Information Systems MSc

**Overview**<br/><br/>Build your business brain, your technical understanding, and your ability to bring them both together, with this MSc Information Systems. Youll learn about information system management for a professional context, master computer programming and software development, and sharpen your entrepreneurial leadership skills for senior or specialist roles in the tech sector.<br/><br/>Youll construct and optimise your own databases, networks and human interfaces. Using web programming language and content management systems, youll design your own plugins and tools. And youll focus on solving complex business problems, by applying what you learn to the needs of your current or desired users. <br/><br/>Your course is shaped by advice from an industry advisory board, to ensure you have the skills and knowledge the sector currently needs, and youll be learning from lecturers who maintain working partnerships with information technology companies. Youll have opportunities to meet guest lecturers from companies like IBM and Oracle, to work on real-life case studies, and to solve a live business problem in your final project<br/><br/>You can begin this course in September (full-time or part-time) or January (full-time only).<br/><br/>**What youll experience**<br/><br/>On this course, youll:<br/><br/><br/>- Design and develop your own software, hardware or network solutions to real-life problems, as you study key topics such information systems management or web development<br/><br/><br/>- Access our industry-standard facilities, including a pervasive computing lab, eye-tracking usability equipment, and our £1 million network laboratory, featuring the latest computer networks and communication systems<br/><br/><br/>- Apply your studies to real-life practical problems, in collaboration with local and global organisations<br/><br/><br/>- Combine technical ability and business training to solve complex professional problems in your industry<br/><br/><br/>- Join a friendly and truly international student intake<br/><br/><br/>**Accreditation**<br/><br/>This course is accredited by the British Computer Society, partially meeting the educational requirement for CITP.<br/><br/>**Careers and opportunities**<br/><br/>All organisations rely on information systems for their business processes, and youll graduate from this course with skills and knowledge that will give you the edge in this competitive arena.<br/><br/>You can pursue a career in the computing industry, or use computing as an additional skill to support a career in a different sector. You might choose to further your research studies with a PhD, and eventually become a university lecturer or researcher.<br/>What jobs can you do with an Information Systems degree?<br/><br/>Career opportunities include:<br/><br/><br/>- Computer programmer<br/><br/><br/>- Systems analyst<br/><br/><br/>- Software developer<br/><br/><br/>- Web developer<br/><br/><br/>- Researcher<br/><br/><br/>Well provide you with as much support as possible in finding employment through close industrial contacts, careers events, recruitment fairs and individual advice.<br/><br/>The decision for pursuing a postgraduate is to improve my career prospects by allowing myself to develop opportunities to try different career paths. My undergraduate degree was purely technical and I’m opening to new ideas, which can enhance the knowledge I have attained. Mwila Kasase, MSc Information Systems ambassador