Caulfield
and Clayton campuses
Course code: 1600
Course Coordinator: Dr Peta Darke
The
aim of the Graduate Certificate in Decision Support Systems is to provide
graduate students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential to the
appropriate application of information technology to the support of management
decision making. Topics covered in the course include identification of
decision problems, analysis and description of the nature of decision problems,
alternative decision support systems designs, techniques and methods relevant
to decision support. Graduates are expected to work as management support
specialists and consultants.
Note that the Graduate Certificate Diploma in Decision Support Systems forms
the first half of the Graduate Diploma in Decision Support Systems and that
students may progress to Graduate Diploma with full credit for their study.
The fee is $4000 or $1000 per subject.
Typically six months full time, or one year part-time study.
Students will be required to complete twenty-four credit points of study comprising three core subjects (eighteen points) and one elective subject (six points). Core subjects are:
The elective subject is to be selected from subjects in decision support offered by the School of Information Management and Systems or the School of Business Systems.