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| Application Deadline: | June 25 (EU); June 30(Non EU) | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 2,750 ≈ € 9,960 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Cork / Ireland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University College Cork
CKL01- MBS (BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS)
This programme provides students with a coherent portfolio of business, management and consultancy skills, as well as enhancing their knowledge of IS concepts and core technical skills.
This is achieved through a series of modules oriented around three themes: Information Systems; Professional and Consulting Skills; and Innovation and Software Development. Students learn to focus on business deliverables and business interactions through an integrated project which runs across multiple modules of the programme.
In addition, students work on a group project to develop an innovative software idea into a prototype and draw up a viable business plan. Mentoring input from specifically selected industry practitioners is provided. The programme is funded by the HEA Advanced Skills Programme.
Contents
Eight taught modules and a group Innovative Software Enterprise Project (to a total of 90 credits) will be offered. A software development skills course is provided and students who have previously studied similar material can apply for an exemption. The following are the eight modules:
* * Strategic Planning for Information Systems;
* IS Consulting Process;
* Information Systems Development Skills;
* Enterprise Business Processes and Applications;
* Innovation and Software;
* Professional Business Analyst Skills;
* Information Systems Project Management;
* Parametric Business and IS Performance
and finally the project namely:
* * Innovative Software Enterprise Project.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Candidates must hold at least a Second Class Honours, Grade II primary degree or equivalent, with appropriate information systems or computing technology skills content.Candidates who do not meet or achieve the 2H2 standard may be admitted to the programme on the basis of extensive practical or professional experience as deemed appropriate by the Professor of Business Information Systems and the Faculty of Commerce.
English Language Requirements:
IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL equivalent
Part-Time Taught Postgraduate Programmes
Please note that non-EU applicants are not eligible to study part-time programmes
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
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