Module: Enterprise Information Systems

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Enterprise Information Systems
Module Code	CSC1023 (ITS: CA222)
Faculty	Computing	School	Engineering & Computing
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

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

Section Breakdown
CRN	10198	Part of Term	Semester 1
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC2	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Gerard Marks	Module Teacher	Harshvardhan Pandit, Jane Kernan, Mikhail Kudriavtsev

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Group project	BIS analysis for defined case study	30%	n/a
Participation	Class participation	10%	n/a
Loop Quiz	Weekly quizzes	10%	n/a
Group assignment	Software research and IT news research and presentations	35%	n/a
Reflective journal	Groupwork self-reflection report	15%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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.

Indicative Reading List

Books:

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

Articles:
None

Other Resources

None