You will be required to make a serious attempt in the examination for 12 units on the Standard Route of the degree. On the Graduate Entry Route you must take and pass 9 full units. You can take the Foundation and Further units in any order, provided you satisfy any prerequisites (units which you must have already passed). Prerequisites are shown in italic text in brackets. Most students, however, would normally take the Foundation units first because, as their name suggests, they are the ‘building blocks' – the foundation – for the units that follow.
Please note: the following unit information sheets are in pdf format.
| Standard Route | Graduate Entry Route | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation units | Foundation units | ||
| 1 | 21 Principles of sociology | 1 | 21 Principles of sociology |
| 2 | 60 Introduction to information systems | 2 | 60 Introduction to information systems |
| 3 | 107 Introduction to business and management | 3 | 107 Introduction to business and management |
| 4 | 129 Introduction to programming (half unit) and 04a Statistics 1 (half unit) | 4 | 129 Introduction to programming (half unit) and 04a Statistics 1 (half unit) |
| Further units | Further units | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 127 Organisation theory: an interdisciplinary approach (02 or 21 or 79) | 5 | 127 Organisation theory: an interdisciplinary approach (21) |
| 6 | 62 Information systems development and management (60) | 6 | 62 Information systems development and management (60) |
| 7 | 138 Information and communication technologies: principles and perspectives (60+129) | 7 | 138 Information and communication technologies: principles and perspectives (60+129) |
| 8 | 139 Software engineering: theory and application (62+138) | 8 | 139 Software engineering: theory and application (62+138) |
| 9 | 159 Research project in information systems (62 + 138) | 9 | 159 Research project in information systems (62 + 138) |
| 10 | One full unit (or two half units) from Selection group IS | Please note that through this Graduate Entry Route the degree takes a minimum of three years to complete. | |
| 11 | One full unit (or two half units) from Selection groups M, IS or S | ||
| 12 | One full unit (or two half units) from any Selection group | ||
Note:
This page is intended for use by prospective students as
a guide. The structure shown above is subject to confirmation in the 2009-2010 Regulations. The Regulations
also contain full details on the rules that govern the choice of any unit. Students already
registered on the programme should consult the current Regulations section
of our website.