Cork University Business School
MSc Information Systems for Business Performance
Cork, Ireland
MSc
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 19,700 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EU closing date: rolling deadline | Non-EU closing date: open until all places have been filled or no later than 30 June
** Non-EU fee | EU fee: €10,800
Key Summary
Our MSc Information Systems for Business Performance (ISBP) program is a conversion course offered by the Cork University Business School at UCC. It is designed for applicants who have not previously studied high levels of software development (e.g. Business Information Systems, Computer Science, and Software Development) or who have not more than two years of work experience in these fields.
The MSc program provides you with a coherent set of skills that are essential in building, managing, and leveraging effective and efficient information systems (IS) for organizations. Our ISBP graduates will acquire the skills necessary to manage and leverage information systems for problem-solving, value-generation, and cost savings,
This is a 12-month intensive course with industrially mentored collaborative projects. Students are taught from the beginner level and prepared to take up business analyst/programmer and management positions in IT departments in small, medium, or large organizations, whether public or private, in financial services, manufacturing, or any sector.
We have been awarded the GradIreland Postgraduate Course of the Year for seven consecutive years and our graduates have an excellent employment record.
Why Choose this Course
The MSc ISBP is currently one of the most popular postgraduate courses in our School. Key elements of this course include:
- Hybrid business/IT orientation
- Focused on understanding how organizations operate
- Strong links with the industry
- Curriculum based on leading-edge technologies
- Emphasis on developing students’ ability to work as a team
- Develops technical skills from scratch
- Customized career and professional workshops
- Challenging and collaborative industrial projects
- Mentored by leading industrial entrepreneurs, Chief Executive Officers, IT managers, Chief Information Officers, and business consultants
- Access to an IS and business alumni of over 2,000 professionals
Students take taught modules to the value of 60 credits in Part I and complete a research project to the value of 30 credits in Part II.
Part I
Core Modules
- IS6121 Digital Leadership Seminars (5 credits)
- IS6136 Professional Practice Skills and Ethics (5 credits)
- IS6137 IT Project Management (5 credits)
- IS6138 Digital Governance and Compliance (5 credits)
- IS6139 Business Decision Support (5 credits)
- IS6140 An Introduction to Business Intelligence and Analytics (5 credits)
- IS6150 Sustainable Digital Business Models (5 credits)
- IS6151 Business Models for Disruptive Technology (5 credits)
- IS6152 Systems Analysis (5 credits)
- IS6153 Application Design (5 credits)
- IS6155 Database Analysis and Design (5 credits)
- IS6156 Databases for Management Information Systems (5 credits)
Part II
- IS6056 Collaborative Industry Research Project (30 credits)
Part II consists of an industry research project that allows for practical experience of a research project in a business context. This collaborative project will allow groups of students to specialize in an assigned industry sector (e.g. financial services, technology, pharmaceuticals, government, retail/distribution) in the context of a research project carried out under the supervision of an industry expert and an academic specialist. Groups will develop a proposal and carry out fieldwork in order to produce a report on their topic.
On successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- Communicate and work effectively to a high professional standard
- Demonstrate advanced analytical and problem-solving skills associated with effective practice
- Engage in the advanced application of frameworks and techniques in organizational settings
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the business context within which modern organizations operate
- Leverage IS/IT to improve business performance
Our MSc ISBP graduates are employed nationally and internationally as business analysts, programmers, managers, web and database developers, project managers, auditors, researchers, business intelligence consultants, marketing managers, and consultants in industry sectors reliant on IS. In recent years our graduating classes have achieved virtually 100% employment.