6 ECTS credits
158 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1016852BNR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een verdiepend bachelor niveau.
The IT modeling part of this course introduces a range of concepts, methods and modeling approaches that are being employed by business analysts in the industry, who are operating on the interface between the business and the IT department, in order to analyze and describe requirements with regards to the design, functionalities, development and implementation of business information systems. Topics that will be covered include the Unified Modeling Language (UML), meta-modeling, process modeling using Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), and data modeling using the Entity Relationship (ER) model.
The goal of IT Economics is to provide a review of some of the important economic factors affecting IT industries as well as users of IT (both companies and individuals). Factors that will be discussed are:
Additional material such as papers, newspaper clippings, handouts, etc. will be made available through Canvas.
Presence during guest lectures is mandatory, presentations by guest lecturers are an integral part of the course material.
Teaching Methods
This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load.
Part “IT Modeling”
Lecture: 18 hours (6 x 3 hours)
Practical: 18 hours (6 x 3 hours)
Self: 70 hours
Part “IT Economics”
Lecture: 18 hours (6 x 3 hours)
Self: 34 hours
This course consists of two distinct but related parts. The first part concerns IT modeling. The second and most theoretical part discusses the basic economics of information technology.
In the IT modeling part of the course, students should at the end of the course have a good understanding of the different uses of the Unified Modeling Language, among which meta-modeling, and be able to apply a conceptual data modeling technique (entity-relationship modeling) to capture and describe the basic information requirements for an enterprise domain, as well as to use a process modeling technique (BPMN) to capture and analyze business processes.
For the IT economics part, students should at the end of the course have a good understanding of the economics of information and the economics of networks. They should be able to recognize relevant concepts and theories when presented with real-life situations about the IT sector, and they should be able to critically discuss the pros and cons of strategies followed by IT companies.
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Written exam (closed book) on 100% of total (65% IT modeling and 35% IT economics), only if the student obtains at least 35% on every part, namely IT Modeling and IT Economics. If not, the lowest partial grade denotes 100% of the total.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
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Bachelor handelsingenieur: Verkort traject na vooropleiding Industriële wetenschappen of Ingenieurswetenschappen
Bachelor of Business Economics: Business and Technology (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of International Business: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Voorbereidingsprogramma Master of Science handelsingenieur: Standaard traject