Information Systems
General
Code: BSC_IT23
Language: English
Delivery: In person
Prerequisites: None
Workload
- Lectures: 52.0 hours
- Lab: 0.0 hours
- Study: 75.5 hours
- Project: 60.0 hours
Course Content
Week 1: Introduction to information systems
Week 2: Organizations and business processes
Week 3: Types of information systems
Week 4: Enterprise systems (ERP, CRM)
Week 5: Business intelligence and analytics
Week 6: E-business and digital transformation
Week 7: Requirements analysis and system design
Week 8: IT project management
Week 9: Information systems security
Week 10: IT governance and regulation
Week 11: Emerging technologies (cloud, AI, big data)
Week 12: Case studies and review
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
Understand the role of information systems in organizations
Identify types of information systems (TPS, MIS, DSS, ERP)
Analyze business processes and requirements
Participate in the design of information systems
Understand business intelligence and data analytics concepts
Recognize IT security and governance issues
Evaluate the impact of information systems on organizational performance
Understand IT project management basics
Link technological solutions to business problems
Skills
The course fosters the following competences:
Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology
Adapting to new situations
Decision-making
Working independently
Team work
Working in an international environment
Working in an interdisciplinary environment
Production of new research ideas
Project planning and management
Respect for difference and multiculturalism
Respect for the natural environment
Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
Criticism and self-criticism
Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
Others:
Business process understanding
Information systems analysis and design
IT-business alignment
IT resource management
