The SMU environment - Information Systems
Overview of
Singapore and SMU’s
School of Information Systems
September 2006
Singapore – The Lion City
A Multicultural Island Garden
• Flight Times:
– Hong Kong
3 hours
– Bangkok
2 hours
– Bali
2 hours
– Kuala
Lumpur
1 hour
SMU’s New Buildings
The SMU environment:
The School of Information Systems is SMU's fourth school
SMU
School of
Business
(2000)
Law Program
School of
Accountancy
(2001)
School of
Economics &
Social Science
(2002)
School of
Information
Systems
(2003)
Studying at SMU
• Small classes
– Capped at 50
– SMU loves exchange students, especially
CMU students
• All in English
• Serious industry connections
– Singapore Airlines
– United Overseas Bank
– Port of Singapore Authority
– Defense Sciences and Technology Agency
Curriculum Roadmap for BSc (ISM) Core Courses
What’s new in the BSc (ISM) curriculum?
New electives, for example:
– Financial Services Business IT
– Supply chain Business IT
– Managing outsourcing projects and contracts
– Emerging E-commerce technology, applications and management
– Advanced security and trust
– IT and innovation
Contacts
• CMU’s IS advisor
Steve Pajewski; pajewski@cmu.edu
• SMU’s IS exchange advisor
Kevin Steppe; kevinsteppe@smu.edu.sg
• CMU’s Study abroad advisor
Eva Mergner em43@andrew.cmu.edu
• SMU’s International Programs Advisor isabellemalique@smu.edu.sg
Links
• SMU website smu.edu.sg
• SMU incoming international student page www.smu.edu.sg/international_programmes/incoming/in dex.asp
• SMU calendars, classes leo.smu.edu.sg
• Visit Singapore website visitsingapore.com
