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SIS has been created to extend SMU's mission into the realm of business-focused information technology. The SIS education and research environment benefits from the strong partnership with Carnegie Mellon, as well as from the existing collaboration between the Wharton School and the SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business.
Distinctive Characteristics of the School of Information Systems
- A focus on business process innovation and transformation through the architecture, design and delivery of enterprise information systems
- Integration of business and technology analysis in a sector context
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- A learning contract with key stakeholders (students, faculty, external partners)
- Research that links theory and practical impact
Undergraduate programme
The SIS undergraduate programme emphasizes on
- Integration of business & technology in a sector context
- IT architecture, design and development skills
- Project management skills
- Learning-to-learn skills
- Collaboration (or teams) skills
- Change management skills for enterprise systems
- Skills for working across countries, cultures and borders
- Communication skills
A distinctive feature of the SIS Undergraduate programme is the dual emphasis on the technical skills for the design and deployment of business information systems and on the business skills for analyzing value, costs and risks of design and deployment alternatives. The programme also has a strong emphasis on IT project management and will provide students with in-depth experiences with the end-to-end process of defining, designing, and deploying solutions
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