IS Cohort 2017/2018

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. 

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) towards Industrial Experience Requirement (i.e. IS4010 Industry Internship Programme)
  • 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 read GER1000 Quantitative Reasoning (4 units) as compulsory course for the University Level Requirements (ULR). The remaining 16 units in ULR are replaced by the 3 USP Inquiry Courses and 1 USP Foundation course ( i.e. University Scholars Seminar).
  • They will not be required to read IS2101 Business and Technical Communication. It is replaced by USP Foundational course: Writing and Critical Thinking.
  • They will read UROP courses (CP3208 and CP3209) in place of the IS team project course (IS4103). CP3208 and CP3209 are independent study courses (ISMs) which will be counted as 2 USP Inquiry courses in Sciences and Technologies Basket.
  • They will be required to take 24 units (6 courses) from the Programme Electives. Among these modular credits, at least 12 units (3 courses) must be at level-4000.
  • They will read the remaining USP requirements under Unrestricted Electives.

 

Summary of degree requirements for BComp (Information Systems)

Courses Units Subtotals

UNIVERSITY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS

 

20

PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS

 

108

Core Courses

72

  

CS1010J Programming Methodology

4

 

(CS1020 Data Structures and Algorithms I and CS2100 Computer Organisation), or
(CS2030 Programming Methodology II and CS2040 Data Structures and Algorithms)

8

 

CS1231 Discrete Structures or
BT1101 Introduction to Business Analytics

4

  

BT2102  Database Management and Visualization or
CS2102 Database Systems@

4

 

CS2105 Introduction to Computer Networks or
IS3107 Data Engineering^^

4

 

IS1103/X IS Innovations in Organisations and Society or
IS1103 Ethics in Computing

 4  
IS2101 Business and Technical Communication*
4
  
IS2102 Enterprise Systems Architecture and Design
4
  

IS2103 Enterprise Systems Server-side Design and Development

4

 
IS3106 Enterprise Systems Interface Design and Development
4
  
IS3103 Information Systems Leadership and Communication
4
  
IS4100 IT Project Management or IS4301 Agile IT with DevOps&&  4  
IS4103 Information Systems Capstone Project 8  
MA1301 Introductory Mathematics+
4
  
MA1312 Calculus with Applications or
MA1521 Calculus for Computing #
MA2002 Calculus 
4
  
ST2334 Probability and Statistics&
4
  

Programme Electives

24

 

Option 1:
Choose 6 courses to make up 24 units from the list of Programme Electives below. 3 of the 6 courses must be at level-4000.

Option 2:
Choose CP4101 and 3 courses to make up 24 units from the list of Programme Electives below.

CP4101 B.Comp. Dissertation

Digital Business 
IS3150 Digital Media Marketing
IS3240 Digital Platform Strategy and Architecture
IS3261 Mobile Apps Development for Enterprise
IS4151 Pervasive Technology Solutions and Development/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
BT3017 Feature Engineering for Machine Learning
CS3240 Interaction Design
CS3243 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
IS3107 Data Engineering^^
IS3221 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems/ERP Systems with Analytics Solutions
BT4014 Analytics Driven Design of Adaptive Systems
IS4204 IT Governance
IS4234 Compliance and Regulation 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
IS4301 Agile IT with DevOps &&

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
IS5002 Digital Transformation**
IS5128 Digital Innovation**

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 (choose one only)

To be awarded the Digital Innovation Specialisation, students must satisfy the followings:
Compulsory courses: 
IS3240 Digital Platform Strategy and Architecture
IS3251 Principles of Technology Entrepreneurship
IS4261 Designing IT-Enabled Business Innovations

Elective courses (choose three): 
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 
IS4242 Intelligent Systems and Techniques
IS4243 Information Systems Consulting
IS4262 Digital Product Management
IS5002 Digital Transformation**
IS5128 Digital Innovation**

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

Compuslory courses:
IS3150 Digital Media Marketing
IS4151 Pervasive Technology Solutions and Development/AIoT Solutions and Development
IS4261 Designing IT-enabled Business Innovations

Choose three courses from the following list of courses:
IS3107 Data Engineering
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:

Compulsory courses: 
IS4228 Information Technologies in Financial Services
IS4302 Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies
IS4303 IT-Mediated Financial Solutions and Platforms

Elective courses (choose three): 
BT3017 Feature Engineering for Machine Learning
IS3107 Data Engineering
IS3221 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems/ERP Systems with Analytics Solutions
IS4226 Systematic Trading Strategies and Systems
IS4231 Information Security Management 
IS4233 Legal Aspects of Information Technology 
IS4234 Compliance and Regulation Technology
IS4242 Intelligent Systems and Techniques
IS4301 Agile IT with DevOps&&
IS5002 Digital Transformation**

All courses

are 4 units

each

except 

CP4101

(12 units)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

IS4010 Industry Internship Programme^

12

 
UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVES%  
32

Grand Total

 

160

 

^^:  If students have taken IS3107 in place of CS2105 as core, it cannot be double counted as programme elective.
*: Taught by the Centre for English Language Communication.
+: MA1301 is waived for students with A-level Mathematics. The 4 units gained from the waiver are added to the units for Unrestricted Electives.
@: CS2102 has a pre-requisite for CS1231 Discrete Structures. Students who wish to read CS2102 can read CS1231 as an unrestricted elective course.
#: MA1521 to be chosen if student wants to keep the option of switching to Computer Science stream.
&: For students taking Second Major in Statistics, they can replace ST2334 with ST2131 to meet first major requirement. For students taking the Second Major in Mathematics, they can replace ST2334 with both ST2131 and ST2132 to meet first major requirement. The units for ST2132 come from UE. For students taking the minor in Mathematics, they can replace ST2334 with ST2131 and take ST2132 as an unrestrictive elective to meet first major requirement.
^ : 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.
**: The course registration for these 2 graduate level courses is done offline.
&&: If students have taken IS4301 and not IS4100, they are not required to take IS4100 as a required course and IS4301 can be considered as a fulfilment to a core course requirement. However, IS4301 cannot at the same time considered as a fulfilment of the programme elective and/or specialization requirement. For students in the cohort AY 2019/20 and before, if they have taken IS4100 but not IS4301, they can still take IS4301 and consider IS4301 as a programme elective.
%: 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.