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Management Science and Information Systems Studies

Year 3

The third year (Junior Sophister year) of the MSISS programme is designed to broaden and develop the basic technical skills learned in the first two years. In this year, the pieces of the first two years will start to come together as you use them in combination in a number of modules.

Open Modules and Trinity Elective Modules

You will be able to choose 10 credits in Open Modules (in Economics, Business or Computer Science), listed below, and 10 credits in Trinity Elective module. You will be asked to choose your preferred modules at the end of your second year.

Full Year Module (Compulsory)

Students take the following compulsory modules from the School of Computer Science and Statistics:

STU33008 – Management Science Case Studies

(Semester 1 & 2, 10 ECTS) This is a problem based learning module. It requires students to apply what they have learned in other modules in MSISS in a simulated real life problem.

Note: Students out on Erasmus in semester 2 will take STU3308A Management Science Case Studies A (Semester 1, 5 credits). Students out on Erasmus in semester 1 will take STU34504 Stochastic Models in Space and Time II (Semester 2, 5 credits) or STU34506 Modern Statistical Methods II (Semester 2, 5 credits).

Semester One Modules

(Compulsory)

Students take the following compulsory modules from the School of Computer Science and Statistics:

STU33010 – Forecasting

(Semester 1, 5 ECTS) Introduction to Forecasting; ARIMA models, data transformations, seasonality, exponential smoothing and Holt Winters algorithms, performance measures. Use of transformations and differences.

STU33011 – Multivariate Linear Analysis

(Semester 1, 5 ECTS) Classical multivariate techniques of principal component analysis, clustering, discriminant analysis, k-nearest neighbours, and logistic regression are investigated.

OPEN MODULES

And choose a 5 credit Open Module from the following list of semester one modules:

Trinity Elective Modules – List Released by College

Semester Two Modules

(Compulsory)

Students take the following compulsory modules from the School of Computer Science and Statistics:

STU33005 – Information Systems

(Semester 2, 5 ECTS) The aim of the module is to introduce students to the crucial role that Information Systems play in all aspects of society and the workplace as these domains undergo trans-formative change.

STU33004 – Research Methods

(Semester 2, 5 ECTS) This module introduces the research process. Starting with the formulation of a
research question, it covers completing a literature review, choosing an appropriate
research design, data collection, data analysis and how to communicate research
findings.

OPEN MODULES

And choose a 5 credit Open Module from the following list of semester two modules:

Trinity Elective Modules – List Released by College