Second Major Options

Information Systems Second Major Options

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

- ABT without Track
- Service Systems & Solutions Track
- Enterprise Systems & Solutions Track
- Business Intelligence & Analytics Track
- Banking Processes & Technology Track
- Technopreneurship Track

An overview of the Options is shown below:

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

ABT without Track
	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

Service Systems & Solutions Track
	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 compulsory Technology Depth Electives: • Enterprise Adaptive Decision Support • Intelligent Business Gaming Plus any 2 or 3 IS Technology Depth Electives 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 Technology 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

Enterprise Systems & Solutions Track
	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	2 IS Technology Depth Electives: • Enterprise Business Solutions • Cloud Computing and SaaS Solutions Plus any other 3 or 4 IS Technology Depth Electives here
IS Management Depth Electives	Any 1 of the following IS Management Depth Electives: • Supply Chain Processes and Technology • Enterprise Information Systems Plus 0 or 1 IS Management Depth Electives from here
SIS Faculty Advisors: Venky SHANKARARAMAN

Business Intelligence & Analytics Track
	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 • Data Mining and Business Analytics • Data Warehousing and Business Analytics • Geospatial Analytics for Business Intelligence • Search Engine Technologies More info on IS Technology Depth Electives here (Note: Advanced Information Security and Trust is removed)
IS Management Depth Electives	The following 1 compulsory Management Depth Electives: • Visual Analytics for Business Intelligence Plus 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: KAM Tin Seong

Banking Processes & Technology Track
	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 Technology • Financial Markets Processes and Technology Plus any other 3 or 4 IS Technology Depth Electives 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: Enoch CH'NG

Technopreneurship Track
	Complete the following: Computer as an Analysis Tool Any 5 IS Technology Depth Electives from here
IS Management Depth Electives	The following 3 IS Management Depth Electives • IT and Business Innovation • Technopreneurship • Technopreneurship Study Mission
NOTE: Students doing the Technopreneurship Track should additionally satisfy the following conditions: • Do an additional internship in the area of Technopreneurship • Work on their proof of concept for the IS480 project SIS Faculty Advisor: Arcot Desai NARASIMHALU

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

Last updated on 7 January, 2011 by School of Information Systems.