This course teaches you to apply IT to business situations and to become confident in project and team management in IT business scenarios. We offer a successful combination of practical training combined with academic study. Teamwork and group project skills are also prominent, encouraging you to develop key people management skills and presentation techniques.
Year 1
The first year of this programme aims to give you a firm foundation in the fundamentals of programming and computer systems, alongside core topics in business and management.
| Title | Credits | Compulsory |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting 1 | 15 | Yes |
| Introduction to Business Information Systems | 15 | Yes |
| Theory and Practice of Management | 15 | Yes |
| Social and Professional Issues of the Information Age | 15 | Yes |
| Programming for Business | 15 | Yes |
| Object-Oriented Programming | 15 | Yes |
| Elements of Computing | 15 | Yes |
| Select 15 credits: | ||
| Business Law | 15 | |
| Personal Financial Management | 15 | |
| Statistics for Business and Management | 15 | |
| Introduction to Leadership Studies | 15 |
Year 2
This year builds on the first year, developing your skills and allowing you to specialise through optional modules.
| Title | Credits | Compulsory |
|---|---|---|
| Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management | 30 | Yes |
| Principles of Marketing | 15 | Yes |
| Information Systems | 15 | Yes |
| Software Development | 15 | Yes |
| Software Engineering | 15 | Yes |
| IT Management and Professional Skills | 15 | Yes |
| Select 15 credits: | ||
| Operations Management | 15 | |
| Could You Be An Entrepreneur? | 15 | |
| Consumer Behaviour | 15 | |
| International Management and Globalisation | 15 | |
| Leadership: Challenges and Practice | 15 |
Year 3
In this final year you can choose modules to develop your interests in a number of directions. To maintain a balance you must choose some computer science and some management modules. You will also undertake a substantial project on the interface of computing and business.
| Title | Credits | Compulsory |
|---|---|---|
| Management of Information Systems | 15 | Yes |
| Enterprise Computing | 15 | Yes |
| ITMB Individual Project | 30 | Yes |
| Select 30 credits from the following list (or from other CEMPS Modules at level 2 or 3 subject to approval, pre-requisites, timetabling and availability; or exceptionally, other IT orientated modules from outside CEMPS. | ||
| IT Management and Professional Skills | 15 | |
| Nature Inspired Computation | 15 | |
| Commercial and Industrial Experience | 15 | |
| Select 30 credits from the following list (or from other business orientated modules offered within or outside of the Business School subject to approval, pre-requisites, timetabling and availability): | ||
| Ethics and Organisation | 15 | |
| Crisis, Change and Creativity in Organisations | 15 | |
| Services Marketing | 15 | |
| Strategic Management | 30 | |
| Decisions and Leadership | 15 |
