Faculty of Science

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing and Information Systems

This Computing and Information Systems (CIS) degree programme aims to equip students as all-round information systems professionals. The programme, accredited by Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, meets not only the general educational needs but also the specific demands of the ICT industry in Hong Kong. It is multidisciplinary, covering the foundation courses of a Computer Science major as well as the Information Systems (IS) discipline, and at the same time some business studies from organizational perspectives. The Programme is also integrative. It brings in two 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/IS knowledge and skills for an IT/IS specialist;
b)	Business perspective in IT;
c)	Specialized knowledge and/or skills in selected areas for future career or further studies;
d)	Interpersonal, communication, team skills and self awareness; and
e)	Organizational problem solving skills.

Students after graduation will be able to:

a)	apply specialized knowledge and skills to solve problems;
b)	liaise with end-users, decision-makers at various levels, and their technical peers in building computer based information systems; and
c)	establish a sound foundation for further advanced study.

Students, after graduation (1) will be able to apply their specialized knowledge and skills to solve problems, particularly in relation to liaising with end-users, decision-makers at various levels, and their technical peers in building computer based information systems; (2) will establish a sound foundation for further advanced study, if they so wish. Students may also choose to follow a route of technical specialists in Computer Science if they so desire.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

I)	Major Courses	61 units
II)	Internship	1 unit
III)	IS Development & Final Year Projects	8 units
IV)	General Education	38 units
V)	Free Electives	21 units
		───────
		129 units*

*	At least 36 units must be at the upper level (Levels 3 and 4).

#	Students may take additional GE courses in any categories to fulfill the “Free Electives” requirement but only a maximum of 6 units will be counted towards the fulfillment of the “Free Electives” requirement.

Requirements

I.	Major Courses			61 units
	Major Required Courses (55 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	3015	Data Communications & Networking	3 units
	COMP	4005	Information Systems Theory, Methodology & Architecture	3 units
	COMP	4095	Information Systems Management & Professional Practices	3 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 and Energy Science	3 units
	SCIE	1005	Integrated Science Laboratory	1 unit

	Major Elective Courses (6 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	Interactive 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 Computing & 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	Distributed & Cloud Computing	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	Social Computing & Web Intelligence	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
	COMP	4106	E-Business Technology	3 units

II.	Internship			1 unit
	COMP	3016	Internship	1 unit

III.	IS Development & Final Year Projects			8 units
	COMP	3008	Information Systems Development Project I	1 unit
	COMP	3009	Information Systems Development Project II	1 unit
	COMP	4888-9	Final Year Project	6 units

IV.	General Education			38 units

V.	Free 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.