Informatics: Information Systems and Business Development

Education facts

Code: SYSB23

<p>The main focus of the course is information systems (IS) and business development. You further develop your skills in managing and modelling business processes (with process modelling) and data (with Entity-Relationship modelling). You will also learn about security aspects related to information systems and business, as well as ethical aspects.</p><p>The course has elements of modelling and development assisted by tools based on artificial intelligence (AI). You will use these to develop databases to support business processes and meet the data storage needs of organisations. For this, the cloud platform Microsoft Azure is used where you will build and deploy databases.</p> <p>A central part of the course is Enterprise Architecture as a strategic approach to designing, managing, and evolving an organisation's structure and to ensure coherence between it and its technical infrastructure so that the infrastructure supports business objectives. During the course, you will also work on management control and strategy related to business.</p> <p>In the course, you will learn about and work with:</p> <ul> <li>Process modelling, decision modelling and data modelling as parts of business and IS development,</li> <li>enterprise architecture,</li> <li>information systems security at different levels,</li> <li>basic strategy and management control,</li> <li>data modelling and implementation of database systems using data modelling tools and AI-based tools,</li> <li>automation of business processes and data management,</li> <li>planning and design of business process change.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://kursplaner.lu.se/pdf/litteratur/senaste/en/sysb23" rel="nofollow">Literature</a></p> <h3>Course director</h3> <p><a href="https://www.lusem.lu.se/bjorn-svensson" rel="nofollow">Björn Svensson</a></p>

Entry requirements

General eligibility and a course corresponding to SYSA21 Informatics: Introduction to Information Systems (1-30 ECTS), 30 ECTS

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Informatics: Information Systems and Business Development

  Lund University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %