IT Audit and Controls
IT Audit and Controls is a course that spans three units and aims to
equip students with the principles, knowledge, and abilities necessary to
effectively regulate and audit IT systems. The course emphasizes the importance
of the IT audit profession in assessing the validity, dependability, and
security of financial information for organizations and auditors. By the end of
the course, the students will know IT controls, an understanding of IT risk
management, the ability to conduct IT audits, knowledge of IT governance,
familiarity with compliance frameworks, and understanding of emerging
technologies by performing an IT Audit to an organization or an area and
develop a Risk Assessment Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan. They will be well-prepared
for successful careers in the public practice, private sector, or government,
with the ability to apply their knowledge in practical settings.
IT Audit and Controls
IS Project Management 2 - SY2023-24
This course is a continuation of IS Project Management 1, which is an in-depth study of project management and analysis of projects using appropriate frameworks. The core topics shall include human resource, communications management, and project risk management, project procurement management, and project stakeholders’ management. After concluding the course, students will finalize the project initially submitted in ISPM 1, including the Quality Management and Risk Analysis Plan. The project can be presented individually or as a group.
Business Process Programming 2 (ISA 3211) - 2nd Sem SY 2023-2024
This course is designed to equip students with fundamental skills and techniques in utilizing an automation tool for business process automation. Students will learn the basics, from setting up PAD to creating simple workflows that make tasks automatic. The course will explore User Interface (UI) actions, manage files and folders automatically, automating tasks within Microsoft Office, mainframes and on the internet. By the end of this course, students will not only be proficient in using an automation tool but will also possess the strategic mindset needed to identify and optimize various business processes through automation.
IT Security and Management
This course introduces the
fundamental principles and topics of Information Technology Security and Risk
Management at the organizational level. Students will learn critical security
principles that enable them to plan, develop, and perform security tasks. The
course will address hardware, software, processes, communications,
applications, and policies and procedures with respect to organizational IT
Security and Risk Management. The students are expected to have constructed an
IT security infrastructure plan that improves the current security
infrastructure of a client.
Information Management 2 (ISA 224) - 2nd Sem SY 2023-2024
This course is a continuation of Information Management 1 (CCIS 105), which deals with implementing and utilizing a relational database using an industrial-strength database management system like SQL and organizing data in databases to increase data integrity. This course also includes the basic administration task, key concepts of data quality and security. At the end of the course, students are expected to develop a relational database project based on a specific idea or field. This project will follow the process of discovering knowledge in data and will place emphasis on "high-level" applications.
Human Computer Interaction
This course gives an introductory knowledge in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) which is an integration of cognitive psychology, design, computer science and others. This also covers what and how human factors influence the usability and acceptability of Information Systems and will also give emphasis on the examination of human performance, components of technology, methods and techniques used in design and evaluation of Information System. User-centered design methods and contemporary technologies used in empirical evaluation methods will also be introduced and evaluated. At the end of the course, the students are expected to create a mock-up or a UI prototype and be able to evaluate or assess it using specific metrics. |
Customer Relationship Management
This course provides a comprehensive guide to building
a strong relationship with potential and existing customers about
business. The students shall be able to
learn how to successfully implement strategies, practices, and technologies to
win new customers and retain existing ones and be able to evaluate the
effectiveness and impact of CRM on the company.
The course shall also provide an introduction to CRM Technology and Data
Platforms, Database and Data Management, and the role of Business Intelligence
in CRM. In addition, this course shall
also discuss the ethical concerns about customer privacy concerns. At the end
of the course, the student must be able to explore a CRM business management
tool and make an Information System Strategic Plan focusing on the CRM of a
specific business entity or institution.
Discrete Mathematics
Sem 2 - SY 2023 - 2024
This course introduces the foundations of discrete mathematics widely used in computing and business. Topics include Functions and Relations, Set Theory, Basic Logic, Proof Techniques, Basic Probability,
Introduction to Graphs and Trees, Linear Programming, and its Applications. These core topics will equip students with the necessary skills to think logically and mathematically and apply these skills in solving computing and business-related problems. At the
end of the course, the students are expected to demonstrate an understanding of
the different concepts of discrete mathematics through a portfolio of created
problems with model solutions.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
This course will introduce students to basic knowledge and skills of communicating new language and achieve the beginning levels of fluency. This course is designed to develop fundamental reading and study strategies at the basic level needed for curriculum programs. Emphasis is placed on building vocabulary and cultural knowledge, improving comprehension, and developing study strategies on basic-level college materials and literary works. Participate in multilingual communities at both home and abroad by communicating and interacting with cultural competence.
Data Structures and Algorithms
The course covers the standard data representation and algorithms to solve computing problems efficiently (with respect to space requirements and time complexity of algorithms), including stacks, queues, trees, graphs, maps, and sets. Throughout the course, there will be a thorough discussion of sorting and searching algorithms that the students will be able to apply in creating an information systems application that utilizes their knowledge of data structures and algorithms that will be discussed throughout the duration of the course.
Professional Issues in IS
This course provides awareness on the ethical responsibilities of a computing IS Professional. The course covers identifying, understanding, and finding resolution to ethical and moral challenges relating to the personal and organization utilization / development of Information Systems. As final output, students are expected to submit an interview report that narrates the interview conducted with an IT professional that gives emphasis on the social, ethical, and legal challenges and issues they faced in the profession and how they overcome it.
ISA318 - Methods of Research in Computing- 1stSY2023-24
This course is designed to give an introductory
knowledge to conduct a systematic investigation of a problem, which focuses on
organizational processes that can be solved using Computing. The students will gain an overview of
research processes, design, ethics, methodologies, theories, frameworks and
techniques aligned with Information Systems (IS) track. Further, the course will also introduce
procedures and techniques on evaluation and assessment of published scholarly
works in the field of computing as well as data management and analysis
informed by commonly used statistical tools that will develop student’s ability
to become more effective research and development computing professionals. At the end of each grading period, the
students present a comprehensive literature review, extracting insights along
with the phases of research.
Information Management 1 (2023-2024)
This course introduces the fundamental data and information management
concepts. It focuses on the core competencies of identifying organizational
information requirements, modeling them using conceptual data modeling
techniques, converting conceptual data models into relational data models, and
validating structural characteristics using normalization techniques. It also
underlines the implementation and use of a relational database through the use
of an industrial-strength database management system. The course outcome is a
Database Design, which illustrates the physical design of a database, including
functional decomposition and normalized ERD.
Evaluation of Business Performance
The goal of the course is to provide students hands-on experience
evaluating information systems and introduce them to the many techniques that
may be used. It includes the concept of various processes involves in complex
business processes. Measuring business performance results of the
organization’s policies is also included in this course. Business performance
will be evaluated using different evaluation tools. Quality metrics for
assessment of customer satisfaction will be developed and design a business
performance management program.
IS 225 System analysis and Design (2nd Sem 2022-23)
The
course introduces students to the structured and object oriented - analysis and
design, use of modeling tools, adherence to methodological life cycle and
project management standards. Course includes analysis of current systems,
logical and physical systems design, program development plans, testing
implementation, maintenance and documentation plans. This course strikes a balance
between the theoretical and applied aspects of system analysis, presenting
state-of-the-art systems, procedures, methodology and software. These skills
are applied by allowing students to experience analyzing and designing a “live”
system for an outside client.
Business Intelligence
This
course covers concepts on understanding business organizations' data and how
business intelligence (BI) technologies support the over-all business
administration. The course shall be
emphasizing the applications of business intelligence in support of fact-based
decision making. Hence, the course will
be allowing students to experience the Business Intelligence process from
extracting raw data to its conversion to information through presentation using
dashboards and turning it into knowledge/insights through analysis. Further, BI tools and technologies will also
be introduced, providing students the ability to use one of them to manipulate
data and create tables and charts, which can aid corporate strategies,
organization performance, and business competitiveness.
WEB SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES 1 BSIT 1D
This course covers the design, implementation and testing of web-based applications and social software, and the incorporation of a variety of digital media into these applications. Students are exposed to a range of web technologies, both client-side and server-side.
This course will introduce basic concepts in programming and designing websites to develop interactive applications, content publishing and social services. The development of web-based applications requires knowledge about the underlying technology and the formats and standards the web is based upon. This course will supply learning regarding necessary scripting technologies in the web such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the use of a content management system to develop a Blogging website application.
WEB SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES 1 BSIT 1C
This course covers the design, implementation and testing of web-based applications and social software, and the incorporation of a variety of digital media into these applications. Students are exposed to a range of web technologies, both client-side and server-side.
This course will introduce basic concepts in programming and designing websites to develop interactive applications, content publishing and social services. The development of web-based applications requires knowledge about the underlying technology and the formats and standards the web is based upon. This course will supply learning regarding necessary scripting technologies in the web such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the use of a content management system to develop a Blogging website application.