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)
IS1108 Introduction to Information Systems in Business (5 credits)
IS1109 Business Systems Analysis (5 credits)
IS1110 Foundations of Programming for Information Systems 1 (5 credits)
IS1111 Foundations of Programming for Information Systems 2 (5 credits)
IS1112 Information Technology Foundations (5 credits)
IS1113 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 Principles of Management and Organization (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 2021/2022 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2021/2022.

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. 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 Design Thinking and Visual Prototyping (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)
MG2008 Business Ethics and Governance (5 credits)
MG3021 Market Research (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 2021/2022 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2021/2022.

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.

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 2021/2022 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2021/2022.

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 Systems Security (ISSec) (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 Value Analysis of 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)
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 2021/2022 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2021/2022.

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:

• Communicate and work effectively to a professional standard;
• Demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills associated with effective practice;
• Engage in the application of frameworks and techniques in organizational settings;
• Demonstrate a wide range of information technology competencies;
• Solve business problems through design and development of innovative information systems.