Programme content
The MSc ITMOC is structured in three parts, corresponding broadly to the three academic terms, with breaks at Christmas and Easter.
You can find more detail on each module – both what it contains and how it is assessed – by following the links below to each module description.
In line with the programme’s aims, a wide range of different teaching and learning methods are used.
Term 1: October to December
Induction programme
This intensive week of activities is designed to introduce you to key aspects of the programme and what will be expected of you, as well as to the facilities offered by LUMS and the University. Most importantly, it involves teamwork exercises and other social activities to help you get to know your fellow students whom you will be working closely with throughout the year.
In the first term, all students take five core (ie compulsory) modules, plus one skills-based module which is non-assessed. Together these account for 65 credits of the 180 credits that make up the MSc.
The core modules are:
Interpretations of Information, Technology and Organisations
Knowledge Management and Information Technology
Managing and Learning in Project Environments
SAP Enterprise Resource Planning
Skills Development: Negotiation, Argumentation and Presentation (non-assessed)
Systemic Interventions and Consulting
You also choose one optional module from the following list:
E-Business
Enterprise Systems
Design-driven Innovation in IS-IT
Accounting and Finance *
Human Resource Management I *
Operations Management *
For those modules marked with *, you will be taught with students on other LUMS Masters programmes.
Term 2: January to March
You take four more core modules, all assessed and accounting in total for another 55 credits.
The Management of Organisational Change
Researching Information Systems in Organisational Settings
Strategy and IT Management
Systems Analysis and Design
You also take one of the following optional modules:
Cyber Security Management
E-Marketing *
Human Resource Management II *
Social Aspects of the Digital Age
Term 3: April to September
The final element of the MSc, and the most substantial single item, is the Project and Dissertation. This involves a sustained piece of individual research, and in some cases this is undertaken for a client company. The dissertation module accounts for 60 credits.
