Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year
By the end of the course, you'll have an in-depth understanding of information systems within an organisational context, emphasising issues related to information, people, information technologies and the business environment. You'll have gained practical skills related to the design and analysis of information systems. Your knowledge and skills will be highly valued in industry, commerce and academia.
We have world-leading research groups in areas such as database systems, information retrieval, speech recognition, information extraction and information management. This means you'll not only gain knowledge of the well-established fundamentals, but also the most current and advanced theories and techniques.
The course focuses on core topics in information systems including information systems modelling, project management and the impact of information systems on organisations and society. These are complemented by practical skills in computer programming and the study of professional issues in computing.
You can then tailor the course to your own interests by choosing from more specialised topics including those with a more technical focus such as database design and human-computer interaction, or topics that focus on how information management can be used to benefit organisations through digital business and business intelligence.
CILIP accredited for the MSc award.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in any subject.
After completing the course, you'll be equipped to pursue a variety of roles across a wide range of industries.
Examples of organisations that have employed our graduates include:
Graduates are employed in roles such as:
You’ll need 180 credits to get a masters degree, with 75 credits from core modules, 45 credits from optional modules and a dissertation (including dissertation preparation) worth 60 credits.
Core modules:
Professional Issues
Information Systems Modelling
Information Systems in Organisations
Project Management
Information Systems and the Information Society
Research Methods and Dissertation Preparation
Dissertation
Optional modules - one from:
Foundations of Object Oriented Programming
Introduction to Programming
Optional modules - two from:
Information Governance and Ethics
Database Design
User-Centred Design and Human-Computer Interaction
AI in Organisations
Digital Business
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