Bachelor’s program
BCom in Business Information Systems
Offered under the credit-hour system over four study levels (eight semesters), it combines management and information technology courses with a gradual, integrated progression, to graduate people able to lead the digital transformation of organizations.
- Degree
- Bachelor of Commerce — Business Information Systems (BIS)
- Credit hours
- 132 credit hours
- Length of study
- 4 levels, 8 semesters
- Hours per level
- 33 credit hours
- Responsible department
- Information Systems & Computing
Mission
The Business Information Systems program is committed to preparing distinguished graduates able to analyze and design information systems that meet the evolving needs of business locally and regionally, to developing research that offers effective solutions to technical challenges, and to achieving sustainable development with a commitment to professional ethics.
General goals
- Solve management information systems problems with a suitable scientific method
- Serve the community and develop the surrounding environment by applying knowledge of information systems
- Communicate effectively with the users of management information systems
- Analyze the effect of global developments and changes on management information systems
- Develop oneself and continuously improve one’s information systems skills and knowledge
- Comply with legal rules, professional standards and codes of ethics
- Prepare economic feasibility studies covering every aspect of investment projects
- Evaluate the feasibility of investment projects
- Use computers and information technology efficiently in management information systems
- Use suitable tools to solve management problems related to information systems
- Understand the information systems life cycle and deal with information and network security and e-commerce
- Design and manage databases for management decision-making
- Use database systems and software in management and financial operations
- Apply the principles of effective management and extract and use information of every kind
- Work with intelligent information technologies and systems
- Design and evaluate information systems according to quality principles and technical developments
- Apply information systems to organizational and management opportunities and threats
- Know the characteristics of information system components and analyze and design them
- Work in a team efficiently and effectively
- Manage time efficiently and effectively
Graduate attributes
What a graduate of the program knows and can do.
Knowledge and understanding
General outcomes
- Identify the features, distinguishing characteristics and different forms of business organizations
- Know the different approaches to the environments in which organizations operate
- Discuss recent developments and trends in management information systems
- Know the basic principles and theories of management information systems
- Know the economic, accounting, statistical, managerial and computer sciences
- Explain the tools and methods of measurement and analysis and the steps of research
- Explain the relationship between commercial sciences and the other social sciences
- Know work ethics and professional practice in management information systems
Program outcomes
- Discuss the foundations of preparing plans, programs and policies to suit organizations’ needs
- Know the foundations of marketing feasibility studies and the evaluation of investment proposals
- Describe the foundations of designing organizational structures, systems and work manuals for different activities
- Know modern management philosophies such as total quality and business process re-engineering
- Explain the principles of leadership and the foundations of motivating and influencing others
- Explain organizational communication and working relationships
- Discuss the foundations and concepts of policies and strategies and what their use requires
- Identify the foundations of systems analysis and design, information extraction and application development
- Know the theoretical and applied foundations of managing information systems and database projects
- Explain the principles of information communication and security
Intellectual skills
General outcomes
- Analyze financial statements and the internal and external environment of organizations
- Devise methods and principles for solving accounting, financial and management problems
- Identify the positive and negative elements of management questions and issues
- Analyze figures and interpret their meaning
- Plan to turn threats into opportunities and deal with them positively
- Evaluate ideas and points of view and give an opinion in a scientific, evidence-based way
Program outcomes
- Analyze different management situations using management information systems
- Infer the relationship between the environmental variables of information systems and decision-making patterns
- Evaluate scenarios, strategies and models for dealing with management issues
- Identify management information systems problems and devise solutions with information technology
- Identify relationships and patterns in database systems
- Choose suitable tools, methods and techniques for modelling and analyzing information systems
Professional skills
General outcomes
- Develop and maintain the human and material resources of business organizations
- Prepare analytical market studies
- Verify the reliability of the information sources one collects
- Collect data and statistics from various sources, interpret them and analyze their indicators
- Design and operate management, accounting and statistical systems
- Solve accounting, financial and economic problems with the scientific method
- Evaluate performance according to the foundations and principles of control and performance evaluation
- Prepare, present and interpret financial and accounting reports
- Use computer applications and information technology in information systems
- Apply research findings to develop business and improve performance
Program outcomes
- Draw up strategic plans and business policies related to information systems
- Design organizational structures and link them to management information systems
- Prepare feasibility studies and marketing plans
- Analyze and evaluate investment projects
- Use programming languages, systems, internet-based tools and databases
- Use quantitative analysis techniques effectively in management information systems
- Prepare reports, statistics and documents to help the users of information systems
- Apply the skills of protecting and recovering computer information
General skills
- Manage time effectively and efficiently
- Communicate with and influence others effectively
- Work in a team
- Develop knowledge and ideas, with a lasting drive for self-learning
- Use suitable methods to solve individual and organizational problems
- Discuss and debate when presenting talks and reports
- Cope with work pressure and adapt to it
- Develop and improve performance
- Use management information systems terminology in professional work
- Deal with business organizations in English
Program structure
| Course group | Mandatory | Elective | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| General skills and knowledge requirements | 15 h | 6 h | 21 h |
| Core business concepts | 18 h | — | 18 h |
| Functional courses | 30 h | 6 h | 36 h |
| Supporting courses | 18 h | 3 h | 21 h |
| Information systems and technology courses | 6 h | — | 6 h |
| Specialization courses | 21 h | 9 h | 30 h |
| Program total | 108 h | 24 h | 132 h |
Study plan
The mandatory courses of each semester and the electives of each level.
Level 133 credit hours
| Course | Hours | Type | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Thinking | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Principles of Law | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Foreign Language (1) | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Principles of Business Administration | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Business Mathematics | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Course | Hours | Type | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principles of Economics | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Communication Methods and Skills | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Organizational Behavior | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Elective course | 3 | Elective | from the level’s list |
| Elective course | 3 | Elective | from the level’s list |
Level 1 electives
General skills and knowledge requirements: students choose 2 courses from the following
Level 233 credit hours
| Course | Hours | Type | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | Mandatory | Principles of Economics |
| Logistics and Supply Chain Management | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Principles of Cost Accounting | 3 | Mandatory | Principles of Financial Accounting |
| Principles of Marketing | 3 | Mandatory | Principles of Business Administration |
| Databases | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Course | Hours | Type | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decision Support Systems | 3 | Mandatory | Principles of Business Administration |
| Foreign Language (2) | 3 | Mandatory | Foreign Language (1) |
| Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 | Mandatory | Principles of Financial Accounting |
| Principles of Financial Management | 3 | Mandatory | Principles of Financial Accounting |
| Fundamentals of Structured Programming | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Management Information Systems | 3 | Mandatory | Principles of Business Administration |
Level 333 credit hours
| Course | Hours | Type | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principles of Investment | 3 | Mandatory | Principles of Financial Management |
| Strategic Management | 3 | Mandatory | Principles of Marketing, Principles of Managerial Accounting, and Principles of Financial Management |
| Information Technology Infrastructure | 3 | Mandatory | Management Information Systems |
| Computer Software Design | 3 | Mandatory | Management Information Systems |
| Elective course | 3 | Elective | from the level’s list |
| Course | Hours | Type | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneurship and Small Business | 3 | Mandatory | Principles of Business Administration |
| Computer Networks and the Internet | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Analysis and Design of Management Information Systems | 3 | Mandatory | Management Information Systems |
| Information Security | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Elective course | 3 | Elective | from the level’s list |
| Elective course | 3 | Elective | from the level’s list |
Level 3 electives
Functional courses: students choose 2 courses from the following
Supporting courses: students choose one course from the following
Level 433 credit hours
| Course | Hours | Type | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Statistics | 3 | Mandatory | Business Mathematics |
| Artificial Intelligence Applications for Business | 3 | Mandatory | Computer Software Design |
| Accounting Information Systems | 3 | Mandatory | Principles of Financial Accounting |
| Business Analytics and Data Mining | 3 | Mandatory | Management Information Systems |
| Elective course | 3 | Elective | from the level’s list |
| Course | Hours | Type | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Resource Management | 3 | Mandatory | None |
| Quantitative Methods and Decision-Making | 3 | Mandatory | Business Mathematics |
| E-Business | 3 | Mandatory | Management Information Systems |
| Information Systems Strategy | 3 | Mandatory | Information Technology Infrastructure |
| Elective course | 3 | Elective | from the level’s list |
| Elective course | 3 | Elective | from the level’s list |
Level 4 electives
Specialization courses: students choose 3 courses from the following
Course codes are under review and will be published once approved.
Careers
- Information systems analysis specialist
- Database administrator
- Business application developer
- Digital transformation project manager
- Information security specialist
- Business and artificial intelligence analyst
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