COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT
Department of Information Management
Degrees Offered: B.B.A., M.B.A. , Ph.D.
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Chair:Shyur, Huan-jyh
The Department
Established in 1985, the Information Management Department of Tamkang University is one of the earliest departments of this field in Taiwan. In 1992, the Department set up its Master's program to provide advanced courses in both computer technology and management theory. In 2004, the Department sets up a Ph.D. program in information management. In 2006, the EMBA program started. The Department now has 18 full-time faculty members, more than 800 undergraduates and about 110 graduate students, and 12 Ph.D. students.
The Department provides a superior educational environment with modern computer resources, high-level teaching facilities and field project opportunities. There is a multi-purpose computer lab, containing 40 workstations and servers equipped with Windows Server 2003, Free BSD, Windows XP, Microsoft Office, MIS tools, DBMS systems, and some multimedia software. The computer lab. not only provides some popular application packages such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management Systems (CRM), and Electronic Commerce (EC) middleware for faculties and students to implement their systems, but also offers some communication equipment like servers, routers, hubs and switches for experimentation.
Practice by students as IT professionals at local firms and non-profit organizations is the key feature of the Department. In the System Implementation course, students working in teams take on an actual information system assigned by an employee or a manager in a company. The team works with their company client to collect information, perform analysis, evaluate alternatives, and design a system. The team presents the results as a written report and orally at a meeting with the clients as well as the advisors. The field project requires students to apply knowledge from many information management and business courses in a consistent, integrated framework.
Faculty
Professors
Hou, Young-chang ; Hwang, Ming-dar
Associate Professors
Chang, Jau-shien ; Cheng, Chi-bin ; Hsieh, Shun-chin ; Jou, Chi-chang ; Lee, Hung-chang ; Liang, En-hui ; Liang, Te-chao ; Liaw, Heh-tyan ; Liou, Andy Ay-hwa ; Shaw, Reuy-shiang ; Shyur, Huan-jyh ; Wu, Jiin-po ; Yang, Ming-yu; Yu, Chia-ping.
Assistant Professors
Wei, Shih-chieh
Degree Requirements
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Requirements for a degree of Bachelor in Information Management:
Successful completion of 141 credits of courses, including 109 credits of required courses and 32 credits of elective courses. - Requirements for a Master's degree in Information Management:
Successful completion of 36 credits of courses, including 4 credits of required courses.
Students are also required to submit a written master's thesis completed under the supervision of a faculty member and pass two (one internal and one external) oral examinations. - Requirements for a Ph.D. degree in Information Management:
Successful completion of 40 credits of courses, including 7 credits of required courses.
Students are required to publish at least two research papers in international academic journal and domestic academic journal, submit a written doctoral dissertation completed under the supervision of a faculty member, and pass two oral examinations. - Requirements for a Master's degree of EMBA in Information Management:
The EMBA program in Information Management requires a minimum of 43 credit hours of coursework including 4 credits hours of thesis writing.
Course Descriptions
Undergraduate Courses
B0302 Economics (3/0) This course covers two major topics: 1) individual economy, i.e., price and theory of supply and demand, analysis of acts, consumers, structure of cost, etc; 2) collective economy, i.e., the study of national income, determining rules for equalization of income standard.
E1034 Introduction to Computers (3/3) This course gives an introduction to the basic concept and knowledge about computer science. Topics include machine architecture, Algorithm, programming languages and data organization.
M0064 Production Management (3/0) This course provides an analytical approach to manufacturing and service organizations. Topics include plant location and layout, inventory management, production and project planning and control, industrial culture, MRP, and quality control.
M0142 Marketing Management (2/0) This is an analytical, managerially oriented course emphasizing decision making in the functional area of marketing. Contents include analyzing marketing opportunities, research and selecting target markets, developing marketing strategies, and so forth.
M0171 System Analysis and Design (2/2) This course provides an overall concept and procedures of developing information systems. Topics include system development life cycle, and the accompanying analysis/design tools and a systematic approach to systems planning during system development.
M0175 Operating Systems (2/0) This course studies important operations within any operating system. Topics include virtual memory, job scheduling, multi-tasking, multi-threads, and distributed computing. This course also covers several modern operating systems, such as Windows NT, Windows 98, and Linux.
M0271 Financial Management (0/2) This course analyzes the underlying theories, principles and techniques used in financial management to maximize the value of a firm. Topics include cash flow analysis, risk and return measurement, capital budgeting, cost of capital, long-term financing policy, working capital management, etc.
M0339 Accounting (2/2) This course focuses on the accounting concept, the accounting model, and the relationship of the finance statements. Also, the course discusses about the accounting of single proprietorship, partnership, and corporation.
M0342 Database Management (2/2) The development and theory basis of database management systems. Topics include relational database operations and implementation, query language introduction (SQL), database normalization, deadlock handling, security and integrity problems.
M0344 Data Processing (2/2) This course is designed to introduce the concepts, software, and applications of data processing.
M0404 Management Mathematics (0/3) This course discusses some important mathematics in the field of management. Topics include operation research, data analyzing, predicting methods, etc.
M0405 Management (3/0) This course provides students a comprehensive, systematic and relevant introduction to the field of management. Students will learn theoretical frameworks that guide managerial activities and illustrations and examples of how and when those theories do and do not work in both small and large business as well as in nonprofit organizations.
M0488 Network Construction (0/2) This course discusses the implementation of network in an exploratory way. Some practical experiences in the construction of a network are, thus, learned and discussed.
M0489 Multimedia Structure (0/2) This course introduces various elementary formats of digital media, e.g. texts, pictures, sounds, and moving pictures. Some packages combine digital media, from low-end tools (Word, PowerPoint, etc.) to high-end tools (3D studio, Director, Authorware, etc.).
M0490 Networking and Telecommunications (2/0) This course studies telecommunications and computer networks, including data communications, computer interfaces, transmission media and error detection. Some combined Tele-networking demands and trends in the business are also discussed.
M0517 Statistics (2/2) This course provides a strong mathematics background in statistics, and basic techniques for summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting large sets of data.
M0590 Introduction to Information Management (2/2) The MIS course deals with impacts and solutions as applied to information systems. Topics includes the information development procedure, strategic role of IS, human and organization factors within MIS, and ways to apply information techniques.
M0591 System Implementation (1/1/2) This course expects students to learn special IS implementations. Basic topics are translations of a logical design with structure analysis (e.g. data flow diagrams, data dictionary and algorithm descriptions) into physical system design.
M0724 Object-Oriented Programming (2/0) This course provides basic programming concepts about object-oriented programming. Object-Oriented Programming languages such as Visual C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, Visual Age, Java, etc., are learned and practiced.
M0803 Information Law (2/0) This course introduces a prerequisite concept about law; moreover, it covers laws governing various forms of intellectual property, personal data protection, crimes using the WWW, EDI, or computer network.
M0804 Statistical Software Packages (2/0) This course studies statistical packages used in business and industry. The statistical programs examined will vary but students will be exposed to such packages as SAS, SPSS, MINITAB and others.
M0806 Commercial Programming Design (2/2) This course introduces the modern trend of commercial programming design; e.g. visualization, mouse-driven window, downsize, distribution, and client/server computing paradigm. The feasible programming languages in this trend, e.g. Visual Basic, Visual Foxpro, client/server Delphi, etc., are also studied.
M0977 Operating System Application (0/2) This course introduces a physical OS shell implementation. Students are required to design some simple OS shells in Windows NT, Windows 98, Linux.
M1326 Programming and Data Structures (3/3) This course puts emphasis on object-oriented programming in the first semester. The purpose of this course is to equip students with well-trained programming skills by using C++ or Java. The second semester is to introduce data structure concepts and their implementations, in which the programming skill obtained from the first semester are heavily used.
S0325 Calculus (2/2) This course is designed to provide students a solid foundation for the study of calculus, e.g. analytic geometry, differential and integral calculus of a single variable.
Master's Program
E0646 Database Systems (2/0) This course includes : E-R Data Models, Relational Data Model, Other data Models, Relational Algebra , SQL, Constraints and OO in Query Languages, Logical Query Languages, Data Storage, Representing Data Elements, Index Structures, Multidimensional and Bitmap Indexes, Information Integration.
E1246 Data Analysis: Method & Application (2/0) This course discusses data analysis methods including the data type, regression model, analysis of variance, categorical model and running a SAS program using an empirical survey data.
E1262 Automatic Reasoning (2) (2/0) This course introduces the basic concepts of how reasoning can be performed using computer programs. We deliver discussions on topics including the introduction of logics, clause form, inference rules, satisfiabilities and refutation completeness, resolution methods, inference strategies and application examples.
E1591 Decision Making Analysis (2/0) This course introduces decision theory, focusing on individual decisions and some game theories. Including decision analysis under ignorance and risk. Utility approach to decision analysis is also introduced.
E2826 Introduction to Information Security (2/0) This course is designed for students interested in information security and related technology. It provides an overview of various security threats and related means to help in establishing countermeasures. We will cover formal procedures that need to be instituted for proper management. Ethical and legal aspects related to management of information security are also be addressed. It aims as one-semester introductory course at the graduate-level or senior undergraduate level.
E2827 Software Project Management (2/0) The course encompasses knowledge and techniques necessary to manage the development of software products. Within this context, topics such as software project planning, software estimation, software configuration management, software quality assurance, extreme programming, and development team organization will be discussed.
M0177 System Security (0/2) The course focuses on technical aspects of computer system security and systems management. Within this context, topics such as integrated system safety, Operating systems security, database protection and security, security management, and application security will be discussed.
M0423 Machine Learning (2/0) Machine learning is a core technology of data mining. This course will cover several basic machine learning techniques which include supervised learning, Bayesian decision theory, parametric methods, multivariate methods, dimensionality reduction, clustering, nonparametric methods, decision trees, linear discriminants and other related topics.
M0648 Software Engineering and Management (0/2) This course is designed for students interested in developing software. It will cover topics of different views of software process models which are used when software is designed and built, and other topics that are relevant to those who plan, manage, and control a software project. It aims as one-semester introductory course at graduate-level or senior undergraduate level.
M0829 Software Technology (2/0) This course discusses the applications of Java language and platform. The subject ranges from programming basics to GUI, Networking, Database, JavaBeans and complex commercial applications.
M0832 Content Analysis Approach (2/0) Students must be familiar with the basic terms of the experiment methodologies. This course will introduce background knowledge and procedures of content analysis. Thus, content analysis will help students engage in their learning activities when they recognize the meaning behind speech and writing.
M0837 Network Security (0/2) This course focuses on Cryptography and its application to Network Security. Security mechanisms and services as well as basic principles of cryptography will be introduced firstly, and their application to network security shall be discussed in the class.
M0842 Hot Issues on Information Management (2/0) This course focuses on critical issues in IS management including IT infrastructure, business process redesign, effectiveness of software development, managing database and communication network, and IS planning.
M1348 Information Security Management (2/0) Introduction to symmetric and asymmetric cryptosystem. RSA public key infrastructure. Encryption/ Decryption vs. Digital Signature/Verification. ISMS with ISO 27001.
M1371 Empirical Study in Information Management(0/2) This course discusses multivariate analysis methods, including discrimination analysis, principal component, canonical correlation analysis, factor analysis, cluster analysis, and enables students to analyze data about information management practice.
M1378 Spatial Database (2/0) Spatial data base is used for the information system to deal with objects consisting of a spatial component that describes the location, shape, orientation and size of the object. This course discusses concepts and techniques to manage such databases.
M1432 Information Security Management Practices (0/2) This course provides ISMS related speech from famous enterprise top managers and visits to ISMS related companies, and helps student obtain training of ISO 27001 and its certificate.
M1648 Soft Computing (0/2) This course aims to provide students with basic theories of soft computing, including fuzzy logic, neural networks, and evolutionary algorithms. The applications of soft computing to various fields are introduced as well.
M1693 Information Society (0/2) Students will be encouraged to join discussion to reconsider the positive and negative effects of information technology. The relevant issues are virtual community, private, security, e-commerce, e-government, digital divide and so on. This course is broadly interdisciplinary, with discussion forum in communication, business, education, political science, sociology, media studies, information science, and other disciplines.
M1734 Advanced Production Management (2/0) This course provides an introduction to the theoretical background and applications of production and operations management. Emphases will be placed on various functions of production management, and techniques that have been applied in practice.
M1772 The Theory of Computation (1) (2/0) In the course we discuss the ability of computers -- what they can do, what they cannot do, and how fast they can be. By the abstract model of computers, Turing machines, we first explore the undecidability of several problems.
M1772 The Theory of Computation (2) (0/2) Following the preceding topics in the theory of computation, this course explores its intractable problems, primarily concentrating on the NP -complete problems.
M1773 Technologies on Network Security and Application (2/0) This course focuses on technologies and application of modern network security. Technologies include symmetric encryption system, such as DES, RC5, AES, asymmetric systems, i.e., RSA, ElGamal, DSA and hasing function like MD5, SHA-1. Applications based on these technologies includes PGP, Kerberos,PKI, TLS, IPSec are introduced.
EMBA Program
M0837 Network Security (3/0) This course focuses on Cryptography and its application to Network Security. Security mechanisms and services as well as basic principle of cryptography will be introduced firstly, and their application to network security shall be discussed in the class.
M1641 Strategies and Policies of Information Technology Management (3/0) This course will discuss the national strategies and policies of the US and Taiwan about cyberspace security.
M1760 Special Topics in Information Security (3/0) This course focuses on critical issues in basic security concept and applications, basic security network, data base security, advance security application, special topic on information security, real case study on security project management and policy planning for enterprise, and security integration application.
T0081 Research Methodology (3/0) This course discusses research fundamental issues containing research terminology, research procedures, and general research approaches for information systems researchers. This course prepares graduate students to be able to read research reports in the IS field and enables them to conduct IS research.
Ph.D. Program
M0942 Data Mining (3/0) This course explores the concepts and techniques of data mining and their applications. Topics include: data preprocessing, data warehousing, OLAP, concept description, frequent patterns, associations, correlations, classifications, prediction, and clustering. New trends of mining complex data, like stream, graph, text, and web, are also discussed.
M1443 Specific Issues among Communication and Networking (3/0) The course focuses on specific issues, according to students' backgrounds, in the fields of Communication and Networking. From applications of business system to the details of communication and/or networking mechanism, the course attempts to help doctorial students to find their interest and conduct their original works for their Ph.D. program. Students are expected to accomplish a formal proposal for some specific problem to be solved.
M1521 Special Topics in Database Management Systems (3/0) The course discusses the fundamental and advanced topics about database management systems, including data model, data storage, data retrieval, query optimization, transaction management, crash recovery, parallel and distributed databases, and new applications for non-alphanumerical databases.
M1563 Special Topics in Information Management (0/3) This course offers discussion of individual topics in information management.
M1737 Information Hidding and Watermarking (3/0) This course is designed for students interested in image processing, steganography and related technology. It will cover topics such as image processing, data compression, information hiding, digital watermarking, secret sharing and visual cryptography. It aims as one-semester introductory course at graduate-level.
