Module Details

Module Code: BUSS C3330
Module Title: Business Information Systems 1
Title: Business Information Systems 1
Module Level:: 7
Credits:: 5
Module Coordinator: Myles Kelly
Module Author:: Caroline Murphy (Carlow)
Domains:  
Module Description: The aim of this module is to develop in the student an understanding of the important role that Information Systems play in business and to understand the contribution that informed users contribute to helping organisations achieve the maximum benefits and to learn the skills to interact and manage a database.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Evaluate the use of Information Systems in organisations and their contribution to competitiveness including processes and issues involved in systems acquisition.
LO2 Understand the role of the many types of Information Systems encountered in the workplace including understanding new and emerging technologies.
LO3 Create and manage a database
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
Information Systems: Concepts and definitions
Computer-based Information Systems
Organisational Strategy and competitive advantage
Understand the critical role that Information Systems in responding to business pressures and how they assist with competitive advantage if used properly
Information Systems within the organisation
Evaluating a range of the many types of Information Systems used in organisations which can include some of the following:Transaction Processing Systems; Functional Area Information Systems; Enterprise Resource Planning; Supply Chain; Customer Relationship Management; Business Analytics; ECommerce
Acquiring Information Systems
Competitive organisations move as quickly as they can to acquire new information technologies or modify existing ones. An understanding will be developed of the problems and pitfalls can arise from the acquisition process
Emerging technologies
Big Data; Cloud computing; Artificial Intelligence; Internet of Things; Conversational Commerce
MS Access
Design, create and modify tables, queries, forms and reports; Update queries; Parameter queries; Make-table queries; calculated fields; modifying forms; modifying reports; Case Studies
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment25.00%
Practical25.00%
End of Module Formal Examination50.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Other % of Total Mark 25
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
MCQs, Case Studies, Essay Questions or group project.
No Project
Practical
Assessment Type Practical/Skills Evaluation % of Total Mark 25
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 3
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Examination of the ability to apply the skills learned in the database application.
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 50
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcomes 1,2
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
End of Semester Final exam

Part Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Other % of Total Mark 25
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
MCQs, Case Studies, Essay Questions or group project.
No Project
Practical
Assessment Type Practical/Skills Evaluation % of Total Mark 25
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 3
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Examination of the ability to apply the skills learned in the database application.
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 50
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcomes 1,2
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
End of Semester Final Exam.
Reassessment Requirement
Repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.
Reassessment Description
2 hour theory and 1 hr MS Access exam.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Laboratory Contact No Description Every Week 1.00 1
Independent Learning Time Non Contact No Description Every Week 6.00 6
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 1.50 1.5
Independent Learning Time Non Contact No Description Every Week 7.50 7.5
Total Weekly Contact Hours 1.50
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • R. Kelly Rainer (Jr.),Brad Prince. (2021), Introduction to Information Systems, 8th. [ISBN: 9781119594635].
  • by Joseph Brady, Ellen Monk, Emilio Mendelsohn. (2019), Problem Solving Cases in Excel and Access, 16th. Course Technology Inc, [ISBN: 0357138635].
  • Gardner C., Rathswohl E.. (2013), MIS Cases, 2nd. Wiley, New Jersey, [ISBN: 9781118291610].
  • Alan Dillon. (2014), Step by Step Databases, Gill & MacMillan, p.384, [ISBN: 9780717160433].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
Discussion Note: