Objectives
To perform effectively in a knowledge intensive economy, a professional
must harness IT both as basic tools and productivity aids. In particular,
he must be able to exploit and manage the broad spectrum of services and
large amount of information on the Internet. Besides the serious business
of work, just to learn, be informed, or to play, one must deal with IT
too.
To meet this ever increasing need for IT proficiency, the School of
Computing (SoC) offers a Minor in Computing programme. The aim of the programme
is to equip students with essential understanding of technology and applications
of IT and also its broader business and social implications. The programme
not only admits students into the citizenry of the information society,
but also launches them onto the starting point of a life-long pursuit to
keep pace with information technology.
To broaden the availability of the modules in the programme, individual
minor modules will also be offered as cross faculty modules.
Structure
To be awarded a minor in Computing, a student must pass the following
six modules, with a minimum of twenty modular credits.
code title
IT1001 Introduction to Computing
IT1002 Introduction to ProgrammingIT2001 Network Technology and Applications
IT2002 Database Technology and ManagementIT3001 Hypermedia Applications and any one level-3 CS module;
or any two SoC level-3 CS modules
The descriptions
of the five minor modules are in Section 12 - Appendix A.
Minor in Management
of Information Technology
Objectives
Information Technology (IT) has become a key component of organizations
today. Its impact is felt from the way organizations are structured all
the way to the design, development, manufacture and marketing of products.
It enables organizational and operational processes. It is also embedded
in products and services. It is vital that this key resource is efficiently
managed.
The aim of this minor is to introduce students to the key concepts
involved in the management of IT. The target audience for this minor consists
of both users of technology as well as providers of technology. The course
should benefit would-be managers, engineers and entrepreneurs.
Structure
To be awarded a minor in Management of Information Technology, a student
must pass the following six modules, with a minimum of 19 modular credits.
code titleAs the Engineering curriculum has an intensive programming requirement, students from the Engineering faculty need to pass at least two modules including CS2250 and one of the level-3 modules listed above.
IT1001 Introduction to Computing (3 MCs)
IT1002 Introduction to Programming (4 MCs)CS2250 IS Theory and Practice (3 MCs)
Any three of the following:
CS3250 Management Support Systems (3 MCs)
CS3251 Technology Strategy and Management (3 MCs)
CS3252 Management Science (3 MCs)
CS3253 Management of Information Systems (3 MCs)
CS3260 Telecommunications in Business (3 MCs)
See Section
12 - Appendix A for a complete list of module descriptions.