Comparing Sunway University versus UiTM for Information Systems Courses

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Background

Sunway University (originally Sunway College) was started in 1987 when it was officially opened by the late Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah AlhajIbniAlmarhum Sultan HisamuddinAlam Shah Alhaj, the Sultan of Selangor DarulEhsan. Prior to becoming Sunway University, the institution was upgraded to University College status by the Minister of Higher Education on 12 August 2004. The approval letter was presented by the then Higher Education Minister YB Dato' DrShafie bin Haji MohdSalleh to YBhg Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah, AO, during the launch of the National Patriotic Day celebrations at Sunway.On 31 January 2011, our Founder, Chairman and Chancellor, Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah received the certificate from YB Dato’ Seri Mohd Khaled Nordin, Minister of Higher Education, Malaysia, upgrading us to be a full-fledged University.

The BSc (Hons) Information Systems in Sunway University combine technical IT elements with business management. The courses highlighting technical skill sets in IT and give a sufficient knowledge about business and issues of organizations management.The BSc (Hons) Information Systems also has an analytics focus. Students who completed the programme will be able to obtain a SAS certification by taking subjects in Business Intelligence Systems, Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Knowledge Management, and Statistics

Definition of terms

Information system

Set interrelated components that collect, manipulate, store and disseminate data and information and provide a feedback mechanism to meet an objective.

Information technology

A very broad term encompassing all aspects of the management and processing of Information by computer, including the hardware and software required to...

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...in UiTM came from Information Management course that focus on Information and not mathematics to became a problem solver doesn’t mean that we need to learn all statistics and calculus subjects. If both Institutions try to fill the same subjects content there will be no speciality as all the graduates will be the same from both institutions.

Reference

Sunway Education Group Online Application. (n.d.). Sunway Education Group Online Application. Retrieved November 19, 2013, from https://onlineapplication.sunway.edu.my/?m=link&c=entry_requirement&department=14&academic_type=2

fim.uitm.edu.my. (n.d.). Bachelor of Science Information System Management (Hons). Retrieved November 19, 2013, from http://fim.uitm.edu.my/v2/programmes/undergraduate/71-is221

 . (n.d.). Sunway University. Retrieved November 19, 2013, from http://sunway.edu.my/university/fst/info-sys

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