Course title

Information Technology: issues and skills

Course code

IS490

Half/ full unit

n/a

Teacher(s) responsible

Dr J Backhouse NAB 3.28
Dr E Klecun           NAB 3.37.

Availability and restrictions

This course is a compulsory but non-assessed part of the MSc in the Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems.

Core syllabus

This course provides students with both a broader context for the study of information systems as well as the essential skills relevant to the ADMIS programme.   It also provides a forum for seminars by visiting speakers.

Course content

• Various views of the changing nature and environment of information technology, 
• Research and study skills,
• Teamworking and other practical skills. 
• Guidance for the dissertation. 
• Seminars by various visiting speakers from academia and industry who discuss a wide range of issues relevant to contemporary information systems.

Teaching arrangements

Michaelmas and Lent terms

Seminars

20 x 2 hours

Michaelmas term

Lectures

10 x 1 hour

Lent term

Classes

7 x 1 hours

Reading list

• F Adam and M Healy, A Practical Guide to Postgraduate Research in the Business Area, Blackhall, Stillorgan, 2000
• T Cornford and S Smithson, Project Research in Information Systems, Macmillan, 1996

Other books and journal articles will be recommended

Methods of assessment

This course is not formally assessed.