Information Systems and Management (MSc)

COURSE STRUCTURE

You take a mixture of computing, information systems and management modules selected according to your qualifications on entry.

The module Information Systems is compulsory for all students; Introduction to Software Development is compulsory for students without a computing or information systems degree or appropriate experience, and may be taken as an option by other students.

You choose from a selection of option modules to complete the programme requirement (subject to availability and agreement by the programme director).

This list of modules is not exhaustive and you may request to take other relevant modules from the Master's programmes of the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems or the Department of Management, subject to availability and approval by the programme director.

Please note that not all option modules may be offered every year. Note also that, in any one year, some modules may be offered only during the day or only in the evening.

COMPULSORY MODULES

• Information Systems
• Introduction to Software Development

OPTION MODULES

• Applied Machine Learning
• Cloud Computing
• Computer Systems
• Data and Knowledge Management
• Digital Creativity and New Media Management
• Fundamentals of Computing
• Geovisualisation and Web Technologies
• Information and Network Security
• Innovation Systems: Networks and Social Capital
• Innovation: Management and Policy
• Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness
• Internet and Web Technologies
• Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
• Principles of Organization and Management
• Programming Paradigms and Languages
• Project Management for Informatics
• The Creative Industries: Theory and Contexts

MSC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT DISSERTATION

• MSc Information Systems and Management Project

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