BIS 1 Orientation
Jeremy Hayes
Year Coordinator BIS1
No need to take this down
• Slides available at:
http://girtab.ucc.ie/jhayes
• On homepage follow the “IS1102 Principles of
Programming” link
What is BIS?
• 4 Year Degree Programme
• 6 Month Placement in 3rd Year
• Mix of Business and IS subjects
What will I be studying in BIS1?
IS1101 - Introduction to MIS and Introduction to SAD
Techniques (10 credits)
IS1102 - Principles of Programming (10)
IS1103 - Technology including Internet Development (10)
AC1113 - Principles of Accounting (5 credits)
AC1114 - Introduction to Management Accounting (5)
EC1202 - Economics of Business I (5)
AP2012 - Psychological Aspects of Behaviour in
Organisations (5)
ST1023 - Introduction to Business Statistics (5)
MG1004 - Introduction to Management and Organisation
OR
MG1903 - Introduction to Marketing (both 5 credits)
What are labs, tutorials and practicals
and how many hours am I going to
have?
• 12 hours week lectures + (roughly) 14 hrs of
tutorials
• 6 IS practicals (in the labs)
▫ 2 hrs per IS subject
▫ IS tutorials begin Oct 5th
▫ Class split in two (alphabetical) groups
• Tutorials in Stats, Economics, Financial and
Man Accounting, and Mgmt/Mktg
Where are the labs?
• 1st Year Lab is B.02 (O’Rahilly Building
Basement)
▫ 72 machines
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Swipe Card is your College ID
Need Logon/Password
BISmail Email Address (NB)
Session with BIS Technical Staff in First Week of
college (I’ll let you know where/when that week)
▫ You may purchase print quota for year so bring
€10 with you
Top Tips
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Attend
Get Involved (clubs, societies, sport, charity…)
Do your coursework
Be mindful of your CV
Enjoy yourselves
How do I become a ‘class rep’?
• Class Representatives
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4 in total
Have Social and Academic Functions
Will be elected sometime in first week
Nominate yourself – classmates vote.
• Mentoring
▫ Mentors will be assigned in the coming weeks
▫ You must contact your mentor for a short meeting
after he/she has been assigned to you
What else do I need to know about
BIS?
• Coffee Mornings
▫ Weekly meetings with groups of students over coffee
• BIS Society
▫ Officer Elections in March
• BIS Cup
▫ November
▫ 9-a-side Male + Female Competitions
• BIS Ball
▫ January
• BIS Seminar Series
▫ Throughout 2nd term
How does the Grading System work in
UCC?
• Based on aggregate score across all modules (i.e.
all your marks are added together) divided by
1200
• 1st Class Honours (1H) = >840(/1200)
• Upper 2nd Class Honours (2H1) = > 720
• Lower 2nd Class Honours (2H2) = >600
• 3rd Class Honours (3H) = >540
• Pass = >480
What does it mean when someone says
they ‘compensated’ in an exam?
• If your aggregate score is >480
…And you don’t get less than 30% in any module
…And you don’t get less than 40% in more than 10
credits (i.e. Two 5 credit subjects or One 10
credit subjects)…. You can pass by compensation
If you are going to play the game, you
should know the rules…
• Marks and Standards
▫ Regulations concerning modules
• http://www.ucc.ie/admin/registrar/examsrec/g
uideexams-covpage.shtml
• http://www.ucc.ie/admin/registrar/marksandst
andards/
• Book of modules
▫ Information concerning individual modules
http://www.ucc.ie/academic/modules/
• Choose “Management Information Systems”
from the dropdown list to view IS modules
Book of Modules