Business IT / Business IT

The Academic Board of Business Administration, Sønderborg
Teaching activity id: 8076711.
Teaching language: English.ECTS / weighting: 5 ECTS / 0.083 full-time equivalent.
Examination language: English.
Exam activity id: 8076722, 8076712.Approved: 29-09-17.
Period: Spring 2018.
Grading: Internal grading.
Assessment: Pass/not pass.
Offered in: Sønderborg.

Subject director:
Karsten Skov, Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management.

Prerequisites:
None.
Purpose:
The aim of the course is to improve student IT skills for solving business administration problems, and to introduce the student to programming.

Content - Key areas:
- Introduction to the word-processing (Word), spreadsheet (Excel) and databases (Access) - Introduction to database and query design - IT security: Authentication and Confidentiality, Methods of defense - Information search: structural search, the internet, library systems. - Data processing: introduction to basic concepts of programming by using VBA, introduction to variables, control functions, loops, input/output in VBA
Goals description (SOLO taxonomy):
The student has to achieve skills and be able to handle the programmes of the course in order to describe, analyze and solve problems in a business perspective. Furthermore, the student must in connection with analysing, structuring and presentation be able to select, describe and use the programme most suitable for the current problem.
Literature:
To be announced.

Time of classes:
Spring.
Form of instruction:
Edp instruction: 2 lectures and 2 exercise hours for 14 weeks. The supervision may be performed by an instructor. The student must expect to use 60 hours for lectures and exercises, 60 hours for preparations, primarily for solving problems for exercises, and 40 hours for the exam and a compulsory assignment. Mid-term compulsory assignment - passed/not passed The course is taught in English.
Time of examination:
Ordinary examination in June. Reexam in August.

Registration for the course is automatically a registration for the ordinary examination of the course. Cancellation is not possible. If the student does not participate in the examination, the student will use an examination attempt.
The university may grant an exemption from the rules in case of exceptional circumstances.

Please note that the type and form of the re-examination may differ from that of the ordinary examination.

Examination conditions:
The mid term compulsory assignment (8076722) must have been passed to participate in the ordinary exam.

Fulfillment of the examination condition is only possible prior to the ordinary examination.
Participation in the re-exam thus requires that the examination condition is met prior to the ordinary examination.

Form of examination for the certificate:
Written examination

Supplemental information for the form of examination:
4-hour written open-book examination. Students are not allowed to communicate. Electronic hand-in via SDU-Assignment in Blackboard. Students are to use their own computer. 

Comments:
The number of students enrolled may be restricted by the Study Board. If the enrolment limit is exceeded preference is granted to full degree students following a compulsory course on a SDU programme. Within the limit, full degree students having selected the course as an elective, guest and exchange students are offered enrolment on a first come first served basis.
Exchange students, if any: Internal grading. Assessment as for ordinary students.


Programmes:
BSc in Economics and Business Administration - International Economics and Business Relationships
2nd semester, Not chosen, mandatory. Offered in: Sønderborg
BSc in European Studies
2nd semester, mandatory. Offered in: Sønderborg