# Management Science and Information Systems Studies

**Source**: https://teaching.scss.tcd.ie/management-science-and-information-systems-studies/msiss-year-4/
**Parent**: https://teaching.scss.tcd.ie/module/stu22005-applied-probability-ii/

## Year 4

The fourth year (Senior Sophister year) of the MSISS programme is centred around the [project](https://www.scss.tcd.ie/undergraduate/msiss/projects/index.php) which forms a considerable part of the work for the year. These projects are carried out for real world clients.

[Quick Links](https://teaching.scss.tcd.ie/general-information/quick-links/)

[Business Modules](https://www.tcd.ie/business/programmes/undergraduate/module-outlines/)

[Economics Modules](https://www.tcd.ie/Economics/undergraduate/tsm/modules/)

## Compulsory Modules

### Students take the following compulsory modules from the School of Computer Science and Statistics:

(Semester 1 & 2, 10 ECTS) The aim of the course is to introduce the students to a set of techniques including classification and regression trees, and ensemble methods.

(Semester 1 & 2, 20 ECTS) The aims of the project are to integrate the theoretical and practical knowledge of the student across all of the years of their study and to provide a practical demonstration of their capability in executing a challenging and large-scale research project.

(Semester 1 & 2, 10 ECTS) The objective of this course is to introduce students to Strategic Information Systems in the workplace and society.

## Optional Modules

### Optional modules offered by the School of Computer Science and Statistics

Students in Year 4 choose 20 credits of optional modules from the following lists of modules offered by the School of Computer Science and Statistics and other schools.

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(Semester 1, 5 ECTS) The module provides an introduction to the field of Human-Computer Interaction, focused both on understanding human interactions with technology and on the design of useful and usable interactive systems.

(Semester 2, 5 ECTS) Explain how high tech venture creation operates, with an emphasis on the processes developed by the Silicon Valley venture community over the past 20 years

Offered in 2025/26 Module CodeSTU34501Module Name Applied Linear Statistical Methods IECTS Weighting [1]5 ECTS Semester taughtSemester 1Module Coordinator/s Dr. Jason Wyse Module Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this module,…

Not running 2022/23. Module Code STU34502 Module Name Applied Linear Statistical Methods II ECTS Weighting [1] 5 ECTS Semester taught Semester 2 Module Coordinator/s Alessio Benavoli Module Learning Outcomes On…

(Semester 1, 5 credits) This module introduces different statistical modelling used for analysing stochastic processes defined in the spatial and/or time domains. These have many applications (e.g. engineering, finance, genetics).

(Semester 2, 5 ECTS) Specific topics addressed in this module include:\
examples of stochastic processes, the Markov property and discrete state space Markov chains, Chapman-Kolmogorov equation, convergence to stable distribution, Poisson processes and their properties and applications, further discrete state space Markov processes,\
Brownian motion and geometric Brownian motion.

(Semester 1, 5 credits) An introduction to the field of Operations Research.

### Optional modules offered by other schools

[BUU44531 Financial Reporting and Analysis I (5 ECTS )](https://www.tcd.ie/business/programmes/undergraduate/module-outlines/buu44531/#d.en.1116932)

[BUU44532 Financial Reporting and Analysis II (5 ECTS)](https://www.tcd.ie/business/programmes/undergraduate/module-outlines/buu44532/#d.en.1116946)

[BUU44706 Natural Capital Accounting (5 ECTS )](https://www.tcd.ie/business/programmes/undergraduate/module-outlines/)

[BUU44700 Sustainable Finance (5 ECTS )](https://www.tcd.ie/business/programmes/undergraduate/module-outlines/buu44700/#d.en.1887041)

[BUU44650 Derivatives (5 ECTS](https://www.tcd.ie/business/programmes/undergraduate/module-outlines/buu44650/#d.en.1117526) [)](https://www.tcd.ie/business/programmes/undergraduate/module-outlines/)

[BUU44640 International Finance (5 ECTS )](https://www.tcd.ie/business/programmes/undergraduate/module-outlines/buu44640/#d.en.1117525)

[ME5MM7 – Safety Management Systems and Risk Assessment](https://www.tcd.ie/media/tcd/mecheng/pdfs/ME5MM7.pdf)