Alignment withISACA Model Curriculum for Information Systems Major

ISACA Model Curriculum

Professional Qualification and HKUST…

• Professional Accounting– Certified Public Accounts of HKICPA QP & ACCA (CPA)

• Finance– Certified Financial Analyst (CFA)

• Information Systems– Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

ISACA Model Curriculum

Certified Information Systems Auditor…

• Developed and sponsored by ISACA, its founding organization

• One of the required professional certification for those IS Audit, Control and Security practitioners

• Recognized worldwide

ISACA Model Curriculum

• In the information-based business environment, business professionals who are technically competent in IS, or IS specialists who understand control, commerce and financial operations, are in great demand for IS audit careers.

• Help to generate employable candidates for the IS audit and control profession.

• A reasonably comprehensive set of topics for an ideal program for IS audit and control.

ISACA Model Curriculum

• HKUST BBA(IS) is the FIRST university program in Asia/Asia-Pacific, and the SECOND undergraduate program in the world found to be in alignment with the ISACA Model Curriculum.

• Provide student better career opportunities and career advancement.

• One year experience waiver towards the 5-years requirement of CISA qualification.

ISACA Model Curriculum

(2 years experience waiver)

(3 years experience waiver)

1 Year Relevant Working Experience

Other Degree Programs BBA(Information Systems)

1 Year Internship

2 Years Relevant Working Experience

2 years faster!

ISACA Model Curriculum

Course Requirement…

• Original 3 Required Courses– ISMT 221 – Information Systems Analysis and Design– ISMT 223 – Business Applications Programming– ISMT 226 – Database Design and Administrator

• 3 ISACA Model Curriculum Required Courses– ISMT 235 – Telecommunication and Computer Networking

Mgt.– ISMT 350 – Information Systems Auditing and Security– ISMT 3XX – Information Systems Control and Assurance

Career Prospect

IT Support v. IT Consultancy v. IT Audit

• Career path: – Software programming/systems analyst– System/networking administration– System development & design– Database management specialists– Project management– Independent Consultants

Career Prospect

IT Audit, Control and Security

• Career path: – Project management– Independent Consultants– IT risk management– Security analyst– IT Auditor

• IT Audit - Dual professional qualification in CISA and CPA (For IT Auditor Hired by Big4 CPA Firm)