BBA in Information Systems

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Alignment withISACA Model Curriculum for
Information Systems Major
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ISACA Model Curriculum

• Professional Qualification and HKUST
• Professional Accounting
• Certified Public Accounts of HKICPA QP ACCA
  (CPA)
• Finance
• Certified Financial Analyst (CFA)
• Information Systems
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

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ISACA Model Curriculum

• Certified Information Systems Auditor
• Developed and sponsored by ISACA, its founding
  organization
• One of the required professional certification
  for those IS Audit, Control and Security
  practitioners
• Recognized worldwide

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ISACA Model Curriculum

• In the information-based business environment,
  business professionals who are technically
  competent in IS, or IS specialists who understand
  control, commerce and financial operations, are
  in great demand for IS audit careers.
• Help to generate employable candidates for the IS
  audit and control profession.
• A reasonably comprehensive set of topics for an
  ideal program for IS audit and control.

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ISACA Model Curriculum

• HKUST BBA(IS) is the FIRST university program in
  Asia/Asia-Pacific, and the SECOND undergraduate
  program in the world found to be in alignment
  with the ISACA Model Curriculum.
• Provide student better career opportunities and
  career advancement.
• One year experience waiver towards the 5-years
  requirement of CISA qualification.

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ISACA Model Curriculum
1 Year Internship
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ISACA Model Curriculum

• Course Requirement
• Original 3 Required Courses
• ISMT 221 Information Systems Analysis and
  Design
• ISMT 223 Business Applications Programming
• ISMT 226 Database Design and Administrator
• 3 ISACA Model Curriculum Required Courses
• ISMT 235 Telecommunication and Computer
  Networking Mgt.
• ISMT 350 Information Systems Auditing and
  Security
• ISMT 3XX Information Systems Control and
  Assurance

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Career Prospect

• IT Support v. IT Consultancy v. IT Audit
• Career path
• Software programming/systems analyst
• System/networking administration
• System development design
• Database management specialists
• Project management
• Independent Consultants

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Career Prospect

• IT Audit, Control and Security
• Career path
• Project management
• Independent Consultants
• IT risk management
• Security analyst
• IT Auditor
• IT Audit - Dual professional qualification in
  CISA and CPA (For IT Auditor Hired by Big4 CPA
  Firm)