Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing and Information Systems (4-year)
 

The Computing and Information Systems degree programme has an all-round objective. It meets not only the general educational needs but also the specific demands of the ICT industry in Hong Kong. It provides professional training and the programme is multidisciplinary and integrative. There are professional training in the programme contents that are directly usable in their career immediately after students' graduation. Students are also required to gain working experiences in the Summer Internship. It is multidisciplinary in that, in addition to the foundation courses of a Computer Science major as well as the Information Systems (IS) discipline, the programme covers some business studies from organizational perspectives for IS development and some mathematics training for further strengthening students' analytical thinking in problem solving. The programme is integrative. It brings in two different ingredients (IT/IS and business) provided by the three different disciplines (Computer Science, Information Systems, and Business).

 
At the end of the programme, students will be equipped with:
 
a. IT knowledge and skills generally required for an IT professional;
b. IS knowledge and skills so as to develop and manage information systems in a methodological manner;
c. Business perspective in IT, so as to align information systems and business strategies for better management of an organization in practice;
d. Specialized knowledge and/or skills in a selected area(s) for future career or further studies;
e. Interpersonal, communication, team skills and self-awareness in competency for effective communication and as team players within an organization; and
f. Organizational problem solving skills, so as to be able to identify, analyse, and propose IS solutions for organization related problems.
 

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

 
  Major 70 units
  Major Required Courses (55 units)  
  Major Elective Courses (6 units)  
  Internship (1 unit)  
  IS Development & Final Year Projects (8 units)  
  General Education 38 units
  Electives 21 units
    ───────
    129 units
 
Requirements
 
Major Required Courses 64 units
      BIOL 1005 Introduction to Biology 3 units
  CHEM 1005 Introduction to Chemistry 3 units
  COMP 1005 Essence of Computing 3 units
  COMP 1006 Facets of Computing 1 unit
  COMP 2005 Business in the IT Context 3 units
  COMP 2006 Computer Organization 3 units
  COMP 2007 Object Oriented Programming 3 units
  COMP 2008 Applied Information Systems Laboratory I 1 unit
  COMP 2009 Applied Information Systems Laboratory II 1 unit
  COMP 2015 Data Structures & Algorithms 3 units
  COMP 2016 Database Management 3 units
  COMP 2017 Operating Systems 3 units
  COMP 3007 Systems Analysis & Design 3 units
  COMP 3008 Information Systems Development Project I 1 unit
  COMP 3009 Information Systems Development Project II 1 unit
  COMP 3015 Data Communications & Networking 3 units
  COMP 3016 Internship 1 unit
  COMP 4005 Information Systems Theory, Methodology & Architecture 3 units
  COMP 4095 Information Systems Management & Professional Practices 3 units
  COMP 4898-9 Final Year Project I & II 6 units
  MATH 1005 Calculus 3 units
  MATH 1205 Discrete Mathematics 3 units
  MATH 2005 Probability & Statistics for Computer Science 3 units
  PHYS 1005 Introduction to Physics 3 units
  SCIE 1005 Integrated Science Laboratory 1 unit
         
Major Elective Courses 12 units
  COMP 3005 Design & Analysis of Algorithms 3 units
  COMP 3026 Digital Media Computing 3 units
  COMP 3027 Enterprise Information Systems 3 units
  COMP 3035 Health Information Technology 3 units
  COMP 3045 Advanced Algorithm Design, Analysis & Implementation 3 units
  COMP 4007 Software Design, Development & Testing 3 units
  COMP 4015 Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning 3 units
  COMP 4016 Clinical Decision Support & Information Systems 3 units
  COMP 4017 Computer & Network Security 3 units
  COMP 4025 Computer Graphics 3 units
  COMP 4026 Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition 3 units
  COMP 4027 Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery 3 units
  COMP 4035 Database System Implementation 3 units
  COMP 4036 Digital Media Communications 3 units
  COMP 4037 E-Technology Architectures, Tools & Applications 3 units
  COMP 4045 Human Computer Interaction 3 units
  COMP 4046 Information Systems Control & Auditing 3 units
  COMP 4047 Internet & World Wide Web 3 units
  COMP 4055 Medical Image Processing & Applications 3 units
  COMP 4056 Nature-Inspired Computing 3 units
  COMP 4057 Parallel & Distributed Systems 3 units
  COMP 4065 Performance Modelling & Analysis of Computer Systems 3 units
  COMP 4066 Principles of Programming Language 3 units
  COMP 4067 Theory of Computation 3 units
  COMP 4075 Web Intelligence Concepts & Applications 3 units
  COMP 4076 Selected Topics in Digital Media & Mobile Technology 3 units
  COMP 4077 Selected Topics in Enterprise Systems & Business Intelligence 3 units
  COMP 4085 Selected Topics in Intelligent Informatics 3 units
  COMP 4086 Selected Topics in Theoretical Computer Science 3 units
  COMP 4087 Selected Topics in Web Technology & Data Engineering 3 units
  COMP 4096 Business Intelligence & Decision Support 3 units
  COMP 4097 Mobile Computing 3 units
  COMP 4105 Web Search Principles & Technology 3 units
         
General Education 38 units
Electives 21 units
        ───────
        129 units
 
 
 
* In addition to satisfying the 6-unit requirement of major elective courses, students are encouraged to use their free elective units to take major electives so as to develop different areas of specialization for future development.
 
 
 
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Source: Calendar/Bulletin 2012-2013
Last modified: August 2012