Information Technology Management Concentration (B.Com.) (15 credits)
Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)
Degree: Bachelor of Commerce
Program credit weight: 15
Program Description
The Information Technology Management concentration focuses on how organizations can leverage the power of IT. Navigating the digital economy, foundations in analyzing, selecting and applying technology solutions for business problems, as well as how to handle and analyze data.
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Required Course (3 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| INSY 333 | Systems Analysis and Modeling. | 3 |
Systems Analysis and Modeling. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. First two phases of the software development life cycle. Techniques used to conduct system requirement analysis, practical application of the analyst role in identifying operational problems, defining information system requirements, working with technical and non-technical staff, and making recommendations for system improvement. | ||
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
6-12 credits selected from:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| INSY 331 | Managing and Organizing Digital Technology. | 3 |
Managing and Organizing Digital Technology. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Tools and concepts necessary to manage information systems in an organization: hardware/software/telecom administration, knowledge discovery/management, web-technologies, and computer security. Focuses on both mechanical aspects of IT and conceptual understanding with regard to impact on business organizations. | ||
| INSY 334 | Design Thinking for User Experience. | 3 |
Design Thinking for User Experience. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Design of user interfaces for web and mobile applications, design thinking process, principles of good design to produce technology-enabled solutions. Topics include user research methods, problem definition, ideation, prototyping and testing of user interfaces. | ||
| INSY 339 | Digital Consulting. | 3 |
Digital Consulting. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Developing a digital technology consulting practice by exploring the right sequence of phases: entry and scoping of technology, contracting, diagnosis and data collection, managing resistance and feedback, effective technology implementation. Case studies on big data analytics, user experience and e-commerce. | ||
| INSY 341 | Developing Business Applications. | 3 |
Developing Business Applications. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Fundamental programming techniques, concepts, and data structures. Discusses modularization and maintainability. Emphasis on facilitating communication and understanding between systems analysts and programmers to support decision-making. | ||
| INSY 431 | IT Implementation Management. | 3 |
IT Implementation Management. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Exposure to a variety of real-life strategic and operational issues that arise when implementing IT. It may involve the selection process of an information technology, its introduction, implementation, management and/or improvement. | ||
| INSY 432 | Digital Business Models. | 3 |
Digital Business Models. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Discusses the role of the information systems in enabling new digital business models within and across organizations. Focuses on platforms and models of the sharing economy in different industries as well as new forms of business activities enabled by technologies. Discusses economic, strategic and organizational issues of these models. | ||
| INSY 434 | Topics in Information Systems 1. | 3 |
Topics in Information Systems 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Current topics in the area of information systems. | ||
| INSY 437 | Managing Data and Databases. | 3 |
Managing Data and Databases. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Management of organizational data, implementation of database management systems, and the roles and responsibilities of data management personnel. Explores different models of data representation with an emphasis on the relational model; simple and complex SQL queries. | ||
| INSY 440 | E-Business. | 3 |
E-Business. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Build the knowledge base and skills needed to face today's electronic business challenges, opportunities, and issues. Explore important concepts, models, tools and applications related to e-business. | ||
| INSY 442 | Data Analysis and Visualization. | 3 |
Data Analysis and Visualization. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Overview of methods and tools for analyzing business data to improve business decision-making, focusing on data visualization using hands-on learning. | ||
| INSY 450 | Information Systems Project Management. | 3 |
Information Systems Project Management. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Practical principles of project management essential to successful IS development projects or other complex undertakings within an organization; includes methods for defining, planning, and scheduling activities and resources. Discusses managerial and behavioural issues. | ||
| INSY 455 | Technology and Innovation for Sustainability. | 3 |
Technology and Innovation for Sustainability. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The role of information and other technologies in the size and nature of an organization’s environmental ‘footprint’. Achieving sustainability through strategic innovation, such as digitization, recycling, reuse of materials, sustainable design, LEED certifications, smart grids and energy metrics. Analyzing the environmental benefits and hidden costs of novel technologies. | ||
0-6 credits selected from:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| INSY 336 | Data Handling and Coding for Analytics. | 3 |
Data Handling and Coding for Analytics. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Preparation and analysis of data for business analytics. Topics include: data acquisition, data manipulation and computer programming for statistical analysis. | ||
| INSY 446 | Data Mining for Business Analytics. | 3 |
Data Mining for Business Analytics. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Practical methods and techniques for data mining and predictive analytics to solve business problems. Use of statistical tools for hands-on learning. Topics covered include supervised learning, unsupervised learning, and text mining. | ||
| INSY 448 | Text and Social Media Analytics. | 3 |
Text and Social Media Analytics. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The unlimited opportunities that exist today to leverage the power of user generated content analytics, focusing on questions ranging from strategic to operational matters pertaining to a firm’s social media initiatives, metrics to capture relevant outcomes, and predictive analysis to link social media chatter to business performance. | ||
| INSY 463 | Deep Learning for Business Analytics. | 3 |
Deep Learning for Business Analytics. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Theory of Neural Networks and its applications for business analytics, including how to build and train Neural Networks to derive insights from unstructured text and image data in business contexts. Introduction to the ecosystem of software packages needed in Python, including: NumPy, Pandas, Sklearn. The theory and implementation of Neural Networks and Deep Learning. How to apply various deep learning models to real-world problems and demonstration of their power in the new data-abundant business world. | ||