Course code: 1167
Course leader: Mr Martin Atchison
Introduction
The Master of Information Systems, MInfoSys, offers specialised and directed advanced study in specific areas in the information systems domain of current interest and importance. Subjects will be developed at a level of detail and sophistication appropriate for postgraduate study, and will primarily take the form of seminars. They will normally focus on the lecturer's current areas of research. This will result in the students gaining considerable insight into active research domains, in sufficient depth to enable them to apply the results of current research in their place of employment.
The aim of the Master of Information Systems is to present specialised advanced coursework programs in areas of information systems to senior computing graduates. Graduates of the MInfoSys are expected to play leading roles in the profession in Australia and other countries.
Admission requirements
A BComp(Honours) degree; the Monash University Graduate Diploma in Information Technology, the Monash University Graduate Diploma in Information Systems, or equivalent qualifications. Marks in fourth-year subjects should be at the HIIA level or equivalent.
Fees for Australian residents
In 1995 the course fee is $8000 or $1000 per subject.
Course structure
The MInfoSys comprises forty-eight credit points of study taken over one year full-time or two years part-time. There is no research component. Subjects will be taken primarily from the fifth-year offerings of the Department of Information Systems. In particular cases, these may be supplemented by selected offerings from the fourth year of Information Systems and other departments in the faculty. No more than two of the subjects selected will be at fourth-year level.
Individual courses of study will be developed by selection from the following existing subjects:
* SYS4130 Information technology strategic planning (6 points)
* SYS4140 Information modelling (6 points)
* SYS4160 Decision support systems technology (6 points)
* SYS4170 Executive information systems (6 points)
* SYS4180 Knowledge-based systems (6 points)
* SYS4190 Knowledge engineering (6 points)
* SYS4210 Decision support systems (6 points)
* SYS4220 Systems analysis (6 points)
* SYS4270 Systems design and implementation (6 points)
* SYS5010 Reading subject (6 points)
* SYS5110 Advanced topics in artificial intelligence (6 points)
* SYS5120 Advanced topics in systems analysis (6 points)
* SYS5150 Advanced topics in decision support (6 points)
* SYS5240 Advanced topics in managerial computing (6 points)
* SYS5250 Advanced topics in information systems management (6 points)
* SYS5260 History of computing thought (6 points)
* SYS5270 Current topics in cognitive science (6 points)
* SYS5280 Advanced topics in knowledge engineering (6 points)
* SYS5306 Advanced topics in systems design (6 points)
* SYS5316 Design theory (6 points)
Each student's course of study must be approved by an appointed course coordinator.
For example, a project leader with many years industrial experience who wishes to change role to a managerial position may elect:
* SYS4130 Information technology strategic planning
* SYS4360 Information systems management
* SFT5050 Software metrics and reliability
* SYS5120 Advanced topics in systems analysis
* SYS5240 Advanced topics in managerial computing
* SYS5250 Advanced topics in information systems management
* SYS5306 Advanced topics in systems design
* SYS5316 Design theory
A decision-support systems analyst who wishes to move into a specialist decision-support consulting role may elect:
* SYS4170 Executive information systems
* SYS4470 Human-machine interfaces
* SFT5030 Visual programming
* SYS5110 Advanced topics in artificial intelligence
* SYS5150 Advanced topics in decision support
* SYS5240 Advanced topics in managerial computing
* SYS5280 Advanced topics in knowledge engineering
* SYS5316 Design theory