Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2017 | Seite 76

Postgraduate Prospectus 2017

Information Technology
and Management
Overview

The growth in the application of information technology has increased
the need for people who have a comprehensive range of skills required
to analyse, design, implement and manage IT solutions in a modern
business environment. Information technology management
requires a multidisciplinary skill set and this innovative course
will bring together components from both the School of Computing
and Mathematics and Keele Management School. If you have already
acquired some knowledge of computing, it offers you the opportunity
to gain highly marketable IT, business and management skills.
It is also suitable for those already in the profession who wish
to improve and develop technical and managerial skills, as well
as graduates at the start of their career.
The aim of this course is to develop technical skills and also
to gain a critical understanding of the management of information
technology in the context of organisational/business issues and
challenges. You will learn through a combination of lectures,
seminars and workshop sessions and these include a mix of group
study, discussion and presentations by teams and individuals.
A virtual learning environment is used to provide you with access
to a wide range of learning materials.

Key Information
Course type

MSc, postgraduate diploma,
postgraduate certificate

Mode of study
Full-time

Indicative entry
requirements

2:2 in Information Technology
or Computer Science
For a list of full entry
requirements please visit
www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses

Contact email

[e-mail]

Indicative modules

This is a twelve month programme starting in September, comprising
eight taught modules plus a project or industrial placement. During the
first semester you will take three core modules and choose one elective
module. There is also one core module which runs throughout the
first and second semesters. During the second semester you will take
two core modules and choose one elective module. From the end of
May to September you will undertake a project or industrial placement.
The following is a list of indicative core modules:
• Accounting for Decision Making
• Operations Management and Supply
• Problem Solving Skills for Consultants
• Metrics Estimation Analysis and Teams
• Project Scope and Portfolio Management
• Web Technologies and Security
• Project/Industrial Placement
The following is a list of indicative elective modules:
• User Interaction Design
• Systems Design and Programming
• Entrepreneurship
• Cloud Computing

Did you know?

For more information please visit

keele.ac.uk/pg/itandmanagement
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Our MSc in Information Technology
and Management is ideally suited
to those who must stand astride
the division between IT and business
to make both more effective in the
modern world. If your first degree
is not Computing related you can
still follow this course by taking a
nominated set of optional modules.