Bachelor of SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Students enrolled in this program earn a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems. The program is designed to prepare students for careers in the field of information systems as programmer analysts, systems designers and ultimately in systems consulting, information services and their management, and related product development and their marketing. Further, the program is designed to prepare students for post-baccalaureate studies in business or information systems.

Aims and Objectives

The aims and objectives of the program are:

1.     To develop students’ critical thinking and to refine their analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

2.     To provide students a solid understanding in the development and use of business information systems and information technology to improve the productivity of individuals and the overall effectiveness of organizations.

3.     To equip students with a firm foundation in the functional areas of business (accounting, marketing, finance and management) and a solid understanding in the use of computers as a tool in solving information problems in organizations.

4.     To emphasize the role and application of computers in making management decisions and to provide the analytical framework and the methodology to analyze, design, implement and manage complex computer-based information/decision systems.

5.     To expose students to current technology, applications and trends of business information systems.

6.     To examine the integration of information systems into an organization by providing students hands-on experience in developing and/or using management information systems, database management systems, executive support systems, expert systems and structured programming.

7.     To provide students the academic, technical and intellectual background that would enable them to pursue higher studies in high-quality graduate and professional schools.  

Credit Requirements

The program requires a minimum of 240 ECTS credits as follows:

COURSES OFFERED  

General Education Requirements

ECO101 Principles of Microeconomics (6)

ECO201 Principles of Macroeconomics (6)

ENG101 English Communication (6)

ENG102 English Writing (6)

ENG201 Advanced English (6)

GRE101 Modern Greek (6)

GRE201 Modern Greek II (6)

HST101 European History (6)

HST102 History of Cyprus (6)

MTH101 Mathematics (6)

MTH102 Statistics (6)

MTH104 Discrete Mathematics (6)

MTH204 Statistics II (6)

PHI101 Introduction to Philosophy (6)

POL101 Political Studies (6)

PSY101 Introduction to Psychology (6)

SOC101 Principles of Sociology (6)

Business Core Requirements                          

ACC101 Financial Accounting (6)

ACC201 Financial Accounting II (6)

ACC401 Managerial and Cost Accounting (6)

CSC101 Introduction to Computing (6)

CSC102 Computer Applications (6)

CSC203 Management Information Systems (6)

FIN101 Principles of Financial Management (6)

LAW101 Business Law (6)

MAR101 Principles of Marketing (6)

MGT101 Principles of Management (6)

MGT302 Organizational Behavior (6)

MGT303 Management Science (6)

MGT401 International Business (6)

MGT403 Business Policy and Strategic Management (6)

Major Requirements                                        

CSC103 Computer Programming (6)

CSC112 Computer Programming II (6)

CSC202 Data Structures and Algorithms (6)

CSC209 Visual Programming (6)

CSC210 Web Designing (6)

CSC302 Databases (6)

CSC307 Software Engineering (6)

CSC310 Programming in Java (6)

CSC401 Object-Oriented Programming (6)

CSC409 Software Engineering II (6)

MGT206 e-Business (6)

Free Electives

The student is free to take any course offered by the College.