Applied Computing
To enable students to use software applications in developing computer based solutions for business problems.
Systems Analysis and Design
To introduce students to the roles of IT and information management in business and to gather and analyse data with the purpose of identifying ways in which IT solutions can add value to a business.
Introduction to Business Analysis
To provide students with an understanding of what Business Analysis is, what the business analyst’s role is in an organisation and how they assist the organisation to analyse the current situation (issues and opportunities), design appropriate solutions and deliver better business outcomes.
Management of Information and Communication Technologies
To help students differentiate between technical and business management of the IT function and enable students to differentiate between project management and strategy management for IT.
To provide students with understanding of various standards, frameworks and models that can be employed for strategic management of the IT function and to provide students with hands on experience related to advanced risk and change management practices through application of case studies.
Business Analysis
To provide students with knowledge and skills to prepare them for business analyst roles in an information system context.
Professional Practice A
To develop research capabilities related to chosen area of specialisation, and enable students to complete a “hands-on” immersion in industry practice as part of BAM7.020.
Professional Project B
To develop capabilities related to chosen area of specialisation, in a “hands-on” immersion in industry practice. To enable students to apply their learning, test the relevance of academic theories to the workplace and to reflect critically on this relationship between their academic study and industry practice. To enable students to carry out a significant work assignment for the host organisation on a topic in a field allied to their major and present a project report in conjunction with an academic supervisor. The project forms the final component of the programme and requires students to produce work of the highest quality as evidence of their development.
