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Information Technology Management

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Field of Study – 07 Management and Administration
Speciality – 073 Management
Educational Program – Information Technology Management

The undergraduate educational program “Information Technology Management” aims to blend management skills with a solid understanding of information technology systems.

In today’s world, information technology is the backbone of any organization. Every business and industry needs specialists who can monitor and administer their information technology systems (an organization’s hardware, software and networks), financial transactions, data storage, and communications, if they want to stay current and successful.

As occupations in IT have been experiencing fast job growth over the past years, a bachelor’s degree in IT management will be ideal for students seeking entry-level positions in this field. The program combines specialized courses in information technology and business management, teaching students how to use computer systems and software to manage information.

The students receive solid fundamentals along with the tools which can be immediately applied in a current IT business setting in Ukraine and abroad. Among the IT focused courses you will find Analysis and Design of Information Systems, Database Management Systems, Modeling and Forecasting of the Economy, Statistics, Information Assurance and Systems Security, etc.

Choose this program if:

  • You are into computer programming, software development, and computer network security.
  • You want to develop the skills to find technology-based solutions to business and management problems.
  • You seek a job with a high starting salary, long-term career security and strong earning potential.
  • You want to be sure that your degree will ensure your employability.

Careers: software applications developer/programmer, business/computer systems analyst, network/information security analyst/specialist, network/ database administrator, management analyst, computer network architect, technical architect, IT project manager.

Business education at ConcordiaUA prepares students for effective leadership positions in organizations and business. Our goal is to prepare a competent and confident leader who can face the challenges of tomorrow.

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SAMPLE CURRICULUM
Educational Program – Information Technology Management
Speciality – 073 Management
Field of Study – 07 Management and Administration
Qualification – Bachelor of Information Technology Management
Mode of Study – Full Time / Online
Duration – four years (eight semesters)

Required Courses

General Educational Required Courses

English Composition І

Prerequisites: none

This is an introductory course to the logic and structure of the English language with special emphasis upon reading development and the application of language skills to reading comprehension and the art of composition. The goal is to prepare the student not only for success in academic writing but also for effective participation in and critical understanding of the public and professional discourses of the “real” world beyond school. On completion of the course the students develop a flexible and effective command of style, arrange essays effectively to guide readers through complex structures, employ the basics types of arguments and persuasive reasoning using different kinds of proofs and appeals.

English Composition ІІ

Prerequisites: English Composition I

This course develops techniques for effective writing through a study of the writing process and of the skills necessary for producing purposeful, unified, and coherent short essays; it includes outlining as it relates to support for a selected thesis statement and developing skills in writing research papers using on-line and library resources; rhetoric, logical thought, audience, critical thinking, and governing human relationships are considered. The course introduces standard research and bibliographical techniques and research papers are assigned.

Business Ukrainian

Prerequisites: none

The course introduces Ukrainian used in fields of business, government, administration and economics. The course covers basic specific subject-related vocabulary required to handle everyday business conversations at elementary level, corresponding effectively, and reading business-related texts

Psychology

Prerequisites: none

This course will survey the science of psychology and will address such topics as research methods, biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, process of learning, memory peculiarities, motivation and emotion, language, lifespan development, intelligence, stress and health, social behavior, personality, and abnormal behavior and treatment as well as applications of psychology in a culturally diverse world.

Interpersonal Communications

Prerequisites: English Composition II

This course gives a comprehensive view of communication, its scope and importance in business. It will cover the role of communication in establishing a favorable internal and external business environment. The course will also address and place emphasis upon the practical side of planning, composing, and keyboarding business and employment correspondence, reviewing basic English skills, delivering oral reports and interviewing for jobs. Organizational communication topics will also be considered

Mathematics for Economics

Prerequisites: none

This course provides students with a mathematical foundation in business, economic, social sciences, and the ‘life’. It presents concentrated and more detailed study of sets and Vein Diagrams, linear equations and solution of 2×2 systems of linear equations, polynomials, rational and radical expressions, quadratic equations, and inequalities. Emphasis is on application to business situation.

Computer Science

Prerequisites: none

Computer science is the study of processes that interact with data and that can be represented as data in the form of programs. It enables the use of algorithms to manipulate, store, and communicate digital information. A computer scientist studies the theory of computation and the practice of designing software systems.
Its fields can be divided into theoretical and practical disciplines. Computational complexity theory is highly abstract, while computer graphics emphasizes real-world applications. Programming language theory considers approaches to the description of computational processes, while computer programming itself involves the use of programming languages and complex systems. Human–computer interaction considers the challenges in making computers useful, usable, and accessible.

Course Paper

Course Paper in Economics

The course work on the discipline of Economics is an important tool of students’ logic and new economic thinking formation, and the first step towards mastering their specialty. Coursework deepens and systemizes students’ scientific knowledge of economic theory, provides students with the opportunity to gain experience of independent analysis of the real economic processes, to pursue a topic in great depth, to learn more about it, and be a kind of expert. The students prepare the paper as independent scholars: they analyze resources, identify the problems they’re trying to solve or address, and then write and present the paper. In this sense the course work in Economics is a valid theoretical basis for further learning.

Internships

Introduction to Profession

The goal of the course is to acquire the abilities and understandings to design and critically assess business, international companies. The attention will be drawn to practical foundations and abilities of different companies.
The course introduces students to the basic tools of businss development and the principles necessary to widespread economic, marketing relationships, management, business behavior, and consumer choice, show productive reality of the companies.

Internship

This part is designed for creating connection between theoretical, methodological ang practical parts of the studying. The idea is to give the opportunity to the students apply their knowledges in precise practical sphere and share their achievement and doubts with the supervisor and other students during the public presentation of the results.

Also, it gives the opportunity to build up the connection between the university and employees and improve the courses through adaptation to the requirements of the markets.

Assessment

Bachelor's Qualification Work

The bachelor thesis is a type of individual research and scientific work of a student that demonstrates the level of student’s knowledge and his/her ability to implement it while analyzing specific issues of IT management. Coursework has to stimulate better understanding of bachelor course materials, consolidate and substantiat theoretical knowledge on the subjects. The course work is aimed at the development of the students’ ability to synthesize the theory, process and interpret the collected data, draw up their own findings, develop proposals, justify and advocate their own point of view on the issues explored.

Core Required Courses

Principles of Management

Prerequisites: none

The course introduces the principles and functions of management with an integration of line and staff relationships, theories of management, authority and responsibility, centralization and decentralization, planning, organizing, directing, and controlling.

Operational Management

Prerequisites: Principles of Management, Statistics

The course examines the methods of planning, coordination, and execution of activities in transformation processes in manufacturing and service organizations. The role of the operations manager is explored, and attention is given to analytical methods that improve production processes and enhance competitiveness. The course illustrates how manufacturing and service operations can apply quantitative tools to decisions using queuing theory, staffing, scheduling or product mix planning using linear programming, and using simulation in inventory control. Emphasis is given on application to real life situations.

Microeconomics

Prerequisites: none

The course presents a study of the fundamental economic principles and theories with emphasis on microeconomics and special application to the organization of different national economic systems in the performance of their tasks of production, exchange and distribution of consumer and capital goods and services.

Macroeconomics

Prerequisites: none

The course presents principles and theories of macroeconomics with emphasis on economic analysis and special application to the international trade market and to management economics. Emphasis is given n on such macroeconomic issues such as unemployment, inflation, cyclical business fluctuations, economic growth, the role of money, theories of interest rates, stabilization policies, foreign exchange rates, balance of payments difficulties, and comparative economic advantages among nations.

World Economics

Prerequisites: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics

This course is a study of economic development in the Third World nations. Emphasis is on the analysis of critical development problems combined with theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented perspective. The course will also explore the historical, political, social, and economic roots of underdevelopment and the future of the world economy in the age of increasing independence.

Statistics

Prerequisites: Mathematics for Economics

This course helps students to analyze and interpret statistical data. Quantitative concepts and basic techniques in research are stressed. The course objectives cover methods of sampling, probability, the normal distribution, constructing confidence intervals, correlation, hypothesis testing and linear regression. Emphasis is given on applications to real life situations.

IT Applications

Prerequisites: Computer Science

IT Applications is the study about IT applications for business and management. IT Applications studies the theory of computation and the practice of designing software systems. IT local business-functional applications embedded in business processes, activities, products and/or services. Research and development work in the IT area performed to create a situation-specific bridge between new or existing IT hardware and software technologies and the information needs/wants of a customer. The combination of proper hardware, software, and tailored application delivers a well-rounded IT solution for the customer’s problem.

Organizational Behavior

Prerequisites: none

This course explores the fundamentals of organizational behavior using a system approach- examining how each component of the organization (individual, group, organization, etc.) contributes to the functioning of the whole. The study of organizational behavior includes a broad array of topics including cultural diversity, ethics, group psychology and communication. The course objective is to illustrate how people work together in business environments and how to utilize course material in real life situations.

Human Resource Management

Prerequisites: Organizational Behavior

The course is an introduction to the human resources function and related elements and activities. The course outlines the roles and functions of members of the human resources department, as well as educating others outside human resources, in how their roles include human resources-related activities. Emphasis is placed on contemporary importance of HRM and the new “corporate view” of the function. Additionally, the student will be exposed to the view of HRM from the perception of both management and subordinate employees. The student will be exposed to practical situations and problem solving regarding areas of employee counseling, discipline and termination. Other critical areas of training and development, staffing and strategy will also be explored.

Business Policy

Prerequisites: Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, International Economic Relations

The course examines the development of the planning, financing, marketing and personnel management functions unique to the international company. The analysis of major international organizations will provide current information on how these companies operate, and relate theory to actual practice. The course utilizes the knowledge of all business areas for broad involvement in the management decision making process.

Business Law

Prerequisites: none

This course is designed to familiarize students with some of the basic concepts underlying daily business legal transactions. Topics examined include the law as it affects sole proprietors, partnerships and corporations, bankruptcy and insolvency, and ethical behavior. Practical examples are cited by the instructors who are active practitioners in the field of law.

Principles of Marketing

Prerequisites: none

The course presents an analysis of marketing problems and techniques relating to management and marketing in the profitable operation of a business enterprise. Attention is given to evaluating consumers and their needs, product strategy, distribution strategy, promotional strategy, and price determination. This course allows students to build foundational marketing skills, which are utilized while preparing a marketing plan.

International Economic Relations

Prerequisites: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics

This is an introductory course in the study of international relations. The goal of this course is to acquaint students with the concepts, ideas, and analytical tools necessary to understand state behavior and relationships among actors in the international system. The course covers the major concerns, issues, and actors that characterize world politics, examine various theoretical explanations for state behaviors, such as realism, liberalism, and constructivism and explores vital topics such as war, cooperation, international law, political economy, terrorism, human rights, and the forms of conflict that characterize the international system.

Modeling and Forecasting of the Economy

Prerequisites: Statistics, Computer Science, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics

The most widespread in the construction of development forecasts in the practice of commercial activity are economic and statistical models that describe the dependence of the economic indicator under study on one or several factors that have a significant impact on it.
Regularities in economics can be expressed in the form of mathematical models of connections and dependencies of economic indicators. Such dependencies and models are obtained only by processing real statistical data, taking into account internal communication mechanisms and random factors. The availability and quality of information support, the real possibilities of collecting and processing primary information largely determine both the scope of practical application of statistical modeling in economics and the choice of various types of applied models.

Strategic Management

Prerequisites: Principles of Management

This course is to provide students with the understanding of strategic management through practical and theoretical work. Specific focus on: strategic management features; value of professional strategic management; aspect of strategic success; understanding methods of strategic analysis; understanding strategic potential of organization and formation of its competitive advantages.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to use knowledge of the strategic management in enterprise, principles and methods of strategic management; to identify needs in changes of strategy oriented organization, initiate them and construct a target state system; to use tools and methods of strategic analysis; to use skills of communication in different functional areas of businesses that need change in strategic management.

Introduction to Programming

Prerequisites: Computer Science

Overview of computer software development technologies. The discipline deals with the following topics:
– Histories of programming languages development
– Classification of programming languages and the range of applications that may be associated with them
– Fundamentals of algorithmization
– Technologies of modern programming
– The basic structural elements of modern software such as C ++ and Python programming languages
– Programming practicals (object-oriented and visual programming)
– A project.

Analysis and Design of Information Systems

Prerequisites:  IT Applications, Statistics, Database Management Systems

Overview of existing information systems, their structure and design principles for economic tasks
Discipline includes:
– History of information systems development
– Classification and scope of information economic systems
– Examples of information economic systems used in management, banking and finance, accounting, economics
– Structure of information economic systems
– Business processes and their place in IT project
– Principles of designing economic information systems
– Practical classes on working with information systems
– A project.

Information Assurance and Systems Security

Prerequisites: Mathematics for Economics, Introduction to Programming

An overview of current methods and approaches to ensure the integrity of information in economic systems. Discipline includes:
– The basics of information security and cybersecurity
– Review of potential threats and malware
– Classification of information security systems
– Protect information on your PC
– Cybersecurity for computer networks
– Protection against social engineering and phishing technologies
– Features of information protection in economic systems
-Practical training
– A project.

Database Management Systems

Prerequisites: Introduction to Programming

General principles of database design, development and administration. The discipline deals with the following topics:

– A historical excursion for the development of computer storage technologies;

– Database management systems, classification and applications;

– MS Access data management system. Basic principles of application, design and administration;

– MS SQL language;

– Security and protection of information in databases;

– Modern data processing technologies: Big Data, Data Mining

Non-credit - Physical Education

Prerequisites: none

This course is designed to give students the opportunity to learn fitness concepts and conditioning techniques used for obtaining optimal physical fitness. Students will benefit from comprehensive weight training and cardiorespiratory endurance activities. Students will learn the basic fundamentals of strength training, aerobic training, and overall fitness training and conditioning. Course includes both lecture and activity sessions. Students will be empowered to make wise choices, meet challenges, and develop positive behaviors in fitness, wellness, and movement activity for a lifetime.

Electives

Electives are designed to complement the basic educational program. Students choose electives based on their areas of interest. Students can choose electives from general and core educational electives.

Usually, the elective course is equal to 6 ECTS credits (3 US credits).

As a rule, from the general education electives, students choose 5 courses – 30 ECTS credits, and from the core educational electives – 6 courses – 36 credits.

The study of electives takes place during the entire period of study. General information on the electives is available on the website, but information on specific courses offered for the next semester is provided to students on the Moodle platform. When registering for subjects, students receive advisory information about the number of places offered by the electives in the group, the necessary prerequisites, if any, etc.

Catalog of Electives

Students are required to complete and defend Course Paper in Economics and to have Internships. ConcordiaUA students are offered an opportunity to become interns in the field of management / international management at prestigious Ukrainian, international and joint companies and organizations with the perspective of obtaining a job there after graduation. During their internship students are supervised by the experienced faculty and company executives.

State assessment in management is carried out in the form of public defense (demonstration) of Qualification Work.

The Program “Information Technology Management”  is structured for 4 years. The student must earn 240 ECTS credits equal to 120 credits by American system.

Our students have the choice to combine their studies at ConcordiaUA with Bachelor’s degrees at partner universities abroad.

This program is accredited by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Students who graduate from this program receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology Management.

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Why Choose Concordia?

Dual diplomas, accredited in the advanced countries of the world, make our students the most competitive specialists in the world.

Practicing tutors who share their experience allow students to dive into practical business environment by providing only relevant information about their future career without wasting time on unneeded things.

Self Development

Concordia University arranges a number of activities aimed into to our student’s development.
– Conferences.
– Lectures by foreign businessmen.
– Sports activities.
– Library.

Our university is in demand among students from all over the world, which gives them the opportunity to exchange the cultural experiences.

Partners

The University of Concordia, integrated into the worldwide business community, has a large number of partners and provides a number of students exchange programs in the most advanced universities in the world.
Partners who are ready to participate in your training are: Concordia University Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, University of Koblenz-Landau, University of Occupational Safety Management, Rutgers University and others. Click here to see all.

Career

Due to the high level of knowledge and practical skills provided by Concordia University, our graduates are taking tge leading positions in international companies such as: Porsche Finance Group, Deutsche Bank Ukraine, L’Oreal Ukraine, METRO Cash & Carry Ukraine, Citibank Ukraine, and also confidently create their own business.

Ukrainian-American Concordia University has trained succesful highly qualified specialists for more than 25 years. 

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