Faculty of Science

Master of Science in Information Technology Management

Programme Director: Prof Leung Yiu Wing

The programme aims to educate IT managers and professionals who possess technical and management knowledge for designing, developing and managing IT systems. It provides a transformational experience in integrating the technological and managerial sides of IT.

On completion of the programme, students should be able to:

1.	Explain the core technical and management concepts and apply these concepts in an integrated manner for IT management.
2.	Explain and apply the current methodologies in some selected areas in IT management (such as IT enterprise management, knowledge and information management, Internet and web technologies, business analytics, and health informatics).
3.	Acquire the sense of identifying business needs and explain the process of transforming business needs into IT systems.

Applicants seeking admission to the programme should normally: (1) possess a bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, business or other relevant fields from a recognized university or comparable institution or a qualification deemed to be equivalent; and (2) be proficient in English.

Students can select two-year part-time or one-year full-time study mode. They will attend classes on weekday evenings or Saturdays. Some classes may be conducted in daytime for full-time students.

The programme offers the following types of courses/projects:

Core courses—These courses cover the foundations of IT and management.

Elective courses—The elective courses are divided into five streams and MSc Project:

a.	Stream 1—IT Enterprise Management: This stream focuses on the principles of management in the IT context. It covers the current methodologies for managing IT projects.
b.	Stream 2—Knowledge and Information Management: This stream focuses on the principles of using IT and intelligent techniques to gather, discover, analyse, organize, manage and store information and knowledge. It covers the current methodologies for designing, developing and managing knowledge and information systems.
c.	Stream 3—Internet and Web Technologies: This stream focuses on the principles of the Internet and the Web. It covers the current internetworking protocols/standards and the current methodologies for designing, developing and managing Internet applications and systems.
d.	Stream 4—Business Analytics: This stream focuses on how to gather, process, analyse and interpret data in order to optimize business process and support strategic decision making.
e.	Stream 5—Health Informatics: This stream focuses on how information technology can support and improve the operations of the health care industry.
f.	MSc Project: Students work on group or individual projects under the supervision of academic staff. They can select the project nature in consultation with their project supervisors (e.g. research on a current IT problem, development of an IT application, or survey of a current IT topic).

In addition, if a student does not have adequate programming experience, she/he is required to take a Supplementary Programming course.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

I)	Core Courses	8 units
II)	Elective Courses	21 units
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		29 units

Requirements

Each student is required to complete 29 units as follows:

a)	8 units of core courses: If a student has a bachelor’s degree in IT or closely related fields, she/he must substitute the core course “Foundations of Information Technology” by an elective course.
b)	21 units of elective courses: Each student must select at least three out of five streams and successfully complete at least one elective course from each of the selected streams.
c)	Supplementary Programming course: If a student does not have adequate programming experience, she/he is required to successfully complete a Supplementary Programming course.

I.	Core Courses			8 units
	COMP	7510	Foundations of Information Technology	3 units
	COMP	7520	Foundations of Management in the IT Context	3 units
	COMP	7530	IT Forum	1 unit
	COMP	7920	Project Skills in IT Management	1 unit

II.	Elective Courses			21 units
	IT Enterprise Management
	COMP	7540	IT Management: Principles & Practice	3 units
	COMP	7550	IT Project Management	3 units
	COMP	7560	Information Systems Auditing	3 units
	COMP	7570	IT Laws & Ethics	3 units
	COMP	7580	Electronic Transformation in Business	3 units
	COMP	7590	Information Management Systems Development	3 units
	COMP	7770	Special Topics in IT Management	3 units
	COMP	7870	IT Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship	3 units
	COMP	7880	E-Business Strategies	3 units

	Knowledge and Information Management
	COMP	7630	Web Intelligence & Its Applications	3 units
	COMP	7640	Database Systems & Administration	3 units
	COMP	7650	Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery	3 units
	COMP	7750	Information & Knowledge Management	3 units
	COMP	7780	Special Topics in Knowledge & Information Management	3 units
	COMP	7810	Business Intelligence	3 units

	Internet and Web Technologies
	COMP	7680	Internet & World Wide Web	3 units
	COMP	7700	E-Technology Architectures, Tools & Applications	3 units
	COMP	7790	Special Topics in Internet & Web Technologies	3 units
	COMP	7850	Information Security Management	3 units
	COMP	7890	Dynamic Web Programming	3 units

	Business Analytics
	COMP	7650	Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery	3 units
	COMP	7760	Special Topics in Business Analytics	3 units
	COMP	7800	Analytic Models in Information Technology Management	3 units
	COMP	7810	Business Intelligence	3 units
	COMP	7820	Decision Analysis & Support	3 units

	Health Informatics*
	COMP	7650	Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery	3 units
	COMP	7750	Information & Knowledge Management	3 units
	COMP	7820	Decision Analysis & Support	3 units
	COMP	7830	Health Informatics	3 units
	COMP	7840	Management of Medical Visual Data	3 units
	COMP	7850	Information Security Management	3 units

Students can also take the following elective courses:
	COMP	7730	MSc Project	3 units
	COMP	7910	MSc Research	3 units

Supplementary Course				0 unit
	COMP	7740**	Supplementary Programming	0 unit
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				29 units

*	If a student wants to specialize in this stream, he/she must (1)complete at least three courses in this stream, including COMP 7830 Health Informatics; (2) complete an MSc project in the area of health informatics; and (3) fulfil the general requirements of the MSc ITM programme.
**	Only for students without adequate programming experience.