Approved Courses for Research Degree Students (IS)

Department of Information Systems

MPhil/PhD students are required to fulfill the stipulated core course and elective requirements.

Core Courses for MPhil/PhD Students:

Please refer to the list of core courses specified by the College of Business. In addition, PhD students are required to fulfill the following core course requirement.

Code Course Title Units Worth 2024-2025  Semester / Term
IS8002#

Foundations of Information Systems Research +

3 A
IS8003# Information Systems Research Seminars I + 1 A&B
IS8005# Information Systems Research Seminar II + 1 A&B
IS8006# Design Science and Empirical Research in Information Systems + 3

B

IS8008# Information Systems Research Seminar III + 0.5 A/B
IS8014# Theory Development and Qualitative Methods in Information Systems Research+ 3 B

Electives for MPhil/PhD Students:

Code Course Title Units Worth 2024-2025  Semester / Term
IS8010# Advanced Research Framework in Information Systems + 1 -
IS8011# Advanced Research Subjects in Information Systems + 1 -
IS8012# Integrated Research Studies in Information Systems + 1 -
IS5311 JAVA Programming for Business Applications 3 B
IS5411 Systems Analysis and Design 3 A
IS5540 Project Management and Quality Assurance 3 A/B
IS5740 Management Support and Business Intelligence Systems 3 A
IS6421 Human-Computer Interaction and Multimedia 3 S
IS6640 Information Systems Planning and Strategy 3 B
  1. Apart from the above IS electives, research degree students can choose to take other postgraduate courses offered by academic departments at CityUHK or by other local tertiary institutions.
  2. # Doctoral level courses approved by the College Graduate Studies Committee.
  3. + Offered to research students in the Department of Information Systems only.