Faculty of Science

Master of Science in Advanced Information Systems

Programme Director: Prof Cheung Yiu Ming

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:

1.	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.
2.	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)	Major Courses	10 units
II)	Project	18 units
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		28 units

Requirements

I.	Core Courses			10 units
	COMP	7310	Technologies & Programming for Information Systems	3 units
	COMP	7320	Professional Methodologies for Information Systems	3 units
	COMP	7640	Database Systems & Administration	3 units
	COMP	7530	IT Forum	1 unit

II.	Elective Courses			18 units
	The elective courses are organized into three streams and MSc Practicum:
	Enterprise Computing: This stream focuses on the computing technologies for enterprises such as enterprise application architectures, application integration, network infrastructure and database administration.
	COMP	7330	Information Systems Security & Auditing	3 units
	COMP	7340	Enterprise Application Architecture & Integration	3 units
	COMP	7350	Enterprise Information Systems Development	3 units
	COMP	7360	Enterprise Networking & Cloud Computing	3 units
	COMP	7810	Business Intelligence	3 units
	Financial Information Systems: This stream emphasizes the applications of information systems in the financial sector, to support operations and decision making of financial processes.
	COMP	7330	Information Systems Security & Auditing	3 units
	COMP	7370	Financial Information System Development & Administration	3 units
	COMP	7380	Computational Finance: Pricing & Trading	3 units
	COMP	7390	Algorithms for Financial Information Systems	3 units
	COMP	7400	Financial Analysis & Decision Support Systems	3 units
	Health Information Systems: This stream focuses on how information systems support and improve the operations of the health-care industry.
	COMP	7410	Medical Image Processing, Analysis & Application	3 units
	COMP	7420	Public Health & Clinical Decision Support Systems	3 units
	COMP	7430	Health Information Systems: Architecture & Technologies	3 units
	COMP	7440	Web-based & Ubiquitous Health Care	3 units
	COMP	7450	User Interface Design & Usability Testing	3 units
	MSc Practicum: Students work on group or individual system development projects. Each project is supervised by an academic staff, and it may be co-supervised by practising professionals. The project demands careful planning and creative application of underlying theories and enabling technologies. Students can select project in consultation with their project supervisors.
	COMP	7460	MSc Practicum for Information Systems	3 units
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				28 units

Each student is required to select at least one course from each stream. Students may specialize in the stream of Financial Information Systems by the completion of at least three courses from the 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 28 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 completed a specialization in Financial Information Systems will have their specialisation shown on their transcripts.