Faculty of Informatics

eBusiness Management (code ITI)

Conducting business online is an increasingly essential feature of an organisation's operation, and the challenges faced are an integrated mix of adaptive business strategies that exploit rapidly evolving technologies. This new major emphasises the business strategy perspective, while providing an understanding of the relevance of both business strategy and IT.

Major Study

To satisfy the requirements for a major study in eBusiness Management, a student shall satisfactorily complete the following program:

Subjects

Session

Credit Points

Year 1

     

MGMT102

Business Communications

Spring

6

CSCI102

Systems

Spring

6

ECTE182

Internet Technology 1

Spring

6

Plus either:

   

BUSS111

Business Programming I

Spring/Summer

6

or

     

CSCI114

Procedural Programming

Autumn/Spring

6

Plus 100-level subjects chosen from the Additional Subject List, or second major subjects

12

Plus 100-level subjects chosen from the General Schedule

12

Note: MGMT110 is strongly recommended in order to complete Year 2 requirements.

Note: Students are advised that when choosing subjects at 100-level they should plan ahead and carefully consider the impact on their 200-level choices. Some subjects at 200-level have specific pre-requisites.

Year 2

     

IACT201

Information Technology and Citizens' Rights

Autumn

6

IACT202

The Structure and Organisation of Telecommunications

Spring

6

ITCS206

Markup Languages

Autumn

6

Plus at least one of the following subjects:

 

BUSS211

Requirements Determination and Systems Analysis

Autumn

6

CSCI205

Development Methods & Tools

Spring

6

Plus at least one of the following subjects:

 

BUSS212

Database Management Systems

Spring

6

CSCI235

Databases

Spring

6

Plus at least one of the following subjects:

 

MGMT200

Management & Electronic Business

Autumn

6

MGMT201

Organisational Behaviour

Autumn

6

MGMT220

Organisational Studies

Spring

6

Plus 200-level subjects chosen from the Additional Subject List, or second major subjects

12

Year 3

     

IACT301

Information and Communication Security Issues

Spring

6

IACT302

Corporate Network Planning

Autumn

6

IACT304

Principles of eBusiness

Autumn

6

Plus at least one of the following subjects:

 

MGMT300

Innovation & Electronic Commerce

Spring

6

MGMT309

Supply Chain Management

Spring

6

MGMT311

Management of Change

Spring

6

Plus 300-level subjects chosen from the Additional Subject List, or second major subjects

24

Year 4 (Non-Honours)

 

ITCS450

Patterns for eBusiness

Autumn

6

IACT406

Strategic eBusiness Solutions

Spring

6

IACT451

IT Project

Annual

12

Plus additional subjects chosen from the IACT400 Level Subjects List

18

Plus one subject chosen from the IACT400 Level Subjects List or the Additional Subjects List

6

Year 4 (Honours)

 

ITCS450

Patterns for eBusiness

Autumn

6

IACT406

Strategic eBusiness Solutions

Spring

6

IACT441

IT Research Methodology

Autumn

6

IACT450

Research Report

Spring

18

Plus one subject chosen from the IACT400 Level Subjects List

6

Plus one subject chosen from the IACT400 Level Subjects List or the Additional Subjects List

6

Double Major

A major in eBusiness Management can be combined with Business Information Systems or eBusiness Technologies.