Induction Course

The Induction is designed to introduce you to the course: how it will run, what you can expect from your course providers (administrative staff, technical support staff and your tutors) and what we will expect from you academically and administratively. It will also look at the concept of studying at undergraduate level and how to maintain this level whilst learning online.

Target audience: Newly registered students
Duration: One week, preferably before course commencement
Frequency: Only need to do once but compulsory
Facilitation: By UOP faculty
Assessment: None
Textbook: None

IS352 Advanced Systems Development

This unit deals with some major system ideas in that it covers analysis from its early phases where the issues are unclear to its later stages where an analyst would begin to design systems to resolve the issues identified.

Unit Co-ordinator: Dr Carl Adams

PJ330 Project (8 months)

A choice of implementing IT solutions or research on contemporary subjects of relevance to the industry. The emphasis is on documentation of the learning experience provided by an independent probing of a predefined problem/subject area.

Unit Co-ordinator: Mr Roy Lightfoot
Prerequisite: IS352

IT350 Distributed Networks

Data communication theory, Client server architecture, ISO/OSI model, Distributed information systems and Distributed database, LAN,WAN,VAN.

Unit Co-ordinator: Dr Mo Adda

IT356 Human Computer Interface

Is the study of people, computer technology, and interaction between them. It also examines various methods used in HCI to design, implement and evaluate systems, applications of HCI concepts and HCI related issues and future perspectives.

Unit Co-ordinator: Dr Jonathan Crellin

IT359 Human Computer Interaction Design

Human Computer Interaction is a multi-disciplinary unit concerned with the design, implementationi and evaluation of the interface between human users and computer systems, and the major phenomena which influence these elements, including human psychological elements (theories of cognitive processes and empirical analysis of human behaviour), engineering (production of interactive products) and some of the socio-technical phenomena (e.g. computer supported co-operative work and the corresponding organisational considerations).

Unit Co-ordinator: Dr Jonathan Crellin

IT353 Information Management

Evolution of Information Systems Management, Strategic role of Information System in business, IS planning approaches, Management issues in IS management function, Outsourcing, Centralization and decentralization of IS, IS security issues and Risk Handling.

Unit Co-ordinator: Cheryl Hennell

IT354 Database Design and Management

Database models, implementation of models, relational databases, Database performance measurement and tuning, Expert and Object Oriented database, Database Management.

Unit Co-ordinator: Mr Robert Top

IT355 Object-Oriented Programming and Design

The objective of this module is to provide an appreciation of the importance of quality in software quality assurance, to introduce concepts and techniques in object-oriented design and to allow students to be able implement an application using object-oriented programming language.

Students will now work on Java in IT355 Object-Oriented Programming & Design.

Unit Co-ordinator: Dr Ivan Jordanov
Prerequisite: IS352

Concept of Electronic Commerce (EC) and its implications in the business environment, Applications of EC, Popular EC models including the specificatios of an EC environment in terms of the infrastructure requirements as well as other resources, Appreciation of an EC interface tool, issues involved in the setting up and use of an EC environment from the business and client perspectives.

Unit Co-ordinator: Mr Carl Adams