BSc (Hons) in BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS
COURSE OVERVIEW
36,292,800 UZS
per year
54,600,000 UZS
per year
3 years
18
Course description
The BSc (Honours) Business Information Systems course has been designed to prepare professionals with a strong background in information systems management and a deep understanding of the business context and needs. The course aims to give students an education in the key areas of the discipline of both business and information systems, providing an understanding of underpinning theories, tools and techniques. Along with developing key analytical abilities, the course is designed to enhance your team-working, problem-solving, communication skills and business awareness that are highly important in an intertwined global world. Throughout your course, you will acquire the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development enabling graduates to gain employment in a business environment or to proceed to further study.
The studies in the course are in line with education for sustainable development (ESD) which is part of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (https://sdgs.un.org/goals). ESD and SDG are in the nature and culture of our course and institution as a whole. We foster and promote equality in all aspects of students’ lives. Sustainable Development goals are embedded into course curricula through awareness of responsible consumption, climate changes; modules tasks and assessments are focused on the development of soft and hard skills which contribute to students’ employability and competitive advantages.
The BSc (Honours) Business Information Systems Course is intended to meet the following aims to:
- Produce graduates who understand the rapidly changing world of business and information technologies and its role in the wider society;
- Provide students with the opportunity to specialize in a functional area of business and information technologies within a broad-based business context;
- Introduce, explain and apply the functions of system analysis, data analytics, information systems development and management, and quality assurance within a modern business environment;
- Enhance graduates’ employability by enabling students to develop a variety of intellectual, professional attributes and transferable skills such as problem-solving, analytical, research and critical reasoning, team-working, communication abilities, and awareness of the current economic and financial trends.
How you will study
The course emphasises on active student learning through seminars and lectures (including virtual), computer-lab and workshops, problem-based and blended learning activities. Course material is provided through the online learning platform and is an important resource base which you can access at any time and from anywhere, provided you have access to the internet.
Independent study is a key learning skill for academic study and for your future employability. As part of the BSc (Hons) in Business Information Systems course, you are expected to work independently. This may take various forms such as group collaborative tasks, research, reading, revision, assessment preparation, projects that feed into presentation and debates, lab or studio-based work. You are encouraged, guided and supported towards developing your professional skills as an independent critically aware learner. Each module requires both specified lecture hours and independent learning. The hours may differ significantly depending on the specific subject matter, your level of study and the approach to teaching and learning.
Course structure
The course consists of core and option modules. Full-time Undergraduate students study 120 credits per year. The course structure is validated by the University of Westminster (UK) every five years, but the structure of the course may change by adapting to feedback received from a variety of sources.
Core modules
- Managing and Leading People
- Fundamentals of Programming
- Fundamentals of Statistics
- Principles of Marketing
One option or One elective module from the list below
- Graphic Design
- Computer Generated Imagery and Its Implementation
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Any module from the WIUT module catalogue
Award of Certificate of Higher Education available
Core modules
- Database Systems
- Object Oriented Programming
- Information Systems Management
Three Option modules or Two Options modules and One Elective module from the list below
- Game development
- Data Wrangling and Visualization
- Mobile Applications Development
- Full Stack Web Development
- Fundamentals of Cyber Security
- Case-based analysis for Professionals
- Research Methods for Business
- Any module from the WIUT module catalogue
Award of Diploma of Higher Education available
Core modules
- System Analysis and Design
Plus, One Core Option from the following
- BIS Final Year Project
- Dissertation
Four Option Modules or Three Option Modules and One Elective from the list below
- Professional Practice Placement
- Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing
- Internet of Things
- Machine Learning
- Software Quality, Performance and Testing
- ERP systems design and implementation
- Digital Marketing
- Neuromarketing and AI
- Project Management
- Strategic Business Decisions
- Any module from the WIUT module catalogue
Award of Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems is available
WHY STUDY THIS COURSE?
Unique programme
The course creates opportunities to strengthen and master skills and knowledge in different directions, including IT, IS, Business, Marketing, Management, etc., by providing certain optional modules. Every year, students are provided with a wide variety of optional and elective modules that enable them to tailor their programme according to their interests and needs.
Academic Excellence
All faculty members have a solid academic background and are involved in research activities. Most of them are Business and/or IT practitioners and have been involved in many local and international projects.
Teaching and learning strategy
Learning is designed to help you develop your intellectual abilities, knowledge, creativity and your analytical and transferable skills. On any individual module, a combination of modern teaching methods is used depending on the nature of the subject taught and the specified learning outcomes.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
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Successful completion of an appropriate International Foundation course; or
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Successful completion of the first year of an appropriate degree course in a recognised Uzbek or similar university; or
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Two GCE A level passes (in any subject excluding mother tongue), plus three GCSE passes at grade C or above including English Language and Mathematics; or NC/ND or HNC/HND. The range of academic disciplines studied is not hereby restricted, but certain vocational courses such as City and Guilds would not satisfy the admissions requirements; or
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An Advanced General National Vocational Qualification (GNVQ); or
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Any other equivalent qualification normally accepted as entry requirement (e.g. International Baccalaureate, etc.).
Applicants must have:
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Completed their secondary education in English and achieved Grade C or above in the equivalent GCSE English exam; or
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IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 6.0 in the writing component; or
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Successfully completed an appropriate International Foundation course with a "pass" in an Academic English module.
We accept the TOEFL (IBT (In person test) for entry to our programmes. We also accept TOEFL ‘My Best Scores’ where it relates to TOEFL iBT test results.
Please note that the TOEFL Home Edition (Online test) is not accepted for entry to WIUT degree programmes.
- TOEFL should be 78 overall with a minimum of 17 in Writing
Applicants must have an acceptable level of competence in Mathematics. This could be demonstrated by one of the following:
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A "pass" in a maths test approved by the University of Westminster (UK); or
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Grade C or above in GCSE/’O’ Level Mathematics (or its equivalent); or
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SAT mathematics component 570; or
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Successful completion of an appropriate International Foundation course with "pass" in Quantitative Methods module.
- Applicants will have to be 18 years of age at the start of the academic year. For the purposes of this regulation, the academic year runs from 1st October to 30th September of the following year.
- Applications are normally processed based on the documentation submitted on the WIUT admissions system. The University reserves the right to introduce other admission processes such as an interview.
CAREERS
The BSc (Hons) in Business Information Systems graduates are also well placed to pursue their studies at Master’s level or higher in areas such as Business Intelligence, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, Information Security, Business Administration, Marketing, Data Mining, Data Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data.
Graduates employed at
COURSE LEADER
Shirin Primkulova
Shirin joined WIUT in 2015 and has since been working as Associate lecturer, Web Content Administrator, Lecturer and Course Leader.
Education: Tashkent University of Information Technologies - BS in Computer Science (2008), Kyung Hee University - MS in Computer Engineering (2011), Westminster International University in Tashkent - Postgraduate certificate of Special Study in Teaching and Learning (2017).
Course team
WHAT OUR GRADUATES SAY
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Budapest, Hungary
