Fundamentals of Secure Software Design

This course equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to build software that is difficult to exploit. It covers the technical aspects of secure coding with additional focus on the software designprocess to ensure that security is part and parcel of the design rather than an afterthought. Topics covered in this course include: an introduction to cryptography; understanding current and emerging threats; securing the network, operating system and database environments; vulnerability mapping and incorporating security into the software development process. This course is a prerequisite for students who are desirous of becoming IT security consultants, secure software developers or IT security auditors. Face-to-face lecturers, online presentations, hands-on lab sessions, and in-class discussions will be used in the delivery of the course material.

Gender Analysis for Development Policy and Planning

Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management

This course will focus on the planning and management of all activities related to supply chain management including sourcing, procurement, supply channels, design, optimisation, demand forecasting, sales and operations planning, supply chain trends and sustainability. It will examine all of these activities within a global context and will cover supply chain management concepts, strategies, processes, tools and technologies used globally. Additionally, this course will enable students to examine various facets of global logistics and supply chain management including risk management, project management, quality management, cyber security and ethical considerations.

Health Management III (Human Resources for Health)

Health Care Systems

Health Promotion

Human Resource Development

ICT, Innovation and Change

This course will introduce important approaches to technology innovation and key ICT innovation trends will be examined. Furthermore, students will be introduced to innovation concepts and terminology, and they will learn how to evaluate new ideas based on their innovative value, feasibility and viability. Topics to be covered include new and emerging technologies, ICT innovation management, ICT innovation systems, ICT innovation strategies, and ICT and change.
 

Incorporating Sustainability Goals in Projects

This course aims to facilitate the development of students’ knowledge and understanding necessary to identify and assess risks associated with unsustainable (net negative) practices in projects they will take part in throughout their careers. Today, projects designed to implement policies that are labelled “sustainable” may reduce but not replace what is “used up” in the process of design and implementation. In this course, students will learn to elevate their approach to critical thinking, data gathering and decision-making about truly sustainable alternatives to net negative sustainable processes, and to identify and execute opportunities to apply innovative responses to major sustainability issues as well. This learning will emerge from dialoguing with expert lecturers, absorbing assigned reading materials covering a range of frameworks, models, and approaches that are already known to reverse negative or unsustainable practices, and by applying them to diverse case studies and then to a field project in the Caribbean.
After completing their post-graduate degree programme, the students will be able to incorporate into their toolkit of contemporary project management practices, a sustainability mindset that enables them to champion sustainable development. Ultimately, they could place themselves as partners and leaders in a movement that more and more governments and businesses are embracing, by re-evaluating the products they are delivering (and for whom),  addressing human and material resources from a new (not exclusively profit-based) perspective, adjusting the strategic direction of their organizations to include opportunities to develop ethical partnerships for greater impact, and incorporating more equity and empathy in project selections decisions that impact stakeholders.
 

Information Security, Ethics and Legal Aspects

This course presents students with the theoretical and practical features of information security, ethics and legal aspects as it relates to data and information in organisations. It covers security fundamentals like cryptography, ciphers and message hashes. It also examines policies related to ethics and enterprise security, privacy legislation and the threats to security and privacy faced by organizations. Students in pursuit of careers in IT security, IT consulting or IT management will benefit from this course. This course will be delivered using a combination of interactive lectures, online and face-to-face discussions and laboratories.

Information Systems Project Management

This course focuses on the management of information systems projects. It will examine the fundamental principles and practices of managing programs and projects in an information processing and technology-driven environment. More specifically, the curriculum focuses on the organisation, initiation, planning, execution and control of information systems projects. Furthermore, this course examines major topics including project selection, requirements analysis, systems development, estimation, scheduling, behavioural issues, project governance, project implementation, project control and assessment. This course will also teach students how to manage software and systems implementation projects using a systematic approach. The course will incorporate the project life cycle and systems development life cycle models to enable students to better manage the planning, execution and control of a project initiative. Importantly, students will develop practical, applicable project management skills and competencies in relation to the establishment of project communications, management of project changes, and management of teams.
 

Information Technology Project Management

This course explores the practical skills required to: start a technology project with a clearly defined scope; set and manage stakeholder expectations; manage changing client requirements; and meet quality standards. Students will also be able to identify and overcome the typical pitfalls inherent in technology projects. The course assumes a basic understanding of software development and the software development life cycle and uses this basis to discuss methods for delivering IT projects involving networks, hardware acquisition, process changes, data development, etc., on time, within budget, and to specifications. However, it assumes no prior knowledge in management techniques and will instruct students in how to develop approaches and styles of management specific to technology projects. Students who desire to be IT managers, application development team leaders or IT project managers will benefit from this course. Course content will be delivered primarily by face-to-face instruction. Some aspects of the course will be delivered online and through in-class discussions.

Intellectual Property, Innovation and International Trade Policy

This course focuses on the role and significance of intellectual property rights in the global trading system. Specific attention will be paid to understanding the role of innovation in development, particularly for small economies.  Intellectual property rights are key elements of existing and proposed regional and bilateral trade agreements in which CARICOM states are involved. Thus, regional trade practitioners should understand how intellectual property rights located within International trade agreements can improve trade competitiveness.

Mode of Delivery: Face-to-Face, Online, HyFlex or Blended
 

Interaction Design

This course familiarises students with the process of user interface or interaction design. They will investigate interaction design models; learn guidelines to good interface design and how to create interfaces for differently abled users. This course is important to all IT students who intend to pursue careers in application development, mobile/web development, or user interface/user experience (UI/UX) design. The course will be delivered using a combination of face-to-face and online lectures, in-class and online discussions and hands-on labs.

Mode of Delivery: Face-to-Face, Online, HyFlex or Blended
 

International Negotiations & Policy

This module is designed to be an intensive practical workshop to assist students to develop negotiating skills in the international trading arena.  The goal of this course is to provide students with a grounding in the fundamentals of interest-based negotiation principles and techniques. A collateral goal is to provide students with exposure to negotiation, mediation and dispute resolution scenarios that will provide a basis for understanding of government and private sector interests, roles, and practical techniques in trade negotiations.

Mode of Delivery: Face-to-Face, Online, HyFlex or Blended