Information Systems and Management (MSc / Postgraduate Diploma) - 2013/2014 entry

This mid-career programme is designed for those with a degree in information systems, computing or management; or those with extensive experience in the use of information systems in organisations, or the management of IT. It will build on your understanding of information systems and management, offering the opportunity to study at an advanced level within or across several of the following areas:

• information systems project management
• information systems development
• information systems-based change management
• computing-based innovation.

Students who complete the programme successfully will have gained an in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge in their chosen area of study, which they will be able to use in: analysis of problems; evaluation of technology options; deployment of appropriate solutions; and research into, or development and deployment of, new information-based technologies.

Those who hold the Prince2® Foundation and Practitioner qualification in project management will gain credit for their previous external study, while those who do not will have the opportunity to gain this useful external certification. The use and management of information systems in organisations is emphasised. For those entering with management qualifications, study of information systems development and related material is required.

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• Focuses on information systems project management.
• Provides graduates with a first degree in information systems, computer science or management, with opportunities to deepen and broaden their knowledge.
• Develops appropriate foundations for continuing on to a PhD/MPhil in information systems or technology management.

Students take a mixture of computing, information systems and management modules selected according to their qualifications on entry. The choice of an implementation project or research dissertation is open to all students completing the taught requirement.

The following two modules are compulsory for all students:

• Information Systems
• Project Management for Informatics.

The Introduction to Software Development module is compulsory for students without a computing or information systems degree, or appropriate experience and may be taken as an option by other students.

Choose from the following option modules, among others, to complete the programme requirement (subject to availability and agreement by the programme director): 

• Cloud Computing
• Computer Systems
• Database Management
• Object-Oriented Design and Programming
• Information and Network Security
• Internet and Web Technologies
• Strategic Information Systems Planning
• Research Methods in Management 1 (offered by the Department of Management)
• Innovation Systems, Networks and Social Capital (offered by the Department of Management)
• Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness (offered by the Department of Management)
• Strategic Management.

This list of modules is not exhaustive and you may request to take other relevant modules from the Master's programmes of the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems or the Department of Management, subject to availability and approval by the programme director.

Please note that not all of the above modules may be offered every year. Note also that, in any one year, some modules may be offered only during the day or only in the evening. 

You will have 24-hour access to several laboratories of networked PCs with a range of language compilers, databases, and project management and other application software. We are connected, via the SuperJANET network, to the computers of other academic institutions in London, elsewhere in the UK and abroad.

If you are interested in further research, we offer a PhD/MPhil in Computer Science and Information Systems.

Graduates go on to careers in information systems management, consultancy and research. We regularly publish career-related information on our website.

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• You should apply as early as possible.