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 Information Systems in Global Organisations (5 credits)
IS1109 Business Systems Analysis and Design (5 credits)
IS1110 Foundations of Programming for Information Systems 1 (5 credits)
IS1111 Foundations of Programming for Information Systems 2 (5 credits)
IS1112 Principles of Information Technology (5 credits)
IS1113 Web Development (5 credits)
IS1115 Personal Development and Ethics 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 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

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 Advanced Systems Analysis and Design 1 (5 credits)
IS2205 Advanced Systems Analysis and Design 2 (5 credits)
IS2206 Database Design and Development 1 (5 credits)
IS2207 Database Design and Development 2 (5 credits)
IS2208 Intermediate Programming for Information Systems 1 (5 credits)
IS2209 Intermediate Programming for Information Systems 2 (5 credits)
IS2215 Design Thinking and Visual Prototyping (5 credits)
IS2217 Personal Development and Ethics 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 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

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 for Global Organisations (10 credits)
IS3312 Advanced Programming for Information Systems (10 credits)
IS3313 DevOps Processes and Tools (10 credits)
IS3316 Personal Development and Ethics for IS Professionals 3 (5 credits)
IS3319 Database Management and Applications (10 credits)
IS3322 Organisational Data Analysis and Visualisation (5 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 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

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 and Ethics for IS Professionals 4 (5 credits)
IS4401 Research Project in Information Systems (10 credits)
IS4408 Information Systems Strategy for Global Organisations (5 credits)
IS4414 Information Systems Management (5 credits)
IS4416 Innovation and Information Technology Industry Trends (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 IS4437 (Global Payment Systems) must also take IS4438 (Global Markets). 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)
EC3216 Economics of Strategic Behaviour (5 credits)
EC4224 Innovation and Technology (5 credits)
IS4419 Information Systems Security Management (5 credits)
IS4420 Information Systems Controls and Security Policy (5 credits)
¹IS4434 Data and Digital Strategy 1 (5 credits)
IS4437 Global Payment Systems (5 credits)
IS4438 Global Markets (5 credits)
IS4439 Advanced Web Application Development (5 credits)
¹IS4440 Digital and Data Strategy 2 (5 credits)
IS4441 Information Systems Project Management (5 credits)
IS4442 Information Systems Process Improvement (5 credits)
IS4445 User Experience Design 1 (5 credits)
IS4446 User Experience Design 2 (5 credits)
IS4447 Mobile Application Development (5 credits)
IS4449 IT Solution Selling and Digital Business (5 credits)
IS4450 Enterprise Sales Solutions for Global Business (5 credits)
MG4401 The Management of Organisational Change (5 credits)
MG4402 Leadership and Organisational Dynamics (5 credits)

Note: ¹ IS4434 and IS4440 are co-requisites. They must be taken together.

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 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

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 organisational settings;
• Demonstrate a wide range of information technology competencies;
• Solve business problems through design and development of innovative information systems.