This programme prepares students to use operations research and information systems in a decision-making environment, whether in financial services, technology or business. It integrates modelling skills, algorithmic and heuristic techniques from operations research with computer systems principles and practice, and also paves the way for postgraduate studies in the field.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 years part time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Introduction to the business world
- Modelling in a financial environment
- Descriptive statistics and probability
- Data analysis and inference
- Pre-calculus Mathematics
- Calculus
- Linear algebra
- Introduction to Business Information Systems
- Human-computer interaction
- Comprehension skills for science
- End-user Computing
- Introduction to visual programming
Second year subjects:
- Rational decision making
- Financial modelling
- Distribution theory
- Systems analysis and design methods
- Object-oriented concepts
Third year subjects:
- Principles of databases
- Advanced systems development
- Production modelling
- Optimisation of resources
- Simulation
- Models for strategic decision-making
- Financial risk modelling
Careers: information systems manager, operations researcher.
Source: www.unisa.ac.za