MSC Information Systems (INFT137) FT

2018 - 2019

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (45 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
COM6655	Professional Issues	AUT SEM	15 credits
INF6110	Information Systems Modelling	AUT SEM	15 credits
Semester 2
INF6001	Information Systems Project Management	SPR SEM	15 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (75 credits)

A student will take 75 credits from this group.

Semester 1
COM6471 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: COM6505 (when the module is running)	Foundations of Object Oriented Programming	AUT SEM	15 credits
INF6027	Introduction to Data Science	AUT SEM	15 credits
INF6320	Information Systems in Organisations	AUT SEM	15 credits
Semester 2
COM6102 + Only available to students whose home department is Computer Science (or to students on joint programmes with Computer Science)..	Advanced Java Programming	SPR SEM	15 credits
COM6501 XCannot be taken with: COM6015	Computer Security and Forensics	SPR SEM	15 credits
COM6517 + Available to students on COMT138 only. This module cannot be taken with COM6504. The maximum number of students allowed on the module is 70..	Web Technologies	SPR SEM	15 credits
COM6519 + Strong programming skills in a variety of programming languages (e.g. Java, PHP, Python, Ruby). The maximum number of students allowed on the module is 104..	Cloud Computing	SPR SEM	15 credits
INF6003	E-Business and E-Commerce	SPR SEM	15 credits
INF6024	Researching Social Media	SPR SEM	15 credits
INF6025	Information Governance and Ethics	SPR SEM	15 credits
INF6028	Data Mining and Visualisation	SPR SEM	15 credits
INF6040	Business Intelligence	SPR SEM	15 credits
INF6041	ICTs, Innovation and Change	SPR SEM	15 credits
INF6050	Database Design	SPR SEM	15 credits
INF6400	Information Systems and the Information Society	SPR SEM	15 credits
INF6430	User Interface Design and Human Computer Interaction	SPR SEM	15 credits

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (60 credits)

A student will take

Full academic year
INF6340	Research Methods and Dissertation Preparation	ACAD YR	15 credits
Any Semester
INF6000	Dissertation	GRAD YR	45 credits

A student who has been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 1A and 1B will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Information Systems.

A student who has been awarded sixty credits in respect of units listed at 1A and 1B will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate in Information Systems.

The programme of study will be pursued part-time for not less than two years and will be subject to a time limit of three years.

A student must have been awarded one hundred and eighty credits in respect of units listed above and satisfied the requirements of the General Regulations for Higher Degrees regarding award of Distinction or Merit at Masters level, subject to the discretion of the Examiners, in order to be eligible for the award of the Masters degree with Merit or Distinction.

A student must have been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 1A and 1B above and satisfied the requirements of the General Regulations for Higher Degrees regarding award of Distinction or Merit at Postgraduate Diploma level, subject to the discretion of the Examiners, in order to be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma with Merit or Distinction.

⇐P	-	This module has pre-requisite(s).
P⇒	-	This module is a pre-requisite for other modules.
C	-	This module has co-requisite(s).
X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
+	-	Additional information about requirements for studying this module.

Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2018/19 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.