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 achieve the following programme intended learning outcomes:

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 and/or, business analytics).
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 four 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.	MSc Project & Research: Students can select to take MSc Project in which they work on projects under the supervision of academic staff. They can select the project topics in consultation with their project supervisors (e.g. development of IT applications or survey of current IT topics). Students can also select to take MSc Research in which they carry out research in IT management under the supervision of academic staff.

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 four 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	7950	IT Project Skills	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
	COMP	7930	Big Data Analytics	3 units

	Internet & 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	7940	Cloud Computing	3 units
	COMP	7980	Dynamic Web & Mobile 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

Students can also take the following elective courses:
	COMP	7730	MSc Project	3 units
	COMP	7960	MSc Research I	3 units
	COMP	7970	MSc Research II	3 units

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

*	For students without adequate programming experience.