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 iN2015 plan, such as techno-strategist, solution architect, and infocomm project manager.
Students can choose to pursue one of the three specialisations - Electronic Commerce, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation.
Students with CAP 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 CAP of 4.00 or higher after completing at least 70% (i.e. 112 MCs) of the MC requirement for the degree programme may opt to replace the IS4010 Industry Internship Programme by CP4101 (12 MCs). 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 "CAP of 4.00 or higher after completing at least 70% (112 MCs) of the MC 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:
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count TR3201 Entrepreneurship Practicum (8 MCs) partially in lieu of CP4101 BComp Dissertation (4 out of 12 MCs) and replace one IS programme elective at level-3000 (4 MCs).
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count TR3202 Start-up Internship Programme (12 MCs) towards Industrial Experience Requirement (i.e. IS4010 Industry Internship Programme)
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count TR3203/N Start-up Case Study and Analysis (8 MCs) partially in lieu of CP4101 B.Comp Dissertation (8 out of 12 MCs).
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 MCs) as compulsory module for the University Level Requirements (ULR). The remaining 16 MCs in ULR are replaced by the 3 USP Inquiry Modules and 1 USP Foundation module ( i.e. University Scholars Seminar).
- They will not be required to read IS2101 Business and Technical Communication. It is replaced by USP Foundational module: Writing and Critical Thinking.
- They will read CP3209 Undergraduate Research Project in Computing (8 MCs) in place of the IS team project module (IS4103). CP3209 is an independent study module (ISM) which will be counted as 2 USP Inquiry modules in Sciences and Technologies Basket.
- They will be required to take 24 MCs (6 modules) from the Programme Electives. Among these modular credits, at least 12 MCs (3 modules) must be at level-4000.
- They will read the remaining USP requirements under Unrestricted Electives.
Summary of degree requirements for BComp (Information Systems)
| Modules | MCs | Subtotals |
|---|---|---|
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| 20 | |
| PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS |
| 108 |
| Core Modules | 72 | |
| CS1010J Programming Methodology | 4 |
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| CS1231 Discrete Structures | 4 | |
| IS1103 Ethics in Computing | 4 |
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| CS2030 Programming Methodology II | 4 | |
| CS2040 Data Structures and Algorithms | 4 |
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| CS2102 Database Systems | 4 |
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| CS2105 Introduction to Computer Networks | 4 |
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| IS2101 Business and Technical Communication* | 4 | |
| IS2102 Enterprise Systems Architecture and Design | 4 | |
| IS2103 Enterprise Systems Server-side Design and Development | 4 |
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| IS3103 Information Systems Leadership and Communication | 4 | |
| IS3106 Enterprise Systems Interface Design and Development | 4 | |
| IS4100 IT Project Management | 4 | |
| IS4103 Information Systems Capstone Project | 8 | |
| MA1301/X Introductory Mathematics+ | 4 | |
| MA1312 Calculus with Applications or MA1521 Calculus for Computing # | 4 | |
| ST2334 Probability and Statistics& | 4 | |
| Programme Electives | 24 |
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| Choose 6 modules to make up 24 MCs from the list of Programme Electives below. 3 of the 6 modules must be at level-4000. Digital Business
Specialisations Students can only choose to pursue one of the three specialisations.
To be awarded the Digital Innovation Specialisation, students must satisfy the followings: Choose three modules from the following list of modules: To be awarded the Electronic Commerce Specialisation, students must satisfy the followings: Compulsory modules: Choose three modules from the following list of modules: Compulsory modules: Choose three modules from the following list of modules: | All modules are 4 MCs each.
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| IS4010 Industry Internship Programme^ or CP4101 B.Comp. Dissertation | 12 |
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| UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVES% | 32 | |
| Grand Total | 160 |
* : Taught by the Centre for English Language Communication.
+ : MA1301/X is waived for students with A-level Mathematics. The 4 MCs gained from the waiver are added to the MCs for Unrestricted Electives.
# : 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 MCs 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 MCs or more internship-related programmes within the School of Computing (e.g., CP3880 Advanced Technology Attachment Programme (ATAP)) and/or within NUS (e.g., Innovative Local Enterprise Achiever Development (iLEAD) and NUS Overseas College (NOC)) in place of IS4010 Industry Internship Programme to satisfy the industry experience requirement.
%: Students are encouraged to use their unrestricted electives to take modules 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.
**: Module registration for these two modules is done offline.