Modules Offered in Semester II, 2009/2010

Faculty of Business , Economics & Policy Studies

Module Code

Module Name

Business Statistics
Information System Concepts
Corporate Communication
Challenging Leadership
Creativity and Innovation in Business
Proactive Leadership
Operation and Production Management
Financial Management
Management Information Systems
Human Resource Management
Leadership
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
Small Economies and Globalisation
Applied Environment Economics
Financial Economics
Issues in Economic Development
International Trade and Finance
Islamic Economics and Finance
Brunei and the World
Understanding Social Policy
Study of Public Policy
Public Policy Analysis
Advanced Research Methods
Financial Economics
Financial Economics
Islamic Economics and Finance
Issues in Economic Development
Financial Management
Leadership

Type of Module

Degree Core
Degree Core
Faculty Compulsory Breadth
Breadth
Breadth
Core
Core
Core
Core
Option
Option
Breadth
Breadth
Major Option
Option
Option
Option
Option
Breadth
Breadth
Core
Core
Core
Option
Option
Option
Option
Option
Option

Modular Credits

4
4
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3

 

Module Code
Module Title

Type of Module

Modular Credits
Student Workload
Contact hours for timetabling
Prerequisite
Anti-requisite
BB-1103
Information Systems Concepts
Degree Core
4
8 hrs
3 hours
None
None

Aims/ Objectives/ Rationale:


This module aims to provide a core of IS principles with which every business student should be familiar. It also offers the students an overview of the IS discipline that will enable all business students to understand the relationship of IS modules to their curriculum as a whole, and to appreciate the changing role of IS professionals. Achieving these goals will provide students with the skills and knowledge they can use to be effective business leaders in their organizations.

Module Content:

  • An Introduction to Information Systems
  • Information Systems in Organisations
  • Hardware: Input, Processing, and Output Devices
  • Software: Systems and Application Software
  • Organising Data and Information
  • Telecommunications and Networks
  • The Internet, Intranets, and Extranets
  • Electronic and Mobile Commerce
  • Enterprise Systems
  • Information and Decision Support Systems
  • Knowledge Management and Specialised Information Systems
  • System Development: Investigation and Analysis
  • System Design, Implementation, Maintenance and Review
  • The Personal and Social Impact of Computers

 

Assessment

Examination:
Coursework:

Test
Projects and presentations
Lab Work

          
 
40%
60%

10 %
30 %
20 %