Informatics: Decision Support Systems

Decision-making is a central activity for individuals, teams, and organisations. You’ll learn various concepts and theories about decisions, biases, data, systems, and governance of decision-making.

At the start of the course, you will explore how individuals, teams, and organisations make decisions. You’ll also get familiar with key theories and methods, including how computer-supported tools like Group Support Systems (GSS) and Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) influence teamwork.

Next, you will explore how DSS has evolved over time, before moving on to Business Intelligence, where you will learn about dimensional modelling, data warehousing, and OLAP – key concepts for managing and analysing data.

Finally, you’ll explore challenges and future trends in DSS. How can organisations create an environment that supports effective decision-making? What does the future hold for these systems?

You won’t just learn theories – you’ll put them into practice. In a group project, you’ll develop a data-driven DSS application for “Evans & Carter” a fictional international fashion company. This hands-on experience will help you understand how DSS can support different stakeholders and use cases.

Teaching methods include lectures, guest talks from industry experts, seminars, computer labs, and supervision.

You will receive a Qlik Sense license upon starting the course. No prior programming or database knowledge is required. However, some experience can be helpful, as you will use Qlik Sense for your group project. As a student in this course, you could get Qlik Sense qualifications and certifications as part of your learning experience.

Prerequisites

General and completed courses corresponding to SYSA21 Informatics: Introduction to Information Systems, 30 ECTS credits, and SYSB13 Information Systems: IS and Business Development, 30 ECTS credits. English course 6/B.

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to: The general average (GPA) of your higher secondary school leaving certificate: 20 %, The Swedish national university aptitude test: 10 %, number of previous ECTS at application deadline (up to 165): 70 %.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 16,250
First payment: SEK 16,250

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.