Management Information System – Course Outlines

1. General Education Courses

SSH1110 Fundamental Principles of Marxism – Leninism I

– Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: Nonee

– Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Providing students with the most basic rationale from which to access the content of Ho Chi Minh Thought and the Revolution Policy of Vietnamese Communist Party courses, understanding the Party’s ideological foundation; Building trust, revolutionary ideals for students; Step by step establishes the most general worldview, ecology and methodology to reach the professional majors.

Content:

Introducing the concept of Marxism-Leninism and some general issues of the course.

Basics of the worldview and methodology of Marxism-Leninism.

SSH1120 Fundamental Principles of Marxism- Leninism II

– Credits: 3(2-1-0-6)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: SSH1110

– Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Providing students with an understanding of the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism from which to establish a basic rationale to be able to access the content of Ho Chi Minh’s Thought and the Revolution Policy of Vietnamese Communist Party courses. Step by step establishing the most general worldview and methodology for students to reach the professional majors. Developing revolutionary outlook on life and cultivating new human morality.

Content:

Basic contents of Political Economy of Marxism-Leninism and Scientific socialism. The focus of economic theory of Marxism-Leninism on capitalist production methods; The basic contents of Marxism-Leninism theory of socialism; Real socialism and prospects.

SSH1050 Ho-Chi-Minh’s Thought

– Credits: 2(2-0-0-4)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: SSH1110, SSH1120

– Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Providing students with a systematic understanding of Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, ethics, cultural values and the basic knowledge of Ho Chi Minh’s creative application of Marxism-Leninism in Vietnam. In combination with the course Fundamental Principles of Marxism-Leninism, the course will help students to have knowledge of ideological foundation, guideline of the Vietnamese Communist Party and the Vietnam revolution.

Content:

Overview of the basis, the process of formation and development of Ho Chi Minh’s thought; The basic contents of Ho Chi Minh’s thought regarding of the Vietnam revolution during revolution of national liberation and the construction of Socialism.

SSH1130 Revolution Policy of Vietnamese Communist Party

– Credits: 3(2-1-0-6)

– Prerequisite: Không (None)

– Pre-courses: SSH1110, SSH1120, SSH1050

– Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Providing students with the basic contents of the revolutionary policy of the Communist Party of Vietnam, which mainly focuses on policy of the Communist Party during reform process applied in some basic areas of social life. Building students’ trust in the Communist Party’s leadership following the Communist Party’s goals and ideals. Helping students to apply major’s knowledge to proactively and positively solve economic, political, cultural and social issues according to the Communist Party’s and State’s guidelines, policies and laws.

Content:

Systematic understanding of the Communist Party’s policy in revolutionary periods, especially during national reform: industrialization guideline, guideline to build a socialistoriented economy market, guideline to build political system, guidelien to develop culture and solve social problems, diplomacy in foreign policy.

EM1170 Introduction to the legal environment

– Credits: 2(2-0-0-4)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: None

– Corequisite Courses: None

Objective:

This course equips students with general knowledge about concept of legal science of State and Law, basic content of fundamental laws, such as the Constitution, Administration, Civil and Criminal Law in Vietnamese legal system. This module also equips students with specialized legal knowledge to help students apply the law in their life and work.

Content:

Overview of origin of State and Law; Nature, function and types of State and Law; The state apparatus of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

The system of legal documents; Law enforcement, legal violations and liability. Introduction of the most basic content of the major law branches in Vietnam.

MIL1110 Vietnam Communist Party’s Direction on the National Defense

– Credits: 0(3-0-0-6)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: SSH1130

– Corequisite Courses: None

MIL1120 Introduction to the National Defense

– Credits: 0(3-0-0-6)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: None

– Corequisite Courses: None

MIL1130 General Military Education

– Credits: 0(3-2-0-8)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: None

– Corequisite Courses: None

FL1100 English I

– Credits: 3(0-6-0-6)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: None

– Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The course which is designed for beginners in English aims at providing students with basic skills in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Upon completion of the course, students are supposed to achieve 250 on TOEIC scores or level 2/6 (VSTEP).

Content:

– Listening skills: Students listen to simple dialogues or monologues about different

topics in daily life.

– Speaking skills: Students practice speaking in different situations, practice using

stresses, intonations.

– Reading skills: Students get used to and practice different comprehension skills:

reading for gists, skimming and scanning, inferencing, and improving their

vocabulary.

– Writing skills: Student practice writing tasks at a simple level.

FL1101 English II

– Credits: 3(0-6-0-6)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: None

– Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, students are able to achieve 300 on TOEIC or level 2/6 (VSTEP).

Content:

Students study different topics, such as sports, jobs and occupations, success, holiday and special occasions, etc. In terms of grammar, students learn to use simple present, simple past, future tenses, present perfect, modal verbs, comparatives and superlatives. Students also practice more thoroughly with stresses and intonation. Students continue to study 4 skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) at elementary level.

MI1111 Calculus I

– Credits: 4(3-2-0-8)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: None

– Corequisite Courses: MI1141

Objectives:

This course provides fundamental knowledge about calculus for single and multivariable functions needed to study further mathematics as well as engineering subjects. Students will be provided a mathematical foundation to succeed in the fields of Technology, Engineering and Economics.

Contents:

Limits, Continuity and Differentiation of single and multivariable Functions.

Integration of single variable Functions.

MI1121 Calculus II

– Credits: 3(2-2-0-6)

– Prerequisite: Không (None)

– Pre-courses: MI1111

– Corequisite Courses: MI1131

Objectives:

This course provides the basic knowledge about applications of calculus to geometry, parametric dependent integrals, double integrals, triple integrals, line integrals, surface integrals and vector fields. Students can understand the basics of computing technology and continue to study further.

Contents:

Applications of calculus to geometry, parametric dependent integrals, double integrals,

triple integrals, line integrals, surface integrals and vector fields.

MI1131 Calculus III

– Credits: 3(2-2-0-6)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: MI1111, MI1141

– Corequisite Courses: MI1121

Objective:

To provide the knowledge and calculation skills on infinite series and basic differential equations, one-sided Laplace transform, to formulate Mathematical foundations for students of technology majors, providing mathematical tools and modeling for students to use in engineering problems such as mechanical oscillations, signal processing, and some practical problems related to ordinary differential equations.

Contents:

Infinite numerical series, series of functions, Fourier series, first-order differential equations, Second-order linear differential equations, first-order systems of differential equations, Laplace transforms, some models and modelling of technical problems.

MI1141 Algebra

– Credits: 4(3-2-0-8)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: None

– Corequisite Courses: None

Objective:

To form the skills of logical, creative thinking for learners. Students should be able to have an understanding and a competence to apply the knowledge on sets, mappings, logic, algebraic constructs in expressions and thinking on many fields. Moreover, they should be able to understand ideas and computational techniques of linear algebra. Based on that knowledge and skills, students could study other subjects in the engineering training program.

Contents:

Set theory, mappings, symbolic logic, theory of groups, rings and fields, the field of complex numbers. Basic problems in linear algebra as matrices, determinants, systems of linear equations, vector spaces, linear mappings, eigenvectors, eigenvalues, bilinear forms, quadratic forms, Euclidean spaces, quadratic curves and surfaces in three-dimensional Euclidean Space.

MI2020 Probability and Statistics

– Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)

– Prerequisite: None

– Pre-courses: MI1111; MI1121

– Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

This course offers the basic methods in the study of probability and common statistical analysis tools, from which students gain the ability to analyze and process stochastic models in practice.

Contents:

Some basic concepts of probability theory, random variables and probability distribution laws, characteristics of random variables, common probability distribution laws, law of large numbers and central limit theorem. The course content statistics section includes sampling theory, estimation theory, hypothesis testing, correlation analysis and regression. Moreover, students are equipped with the R language to practice the subject while solving real-life problems.

PH1110 Physics I

  • Credits: 3(2-1-1-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI1111, MI1141
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Provide students with the knowledge of the basis laws of classical mechanics, the conservation laws, vibration and mechanical waves, the methods of analyzing and solving relevant problems.

Content:

Mechanical motion in which the main topics are: Vectors, Kinematics, Forces, Motion, Momentum, Energy, Angular Motion, Angular Momentum, Gravity, Planetary Motion, Moving Frames, and the Motion of Rigid Bodies. The motion of a simple body (ideal particle) and systems of bodies are considered. Specifically motion as mechanical vibration and waves with main topics: Oscillators, Energy, Poynting Vector. The Thermal motion is investigated by statistical and thermodynamic methods. The main topics are thermodynamic systems, Kinetic Gas Theory, Distribution Function, Thermodynamic laws of ideal gas, Carnot cycle, Thermal Engine, Real gas, Phase Transitions and application.

PH1120 Physics II

  • Credits: 3(2-1-1-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: PH1110
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The goals of this part of the course are to provide students with the knowledge of the basis laws of electromagnetism, the way of describing electric and magnetic fields, as well as their interaction with matter, the methods of analyzing and solving relevant problems. The laboratory sessions help students to practice the skills at performing measurements of electromagnetic quantities, setting up simple experiments to investigate topics in the studied lectures, analyzing experiment data to obtain conclusions, evaluating measurement errors.

Content:

Static electrical field – Insulator – Conducting objects and capacitor – Magnetic field – Electromagnetic induction – Magnetic material – Electromagnetic oscillations and waves – Electromagnetic field.

IT1140 Introduction to Computer Science

  • Credits: 4(3-1-1-8)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Course not only provides students with basic IT knowledge (according to Circular No. 03/2014 / TT-BTTTT on the regulation of IT use skill standards), including basic understanding of how information is presented and processed in computers, computer hardware, operating system, internet, utility software as well as providing some skills to use office software, but also equip students with the ability to describe algorithms by various methods, comprehend the principles and programming structures of high-level programming languages and be able to implement algorithms in the C programming language.

Content:

Information concept and information representation in computers. Computer system: hardware, operating system, internet, application software and office software. Algorithm and algorithm representation; Basic programming structures, basic data types and structured data type in the C programming language…

MI3010 Discrete Mathematics

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI1141
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

This course offers methods and basic knowledge about combinatorics and graph theory. These issues are fundamental knowledge for a Mathematics and Informatics bachelor/engineer, improve the thinking ability as well as be the base for many other applied mathematics fields.

Contents:

Logic, Set, Relation, Map, Enumeration, Recursion, Existence, Listing, Combinatorial Optimization, Complexity, Graph, Tree, Path and Cycle, Connectivity, Coloring, Network.

MI3041 Numerical Analysis

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: IT1110

– Pre-courses: MI1111/2/3/; MI1121/2; MI1141/2/3; MI2060

  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Students can write some algorithms and use a programming language to solve some problems in one or multi – dimensional spaces.

Contents:

Some methods for solving the following problems: the nonlinear equation in finite – dimensional space, linear equation system, finding eigen values and eigen vectors and their application in matrix approximation.

2. Soft skill Courses

EM1010 Introduction to Management

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The course provides basic knowledge of the concept, nature, and roles of management; a number of approaches to the management of an organization, business environment, decision-making process in an organization; managerial functions such as planning, organizing, leading, controlling in a company.

After completing this course, students will be able to: grasp the basic knowledge of business management, understand the operating environment of an organization, apply that knowledge into the learning process related to management of an organization at the university in the immediate future and future work; understand the management functions of planning,

organizing, leading and controlling in an organization; improve the communication, presentation, teamwork, planning, time management, analytical, decision-making skills, .. and apply the knowledge and skills to manage a specific organization or business.

Contents:

Overview of management of an organization: including the concept of management, the management process, and identify who is the manager? Where do they work? What are the manager’s roles? The concept of organization, the characteristics of an organization, the operating environment of an organization.

Planning function includes the definition of planning, the roles of planning, the types of plans, planning methods and processes, and factors affecting to the quality of a plan.

Organizing function includes definitions and roles of organizational function, the contents of organizational functions: organizational structure design, management process development and human resources management.

Leading function include definition of leadership, the contents and role of leadership functions, and popular leadership styles.

Controlling function includes the definition of controlling, the roles of controlling function, the methods and types of controlling, the characteristics of an effective control system and controlling principles.

EM1180 Business Culture and Entrepreneurship

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objective:

The course equips students with knowledge and skills about the basic knowledge of culture and business culture, the role of business culture as an important factor for business development in enterprises. After finishing the course, the students will be able to:

  • Understand and have an entrepreneur spirit in general; technology startup in particular.
  • Have the ability to create, assign tasks, and coordinate work in group work.
  • Identify necessary documents through books, observations, interviews.

Content:

  • An overview of corporate culture and the role of corporate culture: Concept of culture; Corporate culture; Business culture.
  • Business philosophy: Concept, the role of business philosophy; Content of business philosophy; How to build business philosophy of enterprises; Business philosophy of Vietnamese enterprises. 
  • Business ethics and social responsibility: Concept, role of business ethics; Corporate social responsibility; Expressive aspects of business ethics.
  • Entrepreneurial culture: The concept of entrepreneurial culture; Factors affecting entrepreneurial culture; The components of entrepreneurial culture; Entrepreneurial style; Evaluation standards for entrepreneurial culture.
  • Corporate culture: Concept of corporate culture; Steps to build corporate culture; Business culture models in the world; Current situation of cultural construction in Vietnamese enterprises; Solutions to build a suitable corporate culture model in Vietnam.
  • Entrepreneurial spirit: Concept and meaning of entrepreneurial spirit; Forms of entrepreneur and technology start-up; Select a start-up model.

ED3280 Applied Psychology

  • Credits: 2(1-2-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

This subject aims at providing students the basic knowledge about psychological science and its application in reality as well as learning progress and career activities. Student can also better understand of themselves and other people for more proper behaviour, effective learning, better motional self-control and personality development in order to adapt to social changes and the future career.

Moreover, the subject is beneficial to training teamwork skill, decision making skill, presentation skill and skills to give and receive feedback and appropriate attitudes towards the future career.

Contents:

Exploring the human psychological life; The necessity of psychology in life and technical career; The psychological processes, states and attributes of individuals and society with characteristics, laws and mechanisms that arise and form psychological phenomena.

Subject is applied in the learning activities of technical students in the missions such as characteristics of learning activities, communication activities, scientific research activities of technical students; some psychological-social laws affect the psychological atmosphere of the student team and collective in the learning of school; The issues of psychological contradiction in learning groups and the adaptation of students with technical learning.

Career personality; Personality type characteristics of students with learning and technical occupations; Occupational personality structure; Creative thinking developing, creative capacity of technical laborers; Required capacity and quality of students to adapt to future careers in the current technology context.

ED3220 Soft Skills

  • Credits: 2(1-2-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Students is able to: Identify the importance of personal development skills at school, at work and in their life; Analyze the fundamental knowledge to develop personal skills; Practice the steps to basically form the personal development skills; Aware of the need to practice skills of studying and working adapting to modern society and future career.

Personal development skills include: Being proactive and setting personal goals; Developing positive thinking; Managing time effectively; Communicating (Small Talk and Big Talk, Listening Skills, Persuasion, Presentation); Working in a team.

Contents:

  • Team and Teamworking: Why to work in a team; Fundamental knowledge of a team; Introduction to basic personal skills of teamworking; Introduction to interpersonal skills in teamworking.
  • Basic Personal Skills – Personal Achievements: Positive Thinking; Living Values; Time- Management (Managing ourselves).
  • Interpersonal Skills – Team Achievements: Effective Communication & Listening; Presentation; Persuasion.
  • Organization Skills in Teamworking: Team Building; Meetings; Setting and Monitoring Plans; Solving Problems; Evaluating Teamworking.

TE2020 Technical Writing and Presentation

  • Credits: 3(2-2-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability to research and analyze content for relevance, organize and plan the delivery of content in both written and orally presented formats. Organize information into easily accessible formats and write to a variety of audiences. Create reports for online delivery and submission. Work collaboratively in groups in both face-to-face and online modes.

Content:

Learning outcomes identify the critical performances, and the knowledge, skills and attitudes that successful students will have reliably demonstrated through the learning experiences and evaluation in the course. To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated the ability to:

  1. Define report scope and content
  2. Set writing objectives and define goals for proper messaging and delivery of information to a variety of audiences.
  3. Develop project roles, responsibilities and relationships
  4. Research, analyze, design, develop and deliver an effective written or oral presentation
  5. Write in clear and concise manner (business/technical writing technique)
  6. Define, write and review report content
  7. Develop and communicate project specifications
  8. Communicate and analyze research findings
  9. Build a business case that address project needs
  10. Present project concepts and ideas to user groups and stakeholders.

3. Professional Education

MI2010 Introduction to Management Information Systems

  • Credits: 2(2-0-2-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

This module helps students: i) Master the concepts of systems, information systems and management information systems; ii) Understand the field of management information system,

related industries and future job requirements. The module initially helps students approach some practical problems, learn methods to solve problems, learn methods of working in groups.

Contents:

Information systems, systems and management information systems; Related industries; Required skills, job oppotunities. The content of the module includes: teaching hours or class discussions with the following topics: introduction to industry, introduction to training programs, report writing skills, presentation skills, teamwork skills …; project asigments and presentation.

MI3370 Operating System

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: IT1110

Objectives:

This course provides basic knowledge about operating system, Linux and opensource software. The course will cover major components of OS, such as process management, memory management, scheduling, file system.

Contents:

OS architecture, process management, memorry management, scheduling, IO, opensource softare, Linux.

MI3310 Programming Skills

  • Credits: 2(2-0-1-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: IT1110
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The subject provides students with skills to develop computer programs using structured approaches. These skills include programming principles, code organization, input and output techniques and techniques of using basic structures.

Contents:

Principles of structured programming such as: command principle – structured command – data structure; minimal principle; local principle. Techniques to define functions, procedures; techniques to organize a program, function and procedure in a structured way with characteristics such as easy to read, easy to understand, easy to maintenance and easy to reuse. Techniques to define parameters, return value of functions. Recursive and de-recursive techniques. Input/output techniques: input/output from keyboard, from files. Data file types, techniques to organize and use data file. Techniques to use basic data structures: array, string, pointer. Techniques to use advanced data structures: linked list, queue, stack, tree, graph. Techniques to order and find. Techniques to catch and resolve exceptions. Techniques to write asynchronous codes.

MI3060 Data Structure and Algorithms

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: IT1110
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Provide fundamental data structures and algorithms and the tradeoffs between different implementations of these abstractions. Complexity analysis, implementation, and applying suitable data structure. Lists, stacks, queues, heaps, dictionaries, maps, hashing, trees and balanced trees, sets, and graphs; searching and sorting algorithms, dynamic programming are also covered.

Contents:

Algorithms, algorithms design and analysis, recursion; Arrays, lists, stack, trees, graphs; Sort, searching, greedy, recursion, back tracking, divide and conquer, dynamic programming, randomized algorithms.

MI3090 Database

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: IT1110
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

To provide the knowledge on database systems, query languages, relational database design and implementation. To equip and practise skills in good database designing, database administration.

Contents:

Overview of database systems. Entityrelationship model and relational model in DBMS. Database languages (relational algebra, SQL language). Theory and practice of relational database design. T-SQL language.

MI3031 Statistical Inference

  • Credits: 3(2-2-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI2020
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

To provide the knowledge and calculation skills on statistical samples in descriptive statistics and inference statistics for analysis of economic data. After the course students can:

(1) to descript, to use statistical samples; (2) to apply hypothesis tests for problems with one sample and with many samples; (3) to test one type of parametric hypothesis; (4) to make correlations analysis and simple or multiple regressions and (5) to make simple time series analysis. Students can use the programming language R to resolve problems related with course contents and approach to study some practical problems in economy.

Contents:

The course includes (1) statistics and statistical samples; (2) hypothesis tests with one sample and with many samples; (3) one type of parametric hypothesis test; (4) correlation and regression analysis and (5) simple time series analysis.

MI4060 Computer Networks

  • Credits: 3(2-1-1-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI3060
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

To provide the fundamental concepts and general principles of the underlying network, an open system consisting of different components, and layer architecture as well as some common applications.

Contents:

Concept, functions, classification, layer architecture, OSI model, encapsulation, addressing, routing, TCP/IP, Internet, LAN, Web, e-mail, DNS.

MI3130 Mathmatical Economics

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI111; MI1121; MI1141
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

This course introduces basic theory of mathematical models in economics, and several comon efficient methods for solving linear models. Thereby the learners are able to build mathematic models and solving some practical problems in society and economics such as production planning, invesment, policy review… In addition, it provides basic theory to study advance mathematical model in economic such as nonlinear optimization, global optimization and multi-objective optimization models…

Contents:

The role of mathematics in economics, Model and mathematical model in economic, Steps to build a mathematical model for a real problem, Linear programming, Transportation problem, Input/Output (I/O) model.

MI3380 Project I

  • Credits: 2(2-0-1-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: IT1110; MI3010; MI3030, MI3041; MI3060
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The study helps students initially familiarize themselves with the research as well as to apply the learned knowledge to solve a specific problem.

Contents:

Each student is assigned to a specific problem in one specialized research direction.

Students’ tasks are to read and present their problem.

MI3120 System Analysis and Design

  • Credits: 3(2-2-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI3090
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

To provide the knowledge about software life circle development, methodologies and skills on analysis and design of an information system.

Contents:

Software development processes: waterfall, rapid development, agile, RUP. Structured analysis and design methodologies: survey and software requirement, analysis using functional hierarchy diagram, data flow diagram, entity-relationship diagram, architecture design, detail design and database design. Object-oriented analysis and design methodologies: UML, using usecases to define software requirements, usecase analysis and design. Design patterns.

MI4260 Information System Security

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI4060
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Provide basic knowledge of information security; the need for data protection and information security; penetration attacks and prevention approachs. Study private key, public key crypto systems and PKI, authentication and some other security solutions. Since then, students can apply in the design and deployment of information systems to ensure safety and security.

Contents:

Information security, standards, encryption basic, public key infrastructure, network and application protection.

MI3390 Project II

  • Credits: 2(2-0-1-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI3380
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The study helps students to apply the knowledge learned in solving real-time problems. Students are initially familiar with teamwork skills, technical report writing skills and presentation skills.

Contents:

Each student is assigned to a specific problem in one specialized research direction. Students’ tasks are to read and solve their problem. Student also need to write a report and make a presentation.

EM3101 Principles of Economics

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The module helps students understand, master and apply the mechanism of operation of the market, demand and supply, consumer behavior, operational goals and decisions to provide business output. Learners understand basic macroeconomic indicators, master the role of government and the impact of fiscal and monetary policies in a market economy.

Contents:

Market, demand and supply; theory of consumption; theory of production; objectives and basic macroeconomic indicators; aggregate demand theory and government fiscal policy; money market and monetary policy.

EM3190 Organizational behavior

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: EM1010
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

This course helps students understand the importance of organizational behavior, the basis of individual and group behavior, understanding the concepts of communication and communication processes, and ways to improve communication effectiveness. , understand leadership, authority in groups and organizations, and understand organizational culture.

Contents:

The module includes: (1) Overview of organizational behavior; (2) The basis of personal behavior; (3) Awareness, value, attitude and job satisfaction; (4) Encouraging workers; (5) The basis of group behavior; (6) Communication in groups and organizations; (7) Leadership and power; (8) Organizational culture.

EM3210 Principles of Marketing

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: EM1100 ; EM3101
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The module aims to provide basic concepts about marketing, the role of marketing for individuals and organizations operating in market mechanisms and the main decisions of marketing in enterprises. After completing this module, students will: describe the marketing work to be done and the role of marketing in a business organization, distinguish marketing activities from product sales activities; present the general process of marketing activities in the enterprise: macro-environment analysis, market research, competitor analysis, market segmentation, selection of target market, development of strategies. and marketing-mix program; name and describe commonly used groups of criteria in consumer and institutional market segments; explain the advantages and disadvantages of target market selection strategies: nondiscriminatory marketing, differential marketing and centralized marketing; presenting the contents of marketing-mix policies in the enterprise: product policies, selling prices, distribution channels and marketing communications; Comparing different types of marketing-mix strategies for different types of products and different market conditions.

Contents:

The module includes: (1) an overview of marketing; (2) marketing information systems and market research; (3) marketing environment of the enterprise; (4) customer purchase behavior; (5) segmentation, selection of target market and positioning; (6) product decisions; (7) deciding on prices; (8) decisions on distribution; and (9) make decisions about marketing communications.

EM4527 Entreprise Accountant

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

To equip students who are university students majoring in Business Administration with the necessary knowledge and skills to apply accounting principles and methods to calculating and recording arising economic and financial operations of the business; and know how to prepare financial statements for businesses. After completing this module, learners can:

  • Accounting of the inputs of the normal business and production process (supplies, fixed assets, labor)
  • Distinguish production costs, calculate the cost of products and know how to account costs
  • Accounting for revenue and determination of consumption results
  • Prepare financial reports for manufacturing enterprises.

Contents:

1. Overview of accounting principles

2. Accounting vouchers

3. Accounting accounts

4. Accounting book

5. Supply Process Accounting

6. Production process accounting

7. Accounting for the consumption process and determining the results

8 Financial statements

9. Accounting work

EM4210 Business Start-up

  • Credits: 3(2-2-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The module aims to provide knowledge on business idea creation, business models, business planning and business creation based on business ideas. Students will complete a detailed business plan to realize the original business idea. After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe the process of starting a business starting from an idea;
  • Present and apply thinking methods to create and refine business ideas;
  • Identify business models based on initial business ideas;
  • Develop a compelling business plan;
  • Design functional plans for marketing, production, organization, human resources and   finance in the business plan;
  • Calculating total investment capital, forecast cash flow, costs and presenting methods                    of capital mobilization;
  • Describe ways to create a business and get financial resources for starting a business.

Contents:

The course includes: (1) Introduction to business start-up; (2) business idea; (3) build business model with Canvas; (4) develop business plan; (5) R&D and marketing plan; (6) operation plan; (7) human resource management plan; (8) hinancial plan; (9) risk analysis; and (10) deploying business activities.

EM3310 Business Simulation

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The course aims to provide students with the knowledge and tools to model and analyze business systems to understand the behavior of the variables in the system, thereby improving quality and efficiency. of business decisions.

Contents:

The module will introduce and create opportunities for students to practice three types of simulations with the help of simulation software: (1) Monte Carlo simulation to model complex static problems such as problems inventory, forecast and decision making; (2) Discrete simulation by events to model the operational behaviors of the system such as queuing problems at hospitals, airports and supermarkets; and (3) System dynamics to model long-term strategic issues, such as an analysis of long-term impacts from government policies on the health system.

EM4430 Innovation Management

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives and Contents:

After completing of this course, students should be able to:

  • Understand basic knowledge of Technology and Innovation Management.
  • Know how to make a plan, implement and control for MTI.
  • Improve the making decision skill for MTI

The main content of the course includes: Management of Technology and Innovation course focuses on how the firms plan, implement and evaluate the Technology and Innovation process. The basic concepts of Technology and Innovation are studied. The major responsibility of students in this course is to acquire the basic knowledge and techniques of process of Technology and Innovation management and to make decisions of Innovation of Technology in the firm, that follows the specific strategy.

MI3342 Computer Architecture

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: IT1110
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

To provide the fundamental knowledge of computer instruction set, computer architecture models, functions and operation principles, structure of basic components made up modern computer. Beside these, the module also provide basic of assembly language for better understanding computer principles.

Contents:

Numeral Systems, Boole algebra, Processors, Memories, IO, Instruction Set, CISC, RISC, Assembler.

MI4090 Object Oriented Programming

  • Credits: 3(2-2-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: IT1110, MI3310
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

To provide knowledge and skills on object-oriented programming and apply it to a specific object-oriented programming language. Students can use some design patterns in building a program.

Contents:

The course helps students understand the principles, the art of computer programming and the evolution of language, thinking in computer programming in general and especially in object-oriented programming. The course also provides students with object-oriented programming methods and techniques with one of the object-oriented programming languages (C ++, C #, Java, etc.). The main contents include:

  • The thought of object-oriented programming; compare it with structural programming (functions, procedures);
  • Basic object-oriented principles: abstract principles; packaging principle; decentralization principle;
  • Types, classes, objects, and interfaces;
  • Inheritance, polymorphism and authorization;
  • Some basic design patterns;
  • Object-oriented programming on one of the object-oriented languages (C ++, C #, Java, etc.).

MI4374 Network Design, Implementation and Administration

  • Credits: 2(2-0-1-4)
  • Prerequisite: MI3060
  • Pre-courses: MI3370; MI3120
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Providing knowledge and skills in designing, installing and administering computer networks to students of technology sectors. Providing the processes and services to students to use in practice

Contents:

Network design methodology, LAN/WLAN design considerations, WAN design considerations, high availability, load balancing, network monitoring, network management.

MI4412 Information Technology Project Management

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI3310 ; MI4060 ; MI3120
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

To provide the knowledge about information technology projects, IT project management processes. To provide skills and instructions to perform tasks/activities in an information technology project.

Contents:

Concepts of information technology project management, project integration management, management of scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communications, risk, procurement of a project.

MI4392 Web Technologies and eBusiness

  • Credits: 3(2-0-2-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI3310; MI4060; MI3120
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

To provide the knowledge about Web technologies and skills on developing web applications. Knowledge about electronic business systems and the way to analysis, design and implementation of an eBusiness components.

Contents:

Web technologies and its evolution, components: HTTP, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Web application frameworks: PHP, Laravel, Front-End technologies: Bootstrap, React, Back-End technologies: NodeJS. An architecture of an eBusiness, some typical components: supply chain, marketing, customer relationship management.

MI4022 Data analysis

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI2020; MI1141
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

To provide the tools of multivariate statistics for treatment of practical big data. These tools, being natural extensions of respecting ones in classical statistics, can be used for many objectives as extracting information, data meaning, modeling, forecasting… in many problems of sciences, techniques, economy…

Contents:

The course includes concepts of multivariate statistics: treatment of data; confidence region; joint confidence interval; multivariate variance analysis, multivariate linear regression; principal component analysis; factor analysis; classification and clustering.

MI4212 Data warehouse and business intelligence

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI3090
  • Corequisite Courses: MI4216

Objectives:

To provide students foundation knowledge about data warehouse; skills in using tools to build data warehouses and data exploitation (reports, statistics, dashboard …). This helps students propose solutions for fact-based decision making.

Contents:

Data warehouse and business intelligence architecture; Data models; Process of analyzing and building data warehouse; Data integration; Data warehouse deployment and data exploitation.

MI4216 Decision Support Systems

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI3030
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

This course aims to introduce the basic knowledge of system science and the mathematical basis for the saving of some key issues in the preparation of the new critical system design – The decision support system has many practical applications. These important knowledge to model and initially processes information on the computer.

Contents:

To provide the most basic knowledge to understand and grasp the main tools contributes to the resolution of several major classes of mathematics in information processing and choice of solutions in several class decision-making classes.

MI4302 Distributed Systems

  • Credits: 2(2-0-1-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI3370 ; MI4060
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

This course covers general introductory concepts in the design and implementation of distributed systems. It also covers some concrete distributed systems such as MOM, service architecture, Cloud Computing.

Contents:

Distributed systems architecture, synchronization.

EM4336 E-commerce

  • Credits: 2(2-1-0-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: IT1110
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The module aims to provide students with an understanding of the characteristics, classifications, benefits and limitations of e-commerce, as well as the requirements and conditions for participation in e-commerce; skills to access, exploit and use information resources on the Internet; skills to design, manage and operate a simple e-commerce website; and equipped with the ability to analyze and plan the implementation and application of e-commerce in enterprises. After finishing the module, students will: understand the concepts of e-commerce and distinguish it from traditional commerce; the reality of e-commerce in Vietnam and in the world; grasp the characteristics and classification of e-commerce; advantages and disadvantages of technical facilities used in e-commerce; understand the benefits and limitations of e-commerce, the requirements and conditions for participation in e-commerce; have skills to access, exploit and use information on the Internet for research and business activities; ability to design, manage and operate a simple e-commerce website; and be able to apply the knowledge of the module to the analysis of the impact of e-commerce on the business activities of the business, and at the same time, plan to deploy and apply e-commerce for businesses.

Contents:

The module includes: (1) an overview of e-commerce; (2) electronic marketing; (3) process of transaction and order fulfillment in e-commerce; (4) legal and contractual issues in electronic commerce; (5) payment in electronic commerce; (6) risk management in e- commerce; (7) developing an electronic business plan.

EM4417 Operation Management

  • Credits: 3(2-2-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives and Contents:

This course aims to provide students with basic and modern knowledge of operation management – managing all activities related to the process of creating products and services in the business. After completing this subject, students will be able to: apply equipped methods and quantitative models to solve the various problems of business management through the accompanying exercises and assignments. This module provides students with the important theoretical background in production system, main issues of operation management, and methods, quantitative and qualitative analytical tools to solve those problems.

EM4212 Business Performance Measurement

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: EM4417
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The course aims to provide students with the basic concepts related to the analysis of business production activities of the business to manage and monitor the implementation of strategic goals of the business. . After completing this module, students can: Differentiate concepts and intrinsic relationships between economic indicators; Master and flexibly apply analytical methods; Accurately analyze the current state of business in the relationship with related factors; Proposing measures to improve business results.

Contents:

The module includes: (1) an overview of business activity analysis; (2) methods of analyzing business operations; (3) analyze production capacity and business results; (4) cost and cost analysis; (5) analysis of product consumption situation; (6) profit analysis; (7) business performance analysis; and (8) analyze business activities with KPI.

MI4050 Time series analysis

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI2020
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

To provide the theorical tools and calculation skills on discrete time series models in non-classical statistics for modeling a class of important practical processes in economy and techniques. After this course students can use time series models with different objectives as prediction, control, optimization… in problems of sciences, techniques and other applications.

Contents:

The course includes (1) time series models; (2) rough handling;(3) autoregressive moving average models ARMA; (4) model identification and (5) forecasting.

MI4114 Stochastic Simulations and Applications

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI3030
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Provide students with basic tools as well as knowledge of stochastic simulation, making students see the diverse applications of stochastic simulation in solving real-world problems.

Contents:

Provide students with basic tools as well as knowledge of stochastic simulation, making students see the diverse applications of stochastic simulation in solving real-world problems.

MI4162 Introduction to Calculus and Programming

  • Credits: 2(2-0-1-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI111; MI1121; MI1131; MI2010/MI3041/MI3042
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The course provides students with fundamental knowledge about MATLAB and its application toward numerical methods.

Contents:

Part I provides the foundations of MATLAB where students will be learning to program with MATLAB such as defining variables, how to use conditional statements, creating functions, and more advance features such as plotting data, and using different available toolboxes. Part II involves the hand-on experiments with solving numerical solutions of equations, numerical solutions of systems of linear equations, numerical interpolation, integration, numerical solutions to ordinary differential equations.

MI4341 Some mathematical methods in finance

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI2020
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

To provide the knowledge and calculation tools on finance mathematics for modeling some classes of important practical financial events and processes. These models can be used for many objectives as analysis, calculation, prediction, control, optimization… in financial problems (especially in stock market) and its applications.

Contents:

The course includes (1) market models; risk-free assets and stocks;(2) portfolio management; forward and future contracts and (3) option pricing.

EM3520 Fundamental of Financial Management

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The module aims to equip students with the initial foundations of corporate finance as a prerequisite for further study of the content of corporate financial management. After completing the course, learners will gain basic knowledge about corporate finance and initial skills to make financial decisions in the enterprise.

Contents:

The module includes: (1) Overview of corporate finance; (2) Costs, revenues and profits of the enterprise; (3) Assets and funding sources of the enterprise; (4) Cash flows in the enterprise; (5) Time value of money, rate of return and risk; (6) Evaluation and selection of long-term investment projects of the enterprise; (7) Capital use cost and capital structure of the enterprise; (8) Analysis of corporate financial situation and (9) Financial planning.

EM3130 Econometrics

  • Credits: 3(3-1-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Students understand the basic concepts of econometrics, bivariate regression analysis, multiple regression, and regression with qualitative variables, nature, causes, consequences, and ways of detecting phenomena: multi-community linearity, variance of variance change, autocorrelation … and characteristics of model selection. In addition, presenting techniques for estimating the parameters of the model: two-variable regression, multiple regression, regression with dummy variable and statistical inference forms. Know how to use models for analysis and forecasting. Applying Eviews software to practice calculating and testing models to select models suitable to reality, reflecting the nature of economic relations. Consider solutions to overcome and solve problems arising in the research model. Analyzing the meaning from the selected model results, developing solutions and policies for the economic problem being studied.

Contents:

This subject include: (1) Introduction to econometrics and regression analysis; (2) Two-variable regression model, estimation and testing; (3) Multivariate regression model; (4) Dummy-variable regression model; (5) Multicollinearity; (6) Heteroskedasticity; (7) Autocorrelation. 

MI4800 Engineering Practicum

  • Credits: 2(0-0-4-4)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: None
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

The requirement of a technical internship is to help students train and improve their programming skills to solve real-world computing issues. Students are also familiar with entreprise culture.

Content:

Students work according to their requirements to internship.

MI4900 Bachelor Thesis

  • Credits: 6(0-0-12-12)
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Pre-courses: MI3390
  • Corequisite Courses: None

Objectives:

Students use the whole knowledge learned to complete a practical issue assigned. Students must plan their own work to meet the mandatory requirements for a university graduate.

Content:

Students apply the knowledge gained from the courses to solve specific tasks of the graduation project under the guidance of instructors; write thesis and complete the technical drawings related to the project; present of graduation projects for thesis defense.