Advanced Diploma in IT Management (American Center for Education)
Course Information
Description
This course aims to equip the students with a range of knowledge and skills in IT Management. Students will acquire knowledge in Business Intelligence Technologies and gain insight into the fundamentals of E-commerce business. They will be introduced to methods and techniques used for building complex digital systems for business and society. They will also be taught the need for innovation and rigour in the building of complex digital systems for business. Security, information privacy as well as ethics will be explored at a greater depth. Fundamentals of information technology as well as the use of Information Systems and its role in businesses will be discussed.
The internship module may be replaced by a final project if the internship is not available due to acceptable reasons subject to approval by the Academic Board.
Entry Requirements
Academic Requirements:
- Score C6 or above in any three GCE O-level subjects, or
- Completed Year 2 of High School, or
- Equivalent or above
Age Requirement:
- Minimum age: 17
English Requirements:
- Scored C6 or above in GCE O-level English, or
- TOEFL IBT 51, or IELTS 5.0, or
- Its equivalent
Career Opportunities
Information not available
Modules
Course Synopses and Module Description:
Design to provide learners with high-level information and communications technology (ICT), process improvement, and business skills and knowledge to be effective in senior ICT roles within organizations with base core skills in management competencies, knowledge management and systems development.
Non-major Modules:
- SCSTA 116: Business and Professional Communication
- SECON 100: Modern Economics
- SMGMT 250: Global Business Society
- SPHIL 320M: Business Ethics
- SPSYC 101: General Psychology
- SSOCI 100: Introduction to Sociology
- SECON 202: Macroeconomics
- SECON 201: Microeconomics
- SBIS 311: International Business
- SACCT 231: Principles of Accounting 1
- SMNGT 480M: International Marketing
- Operations Management
- Personal and Professional Development
- Strategic Change Management
Major Modules:
- Business Intelligence Technologies and Solutions
- Essentials of E-Commerce
- Innovating Digital Systems and Services
- Digital Infrastructures for Business
- Fundamentals of Information Technology in Organizations
- Information Systems for Business Management
- Technology and Cyberspace: Ethics & Issues
- Information privacy; Security and Continuity
Internship Module:
- IT Management Internship
Delivery: Lectures and Tutorials (Face to face)
Intake: Mar, May, Jul, Sep and Nov of each year
*Note: The course intake months might be adjusted.