Module: Enterprise Information Systems

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Enterprise Information Systems
Module Code	CA222 (ITS) / CSC1023 (Banner)
Faculty	Engineering & Computing	School	Computing
Module Co-ordinator	Mikhail Kudriavtsev
Module Teachers	Jane Kernan
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

To develop the students' knowledge of the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in business and organisational systems, and the organisational and technical issues relevant to developing and using such systems.

Learning Outcomes

1. Knowledge of Information Systems including: infrastructure and services, systems development and management, e-commerce, business processes, enterprise resource planning (ERP), business intelligence and organisational communication systems.
2. Ability to apply the techniques and strategies learned for information system specification, evaluation and acquisition (systems analysis and design, data value map) and ethical assessment (ethics canvas).
3. Ability to combine theoretical solutions to real-world industrial problems.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Assignment Completion	25	Continuous and web-based
Independent Study	76	Both assessment and preparatory reading
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

In-Class Activities
Reports by students on current IT stories, Quizzes, Class discussions, Case studies, Research on current software offerings, Group Project, Ethics Canvas, Data Value Map

Understanding IT Impact on Business
IT megatrends like: Mobile Technology, Social Media, Cloud Computing, Big Data, AI, Outsourcing, IoT

Business Information Systems
Information Systems Infrastructure and Services, Systems Development and Management, B2C systems, Organisational Communication and Collaboration systems, Business Intelligence, Business Processes, B2B systems, ERP systems.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Group project	BIS analysis for defined case study	35%	n/a
Participation	Class participation	20%	n/a
Loop Quiz	Weekly quizzes	10%	n/a
Group assignment	Software research and IT news research and presentations	35%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 2

Indicative Reading List

Valacich & Schneider: 2010, Information Systems Today, 4th, Pearson,

Other Resources

None