To be admitted to the First University Examination in Business Information Systems, a student must have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:
AC1113 Principles of Accounting (5 credits)
AC1114 Introduction to Management Accounting (5 credits)
EC1212 Economics of Business 1 (5 credits)
¹IS1108 Introduction to Information Systems in Business (5 credits)
¹IS1109 Business Systems Analysis (5 credits)
¹IS1110 Foundations of Programming for Information Systems 1 (5 credits)
¹IS1111 Foundations of Programming for Information Systems 2 (5 credits)
¹IS1112 Information Technology Foundations (5 credits)
¹IS1113 Internet Development Foundations (5 credits)
IS1115 Personal Development for IS Professionals 1 (5 credits)
ST1023 Introduction to Business Statistics (5 credits)
and
MG1003 Introduction to Marketing (5 credits)
or
MG1004 Introduction to Management and Organisation (5 credits)
¹Note: Holders of the Diploma in Applied
Business Computing may be granted exemption from these modules in
First Year, on admission to the programme - further details are
available from the School of Business. A quota of four places has
been reserved for such applicants.
Module Semester Information may be found here.
Module
Descriptions may be found here.
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be
contained in the Marks and Standards 2019/2020 Book and for each module in the
Book of Modules, 2019/2020.
Three Year Rule
Students must pass the First University Examination in Business
Information Systems within three academic years from the date of first
registration for First Year. Failure to comply with this rule would
mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with
his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the School of Business, only for very serious reasons.
Attendance in IS modules and eligibility for placement in Third
Year
Students entering Third Year from 2012/13 onwards must have an average
of 80% or higher attendance in IS modules from their first and second
years to be eligible for consideration for placement.
No student may register for the Second Year programme of study until the First University Examination in Business Information Systems has been passed. Second Year consists of core modules to the value of 50 credits and elective modules to the value of 10 credits from one of two elective groups 1 or 2. To be admitted to the Second University Examination in Business Information Systems, a student must have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:
Core Modules
AC2202 Intermediate Management Accounting 1 (5
credits)
EC2204 Business Microeconomics 1 (5 credits)
IS2204 Object Oriented Business Modelling, Systems
Analysis and Design (5 credits)
IS2205 Principles and Practice of Systems Development
(5 credits)
IS2206 Introduction to Database Theory (5 credits)
IS2207 Databases in Organisations (5 credits)
IS2208 Introduction to Java Programming (5 credits)
IS2209 Object Oriented Application Design and
Development (5 credits)
IS2215 Visual Programming (5 credits)
IS2217 Personal Development for IS Professionals 2 (5 credits)
and 10 credits to be taken from the following:
Elective Modules
AC2206 Investment Appraisal (5 credits)
FE2200 Introduction to Food Supply Chain Management (5 credits)
MG2001 People and Organisation (5 credits)
MG2003 Consumer Behaviour and Sustainable Consumption (5 credits)
MG2007 Enterprise Planning and Processes (5 credits)
MG3019 Business Ethics (5 credits)
Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be
contained in the Marks and Standards 2019/2020 Book and for each module in the
Book of Modules, 2019/2020.
Three Year Rule
Students must pass the Second University Examination in Business
Information Systems within three academic years from the date of first
registration for Second Year. Failure to comply with this rule would
mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with
his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the School of Business, only for very serious reasons.
Attendance in IS modules and eligibility for placement in Third
Year
Students entering Third Year from 2012/13 onwards must have an average
of 80% or higher attendance in IS modules from their first and second
years to be eligible for consideration for placement.
No student may register for the Third Year programme of study until the Second University Examination in Business Information Systems has been passed. To be admitted to the Third University Examination in Business Information Systems, a student must have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:
EC3205 Economics of Information (10 credits)
IS3311 Networking and Cloud Computing (10 credits)
IS3312 Web Application Development (10 credits)
IS3313 Software Development and Operations (10 credits)
IS3314 Organisational Information Systems Infrastructure (5
credits)
IS3316 Personal Development for IS Professionals 3 (5 credits)
IS3319 Advanced Database Management Systems (10 credits)
Note: The Third University Examination in Business Information Systems will be held in February. Students will begin Work Placement after the Third University Examination. In the event of a student not obtaining Work Placement the student will be assigned a project. The Work Placement/Project will be assessed at the Fourth Year Examination Board, on the basis of a report (IS4400 - 5 credits) which must be passed in order to graduate. Students entering Third Year from 2012/13 onwards must have an average of 80% or higher attendance in IS modules from their first and second years to be eligible for consideration for placement.
Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be
contained in the Marks and Standards 2019/2020 Book and for each module in the
Book of Modules, 2019/2020.
Three Year Rule
Students must pass the Third University Examination in Business
Information Systems within three academic years from the date of first
registration for Third Year. Failure to comply with this rule would
mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with
his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the School of Business, only for very serious reasons.
No student may register for the Fourth Year programme of study until the Third University Examination in Business Information Systems has been passed. Fourth Year consists of core modules to the value of 30 credits and elective modules to the value of 30 credits. To be admitted to the BSc (Hons) (Business Information Systems) Degree Examination, a student must have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:
Core Modules
IS4400 Personal Development for IS Professionals 4 (5 credits)
IS4401 Research Project in Information Systems (10 credits)
IS4408 Information Systems Strategy (5 credits)
IS4414 Information Systems Management (5 credits)
IS4416 Advanced Topics in Information Systems (5 credits)
and elective modules to the value of 30 credits to be chosen from the following:
Co-Requisite Modules: the majority of elective modules below have co-requisites. This means that a student who wishes to register for one module must also register for its co-requisite module. For example, a student wishing to take IS4429 (Enterprise Systems) must also take IS4434 (Enterprise Data Management). For co-requisite information, students should consult the module descriptions to identify co-requisite modules. Module descriptions may be found here.
AC4100 Management Accounting: Planning and Control
(5 credits)
AC4101 Management Accounting: Performance and
Decision Making (5 credits)
EC4224 Innovation and Technology (5 credits)
EC4225 Economics of Strategy (5 credits)
IS4419 Information Protection and Information Systems
Security (5 credits)
IS4420 Information Systems Controls and Security
Policy (5 credits)
IS4429 Enterprise Systems (5 credits)
IS4434 Enterprise Data Management (5 credits)
IS4437 Global Payment Systems (5 credits)
IS4438 Global Markets (5 credits)
IS4439 Web Application Development (5 credits)
IS4440 New Business Forms (5 credits)
IS4441 Advanced Tools and Methods for IS Development (5 credits)
IS4442 Software Quality and Standards (5 credits)
IS4445 Principles of Interaction Design (5 credits)
IS4446 Advanced Interaction Design (5 credits)
IS4447 Principles of Mobile Systems Development (5 credits)
IS4448 Advanced Mobile Systems Design and Development (5 credits)
IS4449 IT Solution Selling and Digital Business (5 credits)
IS4450 Technology and Solutions for the Sales Process and the
Management of Global Business (5 credits)
MG4401 The Management of Organisational Change (5 credits)
MG4402 Leadership and Organisational Dynamics (5 credits)
Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be
contained in the Marks and Standards 2019/2020 Book and for each module in the
Book of Modules, 2019/2020.
Three Year Rule
Students must pass the BSc (Hons) (Business Information Systems)
Degree Examination within three academic years from the date of first
registration for Fourth Year. Failure to comply with this rule would
mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with
his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the School of Business, only for very serious reasons.
Programme Learning Outcomes for BSc (Hons) Business Information Systems (NFQ Level 8,
Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: