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ICT in Business and the Public Sector

Master

The curriculum depends on the student’s background. Students with a Leiden University bachelor in Computer Science, specialization “Informatica & Economie” follow an alternative curriculum (see OER OER. All the other students follow the main curriculum (see below).

If you are a student with a Leiden University bachelor in Computer Science, specialization “Informatica & Economie”, you can replace marked courses (see OER) with courses from the Leiden University master Computer Science. For selected courses the schedules are aligned (see schedule on the ICTiB&PS website).

If you are a student with a University bachelor in Computer Science, you can follow the so-called 'technical track'. This means that you replace 21 ECTS of ICTiB&PS courses with MSc Computer Science courses (see OER and website).

First year

The Master ICT in Business and the Public Sector offers two specialisations: ICT in Business or ICT in the Public Sector. Students have to choose one of the specialisations at the end of the first semester: a set of 18 ECTS ICTiB courses or a set of 18 ECTS ICTitPS courses.

Not all specialisation-courses of the ICTiB- specialisation are mandatory. See the OER for more details.

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Global Business Game - CIO Simulation 1
ICT Enabled Process Innovation 3
Leading and Managing People 5
Systems Development (ICTiB&PS) 3
Software Development and Product Management 6
Systems Optimisation 3
Process Modelling 3
Strategy 5
Technology and Operations Management 4
Research Methods 5
Accounting (ICTiB&PS) 3
ICT Architectures 6

Specialisation ICT in Business
Managing Innovation 3
Financial Management 3
Managing the Digital Business 3
Marketing 3
Corporate Entrepreneurship 3
Marketing Analytics 3

Specialisation ICT in the Public Sector
Role of IT in Public Administration 6
Working for the Government as ICT Expert 6

Second year

The Master ICT in Business and the Public Sector offers two specialisations: ICT in Business or ICT in the Public Sector. Complete curriculum can be found in the OER.

In the second year, students have to choose electives (9ec in total). Electives (master level!) can be taken everywhere as long as the Examination Board gives permission beforehand.

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Business Intelligence 4
Applied Research Methodology 4
MSc Research Project 38

Specialisation ICT in Business
Capstone Cases 3
Corporate Decision Making 3
Entrepreneurship 3

Specialisation ICT in the Public Sector
Digital Government-Citizen Interaction 3
Data-driven Policy Making 3

Electives
Lean Six Sigma 3
Computing and public policy in European and International Perspective 3
Cyber Security 3
Management Science: Business Analytics 3