MSc Information Systems Management

liam12989

Just wondering has anyone done this masters?
What is entry requirements? Is it any good? Job Prospects etc thanks

StupidLikeAFox

Hey Liam,

Im just finishing up the first semester in an E-Commerce masters, its a two year one but the first year is pretty much the same as ISM. Entry requirements are that you have a 2.2 degree in business, well thats what they were for me but when I got into the course it turns out there are people in it from a range of different backgrounds and of all ages. The best thing you could do is email one of the course heads with your CV or background and let them say if they will let you in. Im fairly sure if you can show an eagerness or interest in the course they wont turn you away.

As regards course content, it is basically a crash course to give you a fountation in IT. It contains a foundation in programming, database systems, systems design, web design, project management. There is also a Business policy module which is basically concerned with corporate strategy and that. All that is just first semester.

Also the ISM class are required to do a major project. This would involve being placed in a business or charity to undertake an IT project, which could involve design a website or content management system or help with web marketing or something like that.

Overall Im enjoying the course , there is a fairly big workload, but it is fairly interesting. The content is not overly difficult, but there is a lot of it to learn. Thats my opinion anyway, my opinion might change after the exam!

As for job prospects, it will depend on your background again. I think the aim of the course is to produce a graduate which has both business and technical skills. I'd like to think that the technology based companies would find that attractive. Places like google, facebook, linkedin, paddy power, SAP, cisco, sage, paypal etc all have large bases in Ireland. And as well as that, technology is essential to all business today, so I would think that you would have an attractive skills base there for a lot of people. Thats just opinion though, the real test will be next year when I actually go looking for jobs!

Anything else feel free to ask!

liam12989

thanks colhol. I have a honours degree in ISM already so would you think this masters would be worth while. Seems like i have covered alot of the stuff already. Thanks for your help,

StupidLikeAFox

Yeah you probably would have. You might get a couple of exemptions but even if you didnt it would probably be a easy step up to the masters level

Dman001

ColHol wrote: »

Hey Liam,

Im just finishing up the first semester in an E-Commerce masters, its a two year one but the first year is pretty much the same as ISM. Entry requirements are that you have a 2.2 degree in business, well thats what they were for me but when I got into the course it turns out there are people in it from a range of different backgrounds and of all ages. The best thing you could do is email one of the course heads with your CV or background and let them say if they will let you in. Im fairly sure if you can show an eagerness or interest in the course they wont turn you away.

As regards course content, it is basically a crash course to give you a fountation in IT. It contains a foundation in programming, database systems, systems design, web design, project management. There is also a Business policy module which is basically concerned with corporate strategy and that. All that is just first semester.

Also the ISM class are required to do a major project. This would involve being placed in a business or charity to undertake an IT project, which could involve design a website or content management system or help with web marketing or something like that.

Overall Im enjoying the course , there is a fairly big workload, but it is fairly interesting. The content is not overly difficult, but there is a lot of it to learn. Thats my opinion anyway, my opinion might change after the exam!

As for job prospects, it will depend on your background again. I think the aim of the course is to produce a graduate which has both business and technical skills. I'd like to think that the technology based companies would find that attractive. Places like google, facebook, linkedin, paddy power, SAP, cisco, sage, paypal etc all have large bases in Ireland. And as well as that, technology is essential to all business today, so I would think that you would have an attractive skills base there for a lot of people. Thats just opinion though, the real test will be next year when I actually go looking for jobs!

Anything else feel free to ask!

ColHol Im very interested in doing E-Commerce. Could you tell me about the Programming and Web Design side of it, as I would be very interested in it.

Apologies OP, I don't mean to take over your thread.

StupidLikeAFox

Dman001 wrote: »

ColHol Im very interested in doing E-Commerce. Could you tell me about the Programming and Web Design side of it, as I would be very interested in it.

Apologies OP, I don't mean to take over your thread.

Heres the descriptions of the two from the handbook:

Web Design & Development
The objective of this module is to provide students with applied skills in web systems development and multimedia object development. Topics may include: HTML; Web and Multimedia development tools (e.g. Dreamweaver, Expression); Web development concepts, methods and techniques; Web interaction design; web systems project management issues; multimedia object development; image, audio animation and video production and editing; object development tools (e.g. Fireworks, Photoshop, Flash); new and emerging topics in Web systems design and development.

Web design teaches you how to use a bit of HTML, then Photoshop, Fireworks and Dreamweaver to create web pages. It also teaches stuff like CSS and web design methodologies. Continuous assesment is worth 60% of the module, you have to create a website in dreamweaver in a group of 3, it has to be 10-15 pages in size. Its not that hard really

Business Applications Programming
The objective of this module is to introduce students to the fundamentals of interactive applications programming. Topics may include: principles of structured programming; object-oriented programming; event-driven programming; business applications modelling (e.g. Unified Modelling Language); functions and subroutines; conditional logic; repetition statements; arrays; emerging topics and issues.

The programming so far is just Visual Basic, its pretty easy, has a drag and drop sort of interface and isnt too hard to pick up. The lectures just tell you about concepts such as object orientated programming and that. We'll be doing Java after christmas though. CA consists of 8 open book quizzes, 20 questions each, and 6 fairly short programming assignments. This is worth 40% of the module

Dman001

That's great, thanks for that.