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Opleiding: Business Information Technology, MSc
Learning purpose
Our flagship Business Information Technology Masters is taught in London and at different locations across the globe. The course offers a vital overview of industrial data management and decision making, including information strategic planning, web-based systems, softyware quality issues, networking, wireless communications and software developments. The business emphasis of the Business Information Technology Masters ensures you have a broad set of hands-on skills, and the knowledge of established and emerging practices, to contribute significantly to any organisation.
Programme
By combining information systems and technology with business and management topics, you will develop crucial skills for supporting growth and competitiveness of modern business. Communication and internet technologies have opened opportunities for a new breed of professionals at mangerial level. This course assists managers to plan strategically for implementation of an effective Information System design and manage new systems.
This course focuses on methods for improving existing information systems and the processes involved in moving to new or revised systems. We cover database system structure and function and computer network operations. Server programming skills will be studied which allow you to create online businesses.
As a full-time student you take two 30-credit modules each term and as a part-time student you take one module each term. Each term involves 24 weeks of teaching. You will start your project module-dissertation after completing the four taught modules.
- Computer Networks, Wireless and Mobile Communications Systems (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- Computer network technology enables a vast range of significant activity: business competitiveness, national security, personal communications to name but a few. This module will establish an understanding of the operation, capabilities, security issues affecting network and Internet communications, business use of computer networks and the various ways in which these factors interact with each other. On successful completion of this module, you will come to appreciate the operation of a variety of types of current networks and a single framework will be used to analyse, design and construct networks capable of providing the right connectivity and performance needed by specific applications. In particular, you will understand the principal technical aspects of underlying computer network operation, their capabilities, security threats to networks and a range of countermeasures that can be taken to mitigate these. You will be able to analyse and evaluate specific networks for a range of applications and are provided the opportunity for developing commercially viable network applications.
- Data Management for Decision Support (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- Data management systems are now the central software of most industrial data processing applications and the driving force behind Business Information Technology and E-Commerce. This module covers the concepts and theories of managing industrial data such as implementation of large volume data storage, preserving data quality, data preparation for dimensional modelling. The module also explores technologies and algorithms for handling a large amount of data, i.e., data cleansing, data segmentation and data transformation, to discover knowledge from data warehouse. This module presents state of the art technologies that support decision-making and provide problem solving capabilities to managers in industry. The module is designed to give an introduction into the theory of decision-making and management and some of the most widely used contemporary methods enabling modern decision support systems. In particular, the module explores theories in the domain of management decision making, for example, linear models, utility and decision-making under uncertainty. The module provides students with an opportunity to examine how data management techniques can be applied in business information systems to enhance the decision making power of managers. The module also equips students with sufficient understanding of the current theory of decision making and its applications that address modern and future business needs.
- Software Development (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- The module aims to provide in-depth understanding of requirements engineering and software quality issues through a historical perspective within which major information systems development paradigms and lifecycle models are introduced. Model driven development, using Unified Modelling Language UML , forward and reverse engineering tools to model, design and implement a software system, provide opportunity to apply theory to practice. Benefits such as reusability and robustness are appreciated and reflected upon, through the development of new and the re-engineering of legacy systems. An integral part of this module is the use of CASE tools and hands-on experience which is essential for IT professionals.
- Web-based Information Systems Management (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- The business strategy of an organisation should be supported by Information Systems IS and Information Technology IT strategy. In order to achieve this, developing IS should be part of an organisation s strategic planning. The module will explore major concepts, methods and technologies needed to develop business strategies for an organisation focusing on the Internet as the medium. Data management systems are now the central software of enterprise systems and the driving force behind E-Commerce. The module will cover the fundamentals of managing industrial data. This module aims to integrate theory and practice in a holistic manner. This module aims to give students the knowledge how to use and manage information systems to bring value to the organisation.
Entry Requirements
Normally a second class honours degree or above that involves significant levels of information technology, or an equivalent overseas qualification, or work experience in information technology combined with an honours degree in a related discipline, such as business, science or engineering.
English language requirements
You must have competence in English language and we normally require Grade C GCSE or an equivalent qualification. The most common English Language requirements for international students are IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL (paper based) 575 or TOEFL (internet based) 90 with specified minimum scores for each component.
Professional perspective and employment market
What can you do with a computing and IT degree?
Our MSc Business Information Technology course prepares graduates for a wide range of varied careers. As a graduate you will have excellent career prospects and the range of potential employers will be vast across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. There is also the potential to work as a self employed director of your own business.
Where do our graduates go?
Based on data from the respondents of the 2007 Destination of Leavers in Higher Education survey, six months after graduating
- 69% of Middlesex graduates were in employment
- 25% went on to do further study
- 3% were assumed unemployed
- 3% were doing something else, such as travelling
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