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Faculty of Science : Guide to courses
The combined Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Information Systems course provides a course of study for students who want to combine their training in a scientific discipline with the ability to imagine, design, build, and use information systems applications. As a knowledge-intensive discipline, science increasingly relies on these abilities as well as on specific content knowledge. The graduates of this course will readily find employment across a spectrum of scientific careers, particularly those that involve the collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination of data, and the technical and organisational skills to convert that data into useful information.
Upon completion of the course, students will:
have a broad knowledge of science across a range of disciplines, with a higher level of understanding in one or more of those disciplines;
understand how to use information technology, including hardware, software, databases and networks, as the technical foundation for other organisational systems;
have a solid theoretical grounding in both information technology and organisations;
have gained practical experience working both individually and in groups to turn scientific theory into practice;
be able to combine their knowledge of information technology and science to recognise opportunities for the use of information systems;
be able to locate, access, use, and add to the information necessary for the solution of scientific problems;
be able to place a value on the information created, by themselves as individual scientists and by the organisations of which they are a part, so that this information may be appropriately managed; and
be able to disseminate knowledge as required to their scientific peers, to the members of their organisations, and to the general public.
The Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Information Systems combined course usually requires five years of full-time study.
Students must complete a minimum of 500 points. Within the 500 points students must ensure that they satisfy the requirements of both the Science component and the Information Systems component as specified below.
A minimum of 237.5 science points is required, which must include:
between 75 and 125 science points at the 100 level;
completion of 50 points of a prescribed science major at the 300-level.
There are no specific requirements at the 200-level.
Information Systems subjects (subject prefix 615-) cannot count towards the Science component of the BSc/BIS.
Students who first enrolled in the BSc/BIS course before 1999 must complete the requirements set out above with the exception that they do not need to complete a prescribed science major, but rather 50 science points at the 300-level of subjects of their choice.
Students should refer to Course planning information for the BSc, BASc and BSc combined courses for more information about majors and what constitutes science points.
A minimum of 212.5 points of Information Systems subjects must be completed, including the core subjects listed below, or approved alternate subjects.
615-102 Accounting & Finance for Decision Making
615-120 Information Systems in Organisations
615-145 Concepts in Software Development I
615-237 Telecommunications Concepts
615-240 Concepts in Software Development II
615-245 Systems Analysis and Design
615-328 Managing the Impact of IT
615-347 Application Environments
615-350 Case Studies in Information Systems
In no case may students receive credit for both a core subject and its alternate.
Students may select any Faculty of Science subjects to complete the remaining 50 points. Subject selection requires the completion of prerequisites and, in the case of quota restricted subjects, the offer of a place in the subject.
Students are strongly encouraged to include 615-160 Tools of Analysis or any eligible 100-level mathematics and statistics subject.
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