Master of Information Management and Systems

• General
• Introduction
• Admission requirements
• Fees for Australian students
• Course structure

General

Caulfield campus
Course code: 2401
Course director: Dr Graeme Shanks

Introduction

The Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) is offered by the School of Information Management and Systems. The aim of the MIMS is to prepare students for careers in the management of information and the development of information systems. Graduates of the Master of Information Management and Systems are expected to play leading roles in the profession in Australia and other countries.
The Master of Information Management and Systems incorporates the Graduate Diploma in Information Management and Systems and the Graduate Certificate in Information Management and Systems.

Admission requirements

Applicants for admission must normally have qualified for a bachelors degree at a satisfactory level at Monash University or at another tertiary institution approved by the faculty. Special entry provisions enable admission to candidates without formal tertiary qualifications who can establish that they have the foundation required for postgraduate studies.
Applicants for admission who have completed a qualification which is the equivalent of the twenty-four points of foundation subjects, or who hold a graduate diploma or honours degree with a recognised specialisation in information management and/or systems, will be able to enter the course with advanced standing of twenty-four points.
In special circumstances, applicants for admission who have qualified for a bachelors degree at a satisfactory level at Monash University or at another tertiary institution approved by the faculty, and who have extensive professional experience in practice, may be able to enter the course with advanced standing of up to forty-eight points.

Fees for Australian students

The course fee is $12000 or $1000 per six-point subject.

Course structure

To qualify with the award of Master of Information Management and Systems students should complete seventy-two points of graduate subjects. The subjects will be selected from the graduate subjects of the School of Information Management and Systems, however, up to twelve points may be taken from outside the School of Information Management and Systems, subject to approval by the head of school.
Students who successfully complete twenty-four points of subjects may exit the course with a Graduate Certificate in Information Management and Systems. Students who successfully complete forty-eight points of subjects may exit the course with a Graduate Diploma in Information Management and Systems.
The graduate subjects offered by the School of Information Management and Systems are:

• IMS5002 Information systems security (6 points)
• IMS5004 Executive information systems (6 points)
• IMS5005 Decision support systems (6 points)
• IMS5006 Systems development methodologies (6 points)
• IMS5007 Electronic commerce (6 points)
• IMS5008 Multimedia theory (6 points)
• IMS5009 Recordkeeping contexts and clients (6 points)
• IMS5010 Appraisal and description (6 points)
• IMS5011 Recordkeeping concepts (6 points)
• IMS5015 Professional practice (6 points)
• IMS5016 Information resources: acquisition and access (6 points)
• IMS5017 Information resources: organisation (6 points)
• IMS5018 Reference principles and practice (6 points)
• IMS5019 Library contexts and clients (6 points)
• IMS5020 Libraries, curriculum and literature (6 points)
• IMS5021 Reading subject (6 points)
• IMS5022 Contemporary issues in information management and systems (6 points)
• IMS5024 Information systems modelling (6 points)
• IMS5025 Decision support systems development (6 points)
• IMS5026 Data warehousing (6 points)
• IMS5027 Knowledge management (6 points)
• IMS5029 Managing legacy systems (6 points)
• IMS5030 Multimedia systems (6 points)
• IMS5031 Managing virtual libraries (12 points)
• IMS5032 Recordkeeping, accountability and the law (12 points)
• IMS5033 Electronic recordkeeping (12 points)
• IMS5034 Multimedia publishing (6 points)
• IMS5035 Developing information services in schools (12 points)
• IMS5036 Research and professional practice (6 points)
• IMS5037 Special topic (6 points)
• IMS5039 Documenting Australia (6 points)
• IMS5040 Managing the records continuum (12 points)
• IMS5041 Business records management (6 points)
• IMS5042 Information systems strategic planning (6 points)
• IMS5043 Information technology management (6 points)
• IMS5044 Multimedia, the internet and human networks (6 points)
• IMS5045 Information management and systems project (12 points)
• IMS5046 Evaluation and implementation of information systems (6 points)
• IMS5047 Recordkeeping processes (6 points)
• IMS5048 The information continuum (6 points)
• IMS9001 Systems analysis and design (6 points)
• IMS9003 Business information management (6 points)
• IMS9023 Managing information services (6 points)
• IMS9049 Computing for information professionals (6 points)

There are several specialisations available within the Master of Information Management and Systems. These are information systems development, information technology management, decision support systems, recordkeeping, library and information services and electronic publishing. The specialisations have been designed to meet the professional accreditation standards of

• the Australian Computer Society
• the Australian Library and Information Association
• the Australian Society of Archivists
• the Records Management Association of Australia.

Alternatively, students may take a generalist approach, selecting subjects according to their particular interests.

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