MSC Information Systems (INFT141) PT

2016 - 2017

Year 1

STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON WHICH UNITS ARE TAKEN IN WHICH YEAR OF STUDY.

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

A student will take up to 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
INF6006 + Restricted to Information School postgraduate students..	Independent Study (S1a)	AUT SEM	15 credits
INF6007 + Restricted to Information School postgraduate students..	Independent Study (S1b)	AUT SEM	15 credits
Semester 2
INF6008 + Restricted to Information School postgraduate students..	Independent Study (S2a)	SPR SEM	15 credits
INF6009 + Restricted to Information School postgraduate students..	Independent Study (S2b)	SPR SEM	15 credits

AND

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 (30 credits)

A student will take a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 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
INF6400	Information Systems and the Information Society	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
INF6021	Information Systems Change Management	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
INF6050	Database Design	SPR SEM	15 credits

AND

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 (60 credits)

A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 2
COM6910 XCannot be taken with: COM6906 COM6912	Dissertation Project	SPR SEM	60 credits
Any Semester
INF6000	Dissertation	GRAD YR	45 credits
INF6340	Research Methods and Dissertation Preparation	GRAD YR	15 credits

A student who has been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 1A, 1B and 1C 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, 1B and 1C 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 Regulation for Higher Degrees (20), 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, 1B and 1C above and satisfied the requirements of the General Regulation for Higher Degrees (21), subject to the discretion of the Examiners, in order to be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma with Merit or Distinction.

Year 2

⇐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 2016/17 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.