Program start date | Application deadline |
2024-09-01 | - |
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Business Information Systems (BIS) is an EFMD accredited innovative 4-year undergraduate degree that explores the use of technology in the modern business environment. Incorporating skills development in technology, business and technology management through individual, team and virtual team project work combined with our global learning and industry engagement initiatives. It mixes business subjects such as Accounting, Economics and Marketing with technology-focused subjects such as Databases, Systems Analysis, Cybersecurity and Networks. The BSc (BIS) degree provides you with the ideal platform for a successful career in business.The objective of the programme is to nurture high-calibre graduates for the national and international business environments, that can demonstrate business analysis and applied information skills, coupled with a strong blend of business knowledge and management capabilities.
Global Experience & Work Placement
Program Outline
Course Outline
The full proposed curriculum is: |
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Year 1 - SEMESTER I |
Year 1 - SEMESTER II |
Introduction to Financial Accounting |
Introduction to Management Accounting |
Principles of Micro Economics |
Principles of Macro Economics |
Information Systems Technology |
Business Systems Design and Implementation |
Business Information Systems |
Cybersecurity |
Business Application Development I |
Business Application Development II |
Management |
Philosophy, Theory and Research Methods in IS * NEW |
Skills to Succeed (Peer Assisted Learning) |
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Year 2 - SEMESTER I |
Year 2 - SEMESTER II |
Web and Interactive Media Design I |
Decision Modelling and Analytics |
Contemporary Project Management |
Systems Analysis |
Database Technologies |
E-Business Technologies |
Advanced Application Development I |
Advanced Database Technologies |
Introduction to Sustainability * NEW |
Data Networks and Communications |
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Year 3- SEMESTER I |
Year 3- SEMESTER II |
Global Experience Programme * NEW |
Professional Experience Programme |
Year 4 - SEMESTER I |
Year 4- SEMESTER II |
Business Intelligence and Analytics |
Work in a Global Context |
User Experience Design |
Advanced Research Topics in IS |
Information Systems Strategy and Planning |
International Business |
Final Year Project (Sem I and II) |
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The Global Experience Programme will include:
Curriculum Information
Curriculum information relates to the current academic year (in most cases).
Course and module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Glossary of Terms
Credits
You must earn a defined number of credits (aka ECTS) to complete each year of your course. You do this by taking all of its required modules as well as the correct number of optional modules to obtain that year's total number of credits.
Module
An examinable portion of a subject or course, for which you attend lectures and/or tutorials and carry out assignments. E.g. Algebra and Calculus could be modules within the subject Mathematics. Each module has a unique module code eg. MA140.
Subject
Some courses allow you to choose subjects, where related modules are grouped together. Subjects have their own required number of credits, so you must take all that subject's required modules and may also need to obtain the remainder of the subject's total credits by choosing from its available optional modules.
Optional
A module you may choose to study.
Required
A module that you must study if you choose this course (or subject).
Required Core Subject
A subject you must study because it's integral to that course.
Semester
Most courses have 2 semesters (aka terms) per year, so a three-year course will have six semesters in total. For clarity, this page will refer to the first semester of year 2 as 'Semester 3'.
Year 1 (60 Credits)
RequiredMG524:
Management- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Required
AY104:
Introduction to Financial Accounting- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Required
MS113:
Information Systems Technology- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Required
EC139:
Principles of Microeconomics- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Required
MS111:
Business Application Development I- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Required
MS115:
Business Information Systems- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Optional
MS110:
Business Systems Analysis- 5 Credits - Semester 1
Required
MS3105:
Philosophy, Theory and Research Methods in IS- 5 Credits - Semester 2
Required
MS2100:
Cybersecurity- 5 Credits - Semester 2
Required
EC141:
Principles of Macroeconomics- 5 Credits - Semester 2
Required
MS114:
Business Systems Design & Implementation- 5 Credits - Semester 2
Required
MS112:
Business Application Development II- 5 Credits - Semester 2
Required
AY105:
Introduction to Management Accounting- 5 Credits - Semester 2
Optional
MS119:
Business Data Communications- 5 Credits - Semester 2
Year 2 (60 Credits)
OptionalMK204:
Marketing Principles- 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional
MG3108:
Skills for Business- 5 Credits - Semester 3
Required
AY207:
Management Accounting I- 5 Credits - Semester 3
Required
MS321:
Web & Interactive Media Design- 5 Credits - Semester 3
Required
MS220:
Advanced Application Development I- 5 Credits - Semester 3
Required
MS218:
Database Technologies- 5 Credits - Semester 3
Required
MS222:
Decision Modelling and Analytics- 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional
MS230:
International Study Programme- 30 Credits - Semester 4
Optional
MA208:
Quantitative Techniques for Business- 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional
AY208:
Business Finance I- 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional
MS221:
Advanced Application Development II- 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional
MS319:
Enterprise Systems- 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional
MS4101:
Implementing Digital Innovation- 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional
MS2101:
Managing Digital Transformation- 5 Credits - Semester 4
Year 3 (60 Credits)
RequiredMG524:
Management- 5 Credits - Semester 5
Required
MS314:
Applied Systems Analysis- 5 Credits - Semester 5
Required
MS216:
Networks & Communications- 5 Credits - Semester 5
Required
MS322:
Advanced Database Technologies- 5 Credits - Semester 5
Required
MS320:
E Business Technologies- 5 Credits - Semester 5
Required
MS325:
Contemporary Project Management- 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional
MS3101:
Additional International Study- 30 Credits - Semester 6
Optional
MS3103:
Professional Experience- 10 Credits - Semester 6
Optional
MS3102:
Professional Development- 20 Credits - Semester 6
Optional
MS3104:
Foundations in Professional Practice- 10 Credits - Semester 6
Year 4 (60 Credits)
OptionalMK314:
Media & Marketing Communications- 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional
CI300:
Doing Business in China - Language & Culture 1- 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional
IE309:
Operations Research- 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional
EC2100:
Applied Microeconomics for Business- 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional
MG3104:
Ethics and Corporate Responsibility- 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional
MG3110:
Entrepreneurship- 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional
MG3113:
Megatrends- 5 Credits - Semester 7
Required
MS323:
User Experience Design- 5 Credits - Semester 7
Required
MS403:
IS Strategy & Planning- 5 Credits - Semester 7
Required
MS414:
Business Intelligence and Analytics- 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional
EC247:
Introduction to Financial Economics- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional
CI301:
Doing Business in China - Language & Culture 2- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional
MK303:
Global Marketing- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional
EC259:
Economics of Public Policy- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional
MG2101:
Entrepreneurial Venture Development- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional
EC2101:
Macroeconomics and the Business Environment- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional
MG3103:
Business Strategy- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional
EC3100:
Economics and Philosophy- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional
MG3109:
Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Required
MG3102:
Work in a Global Context- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Required
MS4100:
Advanced Research Topics in Information Systems- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Required
MS405:
Project- 10 Credits - Semester 8
Required
MG323:
International Business- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional
MS324:
Lean Principles for the IS Professional- 5 Credits - Semester 8
Why Choose This Course?
Career Opportunities
Our graduates are employed by Accenture, Avaya, CISCO, Google, KPMG, Deloitte, Intel, Lawler Developments, Lionbridge, Pramerica and IBM to name just a few.
100% Employability Rate
100% of BIS graduates are now in degree-related employment. The mix of business acumen, technical skills and management knowledge combined with communication and team skills makes Business Information Systems graduates valuable assets to any organisation. Our graduates pursue careers across a wide spectrum of job titles. Many choose to focus on their business skills and pursue careers as diverse as entrepreneurship, sales, management, or non-business careers such as teaching or law enforcement.
Other graduates focus more on their technology skills and pursue more specialist careers such as:
Work Placement
The BIS programme includes a paid work placement, site visits to leading multinational companies and our membership of the SAP and Microsoft University Alliance provides our students with access to the latest industry software while our Industry Advisory Board ensures that the skills, methodologies and theories that you learn are consistent with industry needs.
Study Abroad
BIS students have the option to study abroad in our partner universities in year 3. Some of our partners include Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kogod School of Business (Washington DC, USA), Montana State University (USA), Lehigh University (NY, USA), and ESC Rennes (France).
Click here to see where your B.I.S degree can take you in the world!
For students who choose not to study abroad, a global experience that fulfills the integrated learning outcomes of a Global Experience without physically going abroad will be offered.
Examples of Visiting professors and CEO- in-Residence initiative
Examples of Guest Lecturers, Panel & Seminar Speakers
Amazon Web Services Educate Program
We are also a member institution of Amazon Web Services Educate Program. This program is a global initiative that provides students and educators with the resources needed to greatly accelerate Cloud-related learning endeavours and to help power the workforce of tomorrow. AWS Educate provides grant-based access to AWS, training, and content, while also providing educators and students with a forum for collaboration. For the BIS discipline, his provides many benefits to students and teaching staff, most importantly free credits for tutorials and labs using cloud services.
Addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals
Modules offered on the BSc (BIS) address all of the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals. New modules introduced in recent years include Cybersecurity, Philosophy, Theory and Research Methods in IS, and Introduction to Sustainability.
About University of Galway
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