Monash University: University Handbooks: Postgraduate Handbook 2001: Subjects indexed by faculty
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Master of Information Systems


General information

Course code: 1167 * Caulfield campus * Course coordinator: Dr Graeme Johanson * Fees for Australian residents: $9600, or $1200 per subject * Refer to the course entry for the Master of Information Management and Systems * No further intake
The Master of Information Systems is offered by the School of Information Management and Systems. It provides specialised and directed advanced study in specific areas in the information systems domain of current interest and importance to computing professionals.
Subjects will primarily take the form of seminars, which normally focus on the lecturer's current areas of research. This results 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.
Graduates of the Master of Information Systems program are expected to play leading roles in the profession in Australia and other countries.
Masters students have access to the school library and the school's honours and graduate studies centre.

Course structure

The Master of Information Systems comprises 48 credit points of coursework taken over one year full-time or two years part-time. The course contains no research component. There is one compulsory subject IMS5022 (Contemporary issues in information management and systems) in which leading information systems practitioners and academics discuss major issues of current concern to IS practitioners. Students can choose at least 36 points from the graduate subjects listed below and a maximum of points of graduate subjects offered by other schools in the faculty.

Graduate subjects

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