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The Computer Science Department was established in 2004 with an initial enrolment of 45 students. The department has gradually developed over the years since its establishment with regard to infrastructure and facilities, caliber of lecturers, among others. The development of the department has for these years turn-out many competent graduates in collaboration with industry in the area of Computer Science, Computer Networking Management, Information and Communications Technology and as well as Information Systems at both the HND and BSc levels for both industry and academia. Our tracer study outcomes reveal these products are excelling greatly in their respective fields of endeavors. Also, the Computer Science Department in addition to its core mandate of providing teaching and learning, conducting and publishing of research findings, and supervising students’ research as well, services other departments within and without the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology in the handling of various courses especially in the area of computer literacy and IT related courses.

Mission

The mission of the department is to provide students with excellent academic and professional training in Computer Science, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity with the view of meeting the skilled manpower needs for development and efficient management of organizations.

 Vision

The department aspires to be a center of excellence to produce, for both private and public sector organizations, high caliber middle level manpower who have sound practical and technical skills in the areas of Computer programming and related discipline to meet the challenges of Information and Communication Technology related organizations in Ghana and beyond.

EXISTING PROGRAMMES AND STRUCTURE

The department currently has five running: Two (2) are Higher National Diploma (HND) and include:

  • HND Computer Science
  • HND Computer Network Management

The remaining three (3) are Bachelor of Science (BSc) run in collaboration with Valley View University and include:

  • BSc Computer Science
  • BSc Information Technology
  • BSc Business Information Systems

Staffing

STAFF DIRECTORY
 

S/N

Name  

Highest Qualification (Year obtained and Awarding Institution)

Area of Specialization Rank /Years of Teaching Experience
1 Dr. Seth Okyere-Dankwa PhD Information Technology/2018/ Open

University of Malaysia, UK

MSc. Network Systems/2008/ University of Sunderland, UK

Networking/IT Senior Lecturer
2 Dr. Benjamin Kwofie PhD Information & Communication Technology/2015/ Alborg University, Denmark Information Technology, Information Systems, IT Entrepreneurship. Lecturer
3 Dr. Patricia Ghann PhD (Information Systems)/ 2015/ Jiangsu University, China Information Systems Lecturer
4 Kwaku Nuamah-Gyambrah MSc Software Technology & Network Technology/2009/ Robert Gordon Uni, UK Networking

 

 

 

Lecturer
5 Martin Otu Offei PhD (Reading), MSc Business Information Technology/2005/ Kingston University, UK System Administration Lecturer
6 Franklin Ashigbi Degadzor MSc Information Technology/2011/ Sikkim ManipalUni, India Information Technology Lecturer
7 Ebenezer Komla Gavua PhD (Reading), MEng Computer Science and Technology/2013/ University of Electronic Science & Tech. of China Networking Lecturer
8 Collinson Colin Agbesi MPhil Computer Science/2016/UG-Legon.

MSc Informatics/2010/ BTH, Sweden

 

Programming, Software Engineering Lecturer
9 Sarah Dsane PhD (Reading), MBA BIT/2012/ KNUST, Ghana Information Technology Lecturer
10 Samuel Tawiah Narteh PhD (Reading), MSc Information Technology/2011/ Sikkim Manipal Uni, India Programming Lecturer
11 Mustapha Adamu Mohammed PhD (Reading), MPhil Information Technology/2013/ KNUST, Ghana Programming Lecturer
12 Francis Effirim Botchey PhD (Reading), MSc Telecom Engineering/2012/ KNUST, Ghana Networking Lecturer
13 Kwesi Hughes Lartey PhD (Reading), MTech Information Technology/2010/ SRM University, India Programming Lecturer
14 Sefakor Awurama Adabunu MSc,

Computer Science/2011/ Sikkim Manipal Uni, India

System Analysis Lecturer
15 Dr. Seth Alornyo PhD Software Engineering/ 2020/UESTC, China Cryptography, Cyber Security, Computer Network Security Lecturer
16 Bright K. Selorm Anibrika PhD (Reading), MSc Information Technology/2014/ KNUST, Ghana Information Technology Lecturer
17 Dr Emmanuel Dortey Tetteh PhD Information and Communication Engineering/2020/University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Information Systems, Software Engineering, Networks Lecturer
18 Boakye Agyemang PhD (Reading), MPhil Applied Mathematics/2012/KNUST Applied Statistics/Mathematics Snr Lecturer
19 Solomon Anab MSc Information Technology/2015/Sikkim Manipal University, India Information Technology Lecturer
20 Kobby A. Obeng MPhil Telecommunications Engineering/2019/ KNUST Computer Networking, Software Defined Networking Lecturer
21 Doe Nina Pearl PhD (Reading), Master of Engineering in Computer Security in Cloud Computing, Lecturer
22 Dr Promise PhD Data Comm & Networking/2014/European American University, Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, Rukurato Road, Uganda Data Com & Networking -Telecom -Software Engineering-Cyber Security and Forensics Lecturer
23 Florence Agyeiwaa MBA Management Information Systems/2015/KNUST Information Systems, Information Tech, Decision Systems, System Analysis and Design Lecturer