Fundamentals of Information Systems, 7.5 credits
Academic year 2023/2024
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Spring 2024, 50%, Campus
Start date: 15 January 2024
End date: 20 March 2024
Application deadline: 16 October 2023
Application code: UU-76023 Application
Language of instruction: Swedish
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Final school grades (60%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (40%)
Registration: Please contact the department.
Entry requirements: General entry requirements
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 13,750
Tuition fee, total: SEK 13,750
About the course
The course introduces you to information systems and related concepts, such as data, information and knowledge. Further, principles and methods for implementing information systems in organisational and social contexts, in which the perspectives of different types of stakeholders are central, are presented. Finally, the digitalisation of the environment, and problems that have arisen due to this development, are addressed. Examples discussed include online shopping and social media.
More information
Contact
Department of Informatics and Media
Ekonomikum (plan 3) Kyrkogårdsgatan 10
Box 513, 751 20 UPPSALA
Telephone: 018-471 1011 018-471 1010
Email: info@im.uu.se