The Bachelor of Information Management can be completed in three years of full-time study by students who 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.
The course requires the completion of a major in Information Management, which is made up of subjects from the Department of Librarianship, Archives and Records, supported by complementary computing subjects from other departments of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology. The computing options cover database concepts, network technology issues, systems analysis and design, programming and business applications of computing.
A minor sequence of studies is to be taken from a faculty other than Computing and Information Technology, such as Arts, Science or Business and Economics.
Major studies cover the techniques of processing information for optimal storage, retrieval and service delivery to clients, users and the community; governance, policy and information infrastructure; the development of strategic information policy; electronic communications and office automation systems. A mandatory information management project involving small groups of students working on a real-world `problem' is also undertaken.
At third-year level, students can either undertake additional information management subjects or they can take subjects from a faculty other than Computing and Information Technology to extend a minor to a major study.
Graduates will have a wide variety of skills regarding the implications of information management for people and organisations, and would be well suited to employment in libraries, business organisations, government instrumentalities, research bodies and universities.