Majors

Information Management

	Advanced Standing I
Major	Information Management 資訊管理
Degree / Award Title	Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Management 工商管理學士(資訊管理)
Offering Academic Unit	Department of Information Systems
Normal Period of Study	3 years
Maximum Period of Study	6 years
Credit Units Required for Graduation	93 credit units

Note: The following curriculum information is subject to periodic review and changes.

GE Requirements (21 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2024/25

		Credit Units
University Requirements	GE1401 University English	3
	GE2402 English for Business Communication	3
	GE1501 Chinese Civilisation - History and Philosophy	3
Distributional Requirements	Take 2 courses from two different distributional areas: Area 1: Arts and Humanities Area 2: Study of Societies, Social and Business Organisations Area 3: Science and Technology Visit the GE website for more course information.	6
College-specified Courses	CB2203 Data-driven Business Modeling	3
	CB2240 Introduction to Business Programming in Python	3

College / School Requirements (42 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2024/25

1. College Core Courses (36 credit units)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
CB2100	Introduction to Financial Accounting	3
CB2101	Introduction to Managerial Accounting	3
CB2200	Business Statistics	3
CB2201	Operations Management	3
CB2300	Management	3
CB2400	Microeconomics	3
CB2402	Macroeconomics	3
CB2500	Information Management	3
CB2601	Marketing	3
CB3043	Business Case Analysis and Communication	3
CB3410	Financial Management	3
CB4303	Strategic Management	3

2. College Electives (6 credit units) ^#

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
AC3202	Corporate Accounting I	3
CB2041	Applications of Game Theory to Business	3
CB3021	Business Discovery Methods	3
CB3041	Financial Statement Analysis	3
CB3044	Introduction to Financial Markets	3
CB3045	Advanced Seminar on Business Case Analysis	3
CB3800	Business Practice Internship	3
CB4605	Business Consultancy Project	6
CS1102	Introduction to Computer Studies	3
IS2021	Big Data Management	3
IS2023	Mobile Applications for Business	3
MA1006	Calculus and Linear Algebra for Business	3
MGT3306	Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management	3
MKT3601	China Business Environment	3
MS3124	Global Supply Chain Management	3
MS3252	Regression Analysis	3
LW2903	Business and Law	3

# For BBA students, in the case that the same course being offered in the Major and in College Electives, the credit units earned will count only once, for fulfilling the Major requirement, then for fulfilling the College requirement. Students have to take another College elective course to make up for the freed credit units. Students are responsible for ensuring the College and Major requirements are fulfilled to obtain graduation qualification.

For ASI students declaring BBA double major, 6 credits of College Elective will be exempted.

Major Requirements (30 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2024/25

1. Core Courses (24 credit units)

Business Intelligence (BI) Stream

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
IS3331	Database Management	3
IS3430	Systems Analysis and Design	3
IS4532	Global Project Management	3
IS3100	Techniques for Big Data	3	Stream Core Course
IS3240	Advanced Business Programming in Python	3	Stream Core Course, Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
IS4335	Data Visualization	3	Stream Core Course
IS4834	Business Intelligence and Analytics	3	Stream Core Course
IS4861	Machine Learning for Business	3	Stream Core Course, Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements

Information Systems Auditing (ISA) Stream

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
IS3331	Database Management	3
IS3430	Systems Analysis and Design	3
IS4532	Global Project Management	3
IS3501	Cybersecurity for Business	3	Stream Core Course
IS4133	Cloud Computing and Services	3	Stream Core Course
IS4435	Governance & Regulatory Compliance for Financial Information Systems	3	Stream Core Course
IS4537	Information Systems Audit	3	Stream Core Course
IS4543	Risk Management and Information Systems Control	3	Stream Core Course

Internet Services and Social Networks (ISSN) Stream

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
IS3331	Database Management	3
IS3430	Systems Analysis and Design	3
IS4532	Global Project Management	3
IS2502	Social Media and Social Networks	3	Stream Core Course
IS2505	e-Business	3	Stream Core Course
IS4246	Digital Marketing and Customer Relationship Management	3	Stream Core Course
IS4340	Search Engine Optimization	3	Stream Core Course
IS4538	O2O Services	3	Stream Core Course

Data Informatics (DI) Stream

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
IS3100	Techniques for Big Data	3
IS3240	Advanced Business Programming in Python	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
IS3331	Database Management	3
IS4834	Business Intelligence and Analytics	3
IS4861	Machine Learning for Business	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MS3227	Probability Theory in Decision Making	3
MS3251	Analytics using SAS	3
MS3252	Regression Analysis	3

3. Major Electives (6 credit units)

For IFMG students in BI, ISA and ISSN Stream only:
Students are required to take at least 6 credit units from the following course list, from among the Stream Core courses of other IFMG Streams listed above, or from among other IS courses as approved by the IFMG Major Leader.

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
IS2010	Internship in Information Systems	0	Students may choose to enroll in the course to enrich their studies.
IS2022	Business Programming with Spreadsheet	3
IS2239	Data Structure and Algorithms	3
IS3101	Blockchain and Digital Currency	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
IS3230	Java Programming for Business	3
IS4030	Website Design for e-Commerce	3
IS4032	Mobile Apps	3
IS4238	Internship I	3	Students are allowed to take CB3800, IS4238, IS4239 but in different semesters and the nature of the internship should be different.
IS4239	Internship II	3	Students are allowed to take CB3800, IS4238, IS4239 but in different semesters and the nature of the internship should be different.
IS4636	Business Process and Service Management	3
IS4837	Regulatory Compliance for Financial Services Technologies	3
IS4937	Information Systems Project I	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements. • Students are allowed to take IS4937, IS4938 but in different semesters.
IS4938	Information Systems Project II	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements. • Students are allowed to take IS4937, IS4938 but in different semesters.
CB3800	Business Practice Internship	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
	Any one Core course from other BBA Majors	3

For IFMG students in DI Stream only:
Students are required to take at least 6 credit units from the following course list.

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
AC4301	Corporate Accounting II	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
AC4342	Auditing	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
EF3320	Security Analysis and Portfolio Management	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
EF3333	Financial Systems, Markets and Instruments	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
IS2010	Internship in Information Systems	0	Students may choose to enroll in the course to enrich their studies.
IS2022	Business Programming with Spreadsheet	3
IS4238	Internship I	3	Students are allowed to take CB3800, IS4238, IS4239 but in different semesters and the nature of the internship should be different.
IS4239	Internship II	3	Students are allowed to take CB3800, IS4238, IS4239 but in different semesters and the nature of the internship should be different.
IS4335	Data Visualization	3
IS4937	Information Systems Project I	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements. • Students are allowed to take IS4937, IS4938 but in different semesters.
IS4938	Information Systems Project II	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements. • Students are allowed to take IS4937, IS4938 but in different semesters.
IS4940	Global Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation	3
MGT4313	Strategic Entrepreneurship	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MKT3603	Consumer Behaviour	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MKT3608	Marketing Intelligence and Applications of Analytics	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MS3224	Business Survey Design	3
MS3403	Internship for Management Sciences	3	Students are allowed to take both CB3800 and MS3403. If both courses are taken, (a) they must be taken in different academic years and under different organizations, (b) only one of them can be used to satisfy major elective requirements and the other can be used to fulfil free elective course requirements.
MS4226	Financial Risk Analytics	3
	Any one Core or Elective course from other BBA Majors	3

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