12 STUDIES IN NATURAL SCIENCES

DEGREE IN BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

The Degree is equivalent to BSc (Hons)
Duration 3.5-4.5 years
140 credits/210 ECTS Credits, 1 Credit = 40 hours of work
Annual intake 128 students

Institutes Providing Studies in Natural Sciences at Laurea

Laurea Polytechnic
Espoo Institute, Leppävaara
Vanha maantie 9, FIN-02650 Espoo

Ms Leena Nieminen, Dean
Tel +358 20 5787 400 Fax +358 20 5787 401
Email leppavaara.info@laurea.fi

Ms Tyyri (Tia) Douthwaite, Head of International Activities
Tel. +358 20 5787 422 Fax +358 20 5787 401
Email: tyyri.douthwaite@laurea.fi

In English: Business Information Systems –
Innovation and Networks Programme (Fall Semester)
Information and Knowledge Management Programme (Spring Semester).

Laurea Polytechnic
Kerava Institute
Keskikatu 3 a, FIN-04200 Kerava

Mr Ari Poikola, Dean
Tel +358 20 5787 755 Fax +358 20 5787 775
Email kerava.info@laurea.fi

Ms Mari Syrjäpalo, Coordinator, International Activities
Tel. +358 20 5787 913 Fax +358 20 5787 775
Email: mari.syrjapalo@laurea.fi

In English: Business Information Systems –
e-Business and Digital Media Programme (Spring Semester)

Innovation and Networks – 8 courses and total 20 CR - 30 ECTS credits -

12.1.1   HB2504 Development of Processes 4 CR 6 ECTS Credits

12.1.2   HB3003 Network Economy and Electronic Business 2 CR 3 ECTS Credits

12.1.3   HB4503 Consultative Work Methods 2 CR 3 ECTS Credits

12.1.4   HB5508 Innovation in an Organisation 3 CR 4.5 ECTS Credits

12.1.5   HB5509 Quality Management 3 CR 4.5 ECTS Credits

12.1.6   HB5510 Creative Solutions 2 CR 3 ECTS Credits

Knowledge Management is a discipline that takes a comprehensive, systematic approach to the information assets of an organization by identifying, capturing, collecting, organizing, indexing, storing, integrating, retrieving and sharing them. Such assets include (a) the explicit knowledge such as databases, documents, environmental knowledge, policies, procedures and organizational culture; and (b) the tacit knowledge of its employees, their expertise, and their practical work experience. It strives to make the collective knowledge, information and experience of the organization available to individual employees for their use and to motivate them to contribute their knowledge to the collective assets.

Information and Knowledge Management - six courses total 30 ECTS credits - provides competencies in the following areas: intellectual technologies, information technologies, knowledge of information users, uses and needs, knowledge of information-intensive contexts, and knowledge of information processes.

The programme aims to answer the increasing demand for professionals who understand the strategic importance of information and knowledge management.

12.2.1   OPTIONAL STUDIES

12.2.1.1   HT7523 Basics of Knowledge Management 3 CR 4.5 ECTS Credits

12.2.1.2   HT7524 Organisational Learning 4 CR 6 ECTS Credits

12.2.1.3   HT7525 Developing Process for Information Security 3CR 4.5 ECTS Credits

12.2.1.4   HT7526 Information Networking 3 CR 4.5 ECTS Credits

12.2.1.5   HT7527 Information Technologies in Information and Knowledge Management 4 CR 6 ECTS Credits

12.2.1.6   HT7528 Project Work 3 CR 4.5 ECTS Credits

Studies in E-Business and Digital Media provide altogether 30 ECTS credits. The programme runs annually during the spring semester from January till May. (If the student wishes to do the Job Placement, the programme runs till June.) The six courses plus the Job Placement provide the student with a high level of competence in the field of Marketing, e-Business and Digital Media. Alongside with acquiring theoretical knowledge through the studies, the student has at the possibility to do a Job Placement in a local IT-firm (optional).

12.3.1   HT7522 IT and New Media Culture in Finland 2 CR 3 ECTS Credits

12.3.2   HT7532 Building and Managing Website 1 CR 1.5 ECTS Credits

12.3.3   HT6204 Integrated Marketing Communication and Brand Building 2 CR 3 ECTS Credits

12.3.4   HB7520 Planning e-Business: Strategies and Processes 4 CR 6 ECTS Credits

12.3.5   HT6302 Digital Graphics 2 CR 3 ECTS Credits

12.3.6   HT7516 e-Commerce 4 CR 6 ECTS Credits

12.3.7   HT7533 Project / Work Placement 5 CR 7.5 ECTS Credits