IS Cohort 2021/2022

Overview

The four-year IS programme provides a stimulating education that equips students with the ability to integrate infocomm technology fundamentals with domain expertise to develop innovative solutions for organisations. Through projects and case studies that are aligned with industry best practices, students will develop an in-depth understanding of the strategic exploitation of infocomm technology in emerging organisational forms. Students become proficient in the design and development of infocomm solutions and the management of infocomm projects. Such skills are vital in helping students develop careers that are being emphasised in the National Infocomm Media 2025 masterplan, such as techno-strategist, solution architect, and infocomm project manager.

Students can also take a specialisation in Digital Innovation, Electronic Commerce or Financial Technology. 

Students with GPA of 4.00 or higher may opt to replace IS4010 Industry Internship Programme by CP4101 B.Comp. Dissertation.

Students who aim for Honours (Highest Distinction) must pass the CP4101. Students with GPA of 4.00 or higher after completing at least 70% (i.e. 112 units) of the total unit requirement for the degree programme may opt to replace the IS4010 Industry Internship Programme by CP4101 (12 units). Note that the CP4101 project selection process takes place one semester ahead of the semester in which the students commence CP4101. Thus the students can tentatively select CP4101 projects; but the condition “GPA of 4.00 or higher after completing at least 70% (112 units) of the total unit requirement for the degree programme” must be satisfied before they can commence CP4101 in lieu of IS4010.

NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) – Information Systems

Students who attended NOC Programme may:

  • count TR3201/N Entrepreneurship Practicum (8 units) partially in lieu of CP4101 BComp Dissertation (4 out of 12 units) and replace one IS programme elective at level-3000 (4 units).
  • count TR3202/N Start-up Internship Programme (12 units) or ETP3206L Innovation & Enterprise Internship (12 out of 16 units) towards Industrial Experience Requirement (i.e. IS4010 Industry Internship Programme).  The remaining 4 units from ETP3206L will be deemed as unrestricted electives.
  • count TR3203/N Start-up Case Study and Analysis (8 units) partially in lieu of CP4101 B.Comp Dissertation (8 out of 12 units).

University Scholars Programme (Information Systems)

Students in the University Scholars Programme who choose the Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) major will take the IS programme, but with the following variations:

  • They will not be required to read IS2101 Business and Technical Communication. It is replaced by USP Foundation course: Writing and Critical Thinking.
  • They have course exemption via directly recognising up to 8 units of School of Computing prescribed courses towards USP Inquiry cum ISM requirement.

Summary of degree requirements for BComp (Information Systems)

Footnotes:

1 Students can refer to:https://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/academic-information-policies/undergraduate-students/general-education/for-students-admitted-from-AY2021-22 for the requirements for University Level Requirements.Two programme requirements are used to satisfy the new university level requirements, specifically BT1101 will satisfy the Data Literacy pillar and CS1010J will satisfy the Digital Literacy pillar.

2 CS2102 has a pre-requisite for CS1231 Discrete Structures. Students who wish to read CS2102 can read CS1231 as an unrestricted elective course.

3 Taught by the Centre for English Language Communication.

4 MA1521 to be chosen if student wants to keep the option of switching to Computer Science stream.

5 If a student has taken (ST2131 or MA2216 or MA2116) and ST2132, then the student does not need to take ST2334.

6 Students can choose to do all three courses from Set I and count one of them towards Set II to fulfil the course requirement for the specialisation.

7 Students can choose to take on any current 12 units or more internship-related programmes within the School of Computing (e.g., CP3880 Advanced Technology Attachment Programme (ATAP)) and/or within NUS (e.g., Start-up Internship Programme (12units) from NUS Overseas Colleges) in place of IS4010 Industry Internship Programme to satisfy the industry experience requirement.

8 Students are encouraged to use their unrestricted electives to take courses that will build up their business domain knowledge. Having a strong knowledge of a business domain will provide IS graduates a favorable advantage in employment opportunity in the industry.

CoursesUnitsSubtotals
UNIVERSITY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS 1 16
PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS  108
Core Courses68 
BT1101 Introduction to Business Analytics4 
BT2102 Database Management and Visualization or CS2102 Database Systems 24 
CS1010J Programming Methodology4 
CS2030 Programming Methodology II4 
CS2040 Data Structures and Algorithms4 
IS1103 Ethics in Computing or IS1108 Digital Ethics and Data Privacy4 
IS2101 Business and Technical Communication 3
4
 
IS2102 Enterprise Systems Architecture and Design
4
 
IS2103 Enterprise Systems Server-side Design and Development4 
IS3103 Information Systems Leadership and Communication
4
 
IS3106 Enterprise Systems Interface Design and Development4 
IS3107 Data Engineering4 
IS4103 Information Systems Capstone Project8 
IS4301 Agile IT with DevOps4 
MA1312 Calculus with Applications or
MA1521 Calculus for Computing 4
MA2002 Calculus
4
 
ST2334 Probability and Statistics 5
4
 
Programme Electives28 

Students must choose 7 courses to make up 28units from the list of Programme Electives, with 4 out of 7 courses being at level-4000.

Digital Business
IS3150 Digital Media Marketing
IS3240 Digital Platform Strategy and Architecture
IS4151 AIoT Solutions and Development
IS4262 Digital Product Management

Financial Technology

IS4226 Systematic Trading Strategies and Systems
IS4228 Information Technologies in Financial Services
IS4302 Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies
IS4303 IT-Mediated Financial Solutions and Platforms

IT Solutioning
CS2105 Introduction to Computer Networks
BT3017 Feature Engineering for Machine Learning
CS3240 Interaction Design
CS3243 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
IS3221 ERP Systems with Analytics Solutions
BT4014 Analytics Driven Design of Adaptive Systems
IS4100 IT Project Management
IS4204 IT Governance
IS4234 Governance, Regulation, and Compliance Technology
IS4236 Cloud Services and Infrastructure Management
IS4243 Information Systems Consulting
IS4246 Smart Systems and AI Governance
IS4248 Digital Business and the Metaverse
IS4250 IT-enabled Healthcare Solutioning

IT Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship
IS3251 Principles of Technology Entrepreneurship
IS4152 Affective Computing
IS4241 Social Media Network Analysis
IS4242 Intelligent Systems and Techniques
IS4261 Designing IT-enabled Business Innovations

IT Security and Legal Aspects
CS2107 Introduction to Information Security
IFS4101 Legal Aspects of Information Security
IS4231 Information Security Management
IS4233 Legal Aspects of Information Technology
IS4238 Strategic Cybersecurity

Specialisations  (20 units)
Students may choose to read one or more specialisations for the BComp (Information Systems) programme.  In the case of common courses between these specialisations, the extent of double counting should be no more than 8 units among the specialisation(s).  Some of the courses require pre-requisites from outside this list. Students must have the pre-requisites to take them. In the case of  (i) Digital Innovation Specialisation and (ii) Digital Product and Platform Management Specialisation, students can only choose one of them.

To be awarded the Artificial Intelligence (AI) System Solutioning Specialisation, students must satisfy the followings:

Set I (Select any 2 courses) 6:
BT4014 Analytics Driven Design of Adaptive Systems
IS4242 Intelligent Systems and Techniques
IS4246 Smart Systems and AI Governance

Set II (Select any 3 courses):
BT3017 Feature Engineering for Machine Learning
BT4221 Big Data Techniques and Technologies
CS3243 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
IS3107 Data Engineering
IS3221 ERP Systems with Analytics Solutions
IS4151 AIoT Solutions and Development
IS4152 Affective Computing
IS4236 Cloud Services and Infrastructure Management
IS4243 Information Systems Consulting
IS4248 Digital Business and the Metaverse
IS4302 Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

To be awarded the Digital Innovation Specialisation, students must satisfy the followings:
Set I (Select any 2 courses) 6 :
IS3240 Digital Platform Strategy and Architecture
IS3251 Principles of Technology Entrepreneurship
IS4261 Designing IT-Enabled Business Innovations

Set II (Select any 3 courses):
BT3017 Feature Engineering for Machine Learning
IS3150 Digital Media Marketing
IS3261 Mobile Apps Development for Enterprise
IS4152 Affective Computing
IS4204 IT Governance
IS4233 Legal Aspects of Information Technology
IS4234 Governance, Regulation, and Compliance Technology
IS4242 Intelligent Systems and Techniques
IS4243 Information Systems Consulting
IS4262 Digital Product Management

To be awarded the Digital Product and Platform Management, students must satisfy the followings:

Set I (Select any 2 courses) 6:
IS3240 Digital Platform Strategy and Architecture
IS4261 Designing IT-enabled Business Innovations
IS4262 Digital Product Management

Set II (Select any 3 courses):
IS3150 Digital Media Marketing
IS4100 IT Project Management
IS4233 Legal Aspects of Information Technology
IS4234 Governance, Regulation, and Compliance Technology
IS4236 Cloud Services and Infrastructure Management
IS4241 Social Media Network Analysis
IS4243 Information Systems Consulting
IS4250 IT-enabled Healthcare Solutioning
IS4302 Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

* Students can choose to do all three courses from Set I and count one of them towards Set II to fulfil the course requirement for the specialisation.

To be awarded the Electronic Commerce Specialisation, students must satisfy the followings:

Set I (Select any 2 courses) 6 :
IS3150 Digital Media Marketing
IS4151 AIoT Solutions and Development
IS4261 Designing IT-enabled Business Innovations

Set II (Select any 3 courses):
IS3240 Digital Platform Strategy and Architecture
IS3261 Mobile Apps Development for Enterprise
IS4228 Information Technologies in Financial Services
IS4231 Information Security Management
IS4242 Intelligent Systems and Techniques
IS4243 Information Systems Consulting

To be awarded the Financial Technology Specialisation, students must satisfy the followings

Set I (Select any 2 courses) 6 :
IS4228 Information Technologies in Financial Services
IS4302 Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies
IS4303 IT-Mediated Financial Solutions and Platforms

Set II (Select any 3 courses):
BT3017 Feature Engineering for Machine Learning
BT4014 Analytics Driven Design of Adaptive Systems
IS3107 Data Engineering
IS3221 ERP Systems with Analytics Solutions
IS4226 Systematic Trading Strategies and Systems
IS4231 Information Security Management
IS4233 Legal Aspects of Information Technology
IS4234 Governance, Regulation, and Compliance Technology
IS4242 Intelligent Systems and Techniques
IS4246 Smart Systems and AI Governance

All courses are 4 units each 
CP4101 B.Comp. Dissertation or IS4010 Industry Internship Programme 712 
UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVES 8 
36
Grand Total 160