Master of Science in Advanced Information Systems

Programme Director: Prof LEUNG, Yiu Wing

The programme focuses primarily on technologies. Students will learn the state-of-the-art systems, applications and software technologies underpinning the building and deployment of Information Systems. Such a focus is completely different from other existing programmes on Information Systems which are either offered by Business Schools or focused mainly on the management aspects of Information Systems. In addition, the content of the programme is carefully designed to cater for current and emerging market demands.

The programme is offered in both one-year full-time and two-year part-time modes:

  1. One-year full-time mode: The normal duration of the programme in the full-time mode is one year, with a two-year maximum study duration, provided that due approval of study extension has been granted.
  2. Two-year part-time mode: The normal duration of the programme in the part-time mode is two years, with a three-year maximum study duration, provided that due approval of study extension has been granted.

Specifically, the courses are organized into three streams, namely, “Enterprise Computing”, “Financial Information Systems” and “Health Information Systems”.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

I) Required Courses 11 units
II) Elective Courses 18 units
    29 units

Requirements

I. Required Courses 11 units
  COMP7320 Professional Methodologies for Information Systems 3 units
  COMP7480 Programming for Web and Mobile Information Systems 3 units
  COMP7530 IT Forum 1 unit
  COMP7640 Database Systems and Administration 3 units
  COMP7950 IT Project Skills 1 unit
     
II. Elective Courses 18 units
  The elective courses are organized into three streams, MSc Practicum and Research and other courses:
  Enterprise Computing:
  This stream focuses on the computing technologies for enterprises such as enterprise application architectures, application integration, network infrastructure and database administration.
  COMP7015 Artificial Intelligence 3 units
  COMP7330 Information Systems Security and Auditing 3 units
  COMP7340 Enterprise Application Architecture and Integration 3 units
  COMP7350 Enterprise Information Systems Development 3 units
  COMP7360 Enterprise Networking and Cloud Computing 3 units
  COMP7450 User Interface Design and Usability Testing 3 units
  COMP7810 Business Intelligence 3 units
  COMP7990 Principles and Practices of Data Analytics 3 units
   
  Financial Information Systems:
  This stream emphasizes the applications of information systems in the financial sector in supporting operations and decision making of financial processes.
  COMP7330 Information Systems Security and Auditing 3 units
  COMP7370 Information Processing in Financial Services 3 units
  COMP7390 Algorithms for Financial Information Systems 3 units
  COMP7400 Financial Analysis and Decision Making 3 units
  COMP7930 Big Data Analytics 3 units
   
  Health Information Systems:
  This stream focuses on how information systems support and improve the operations of the health-care industry.
  COMP7410 Medical Image Processing, Analysis and Applications 3 units
  COMP7420 Decision Analysis and Support in Healthcare Systems 3 units
  COMP7430 Health Information Systems: Architecture and Technologies 3 units
  COMP7440 Web-based and Ubiquitous Health Care 3 units
  COMP7470 Health Information Privacy 3 units
   
  MSc Practicum and Research:
  Students will practice their skills learned to analyse, design and implement or apply information systems for a current IT-related problem.
  COMP7460 MSc Practicum for Information Systems 3 units
  COMP7960 MSc Research I 3 units
  COMP7970 MSc Research II 3 units
     
  Other courses:
  Students can also take the following elective course:
  COMP7490 Special Topics in Advanced Information Systems 3 units
    29 units

Students can freely select these elective courses. If a student wants to specialize in Financial Information Systems, he/she must successfully complete at least three courses (9 units) from the Financial Information Systems stream. In addition, if a student wants to specialize in Health Information Systems, he/she must successfully complete at least three courses (9 units) from the Health Information Systems stream. Students may take related courses (up to 6 units) from postgraduate programmes offered by the University with an approval from the Department.

Students who have earned 29 units with a cumulative GPA 2.5 or above and have complied with all conditions above for the award of degree will be conferred the Master of Science in Advanced Information Systems (MScAIS) degree. The students who have declared and successfully fulfilled the specialization requirements for Financial Information Systems and/or Health Information Systems will have their specialisation shown on their transcripts.

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