Course code: 1174
Course coordinators: Ms June Anderson and Mr David Foott
Introduction
The Bachelor of Information Management integrates studies in information theory and practice and computer-centred information management. In addition students undertake studies in a faculty other than Computing and Information Technology; these studies enable students to supplement their Information Management studies with another area of interest.
The aim of the course is to enable graduates to follow a career as an information management professional in business organisations, government instrumentalities, research bodies and universities. Graduates will have a wide variety of skills and understanding regarding the implications and practice of information management and its impact on people and organisations.
Entrance requirements
Applicants will be required to have successfully completed a Year 12 course of study, VCE or equivalent, with a grade average of D in English at levels 3 and 4.
Accreditation
Accreditation is being sought from the Australian Computing Society. Studies undertaken in this degree will also provide a foundation for further work leading to accreditation with the Australian Society of Archivists, the Records Management Association of Australia and the Australian Library and Information Association.
Course structure
For course map details, please refer to Map 8 in the `Undergraduate course maps' section.
The course for the pass degree consists of subjects to a total value of 144 points, with a major in information management and at least a minor in one other discipline. Usually students take forty-eight points of first-year subjects, forty-eight points of second-year subjects, and forty-eight points of third-year subjects.
In general, at most sixty points of first-year subjects may be counted towards the degree. At least thirty-six points of second-year subjects must be completed, and at least thirty-six points of third-year subjects must be completed.
The major in information management consists of ninety-two points taken over the three years of the course, being a fifty-two point sequence of subjects taken from the Department of Librarianship, Archives and Records and forty points of supporting computing studies from other departments of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology.
Students must also complete a minor sequence of at least twenty-eight points in a non-computing discipline. The minor sequence is normally made up of twelve points of first-year subjects, followed by sixteen points of second-year subjects. Students may choose any area of study for their minor sequence. There may be some restrictions on numbers in some areas of study. At third year, this minor sequence may be extended to a major area of study, normally by undertaking an additional twenty-four points of study in the discipline, or by taking additional information management electives.
Electives undertaken at one level cannot be undertaken at another - an elective taken at second-year level cannot also be taken at third-year level. Normally a semester work load should not exceed twenty-four points of study.
First year
In the first year, students complete thirty-six points from the information management major, and twelve points from their chosen minor sequence, as follows:
First semester
* BUS1010 Introductory computing for business applications (6 points)
* COT1700 The computing environment (6 points)
* LAR1001 Documenting society I (6 points)
* First subject in minor from faculty other than Computing and Information Technology to the value of 6 points
Second semester
* BUS1060 Computer programming for business (6 points)
* COT1800 Public networks (6 points)
* LAR1002 Documenting society II (6 points)
* Continuation of minor from faculty other than Computing and Information Technology to the value of 6 points
Second year
In the second year, students complete thirty-two points from the information management major, and sixteen points from their chosen minor sequence, as follows:
First semester
* COT2180 Relational database (8 points)
* LAR2003 Information processing (8 points)
* Continuation of minor from faculty other than Computing and Information Technology to the value of 8 points
Second semester
Two electives from
* LAR2004 Information policies and structures (4 points)
* LAR2005 Legal systems and recorded information (4 points)
* LAR2006 Electronic information sources (4 points)
Plus two electives from
* COT2004 Data communications and networks (4 points)
* COT2200 Systems security and privacy (4 points)
* COT2170 Electronic document operations (4 points)
* Continuation of minor from faculty other than Computing and Information Technology to the value of 8 points
Third year
In the third year, students complete the final twenty-four points of the information management major, consisting of LAR3002, a full-year subject, LAR3001, and a further eight points from subjects offered by the Department of Librarianship, Archives and Records.
Students can complete the final twenty-four points in one of two ways. They can extend the minor sequence to a second major by the addition of, usually, twenty-four points of third-year subjects from that discipline. Alternatively, students can pursue further studies in information management by selecting subjects from the list of third-year subjects below.
* LAR3004 Information policies and structures (4 points)
* LAR3005 Legal systems and recorded information (4 points)
* LAR3006 Electronic information sources (4 points)
* LAR3007 Group and corporate recordkeeping (4 points)
* LAR3008 The technology of print (First semester only) (4 points)
* LAR3009 Ethics and risks in information management (4 points)
* LAR3010 Role and management of information services (4 points)