Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course aims to introduce students with different types of database management systems (DBMS), the principles and processes of developing database applications using structured query language (SQL) in business operations, as well as the management of database environments. The course focuses on the fundamentals of data management in organisations, and establishment of concepts and implementation methods for DBMS applications.

Pre-requisite(s): EBIS3003 DATABASE MANAGEMENT

Course Description: This course provides students with techniques of business systems analysis and design. The course covers all the phases of the systems development life cycle: Initiation, Analysis, Design, Development, and Implementation. Emphasis is placed on concepts and techniques required in analysing information systems and their logical design, as well as the application of those concepts and techniques in various phases of the life cycle.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course will provide students with an understanding of the tools, skills, business concepts, strategic opportunities, and social issues that surround the emergence of electronic commerce on the Internet. Students will develop an understanding of the current practices and opportunities in e-commerce, including e-commerce models such as O2O, C2C, B2C, B2B, and appreciate the significance of e-commerce as an integral part of the more encompassing omni-channel business strategy. Students will also be able to explore many of the issues and challenges surrounding e-commerce such as cyber security, anonymity, privacy, intellectual property rights, acceptable use policies, and legal liabilities.

Pre-requisite(s): ACCT2013 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II

Course Description: The objective of this course is to provide students with an in-depth study of the application of information systems knowledge to the accounting environment. The course covers the processing of accounting data in computer environment; designing business processes and representing them with documentation tools; and the controls that are necessary to assure accuracy and reliability of the data processed by the accounting system.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course aims to introduce students to the history and evolution of cryptocurrency, the fundamental blockchain concepts, the philosophy of decentralization behind blockchain, and the main discussions happening within the blockchain ecosystem. In addition, students will learn about potential applications of blockchain and the impact it could have on the business world. The main objective of this course is to cut through some of the confusion and help students understand what blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are really about so that they can make informed analyses and decisions regarding its use. The course will be multi-level, multidisciplinary, and critical, with a focus towards giving students a basic understanding of how blockchains work, where they are used, their limitations, and how they affect organizations and society now and in the future.

Pre-requisite(s): ECON2003 PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

Course Description: This course aims to introduce students to the fundamental building blocks of financial technologies and real-world applications through a series of lectures, case studies, illustration videos, and assessments. The course is designed to be at a level appropriate for students of business with a focus on introducing how to make informed decisions about deploying financial technologies for business. This course is not intended to excite or engage technology-specific elements. Students will learn about the evolution of FinTech and explore its major relevant areas by beginning with traditional models of money and the role of banks for payments and funding, followed by peer-to-peer lending, payment and emerging technologies, digital finance and alternative finance, FinTech regulation and RegTech, data and security, and the future of data driven finance. These contents will set the stage for understanding the FinTech landscape and ecosystem, which enable students to appraise the potential direction of future change.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: The course is designed to provide an introduction to programming in business environment. It assumes the students with no prior programming experience and using a simplified learn-by-example approach that stresses top-down design and modular structured programming. First part of the class will cover the basic principle of programming in general; language-independent terms, and then discusses how the programming construct in question is implemented in a specific language such as Visual Basic. The second part will emphasise on building a business application using the Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools.

Pre-requisite(s): BUS4023 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Course Description: This course presents general principles and major developments of telecommunications and mobile networked systems in business. Emphasis is placed on applications of telecommunication technologies, devices and concepts to e-commerce and mobile commerce in secured and efficient networked business environments.

Pre-requisite(s): BUS4023 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Course Description: This course aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of the basic concepts of data collection, heuristic, and analytical model of the decision support system (DSS)/business intelligence (BI) to support management decision-making in a business environment. Student will learn how to combine these elements to construct a DSS/expert system (ES) to assist managerial decision making and solve unstructured problems. It introduces new dimensions of artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as neural computing and data mining. In addition, the basic concepts of knowledge engineering and the methods of knowledge acquisition will also be studied in this course.

Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Course Description: The purpose of this course is to study the overall customer decision-making process by analysing the customer's behaviours in an e-commerce environment. Web analytics is for understanding e-customer behaviour through analysing the spectrum of data from web sites, social media platforms, blogs, RSS feeds, and mobile devices in order to derive the most relevant insights from the available data. Major areas covered are: the customer behaviour analysis and customer data management and customer knowledge management, customer data collection methods, web data collection tools and techniques, measurement and analysis of customer data, evaluation of online marketing campaigns which enable companies to acquire, convert, and retain customers. Learning in this course will be accomplished through lectures, case studies, in-class exercises, group project and presentations, and research papers.

Pre-requisite(s): EBIS3023 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

Course Description: This course provides an understanding of contemporary web and mobile applications that enhance the possibilities for social interactions, for exchange of information and content creation on mobile devices, and the use of these applications for business opportunities. It equips students with the knowledge and skills for analysis, design, implementation and operation for mobile and social media business applications. It enables students to develop mobile and social media applications for business improvement and innovations with features such as location-based services and community-based recommendation services.

Pre-requisite(s): BUS4023 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Course Description: This seminar course emphasises the introduction and discussions of the new topics in MIS and e-business management with the assistance of faculty experts. It aims to equip students in the EBIS programme with both research literature and practical oriented themes for enhancing the abilities of conducting research, appreciating and understanding of current information systems and e-business knowledge development, and working towards individual competency and success.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: Big data is one of the most important information technologies that transforms how business is done in today's marketplace. Local and global businesses are investing heavily in using big data analysis and related systems to drive substantial enhancement in business models, business processes, and customer values. This course provides students with a solid understanding of the principles, methods, and technologies for big data management to drive business innovations. It equips students with the tools and the practices to design a plan for big data management plan and with means to evaluate the proposed solutions to improve business processes.

Pre-requisite(s): BUS4023 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Course Description: This course will provide a comprehensive introduction and study into a broad selection of contemporary information security issues, concepts and policies, including the survey of state-of-the-art technology used to address security problems. The technical content of the course gives a broad overview of essential concepts and methods for providing and evaluating security in information process systems (operating systems and applications, networks, enterprise systems, protocols, and so on). In addition to its technical content, the course touches on the importance of management and administration, the place information security holds in overall business risks, social issues such as individual privacy, and the role of business and public policies.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course aims to provide students an opportunity to gain real-life working experiences in placement inside business organizations assuming responsibilities as an e-business or information technology specialist. Under the guidance of both faculty and workplace supervisors, students will work as interns and complete work assignments relating to the organization's development, management and research activities in the area of e-business and information systems. The internship assignment is expected to take 150 hours to complete plus 12 hours of lecture at the College. There may or may not be any stipend for the internship. In coordination with other members in the business organization, the internship also provides an opportunity for students to broaden their professional experiences beyond the limitations of their classroom education as well as of their own discipline. Students will be assisted by UIC, but are responsible to find a suitable professional placement. The host organization will nominate a contact person as workplace supervisor for the student through the duration of the internship.