Second Major Options

Information Systems Second Major Options

The Advanced Business Technology (ABT) Second Major can be done in the following ways:

- ABT without Specialisation
- Banking Processes & Solutions Specialisation
- Business Intelligence & Analytics Specialisation
- Service Systems & Solutions Specialisation

An overview of the Options are shown below:

The course requirements for each of these Advanced Business Technology options are given in the tables below.

ABT without Specialisation
	Complete the following: Computer as an Analysis Tool 5 IS Technology Depth Electives 1 IS Management Depth Electives 1 either IS Technology or IS Management Depth Elective
IS Technology Depth Electives	Any 5 or 6 IS Technology Depth Electives from here
IS Management Depth Electives	Any 1 or 2 IS Management Depth Electives from here
SIS Faculty Advisor: Venky SHANKARARAMAN

Banking Processes & Solutions Specialisations
	Complete the following: Computer as an Analysis Tool 5 IS Technology Depth Electives 1 IS Management Depth Electives 1 either IS Technology or IS Management Depth Elective
IS Technology Depth Electives	The following 2 Technology Depth Electives: • Retail Banking Processes and Solutions • Financial Markets Processes and Solutions Plus any other 3 or 4 IS Technology Depth Elective from here
IS Management Depth Electives	Any 1 or 2 IS Management Depth Electives from here
NOTE: Students with special interest in banking processes, operations and technology solutions are strongly encouraged to take some of the courses in finance that are offered by the Lee Kong Chian School of Business. These courses can be counted towards your Business Oriented Electives. SIS Faculty Advisor: NG Tock Soon

Business Intelligence & Analytics Specialisation
	Complete the following: Computer as an Analysis Tool 5 IS Technology Depth Electives 1 IS Management Depth Electives 1 either IS Technology or IS Management Depth Elective
IS Technology Depth Electives	The following 5 or 6 Technology Depth Electives:: • Advanced Data Management • Advanced Information Security and Trust • Data Mining and Business Analytics • Data Warehousing and Business Analytics • GIS and Business Intelligence • Search Engine Technologies More info on IS Technology Depth Elective from here
IS Management Depth Electives	Any 1 or 2 IS Management Depth Electives from here
NOTE: Students with special interest in data mining and the use of statistical methods for business intelligence are strongly encouraged to take these two statistics courses offered by the School of Economics: • Applied Statistical Methods • Probability Theory and Applications These 2 courses can be counted towards your Business Oriented Electives OR towards your IS Management Depth Electives. Also, consider choosing your Business Oriented Electives to study topics offered by any other SMU school where Business Intelligence & Analytics can be applied. SIS Faculty Advisors: LIM Ee-Ping and KAM Tin Seong

Service Systems & Solutions Specialisations
	Complete the following: Computer as an Analysis Tool 5 IS Technology Depth Electives 1 IS Management Depth Electives 1 either IS Technology or IS Management Depth Elective
IS Technology Depth Electives	The following 3 Technology Depth Electives: • Enterprise Adaptive Decision Support • War Gaming as a Business Tool • Intelligent Agent Design and Application Plus any 2 or 3 IS Technology Depth Elective here
IS Management Depth Electives	Any 1 or 2 IS Management Depth Electives from here
NOTE: IS Management Depth Electives that are strongly aligned with the Service Systems and Solutions Specialisation are: Supply Chain Processes and Solutions Enterprise Information Systems Students with special interest in service systems and solutions are strongly encouraged to take some of the Operations Management courses offered by the Lee Kong Chian School of Business. These courses can be counted towards your Business Oriented Electives. SIS Faculty Advisors: MA Nang Laik and LAU Hoong Chuin

For non IS students taking
ISM as a second major, see here

Last updated on 30 September, 2008 by School of Information Systems.