hyrëse, testimi kombinatorik, testimi I bazuar n[ në grafet e rrjedhës së kontrollit dhe rrjedhës së të të dhënave, gjenerimi automatic I test të dhënave për non-regresion, menaxhimi I konfiguracioneve dje rearganizimi I softuerit, programimi test-kontroll. Во програмата се опфатени неколку теми од софтверско тестирање и одржување: вовед во валидација и верификација на програми, методи на тестирање, адекватност на податоци за тест, критериуми на покриеност, партиција на влезните податоци, комбинаторно тестирање, тестирање базирано на графовите на проток на контрола и проток на податоци, автоматизирано генерирање на тест податоци, тестирање за нон-регресија, менаџирање на конфигурации и реорганизација на софтверот, тест-управувано програмирање. Software testing and maintenance plays a key role in ensuring a qualitative, and thus a successful software product. Software testing is the most used technique in detecting software failures, often requiring more than half of the development cost and time of software. Software maintenance, in the other hand, is a key component in ensuring service quality, and mainly deals with the control of software evolution and change management after it is being released. The goal of this course is to cover the basic concepts, principles, methods and techniques for efficient software testing and maintenance.
  • [ECS3036] Paralel Programming
    For the past several decades the demand for high performances was addressed to the increase of the clock speed. Over the last decade, the regular clock speed increase starts to become infeasible and it starts to be replaced with more processing units with smaller clock speed. Today, almost all performance increase of recent processors come from more parallelism rather than clock speed increases. The shift toward parallelism affects the use of computer and specially computer programming. The goal of this subject is to introduce the students to the foundations of parallel programming including the parallel computer architectures, principles of parallel algorithm design, analytical modeling of parallel programs, programming models for shared- and distributed-memory systems. The course covers programming on multicore hardware, shared-memory programming models, message passing programming models used for cluster computing, data-parallel programming models for GPUs, and problem-solving on large-scale clusters using MapReduce.
  • [ECS3060] IT Professional ethics
    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the current ethical issues in Information Technology (IT) use. It examines an array of long-standing and emerging issues facing IT users ranging from free speech, privacy, intellectual property, hacking, and the digital divide, to ethics in social networking and online communities. The course discusses the ethical dilemmas and responsibilities of IT professionals, and promotes the critical examination and responsible usage of IT.
  • [ECS-404] Computer Logic Design and Simulation
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EPL2030] Compilers
    This course aims to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge on constructing compilers. It covers the main concepts used in compilers such as lexical and syntactical parsing, analysis of the program and code generation and optimization techniques. Students will be introduced to different tools that are used to build compilers. By the end of this course, students should be able to implement a simple compiler for a restrained general-purpose language.
  • [ECS4060] Human - Computer Interaction
    This course aims to enable students with knowledge of the theory and practice in software development related to the communication between humans and computers, with the goal of creating usable application interfaces. The course deals with the psycho-motor aspects that influence the way people communicate with machines. Through concrete examples of user interfaces, students should understand the principles and be able to apply them while designing their applications.

Semester 6

• [CCS-601] [6 ECTS] Computer Graphics
  This course introduces the basic concepts of computer graphics theory, linear algebra and usage of OpenGL API. Previous knowledge of C/C++ programming languages, which will be nessecary in the exercises throughout this course, is recommended. Some knowledge of geometry and trigonometry is also recommended as well as some knowledge on linear algebra, vectors and matrices. In this course, topics regarding Computer Graphics will be covered such as: Transformations and matrices, basic concepts regarding viewports, viewing planes and framebuffer, ideas about anti-aliasing, texture mapping, the usage of cameras and light as well as some techniques and algorithms for implementing the above mentioned concepts.
• [CCS-602] [6 ECTS] Distributed Systems
  This course introduces the students with the basic concepts of distributed systems. It provides an overview of distributed system architectures and look to their advantages and disadvantages compared to traditional centralized systems. The students will learn about inter-process communication and network protocols for communication. Students as well will be introduced to basics of client-server programming, middleware platforms (CORBA, JavaBeans, DCOM, .NET), Web Technologies and Web Services as distributed system technologies. The last part of this course deals with transactions, nested transactions and distributed transactions. The students will familiarize with standard application solutions for distributed systems.
• [CCS-603] [6 ECTS] Practical Project
  This is a diploma work activity and professional placement project in the field of computer sciences. Students are required to complete a project, usually software, related to their diploma work, to outline the structure of the project, to do research and write down the technical report. Ideally projects represent a complete system or product, integrating analysis, simulation, and software and hardware design as appropriate.
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [CISM2021] Introduction to Information Systems
    Aims of the course program: 1. To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of Information Systems: a. Basic Information Systems concepts: hardware, software, networks; b. E-World: e-business and e-commerce; c. Developing Processes; 2. To learn about the Information Systems and technologies that improve business values and various processes inside organizations; 3. Applying IS concepts with various managing disciplines, during analysis, interpretation, assessments and decisions; 4. Understand the process of redesigning organizations using information systems; 5. Describe the role of information systems in decision making; 6. Examine information security, ethical, and social issues; 7. Be familiar with the Internet, electronic commerce, and e-business; 8. Prepare students to work on small scale projects, individual or group work, who by nature could fall into these categories: case studies, scientific research project, development projects or internship projects;
  • [ECS-601] Programming in Java
    Aims of the course program: To provide students regarding Java programming language with a deep, critical and systematic understanding of the principles and techniques for programming effective software applications. This course introduces fundamental structured and object-oriented programming concepts and techniques, using Java, and is intended for all who plan to use computer programming in their studies and careers.
  • [ECS-405] Digital Logic Design
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EAIT-403] Multimedia System
    Aims of the course program: At the end of the semester, the student will be able to do the following: - Explain multimedia concepts such as the elements and principles of design, color theory, and compression schemes; - Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of software for graphics (Adobe Photoshop), video (Adobe Premiere), and animation (Adobe Flash) through exercises and projects; - Plan, design, develop and evaluate multimedia applications and their elements;
  • [ECS6020] Introduction to Cryptography
    Aims of the course program: Cryptography provides important tools for ensuring the privacy, authenticity, and integrity of the increasingly sensitive information involved in modern digital systems. Nowadays, core cryptographic tools, including encryption, message authentication codes, digital signature, key agreement protocols, etc., are used behind millions of daily on-line transactions. In this course, we will unveil some of the "magic" of cryptography. Modern Cryptography uses mathematical language to precisely pin down elusive security goals, design primitives and protocols to achieve these goals, and validate the security of designed primitives and protocols using mathematical proofs based on clearly stated hardness assumptions. Therefore, to learn cryptography, it is essential to understand its mathematical underpinning. In this class, we will see the inner-working of cryptography for several core cryptographic tools, from encryption, to message authentication codes, to hash functions, to digital signatures, etc.
  • [ECS-507] Numerical Computations
    This course is designed to equip students with the basic concepts and methods of numerical calculations. The primary intent is to provide students with a sound introduction to the numerical methods. They have big application in solving different problems which can be solved just by using the computers, therefore, solving numerical problems will help students not just to apply them in different other areas, but simply it will help them to become better computer scientists. After e brief look at the ways numbers are placed and manipulated in computers we will deal with fundamental computational problems, such are solving the equations, system of equations followed by an approximation theory. We will deal with the accuracy of numerical solutions and also the aim is to evaluate the functions, numerical differentiation and integration.
  • [ECS-506] Programming Mobile Devices
    This course will cover the basic concepts of designing applications for interactive mobile devices. The goal is students to learn about writing clear and efficient, personal and business applications using a large spectrum of programming techniques.
  • [ECS-403] Game Programming
    The goal of this course is to introduce the principles of developing computer games, focusing on games that execute on web browsers. The students will learn how to create objects, to animate them, to introduce sounds and other techniques used in games. The course will also cover the design of interactive games that can receive user input, through keyboard, mouse or similar peripheral elements. The students will also learn about the introduction of basic artificial intelligence. All these techniques will be practiced with the development of popular games.
  • [EACS-05] Formal Languages and Automata
    Тhis course is meant to give the introduction to the theory of computational modeling and computability through formal languages and finite automata.
  • [ECS-609] Introduction Artificial Intelligence
    Aims of the course program: Introduction to the basics of artificial intelligence, intelligent agents, techniques for presenting knowledge and intelligent search and decision-making, game theory, formal logic, probability and logical reasoning systems, learning by observation, training of neurons and learning stimulation. Also, students will be familiar with the basic concepts of LISP.
  • [ECS-502] Introduction to Parallel Processing
    Aims of the course program: This course is intended for students interested in the efficient use of modern parallel systems ranging from multi-core processors to large-scale distributed memory clusters. The course covers theoretical principles of parallel computing as well as different parallel programming techniques. It begins with a survey of common parallel architectures and types of parallelism, and follows with an overview of formal approaches to assess scalability and efficiency of parallel algorithms and their implementations. In the second part, the course focus is on selected parallel programming techniques and APIs, including shared address space, many-core accelerators, distributed memory clusters and big data analytics platforms. Each component of the course involves solving practical problems on a corresponding parallel architecture.
  • [ECS-604] Data Mining
    This course covers the concepts and technologies in the field of data mining, terminology, techniques and algorithms for searching large unstructured collections of data with the goal of finding and structuring important knowledge. The covered subjects include: - Data pre-processing; - Data warehousing and OLAP technology for data mining; - Classification and prediction; - Mining association rules in large databases; - Clustering analysis; - Outlier analysis; - Data mining applications and trends in data mining;
  • [ECS-500] Е-commerce
    Aims of the course program: - To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of e-commerce: ● The history of e-commerce ● E-World: e-business and e-commerce ● Business Models for e-commerce ● Online payment systems ● Online Marketing ● E-infrastructures - To learn about the core technologies that are mandatory to run e-commerce nowadays, including servers, software, Internet connections, payment gateways and their security, cookies, etc. - To apply e-commerce concepts and theory in practice by doing appropriate analysis on business models and technologies and making decisions on the most appropriate solutions. - To understand the process of creating a web shop and connecting it with the payment gateways. - To be able to put the idea on paper, create business model and prepare the finances. - To be able to differentiate various online marketing tools and be able to apply some of them in practice. - To examine information security, ethical, and social issues and know how to address specific issues. - To be familiar with the Internet and Cloud computing.
  • [ECCE-603] Computer Network Management
    This course provides knowledge about Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) standards and technologies for managing networks. The course covers various aspects of network management, including features, equipment, communication protocols, processes and methodology. The subject also provides students with knowledge about specific products and technologies based on these standards which are used for practical network management solutions.
  • [EACS-03] NoSQL Databases
    Relational database systems have been dominant in the market for over forty years, and remain so today. However, the emergence of distributed and cloud computing, as well as the increasing need for storage of large datasets (i.e., big data, such as human genome, Google search engine, social media data, Large Hadron Collider, etc.), have created the need for alternate data storage solutions. A number of different models / database management systems have been developed, that as a group are being referred to as NoSQL databases. A number of large, well-known companies use such databases, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Adobe, MTV, LexisNexis, the New York Times, Forbes and Netflix. This course will explore the origins of NoSQL databases and the characteristics that distinguish them from traditional relational databases. Core concepts of NoSQL databases will be presented, followed by an exploration of how different database technologies implement these core concepts. Each of the four main NoSQL data models (key-value, column family, document, and graph) will be analyzed. Also for each of those will be highlighted the business needs that drive the development and use of each database. Finally, we will present criteria that decision makers should consider when choosing between relational and non-relational databases and techniques for selecting the NoSQL database that best addresses specific use cases.
  • [ECS-701] Mobile and Wireless Networks
    This course aims providing insight and knowledge about architectures and protocols for mobile and wireless communication. Topics ranging from physical layer to application layer covering specifically the mobile and wireless networking fields. The topics on the subject include: Wireless WANs and MANs, Wireless Internet, Wireless AdHoc Networks and protocols, Wireless Hybrid Networks and recent advances in Wireless and Mobile Networks. Application, design, performance analysis and development of mobile and wireless systems are investigated.
  • [ECS-702] Computer Ethics
    Aims of the course program: - to develop an understanding of the relationship between computing, technological change, society and the law; - to emphasise the powerful role that computers and computer professionals play in the technological society; - to provide an understanding of legal areas which are relevant to the discipline of computing; - to provide an understanding of ethical concepts that are important to computer users and professionals; - to give experience in the consideration of ethical matters and solving ethical dilemmas.
  • [ECS-501] Introduction to Semantic Web
    This course will give an introduction to Semantic Web technologies and their applications. The crux of the Semantic Web is in semantic representation and reasoning of data using ontologies. The main focus will be around different aspects of Ontology representation, creation, design, reasoning, programming and applications throughout the course. Topics covered will include: Basics of data representation through XML, Basics of resource description with Resource Description Framework (RDF) and RDFS, knowledge representation with Web Ontology Language (OWL) as well as basic tools for ontology engineering.
  • [ECS-703] Business Analytics
    The aim of this program is for students to gain an understanding of how to use business analytics to formulate and solve business problems and to support managerial decision making. Students will become familiar with the processes needed to develop, report, and analyze business data. Furthermore they will learn how to use and apply software tools in order to solve business problems.
  • [ECS-605] Software Testing and Maintenance
    Në program janë përfshirë disa tema nga testimi dhe mirëmbajtja suftuerike: hyrje në vlerësimin dhe verifikimin e programeve, metodat e testimit, adekuatiteti I të dhënave për test, kriteret e mbulesës, participimi I të dhënave hyrëse, testimi kombinatorik, testimi I bazuar n[ në grafet e rrjedhës së kontrollit dhe rrjedhës së të të dhënave, gjenerimi automatic I test të dhënave për non-regresion, menaxhimi I konfiguracioneve dje rearganizimi I softuerit, programimi test-kontroll. Во програмата се опфатени неколку теми од софтверско тестирање и одржување: вовед во валидација и верификација на програми, методи на тестирање, адекватност на податоци за тест, критериуми на покриеност, партиција на влезните податоци, комбинаторно тестирање, тестирање базирано на графовите на проток на контрола и проток на податоци, автоматизирано генерирање на тест податоци, тестирање за нон-регресија, менаџирање на конфигурации и реорганизација на софтверот, тест-управувано програмирање. Software testing and maintenance plays a key role in ensuring a qualitative, and thus a successful software product. Software testing is the most used technique in detecting software failures, often requiring more than half of the development cost and time of software. Software maintenance, in the other hand, is a key component in ensuring service quality, and mainly deals with the control of software evolution and change management after it is being released. The goal of this course is to cover the basic concepts, principles, methods and techniques for efficient software testing and maintenance.
  • [ECS3036] Paralel Programming
    For the past several decades the demand for high performances was addressed to the increase of the clock speed. Over the last decade, the regular clock speed increase starts to become infeasible and it starts to be replaced with more processing units with smaller clock speed. Today, almost all performance increase of recent processors come from more parallelism rather than clock speed increases. The shift toward parallelism affects the use of computer and specially computer programming. The goal of this subject is to introduce the students to the foundations of parallel programming including the parallel computer architectures, principles of parallel algorithm design, analytical modeling of parallel programs, programming models for shared- and distributed-memory systems. The course covers programming on multicore hardware, shared-memory programming models, message passing programming models used for cluster computing, data-parallel programming models for GPUs, and problem-solving on large-scale clusters using MapReduce.
  • [ECS3060] IT Professional ethics
    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the current ethical issues in Information Technology (IT) use. It examines an array of long-standing and emerging issues facing IT users ranging from free speech, privacy, intellectual property, hacking, and the digital divide, to ethics in social networking and online communities. The course discusses the ethical dilemmas and responsibilities of IT professionals, and promotes the critical examination and responsible usage of IT.
  • [ECS-404] Computer Logic Design and Simulation
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EPL2030] Compilers
    This course aims to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge on constructing compilers. It covers the main concepts used in compilers such as lexical and syntactical parsing, analysis of the program and code generation and optimization techniques. Students will be introduced to different tools that are used to build compilers. By the end of this course, students should be able to implement a simple compiler for a restrained general-purpose language.
  • [ECS4060] Human - Computer Interaction
    This course aims to enable students with knowledge of the theory and practice in software development related to the communication between humans and computers, with the goal of creating usable application interfaces. The course deals with the psycho-motor aspects that influence the way people communicate with machines. Through concrete examples of user interfaces, students should understand the principles and be able to apply them while designing their applications.
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [CISM2021] Introduction to Information Systems
    Aims of the course program: 1. To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of Information Systems: a. Basic Information Systems concepts: hardware, software, networks; b. E-World: e-business and e-commerce; c. Developing Processes; 2. To learn about the Information Systems and technologies that improve business values and various processes inside organizations; 3. Applying IS concepts with various managing disciplines, during analysis, interpretation, assessments and decisions; 4. Understand the process of redesigning organizations using information systems; 5. Describe the role of information systems in decision making; 6. Examine information security, ethical, and social issues; 7. Be familiar with the Internet, electronic commerce, and e-business; 8. Prepare students to work on small scale projects, individual or group work, who by nature could fall into these categories: case studies, scientific research project, development projects or internship projects;
  • [ECS-401] Advanced Programming in .NET
    This course aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge and practice of programming .NET applications. The different concepts covered are: - The basics of .NET programming (variables, types, conditions, loops, etc.); - Windows Forms applications, manipulating files, database access technologies and concepts (connections, commands, data readers, etc.); - ORM systems; - Development of web and mobile applications; - Reporting with Crystal Reports and Microsoft Reports; - Creating installation packages and software distribution methods;
  • [ECS-601] Programming in Java
    Aims of the course program: To provide students regarding Java programming language with a deep, critical and systematic understanding of the principles and techniques for programming effective software applications. This course introduces fundamental structured and object-oriented programming concepts and techniques, using Java, and is intended for all who plan to use computer programming in their studies and careers.
  • [ECS-405] Digital Logic Design
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EAIT-403] Multimedia System
    Aims of the course program: At the end of the semester, the student will be able to do the following: - Explain multimedia concepts such as the elements and principles of design, color theory, and compression schemes; - Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of software for graphics (Adobe Photoshop), video (Adobe Premiere), and animation (Adobe Flash) through exercises and projects; - Plan, design, develop and evaluate multimedia applications and their elements;
  • [ECS6020] Introduction to Cryptography
    Aims of the course program: Cryptography provides important tools for ensuring the privacy, authenticity, and integrity of the increasingly sensitive information involved in modern digital systems. Nowadays, core cryptographic tools, including encryption, message authentication codes, digital signature, key agreement protocols, etc., are used behind millions of daily on-line transactions. In this course, we will unveil some of the "magic" of cryptography. Modern Cryptography uses mathematical language to precisely pin down elusive security goals, design primitives and protocols to achieve these goals, and validate the security of designed primitives and protocols using mathematical proofs based on clearly stated hardness assumptions. Therefore, to learn cryptography, it is essential to understand its mathematical underpinning. In this class, we will see the inner-working of cryptography for several core cryptographic tools, from encryption, to message authentication codes, to hash functions, to digital signatures, etc.
  • [ECS-507] Numerical Computations
    This course is designed to equip students with the basic concepts and methods of numerical calculations. The primary intent is to provide students with a sound introduction to the numerical methods. They have big application in solving different problems which can be solved just by using the computers, therefore, solving numerical problems will help students not just to apply them in different other areas, but simply it will help them to become better computer scientists. After e brief look at the ways numbers are placed and manipulated in computers we will deal with fundamental computational problems, such are solving the equations, system of equations followed by an approximation theory. We will deal with the accuracy of numerical solutions and also the aim is to evaluate the functions, numerical differentiation and integration.
  • [ECS-506] Programming Mobile Devices
    This course will cover the basic concepts of designing applications for interactive mobile devices. The goal is students to learn about writing clear and efficient, personal and business applications using a large spectrum of programming techniques.
  • [ECS-403] Game Programming
    The goal of this course is to introduce the principles of developing computer games, focusing on games that execute on web browsers. The students will learn how to create objects, to animate them, to introduce sounds and other techniques used in games. The course will also cover the design of interactive games that can receive user input, through keyboard, mouse or similar peripheral elements. The students will also learn about the introduction of basic artificial intelligence. All these techniques will be practiced with the development of popular games.
  • [EACS-05] Formal Languages and Automata
    Тhis course is meant to give the introduction to the theory of computational modeling and computability through formal languages and finite automata.
  • [ECS-609] Introduction Artificial Intelligence
    Aims of the course program: Introduction to the basics of artificial intelligence, intelligent agents, techniques for presenting knowledge and intelligent search and decision-making, game theory, formal logic, probability and logical reasoning systems, learning by observation, training of neurons and learning stimulation. Also, students will be familiar with the basic concepts of LISP.
  • [ECS-502] Introduction to Parallel Processing
    Aims of the course program: This course is intended for students interested in the efficient use of modern parallel systems ranging from multi-core processors to large-scale distributed memory clusters. The course covers theoretical principles of parallel computing as well as different parallel programming techniques. It begins with a survey of common parallel architectures and types of parallelism, and follows with an overview of formal approaches to assess scalability and efficiency of parallel algorithms and their implementations. In the second part, the course focus is on selected parallel programming techniques and APIs, including shared address space, many-core accelerators, distributed memory clusters and big data analytics platforms. Each component of the course involves solving practical problems on a corresponding parallel architecture.
  • [ECS-604] Data Mining
    This course covers the concepts and technologies in the field of data mining, terminology, techniques and algorithms for searching large unstructured collections of data with the goal of finding and structuring important knowledge. The covered subjects include: - Data pre-processing; - Data warehousing and OLAP technology for data mining; - Classification and prediction; - Mining association rules in large databases; - Clustering analysis; - Outlier analysis; - Data mining applications and trends in data mining;
  • [ECS-500] Е-commerce
    Aims of the course program: - To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of e-commerce: ● The history of e-commerce ● E-World: e-business and e-commerce ● Business Models for e-commerce ● Online payment systems ● Online Marketing ● E-infrastructures - To learn about the core technologies that are mandatory to run e-commerce nowadays, including servers, software, Internet connections, payment gateways and their security, cookies, etc. - To apply e-commerce concepts and theory in practice by doing appropriate analysis on business models and technologies and making decisions on the most appropriate solutions. - To understand the process of creating a web shop and connecting it with the payment gateways. - To be able to put the idea on paper, create business model and prepare the finances. - To be able to differentiate various online marketing tools and be able to apply some of them in practice. - To examine information security, ethical, and social issues and know how to address specific issues. - To be familiar with the Internet and Cloud computing.
  • [ECCE-603] Computer Network Management
    This course provides knowledge about Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) standards and technologies for managing networks. The course covers various aspects of network management, including features, equipment, communication protocols, processes and methodology. The subject also provides students with knowledge about specific products and technologies based on these standards which are used for practical network management solutions.
  • [EACS-03] NoSQL Databases
    Relational database systems have been dominant in the market for over forty years, and remain so today. However, the emergence of distributed and cloud computing, as well as the increasing need for storage of large datasets (i.e., big data, such as human genome, Google search engine, social media data, Large Hadron Collider, etc.), have created the need for alternate data storage solutions. A number of different models / database management systems have been developed, that as a group are being referred to as NoSQL databases. A number of large, well-known companies use such databases, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Adobe, MTV, LexisNexis, the New York Times, Forbes and Netflix. This course will explore the origins of NoSQL databases and the characteristics that distinguish them from traditional relational databases. Core concepts of NoSQL databases will be presented, followed by an exploration of how different database technologies implement these core concepts. Each of the four main NoSQL data models (key-value, column family, document, and graph) will be analyzed. Also for each of those will be highlighted the business needs that drive the development and use of each database. Finally, we will present criteria that decision makers should consider when choosing between relational and non-relational databases and techniques for selecting the NoSQL database that best addresses specific use cases.
  • [ECS-701] Mobile and Wireless Networks
    This course aims providing insight and knowledge about architectures and protocols for mobile and wireless communication. Topics ranging from physical layer to application layer covering specifically the mobile and wireless networking fields. The topics on the subject include: Wireless WANs and MANs, Wireless Internet, Wireless AdHoc Networks and protocols, Wireless Hybrid Networks and recent advances in Wireless and Mobile Networks. Application, design, performance analysis and development of mobile and wireless systems are investigated.
  • [ECS-702] Computer Ethics
    Aims of the course program: - to develop an understanding of the relationship between computing, technological change, society and the law; - to emphasise the powerful role that computers and computer professionals play in the technological society; - to provide an understanding of legal areas which are relevant to the discipline of computing; - to provide an understanding of ethical concepts that are important to computer users and professionals; - to give experience in the consideration of ethical matters and solving ethical dilemmas.
  • [ECS-501] Introduction to Semantic Web
    This course will give an introduction to Semantic Web technologies and their applications. The crux of the Semantic Web is in semantic representation and reasoning of data using ontologies. The main focus will be around different aspects of Ontology representation, creation, design, reasoning, programming and applications throughout the course. Topics covered will include: Basics of data representation through XML, Basics of resource description with Resource Description Framework (RDF) and RDFS, knowledge representation with Web Ontology Language (OWL) as well as basic tools for ontology engineering.
  • [ECS-703] Business Analytics
    The aim of this program is for students to gain an understanding of how to use business analytics to formulate and solve business problems and to support managerial decision making. Students will become familiar with the processes needed to develop, report, and analyze business data. Furthermore they will learn how to use and apply software tools in order to solve business problems.
  • [ECS-605] Software Testing and Maintenance
    Në program janë përfshirë disa tema nga testimi dhe mirëmbajtja suftuerike: hyrje në vlerësimin dhe verifikimin e programeve, metodat e testimit, adekuatiteti I të dhënave për test, kriteret e mbulesës, participimi I të dhënave hyrëse, testimi kombinatorik, testimi I bazuar n[ në grafet e rrjedhës së kontrollit dhe rrjedhës së të të dhënave, gjenerimi automatic I test të dhënave për non-regresion, menaxhimi I konfiguracioneve dje rearganizimi I softuerit, programimi test-kontroll. Во програмата се опфатени неколку теми од софтверско тестирање и одржување: вовед во валидација и верификација на програми, методи на тестирање, адекватност на податоци за тест, критериуми на покриеност, партиција на влезните податоци, комбинаторно тестирање, тестирање базирано на графовите на проток на контрола и проток на податоци, автоматизирано генерирање на тест податоци, тестирање за нон-регресија, менаџирање на конфигурации и реорганизација на софтверот, тест-управувано програмирање. Software testing and maintenance plays a key role in ensuring a qualitative, and thus a successful software product. Software testing is the most used technique in detecting software failures, often requiring more than half of the development cost and time of software. Software maintenance, in the other hand, is a key component in ensuring service quality, and mainly deals with the control of software evolution and change management after it is being released. The goal of this course is to cover the basic concepts, principles, methods and techniques for efficient software testing and maintenance.
  • [ECS3036] Paralel Programming
    For the past several decades the demand for high performances was addressed to the increase of the clock speed. Over the last decade, the regular clock speed increase starts to become infeasible and it starts to be replaced with more processing units with smaller clock speed. Today, almost all performance increase of recent processors come from more parallelism rather than clock speed increases. The shift toward parallelism affects the use of computer and specially computer programming. The goal of this subject is to introduce the students to the foundations of parallel programming including the parallel computer architectures, principles of parallel algorithm design, analytical modeling of parallel programs, programming models for shared- and distributed-memory systems. The course covers programming on multicore hardware, shared-memory programming models, message passing programming models used for cluster computing, data-parallel programming models for GPUs, and problem-solving on large-scale clusters using MapReduce.
  • [ECS3060] IT Professional ethics
    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the current ethical issues in Information Technology (IT) use. It examines an array of long-standing and emerging issues facing IT users ranging from free speech, privacy, intellectual property, hacking, and the digital divide, to ethics in social networking and online communities. The course discusses the ethical dilemmas and responsibilities of IT professionals, and promotes the critical examination and responsible usage of IT.
  • [ECS-404] Computer Logic Design and Simulation
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EPL2030] Compilers
    This course aims to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge on constructing compilers. It covers the main concepts used in compilers such as lexical and syntactical parsing, analysis of the program and code generation and optimization techniques. Students will be introduced to different tools that are used to build compilers. By the end of this course, students should be able to implement a simple compiler for a restrained general-purpose language.
  • [ECS4060] Human - Computer Interaction
    This course aims to enable students with knowledge of the theory and practice in software development related to the communication between humans and computers, with the goal of creating usable application interfaces. The course deals with the psycho-motor aspects that influence the way people communicate with machines. Through concrete examples of user interfaces, students should understand the principles and be able to apply them while designing their applications.

240 ECTS (4 years)

Semester 7

• [CBI-601] [6 ECTS] Data Engineering
  All application areas are witnessing the "data deluge", i.e. the ever growing amount of digital data available as part of day-to-day activities in business, science, education, entertainment, etc. Indeed, data and "Big data" have become part of modern vernacular. Engineering, managing and analyzing such data is a key for success of all organizations. In addition to the need to work with huge volumes of data, current applications are also challenged with multi-modal data, including un- and semi-structured data, image and video data, spatial and temporal data, etc. This subject covers the entire data life cycle, including data creation, modelling, acquisition, representation, use, maintenance, preservation and disposal. As the majority of data is stored in databases, also will be examined various database engineering approaches to support data management, including database design, data warehousing, maintenance and analytics. Data standards, data quality and the challenge of "big datasets" will be considered.
• [CCS-701] [6 ECTS] Project Management
  The course introduces the area of software project management, presenting techniques and approaches and aims to develop a critical awareness of the challenges and shortcomings of the area. The module is based on knowledge of Software Engineering and in other Information systems courses.
• [CCS-702] [6 ECTS] Computional Modelling
  The course aims to provide introduction to the theory of computational modeling and computability through formal languages and finite automata.
• [6 ECTS] Free elective course
  • [CISM2021] Introduction to Information Systems
    Aims of the course program: 1. To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of Information Systems: a. Basic Information Systems concepts: hardware, software, networks; b. E-World: e-business and e-commerce; c. Developing Processes; 2. To learn about the Information Systems and technologies that improve business values and various processes inside organizations; 3. Applying IS concepts with various managing disciplines, during analysis, interpretation, assessments and decisions; 4. Understand the process of redesigning organizations using information systems; 5. Describe the role of information systems in decision making; 6. Examine information security, ethical, and social issues; 7. Be familiar with the Internet, electronic commerce, and e-business; 8. Prepare students to work on small scale projects, individual or group work, who by nature could fall into these categories: case studies, scientific research project, development projects or internship projects;
  • [ECS-401] Advanced Programming in .NET
    This course aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge and practice of programming .NET applications. The different concepts covered are: - The basics of .NET programming (variables, types, conditions, loops, etc.); - Windows Forms applications, manipulating files, database access technologies and concepts (connections, commands, data readers, etc.); - ORM systems; - Development of web and mobile applications; - Reporting with Crystal Reports and Microsoft Reports; - Creating installation packages and software distribution methods;
  • [ECS-601] Programming in Java
    Aims of the course program: To provide students regarding Java programming language with a deep, critical and systematic understanding of the principles and techniques for programming effective software applications. This course introduces fundamental structured and object-oriented programming concepts and techniques, using Java, and is intended for all who plan to use computer programming in their studies and careers.
  • [ECS-405] Digital Logic Design
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EAIT-403] Multimedia System
    Aims of the course program: At the end of the semester, the student will be able to do the following: - Explain multimedia concepts such as the elements and principles of design, color theory, and compression schemes; - Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of software for graphics (Adobe Photoshop), video (Adobe Premiere), and animation (Adobe Flash) through exercises and projects; - Plan, design, develop and evaluate multimedia applications and their elements;
  • [ECS6020] Introduction to Cryptography
    Aims of the course program: Cryptography provides important tools for ensuring the privacy, authenticity, and integrity of the increasingly sensitive information involved in modern digital systems. Nowadays, core cryptographic tools, including encryption, message authentication codes, digital signature, key agreement protocols, etc., are used behind millions of daily on-line transactions. In this course, we will unveil some of the "magic" of cryptography. Modern Cryptography uses mathematical language to precisely pin down elusive security goals, design primitives and protocols to achieve these goals, and validate the security of designed primitives and protocols using mathematical proofs based on clearly stated hardness assumptions. Therefore, to learn cryptography, it is essential to understand its mathematical underpinning. In this class, we will see the inner-working of cryptography for several core cryptographic tools, from encryption, to message authentication codes, to hash functions, to digital signatures, etc.
  • [ECS-507] Numerical Computations
    This course is designed to equip students with the basic concepts and methods of numerical calculations. The primary intent is to provide students with a sound introduction to the numerical methods. They have big application in solving different problems which can be solved just by using the computers, therefore, solving numerical problems will help students not just to apply them in different other areas, but simply it will help them to become better computer scientists. After e brief look at the ways numbers are placed and manipulated in computers we will deal with fundamental computational problems, such are solving the equations, system of equations followed by an approximation theory. We will deal with the accuracy of numerical solutions and also the aim is to evaluate the functions, numerical differentiation and integration.
  • [ECS-506] Programming Mobile Devices
    This course will cover the basic concepts of designing applications for interactive mobile devices. The goal is students to learn about writing clear and efficient, personal and business applications using a large spectrum of programming techniques.
  • [ECS-403] Game Programming
    The goal of this course is to introduce the principles of developing computer games, focusing on games that execute on web browsers. The students will learn how to create objects, to animate them, to introduce sounds and other techniques used in games. The course will also cover the design of interactive games that can receive user input, through keyboard, mouse or similar peripheral elements. The students will also learn about the introduction of basic artificial intelligence. All these techniques will be practiced with the development of popular games.
  • [EACS-05] Formal Languages and Automata
    Тhis course is meant to give the introduction to the theory of computational modeling and computability through formal languages and finite automata.
  • [ECS-609] Introduction Artificial Intelligence
    Aims of the course program: Introduction to the basics of artificial intelligence, intelligent agents, techniques for presenting knowledge and intelligent search and decision-making, game theory, formal logic, probability and logical reasoning systems, learning by observation, training of neurons and learning stimulation. Also, students will be familiar with the basic concepts of LISP.
  • [ECS-502] Introduction to Parallel Processing
    Aims of the course program: This course is intended for students interested in the efficient use of modern parallel systems ranging from multi-core processors to large-scale distributed memory clusters. The course covers theoretical principles of parallel computing as well as different parallel programming techniques. It begins with a survey of common parallel architectures and types of parallelism, and follows with an overview of formal approaches to assess scalability and efficiency of parallel algorithms and their implementations. In the second part, the course focus is on selected parallel programming techniques and APIs, including shared address space, many-core accelerators, distributed memory clusters and big data analytics platforms. Each component of the course involves solving practical problems on a corresponding parallel architecture.
  • [ECS-604] Data Mining
    This course covers the concepts and technologies in the field of data mining, terminology, techniques and algorithms for searching large unstructured collections of data with the goal of finding and structuring important knowledge. The covered subjects include: - Data pre-processing; - Data warehousing and OLAP technology for data mining; - Classification and prediction; - Mining association rules in large databases; - Clustering analysis; - Outlier analysis; - Data mining applications and trends in data mining;
  • [ECS-500] Е-commerce
    Aims of the course program: - To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of e-commerce: ● The history of e-commerce ● E-World: e-business and e-commerce ● Business Models for e-commerce ● Online payment systems ● Online Marketing ● E-infrastructures - To learn about the core technologies that are mandatory to run e-commerce nowadays, including servers, software, Internet connections, payment gateways and their security, cookies, etc. - To apply e-commerce concepts and theory in practice by doing appropriate analysis on business models and technologies and making decisions on the most appropriate solutions. - To understand the process of creating a web shop and connecting it with the payment gateways. - To be able to put the idea on paper, create business model and prepare the finances. - To be able to differentiate various online marketing tools and be able to apply some of them in practice. - To examine information security, ethical, and social issues and know how to address specific issues. - To be familiar with the Internet and Cloud computing.
  • [ECCE-603] Computer Network Management
    This course provides knowledge about Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) standards and technologies for managing networks. The course covers various aspects of network management, including features, equipment, communication protocols, processes and methodology. The subject also provides students with knowledge about specific products and technologies based on these standards which are used for practical network management solutions.
  • [EACS-03] NoSQL Databases
    Relational database systems have been dominant in the market for over forty years, and remain so today. However, the emergence of distributed and cloud computing, as well as the increasing need for storage of large datasets (i.e., big data, such as human genome, Google search engine, social media data, Large Hadron Collider, etc.), have created the need for alternate data storage solutions. A number of different models / database management systems have been developed, that as a group are being referred to as NoSQL databases. A number of large, well-known companies use such databases, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Adobe, MTV, LexisNexis, the New York Times, Forbes and Netflix. This course will explore the origins of NoSQL databases and the characteristics that distinguish them from traditional relational databases. Core concepts of NoSQL databases will be presented, followed by an exploration of how different database technologies implement these core concepts. Each of the four main NoSQL data models (key-value, column family, document, and graph) will be analyzed. Also for each of those will be highlighted the business needs that drive the development and use of each database. Finally, we will present criteria that decision makers should consider when choosing between relational and non-relational databases and techniques for selecting the NoSQL database that best addresses specific use cases.
  • [ECS-701] Mobile and Wireless Networks
    This course aims providing insight and knowledge about architectures and protocols for mobile and wireless communication. Topics ranging from physical layer to application layer covering specifically the mobile and wireless networking fields. The topics on the subject include: Wireless WANs and MANs, Wireless Internet, Wireless AdHoc Networks and protocols, Wireless Hybrid Networks and recent advances in Wireless and Mobile Networks. Application, design, performance analysis and development of mobile and wireless systems are investigated.
  • [ECS-702] Computer Ethics
    Aims of the course program: - to develop an understanding of the relationship between computing, technological change, society and the law; - to emphasise the powerful role that computers and computer professionals play in the technological society; - to provide an understanding of legal areas which are relevant to the discipline of computing; - to provide an understanding of ethical concepts that are important to computer users and professionals; - to give experience in the consideration of ethical matters and solving ethical dilemmas.
  • [ECS-501] Introduction to Semantic Web
    This course will give an introduction to Semantic Web technologies and their applications. The crux of the Semantic Web is in semantic representation and reasoning of data using ontologies. The main focus will be around different aspects of Ontology representation, creation, design, reasoning, programming and applications throughout the course. Topics covered will include: Basics of data representation through XML, Basics of resource description with Resource Description Framework (RDF) and RDFS, knowledge representation with Web Ontology Language (OWL) as well as basic tools for ontology engineering.
  • [ECS-703] Business Analytics
    The aim of this program is for students to gain an understanding of how to use business analytics to formulate and solve business problems and to support managerial decision making. Students will become familiar with the processes needed to develop, report, and analyze business data. Furthermore they will learn how to use and apply software tools in order to solve business problems.
  • [ECS-605] Software Testing and Maintenance
    Në program janë përfshirë disa tema nga testimi dhe mirëmbajtja suftuerike: hyrje në vlerësimin dhe verifikimin e programeve, metodat e testimit, adekuatiteti I të dhënave për test, kriteret e mbulesës, participimi I të dhënave hyrëse, testimi kombinatorik, testimi I bazuar n[ në grafet e rrjedhës së kontrollit dhe rrjedhës së të të dhënave, gjenerimi automatic I test të dhënave për non-regresion, menaxhimi I konfiguracioneve dje rearganizimi I softuerit, programimi test-kontroll. Во програмата се опфатени неколку теми од софтверско тестирање и одржување: вовед во валидација и верификација на програми, методи на тестирање, адекватност на податоци за тест, критериуми на покриеност, партиција на влезните податоци, комбинаторно тестирање, тестирање базирано на графовите на проток на контрола и проток на податоци, автоматизирано генерирање на тест податоци, тестирање за нон-регресија, менаџирање на конфигурации и реорганизација на софтверот, тест-управувано програмирање. Software testing and maintenance plays a key role in ensuring a qualitative, and thus a successful software product. Software testing is the most used technique in detecting software failures, often requiring more than half of the development cost and time of software. Software maintenance, in the other hand, is a key component in ensuring service quality, and mainly deals with the control of software evolution and change management after it is being released. The goal of this course is to cover the basic concepts, principles, methods and techniques for efficient software testing and maintenance.
  • [ECS3036] Paralel Programming
    For the past several decades the demand for high performances was addressed to the increase of the clock speed. Over the last decade, the regular clock speed increase starts to become infeasible and it starts to be replaced with more processing units with smaller clock speed. Today, almost all performance increase of recent processors come from more parallelism rather than clock speed increases. The shift toward parallelism affects the use of computer and specially computer programming. The goal of this subject is to introduce the students to the foundations of parallel programming including the parallel computer architectures, principles of parallel algorithm design, analytical modeling of parallel programs, programming models for shared- and distributed-memory systems. The course covers programming on multicore hardware, shared-memory programming models, message passing programming models used for cluster computing, data-parallel programming models for GPUs, and problem-solving on large-scale clusters using MapReduce.
  • [ECS3060] IT Professional ethics
    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the current ethical issues in Information Technology (IT) use. It examines an array of long-standing and emerging issues facing IT users ranging from free speech, privacy, intellectual property, hacking, and the digital divide, to ethics in social networking and online communities. The course discusses the ethical dilemmas and responsibilities of IT professionals, and promotes the critical examination and responsible usage of IT.
  • [ECS-404] Computer Logic Design and Simulation
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EPL2030] Compilers
    This course aims to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge on constructing compilers. It covers the main concepts used in compilers such as lexical and syntactical parsing, analysis of the program and code generation and optimization techniques. Students will be introduced to different tools that are used to build compilers. By the end of this course, students should be able to implement a simple compiler for a restrained general-purpose language.
  • [ECS4060] Human - Computer Interaction
    This course aims to enable students with knowledge of the theory and practice in software development related to the communication between humans and computers, with the goal of creating usable application interfaces. The course deals with the psycho-motor aspects that influence the way people communicate with machines. Through concrete examples of user interfaces, students should understand the principles and be able to apply them while designing their applications.
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [EFE-107] Public Speaking
    Upon completion of this course, the students will gain knowledge about the communication process, the ethical responsibilities of public speaking and the different types of informative and persuasive speeches. In addition, the students will acquire skills necessary for preparing and delivering different types of speeches, audience analysis, researching speech topics, preparing speeches etc. After completing the Public Speaking course, the students will be able to think critically through constructive self-criticism and criticism towards the speeches of the others.
  • [EFE-127] Debate and Presentation Skills
    Through this course students will; gain tools for arguing effectively and developing their confidence in front of an audience; construct, develop, and practice presenting arguments in a variety of ways including - individual, pair and group presentation; learn to use persuasive rhetoric to put forward logical arguments in support of a position on a current issue; become familiar with the stages of formal debate, specifically the British Parliamentary style;
  • [EFE-108] Intercultural Studies
    Having completed this course the students will able to identify global questions and problems from the perspectives of different cultures, the communication dynamics in the other cultures, the similarities and the differences between their values and those of other cultures, as well as the similarities and differences between their communication practices and those from other cultures. In addition, students are expected to become more aware of the stereotypes that society has for different cultures and as a result will better understand their place in the global community. The students will start thinking critically about topics related to their ethnicity, gender identity, class, religion, national origin, age and other demographic characteristics and their impact on the communication process. After finishing Intercultural Studies, the students will also gain communication skills for working in groups through participation in research projects and will acquire the necessary skills to present their research projects.
  • [EFE-108] Communication Skills
    The course Communication Skills is designed to enable students to practically apply interpersonal communication. Students will have the opportunity to learn interpersonal skills (such as perception, listening, verbal and non-verbal communication); public speaking (such as organization, delivery and the basics of writing public speeches) and small group communication (such as leadership, self-confidence and listening). The course will also focus on providing basic knowledge and understanding of the job hunting process through written and oral communication by doing tasks such as writing a resume and a cover letter, conducting interview simulations etc.
  • [EFE-110] Advanced Excel
    The purpose of this course is to provide the students with advanced knowledge of this application and of the opportunities offered by the Microsoft Excel application, as well as to enable them to carry out advanced tasks, which are associated with their faculty’s program.
  • [EFE-111] Advanced IT skills
    The aims of this course are: To enable students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in the field of information sciences; To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Microsoft Office applications (Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access) and to apply them in real life situations; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on practical projects.
  • [EFE-112] Advanced Word
    The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and to familiarize them with the opportunities, which are offered by them. Moreover, it will enable the students to independently implement various projects and specific complex tasks, which are associated with the program in which they study.
  • [EFE-113] Google Apps
    The aims of this course are: To enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills in the field of electronic services (cloud applications); To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Google Docs (G-mail, Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings and Forms) and to apply them in real life; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on various online projects, directly through the web browser.
  • [EFE-114] Advanced Access
    Databases are ideal tools for tracking large volumes of Data and Microsoft Access is a quite popular and powerful tool, which is used for designing and developing Windows-based databases. This course is intended for new users of Access where the most important functions needed for working with databases are processed.
  • [EFE-115] Desktop Publications
    The aim of this course is designing and processing raster and vector graphics through the leading programs Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as designing and publishing commercial materials for print using Adobe InDesign.
  • [EFE-116] Web Publications
    Developing even a simple web page according to current standards requires knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Most of the websites also use images, whether in the form of banners, buttons, logos, photos or scans. Adobe Fireworks is built as a tool to create and manipulate images from the web and to allow the makers to optimize these images in order to reduce the file size. Firework also provides an excellent integration with Dreamweaver. This series provides a comprehensive introduction to XHTML, CSS and creating web graphics.
  • [EFE-129] Albanian Language and Writing Culture
    The course, Albanian language and writing culture, is a synthesis of rules and guidelines for improvement of the skills for written and oral expression in Albanian. Students are expected to improve these skills by becoming familiar with the spelling and punctuation rules, some morphological norms, as well as the Albanian syntax, all in order to achieve proper use of the language. An accent will be put on motivating them for fluent speaking and raising their awareness for use of the Albanian pure standard language. A special attention will also be paid to encouraging students to advance the process of writing and increasing their understanding about the differences between specific genres. The issue of academic integrity (plagiarism) will also be tackled, as well as the specific terminology of the different areas of specialization. All these topics will be offered as separate lessons, that is, as rules, guidelines and exercises, which complement each other.
  • [EFE-131] Albanian Language for Specific
    The subject aims at improving and perfecting the expression of Albanian language (speaking and writing). Specifically, the course aims to introduce students to specific terms, the possibilities of its use, with the most common errors in daily speech, but also for communication in specific circumstances. The students will learn about the conditions in which the rules work, so they can use them not only for tasks related to the subject but also in their future profession.
  • [EFE-102] Academic Writing in English
    In this course, students’ academic writing skills will be enhanced in a variety of ways. Students will be enabled to communicate their ideas in a clear, fluent and effective way in order to produce a piece of writing. Students’ academic writing skills will be developed through activities that promote writing like: writing different types of paragraphs and essays. In addition, students will be introduced to paraphrasing and citing rules as well as will be made aware of what plagiarism is. Giving feedback on students’ pieces of writing will involve self-correction, peer-correction and teacher-correction of content, organization and language errors.
  • [EFE-103] Academic Writing in Macedonian
    After finishing the Academic Writing in the Macedonian course, the students are expected to gain appropriate knowledge and advanced communication in Macedonian language with particular emphasis on writing skills. In addition, it is expected that students will become more autonomous and responsible learners. Moreover, students will be able to improve their writing skills in more levels and thereby they will become more confident and more competent when writing in Macedonian. They will be able to reflect critically on different topics, to make conclusions and they will develop skills for excellent written and oral communication in Macedonian.
  • [EFE-104] Academic Writing in Albanian
    By the end of each level, the students are expected to write an essay and a research paper based on the rules learned during the semester. Specifically, from them it is expected to know the function, the structure and the different types of paragraphs, ways of choosing research topics, collecting the material, the rules for source documentation and the final model.
  • [EFE-105] German Language (level 1 to 4)
    After completing each level, students will be able to gain appropriate knowledge according to the European Language Framework (specifically and concretely determined by level). In addition, students are expected to become more autonomous and more responsible language learners. By the end of the course, students will be able to think critically and make conclusions about different topics based on the texts that they have read, as well as to express their thoughts and opinions in written and spoken German.
  • [EFE-117] Environmental Protection
    The aims of this course are: To familiarize the students with the basic environmental problems; To familiarize the students with the role of humans as the key factor in the process of pollution and environmental protection; To familiarize the students with the influence of various environmental pollutants on health, the professional activity and the organizational ability of the human factor; Creating positive habits for the environment and raising the awareness for a healthier and cleaner environment; International and national legislation and international conventions on the environment; Introduction to international and national global policies in the field of environment; The environment as a condition for sustainable economic development; The role of the society in the protection of the environment; Introducing the major risks to a healthy environment; Introducing the National Environmental Strategy of the Republic of Macedonia.
  • [EFE-121] Professional Careеr Development
    This course offers practical, results-oriented instruction for seeking, obtaining and keeping employment. It is intended to provide students with the appropriate job skills needed in the modern workplace. Specific tasks that will be covered will be composing an effective c.v., writing a letter of inquiry/interest, interviewing skills, and formal communication within the office (memos, formal emails to superiors or customers, reports, etc.). Additional elements that will be covered will be how to conduct a self-evaluation, how to manage inter-office conflict, and how to seek promotions actively. Although the primary focus of this course will be on white-collar employment, the skills obtained through the instruction are applicable to the job search process generally.
  • [EFE-132] Human Rights and Freedoms
    The struggle for human rights begins with the historic efforts to identify them. Over the time, the corpus of rights and freedoms that are incriminated by laws or international treaties is expanding but it certainly does not prove that the same are respected in practice. Human rights at the first were considered as internal matters of states (under the principle of absolute sovereignty of states) and only in more recent times have gained the title of jus cogens norms. This course will study how to develop doctrine on human rights, types and categories of human rights and will be studied the relevant documents that regulate certain rights. The purpose of this course is: to introduce students to the concept of international law on human rights, implementation of the same, influence in the formulation of national policies; This will encourage students to critically reflect on the relationship between international law and national law; make them aware of current international events, how they affect the daily lives of people in the world; encourage students to contribute in matters of drafting laws for the protection of human rights.

Semester 8

• [CCS-801] [6 ECTS] Computer System Security
  This course contains the network security bases from an applied viewpoint and provides handson experience with security threats and countermeasures. The course additionally covers principles and skills useful for making informed security decisions and for understanding how security interacts with the world around it. Applied topics include cryptography, authorization control, operating systems security, and web and network security. Other topics include general security principles, human factors such as trust and social engineering, the security of complex systems, and the economics of security. The course aims to balance theory and practice.
• [CCS-802] [6 ECTS] Logical and Functional Programming
  This course aims to introduce logic programming paradigm through Prolog language. The subject focuses on syntax and the semantics of Prolog, the working of a Prolog interpreter and various applications of Prolog. In particular, its application database querying, parsing, meta-programming, and problem solving in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• [CCT-803] [12 ECTS] Capstone Project
  In this course, students will work on completing an applied or theoretical project. The aim of the course is to enable students to integrate the knowledge gained from the courses across the curriculum, in order to deliver a ‘product’, such as software or thesis. The students will have opportunity to gain experience in designing, programming, and evaluating a computer science project. At the end, students document their works in form of written reports and oral presentations, which are evaluated by a faculty committee.
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [CISM2021] Introduction to Information Systems
    Aims of the course program: 1. To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of Information Systems: a. Basic Information Systems concepts: hardware, software, networks; b. E-World: e-business and e-commerce; c. Developing Processes; 2. To learn about the Information Systems and technologies that improve business values and various processes inside organizations; 3. Applying IS concepts with various managing disciplines, during analysis, interpretation, assessments and decisions; 4. Understand the process of redesigning organizations using information systems; 5. Describe the role of information systems in decision making; 6. Examine information security, ethical, and social issues; 7. Be familiar with the Internet, electronic commerce, and e-business; 8. Prepare students to work on small scale projects, individual or group work, who by nature could fall into these categories: case studies, scientific research project, development projects or internship projects;
  • [ECS-401] Advanced Programming in .NET
    This course aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge and practice of programming .NET applications. The different concepts covered are: - The basics of .NET programming (variables, types, conditions, loops, etc.); - Windows Forms applications, manipulating files, database access technologies and concepts (connections, commands, data readers, etc.); - ORM systems; - Development of web and mobile applications; - Reporting with Crystal Reports and Microsoft Reports; - Creating installation packages and software distribution methods;
  • [ECS-601] Programming in Java
    Aims of the course program: To provide students regarding Java programming language with a deep, critical and systematic understanding of the principles and techniques for programming effective software applications. This course introduces fundamental structured and object-oriented programming concepts and techniques, using Java, and is intended for all who plan to use computer programming in their studies and careers.
  • [ECS-405] Digital Logic Design
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EAIT-403] Multimedia System
    Aims of the course program: At the end of the semester, the student will be able to do the following: - Explain multimedia concepts such as the elements and principles of design, color theory, and compression schemes; - Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of software for graphics (Adobe Photoshop), video (Adobe Premiere), and animation (Adobe Flash) through exercises and projects; - Plan, design, develop and evaluate multimedia applications and their elements;
  • [ECS6020] Introduction to Cryptography
    Aims of the course program: Cryptography provides important tools for ensuring the privacy, authenticity, and integrity of the increasingly sensitive information involved in modern digital systems. Nowadays, core cryptographic tools, including encryption, message authentication codes, digital signature, key agreement protocols, etc., are used behind millions of daily on-line transactions. In this course, we will unveil some of the "magic" of cryptography. Modern Cryptography uses mathematical language to precisely pin down elusive security goals, design primitives and protocols to achieve these goals, and validate the security of designed primitives and protocols using mathematical proofs based on clearly stated hardness assumptions. Therefore, to learn cryptography, it is essential to understand its mathematical underpinning. In this class, we will see the inner-working of cryptography for several core cryptographic tools, from encryption, to message authentication codes, to hash functions, to digital signatures, etc.
  • [ECS-507] Numerical Computations
    This course is designed to equip students with the basic concepts and methods of numerical calculations. The primary intent is to provide students with a sound introduction to the numerical methods. They have big application in solving different problems which can be solved just by using the computers, therefore, solving numerical problems will help students not just to apply them in different other areas, but simply it will help them to become better computer scientists. After e brief look at the ways numbers are placed and manipulated in computers we will deal with fundamental computational problems, such are solving the equations, system of equations followed by an approximation theory. We will deal with the accuracy of numerical solutions and also the aim is to evaluate the functions, numerical differentiation and integration.
  • [ECS-506] Programming Mobile Devices
    This course will cover the basic concepts of designing applications for interactive mobile devices. The goal is students to learn about writing clear and efficient, personal and business applications using a large spectrum of programming techniques.
  • [ECS-403] Game Programming
    The goal of this course is to introduce the principles of developing computer games, focusing on games that execute on web browsers. The students will learn how to create objects, to animate them, to introduce sounds and other techniques used in games. The course will also cover the design of interactive games that can receive user input, through keyboard, mouse or similar peripheral elements. The students will also learn about the introduction of basic artificial intelligence. All these techniques will be practiced with the development of popular games.
  • [EACS-05] Formal Languages and Automata
    Тhis course is meant to give the introduction to the theory of computational modeling and computability through formal languages and finite automata.
  • [ECS-609] Introduction Artificial Intelligence
    Aims of the course program: Introduction to the basics of artificial intelligence, intelligent agents, techniques for presenting knowledge and intelligent search and decision-making, game theory, formal logic, probability and logical reasoning systems, learning by observation, training of neurons and learning stimulation. Also, students will be familiar with the basic concepts of LISP.
  • [ECS-502] Introduction to Parallel Processing
    Aims of the course program: This course is intended for students interested in the efficient use of modern parallel systems ranging from multi-core processors to large-scale distributed memory clusters. The course covers theoretical principles of parallel computing as well as different parallel programming techniques. It begins with a survey of common parallel architectures and types of parallelism, and follows with an overview of formal approaches to assess scalability and efficiency of parallel algorithms and their implementations. In the second part, the course focus is on selected parallel programming techniques and APIs, including shared address space, many-core accelerators, distributed memory clusters and big data analytics platforms. Each component of the course involves solving practical problems on a corresponding parallel architecture.
  • [ECS-604] Data Mining
    This course covers the concepts and technologies in the field of data mining, terminology, techniques and algorithms for searching large unstructured collections of data with the goal of finding and structuring important knowledge. The covered subjects include: - Data pre-processing; - Data warehousing and OLAP technology for data mining; - Classification and prediction; - Mining association rules in large databases; - Clustering analysis; - Outlier analysis; - Data mining applications and trends in data mining;
  • [ECS-500] Е-commerce
    Aims of the course program: - To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of e-commerce: ● The history of e-commerce ● E-World: e-business and e-commerce ● Business Models for e-commerce ● Online payment systems ● Online Marketing ● E-infrastructures - To learn about the core technologies that are mandatory to run e-commerce nowadays, including servers, software, Internet connections, payment gateways and their security, cookies, etc. - To apply e-commerce concepts and theory in practice by doing appropriate analysis on business models and technologies and making decisions on the most appropriate solutions. - To understand the process of creating a web shop and connecting it with the payment gateways. - To be able to put the idea on paper, create business model and prepare the finances. - To be able to differentiate various online marketing tools and be able to apply some of them in practice. - To examine information security, ethical, and social issues and know how to address specific issues. - To be familiar with the Internet and Cloud computing.
  • [ECCE-603] Computer Network Management
    This course provides knowledge about Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) standards and technologies for managing networks. The course covers various aspects of network management, including features, equipment, communication protocols, processes and methodology. The subject also provides students with knowledge about specific products and technologies based on these standards which are used for practical network management solutions.
  • [EACS-03] NoSQL Databases
    Relational database systems have been dominant in the market for over forty years, and remain so today. However, the emergence of distributed and cloud computing, as well as the increasing need for storage of large datasets (i.e., big data, such as human genome, Google search engine, social media data, Large Hadron Collider, etc.), have created the need for alternate data storage solutions. A number of different models / database management systems have been developed, that as a group are being referred to as NoSQL databases. A number of large, well-known companies use such databases, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Adobe, MTV, LexisNexis, the New York Times, Forbes and Netflix. This course will explore the origins of NoSQL databases and the characteristics that distinguish them from traditional relational databases. Core concepts of NoSQL databases will be presented, followed by an exploration of how different database technologies implement these core concepts. Each of the four main NoSQL data models (key-value, column family, document, and graph) will be analyzed. Also for each of those will be highlighted the business needs that drive the development and use of each database. Finally, we will present criteria that decision makers should consider when choosing between relational and non-relational databases and techniques for selecting the NoSQL database that best addresses specific use cases.
  • [ECS-701] Mobile and Wireless Networks
    This course aims providing insight and knowledge about architectures and protocols for mobile and wireless communication. Topics ranging from physical layer to application layer covering specifically the mobile and wireless networking fields. The topics on the subject include: Wireless WANs and MANs, Wireless Internet, Wireless AdHoc Networks and protocols, Wireless Hybrid Networks and recent advances in Wireless and Mobile Networks. Application, design, performance analysis and development of mobile and wireless systems are investigated.
  • [ECS-702] Computer Ethics
    Aims of the course program: - to develop an understanding of the relationship between computing, technological change, society and the law; - to emphasise the powerful role that computers and computer professionals play in the technological society; - to provide an understanding of legal areas which are relevant to the discipline of computing; - to provide an understanding of ethical concepts that are important to computer users and professionals; - to give experience in the consideration of ethical matters and solving ethical dilemmas.
  • [ECS-501] Introduction to Semantic Web
    This course will give an introduction to Semantic Web technologies and their applications. The crux of the Semantic Web is in semantic representation and reasoning of data using ontologies. The main focus will be around different aspects of Ontology representation, creation, design, reasoning, programming and applications throughout the course. Topics covered will include: Basics of data representation through XML, Basics of resource description with Resource Description Framework (RDF) and RDFS, knowledge representation with Web Ontology Language (OWL) as well as basic tools for ontology engineering.
  • [ECS-703] Business Analytics
    The aim of this program is for students to gain an understanding of how to use business analytics to formulate and solve business problems and to support managerial decision making. Students will become familiar with the processes needed to develop, report, and analyze business data. Furthermore they will learn how to use and apply software tools in order to solve business problems.
  • [ECS-605] Software Testing and Maintenance
    Në program janë përfshirë disa tema nga testimi dhe mirëmbajtja suftuerike: hyrje në vlerësimin dhe verifikimin e programeve, metodat e testimit, adekuatiteti I të dhënave për test, kriteret e mbulesës, participimi I të dhënave hyrëse, testimi kombinatorik, testimi I bazuar n[ në grafet e rrjedhës së kontrollit dhe rrjedhës së të të dhënave, gjenerimi automatic I test të dhënave për non-regresion, menaxhimi I konfiguracioneve dje rearganizimi I softuerit, programimi test-kontroll. Во програмата се опфатени неколку теми од софтверско тестирање и одржување: вовед во валидација и верификација на програми, методи на тестирање, адекватност на податоци за тест, критериуми на покриеност, партиција на влезните податоци, комбинаторно тестирање, тестирање базирано на графовите на проток на контрола и проток на податоци, автоматизирано генерирање на тест податоци, тестирање за нон-регресија, менаџирање на конфигурации и реорганизација на софтверот, тест-управувано програмирање. Software testing and maintenance plays a key role in ensuring a qualitative, and thus a successful software product. Software testing is the most used technique in detecting software failures, often requiring more than half of the development cost and time of software. Software maintenance, in the other hand, is a key component in ensuring service quality, and mainly deals with the control of software evolution and change management after it is being released. The goal of this course is to cover the basic concepts, principles, methods and techniques for efficient software testing and maintenance.
  • [ECS3036] Paralel Programming
    For the past several decades the demand for high performances was addressed to the increase of the clock speed. Over the last decade, the regular clock speed increase starts to become infeasible and it starts to be replaced with more processing units with smaller clock speed. Today, almost all performance increase of recent processors come from more parallelism rather than clock speed increases. The shift toward parallelism affects the use of computer and specially computer programming. The goal of this subject is to introduce the students to the foundations of parallel programming including the parallel computer architectures, principles of parallel algorithm design, analytical modeling of parallel programs, programming models for shared- and distributed-memory systems. The course covers programming on multicore hardware, shared-memory programming models, message passing programming models used for cluster computing, data-parallel programming models for GPUs, and problem-solving on large-scale clusters using MapReduce.
  • [ECS3060] IT Professional ethics
    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the current ethical issues in Information Technology (IT) use. It examines an array of long-standing and emerging issues facing IT users ranging from free speech, privacy, intellectual property, hacking, and the digital divide, to ethics in social networking and online communities. The course discusses the ethical dilemmas and responsibilities of IT professionals, and promotes the critical examination and responsible usage of IT.
  • [ECS-404] Computer Logic Design and Simulation
    This course provides a modern introduction to logic design and the basic building blocks used in digital systems, in particular digital computers. It starts with a discussion of combinational logic: logic gates, minimization techniques, arithmetic circuits, and modern logic devices such as field programmable logic gates. The second part of the course deals with sequential circuits: flip-flops, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, and case studies, including counters, registers, and random access memories.
  • [EPL2030] Compilers
    This course aims to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge on constructing compilers. It covers the main concepts used in compilers such as lexical and syntactical parsing, analysis of the program and code generation and optimization techniques. Students will be introduced to different tools that are used to build compilers. By the end of this course, students should be able to implement a simple compiler for a restrained general-purpose language.
  • [ECS4060] Human - Computer Interaction
    This course aims to enable students with knowledge of the theory and practice in software development related to the communication between humans and computers, with the goal of creating usable application interfaces. The course deals with the psycho-motor aspects that influence the way people communicate with machines. Through concrete examples of user interfaces, students should understand the principles and be able to apply them while designing their applications.