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:
- 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.
- 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.
