Helwan University
Faculty of Commerce &
Business Administration
Student Guide for Business
Information System
Program
BIS Board
Prof. Dr. Gaballah Abd ElFadeel
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Faculty Dean and Board Chairman.
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Prof. Dr. Amin Fouad ElDorghami
Professor of Business Administration
(Member).
Prof.Dr. Yehia moustafa
Kamal Helmi
The Dean of Faculty of computer
science (Member)
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hussien
Ahmed
Vice dean for education and students
affairs (Member)
Prof.Dr. Omar Salman
Professor of economics
BIS Coordinator
The program Structure
Program Board
Dean & Board
Chairman
Financial Manager
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BIS Coordinator
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Program
Registration Affairs
Academic Advisor
Student Activities
Students Affairs
Message from the Dean
My Dear Students,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Greetings and welcome to the Faculty of commerce and business
administration at Helwan university and in particular to the business
information system program (BIS), BIS is a leading modern educational
institution of high international standards, employing innovative
methods of education, as applied in international universities, Its
responsiveness to the demand for high quality university education that
qualifies students to meet the changing labor market requirements or
pursue post-graduate studies in higher academic and vocational
Institutes locally and abroad, is to be a model In Egypt and the Middle
East, It Is also to play an important role In the comprehensive
sustainable human development of Egypt and in fostering the scientific
and technological literacy critical to Egypt’s comprehensiveness in the
globally competitive knowledge economy.
It's a pleasure for me to provide you with this guide of BIS program
which includes all the information important for the student in the
bachelor stage: information about the faculty establishment, study
system thereof, and the syllabi taught throughout the four years of
study and the credit hours for each course and absolutely the
prerequisites of such courses.
We offer our students a wide range of subjects in business
administration, potential combinations of interdisciplinary courses and
a high academic standard, thus giving them an ideal starting position
for international careers.
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May Allah help you to achieve your goals, fulfill your wishes for the
sake of yourselves and for the sake of Egypt which provide you with
the chance of learning at all educational stages.
Faculty Dean
Prof . Dr. Gaballah Abd El-Fadeel
Message from the coordinator
My Dear Students,,,,,,,,,,,,,
From the beginning, and before going to say welcome, We believe that
our great mission is to work and play our roles for the sake of
improving and developing the state of the art of BIS students.
Our educational philosophy, practices and strategies are all about
adopting world best practice on business education whilst emphasizing
life-long learning, analytical insights, enquiring global mindsets and
entrepreneurial orientation. As a consequence of this philosophy, BIS
students are able to make a real difference through their active
engagement at various business enterprise levels.
Moreover, the objective of the BIS Program is to train you how to think
not what to think. In a rapidly changing global economy, you must know
how to apply your learning in order to resolve problems. At the same
time, you will need to work with and through other people and to be
able to persuade them that your ideas and solutions are correct and
worth investing in. You will not be able to stand back and wait to be
told what to do. You will have to have the confidence and ability to
make your own decisions. That is the account of BIS students.
Together we will work – In-shaa Allah?
May Allah help us to achieve these objectives and hoping to share us.
BIS Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Omar Salman
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General Information about the Study System
 An Overview about the Program
Within the framework of Helwan University ideology aiming at turning
the University into an ideal one that can cope with the future through
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developing and updating the University educational programs seeking
the national and international academic accreditation criteria, the
faculty of Commerce and Business Administration seeks to improve the
study system thereof, re-valuate the syllabi taught to the students, and
to apply the recent education systems which can have larger number of
students and can open the elective fields before the students to decide
according to their abilities, potentials and desires. Within that
framework, the Faculty seeks to apply the Credit hours System (CHS)
applied in many grand global universities.
BIS is committed to prepare young individuals from Egypt and abroad
to be leaders and intellects, and to instill in them the critical thinking
that underpins responsible citizenship and social and ethical
responsiveness in the global knowledge society. It is also committed to
offer students their ticket to a bright future, by delivering distinguished
university education that can be translated into advanced professional
skills, better career prospects and higher salaries.
BIS focuses on experiential learning and advances in instructional
practices; develops student awareness of the dynamic changes in the
real life business environment; and promotes lifelong learning.
 Qualifications Required for Admission:
Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration admits the students
who have Thanawia Amma certificate whether from the scientific or
the literary sections through the University Co-ordination Office.
Students who have equivalent certificates and incoming students are
also admitted as per the regulating rules put by the appropriate
authorities.
 The Study system
A) Studying at the program is based on the credit hours system. The
academic year is divided into two terms and the credit hour is
considered the unit measuring the weight of the syllabi that should be
covered.
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B) Having a Bachelor degree of Commerce, BIS major, the student has
to successfully pass, at least, a number of 129 credit hours within, at
least, 8 academic terms divided into four academic levels of study.
 Academic Guidance (Advising System):
The faculty recommends for each group of students a member of the
teaching staff as an academic advisor for the students to help them in
choosing and registering in the suitable courses and to direct them
through out their study in the faculty. The faculty council distributes all
the students registered at the Program among the members of the
teaching staff. The student shall shoulder the responsibility of the
registration intended and desired by him\her. The student is allowed
to select his/her academic advisor after taking the permission of the
Program coordinator and within the limits of the number of students
allowed and specified by the faculty council for each advisor.
 Registration, Drop and Add Rules:
A) Two weeks before the academic term begins, the student has to
register in the courses he\she desires following the registration forms
presented by the faculty.
B) The minimum credit hours of registration in each academic term are
9 hours and 18 credit hours is the maximum. In case of graduation
only, upon the permission of the Program coordinator, there may be
some exceptions in the number of hours of registration.
C) After completing the procedures of registration, the student is
eligible to drop or add one course or more within two weeks in case of
adding courses, and within four weeks in case of dropping courses.
And this is absolutely done by coordination with the academic advisor
of the student as per the stipulated procedures.
D) The student is allowed to study various courses and to register in
the advanced levels after his\her registration in the courses regarded
as prerequisites of the advanced levels. The student is not allowed to
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register in any advanced level except he/she passes successfully the
prerequisites of that advanced level.
 Withdraw rules:
A) Having registered in any courses, the student may withdraw one or
more within 8 weeks as of the beginning of semester provided that the
number of registered hours for the student will not be less than the
minimum level of registration (9 credit hour per term).In such case the
student is not deemed a "failure (F)" in the courses he/she withdraw.
Yet, the student is deemed a '' withdrawn (w)" in the course result.
B) In case the student withdraws any course after the dead line of
Withdraw, the student shall be deemed "failure (F)" in the course
result.
 Maintaining Regular Attendance and Absence
Rules:
A) In order for the student to attend the final exam in each course, it is
provided that the student must attend not less than 75% of the lectures
in each course. If the average of absence, without a persuasive excuse,
exceeds 25% in each course, the faculty council, after warning the
student, shall have the right to deprive the student of attending the
final exam and the student shall receive "Zero" as a final grade of the
course.
B) In case the student has a "compulsory excuse" not to attend the
final exam and this excuse is agreed on by the faculty council within
two days after the date of the exam, the student shall receive grade
"Incomplete (I)" in the course result, provided that he\she is not
deprived of attending the final exams as a punishment.
In such case, the student, who has received a "Incomplete (I)" in the
course result is allowed to go through the final exam of that course
within a period does not exceed one month as of the beginning of the
next semester. Then the student will get the true grade achieved.
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 Stop Attending Procedures:
A) If the student does not register any credit hours in semester or
he/she drops withdraw all the registered courses, without any
persuasive excuse; then the student will be deemed a non-attendant.
B) In case of having a persuasive excuse, the student will be allowed to
non attend for two successive terms or non successive four terms at
most, and this period is deemed a period of "Stopping Registration".
The student will be fired out if his\her Non-Attendance Period
exceeds the stipulated period with no excuse the faculty board may
agree and approved by the University Senate.
C) The student may submit a demand to stop his\her registration at
the faculty as per the rules and conditions stipulated by the University.
 Examination System:
A) Each course exam is corrected from 100 grades.
B) The minimum grade of success in each course is 50% of the Total
grade.
C) In each course, grades are distributed as follows:
• Class Works:
50% of the grades on the class works (20% from them will be
allocated for subjects that requires practical exam).
• Final Exam:
50 % of the grades on the final exam.
D) Regarding the graduation project course, the study is extended
throughout 2 semesters and the exam is at the end of the second s
.The grades are distributed as 50% for the class works and 50% for the
oral exam (project discussion).
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E) The time stipulated to the final written exam is 3 hours, except for
the course of "Human Rights" and the courses that have practical
exams. In such two cases, the time of the final written exams will be 2
hours only.
 Valuation System:
A) The faculty applies the Credit Hour System (CHS) which based
mainly on the syllabus and not on fulfilling an academic. The valuation
system is made in accordance with the grade average in each course in
the form of scores which are stipulated by the following table:
Percentage of the grade
90% and more
From 85% to less than 90%
From 80% to less than 85%
From 75% to less than 80%
From 70% to less than 75%
From 65% to less than 70%
From 60% to less than 65%
From 50% to less than 60%
Less than 50%
Grade Average
A+
A
B+
B
C+
C
D+
D
F
Scores
4
3.75
3.4
3.1
2.8
2.5
2.25
2
Zero
B) Accumulation Rate Calculation:
Grade Point average (GPA) is counted as follows:
1- The grade value of each course (scores appearing at the table) is
multiplied to the number of credit hours specified for that course to
count scores for each course.
2- Scores of all the student's courses are added.
3- The sum of the scores is divided on the total registered hours for
the student to count the grade point average (GPA) as follows:
Grade Point Average (GPA) =
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Total Registered Hours
4- The student's grade average is counted according to the
accumulative average as per the following table:
Accumulative Average
3.4 and more
From 2.8 to less than 3.4
From 2.4 to less than 2.8
From 2 to less than 2.4
From 1.4 to less than 2
Less than 1.4
Grade Average
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Pass
weak
Very weak
5- The student shall be granted the "Honors" degree in case he\she
passed all the study units in all academic levels with a grade not less
than "Very Good" provided that the student did not fail in any course.
 Failure and Re-registration Policy:
In case shall the student fail in a course, the student must reregister in that course and re-attend its final exam. If the student
succeeded in that course, after re-studying it; the student would
receive his/her existing grade on which the student's accumulative
average will be estimated.
 Warning Rules
The student is – academically – warned if his\her accumulative
average (GPA) is less than scores 2. If the student failed to raise
his/her accumulative average in the next semester, he will receive a
second warning.
However, the faculty board has the right to give the student an
exceptional chance to improve his\her accumulative average upon
presenting a persuasive excuse. The student's accumulative average is
counted as per article (39).
 Syllabi:
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Having a Bachelor of Commerce in the specialization of Business
Information System, the student must study 129 credit hours
distributed as follows:
1- General Requirements (12) credit hours:
• Six Compulsory hours.
• Six hours left for the student to choose from the elective courses.
2- Faculty Requirements (60) credit hours:
• Fifty one Compulsory hours.
• Nine hours left for the student to choose from the elective courses.
3- Specialization Requirements (57) credit hours:
• Forty Eight Compulsory hours.
• Nine hours left for the student to choose from the elective courses.
University Requirements: 12 Credit Hours (6 Compulsory + 6 electives)
Course Course Name
Credit Lecture Sections Prerequisite
Code
Hours
Compulsory Courses (6 hours , 3 courses)
English1
UH111
2
2
English2
UH112
2
2
Human
Rights
UH313
2
2
Optional Courses (6hours, 2 courses)
UH120
UH331
UH332
UH333
UH334
Principles of Law
Comm.&Negotiation
skills
Creative thinking
Media
Professional ethics
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Faculty Requirements: 60 credit Hours (51 Compulsory + 9 electives)
Course
Course Name
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Credit
Lecture
Section
Prerequisite
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Code
Acc101
Man101
Eco101
Mat101
Acc102
Man102
Acc201
Man201
Man202
Sta201
Man301
Man302
Eco201
Acc202
Acc301
Acc401
Acc302
Eco303
Pos201
Eco202
Man303
Acc303
Acc402
Man401
Eco302
Eco401
Hours
3
3
Accounting1
3
2
Principles of
3
1
Management
Principles of Economics 3
3
1
Mathematics for
3
3
2
Business
Accounting2
3
3
2
Organizational Behavior 3
3
1
Accounting for
3
3
2
Partnership
Production Operations
3
3
1
Management
Marketing
3
3
1
Principles of Statistics
3
3
2
Financial Management
3
3
2
and Investment
Human resource
3
3
1
Management
Money & Banking
3
3
1
Accounting for
3
3
2
Corporations
Cost Accounting
3
3
2
Managerial Accounting
3
3
2
Principles of Auditing
3
3
2
Optional Courses (9 hours, 3 courses)
Public Finance
Public Relations
Foreign Trade
Material Management
Tax Accounting
Accounting for Financial
institutions
Management of
Specialized institutions
Economic Planning
Information economics
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3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
1
3
3
3
3
1
1
Accounting1
Accounting 2
P. management
P. management
A. partnership
P. economics
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Specialization Requirements: 57 Credit Hours (48 compulsory + 9
electives)
Course
Code
BIS302
Credit
Lecture Sections
Hours
Compulsory courses (48 hours, 16 course)
Computer fundamentals
3
3
2
Principles of information
3
3
2
systems
Programming1
3
3
2
Introduction to operating
3
3
2
systems
Data Base
3
3
2
BIS303
BIS304
System analysis1
System analysis2
BIS305
BIS306
BIS408
BIS308
E-Commerce
3
3
Management Information
3
3
systems
Programming2
3
3
Operation Research
3
3
Decision making support
3
3
systems
Computer Networks
3
3
Data information security
3
3
Graduation Project
3
3
Optional Courses (9 hours, 3 courses)
Advanced E-Commerce
3
3
Accounting information
3
3
systems
Advanced database
3
3
E-Commerce sites
3
3
BIS409
Software engineering
3
3
2
BIS309
Medical & health information
systems
3
3
2
BIS410
Project management
3
3
2
BIS401
Internet applications
3
3
2
BIS101
BIS103
BIS201
BIS301
BIS307
BIS310
BIS402
BIS403
BIS405
BIS412
BIS406
BIS407
Course Name
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3
3
3
2
2
2
2
Prerequisite
information
systems
--------System
analysis1
--------information
systems
2
2
2
2
2
6
2
2
E-Commerce
2
2
Data base
Internet
applications
System
analysis2
Principles of
information
systems
Operation
Research
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