Bachelor of Information Management

• General information
• Course structure
  • Third year

General information

Course code: 1174 Clayton and Caulfield campuses Director of studies: Mr Andrew Barnden This course is not open to new enrolments

Course structure

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.
The Bachelor of Information Management consists of an information management major made up of a 52-point sequence of subjects taken from the discipline of librarianship, archives and records and 40 points of supporting computing studies from other schools of the Faculty of Information Technology.
Students may also complete a minor sequence of at least 28 points in a non-computing discipline. The minor sequence is normally made up of 12 points of first-year subjects, followed by 16 points of second-year subjects. Students may choose any area of study for their minor sequence.
In general, a maximum of 60 points of first-year subjects may be counted towards the degree. Students must complete at least 36 points of second-year subjects and at least 36 points of third-year subjects.

Third year

• IMS3801 Information science (8 points)
• LAR3002 Information management project (8 points)
• Subjects offered by the discipline of librarianship, archives and records (8 points)

Students complete the final 24 points in several ways. They can extend the minor sequence to a second major by the addition of, usually, 24 points of third-year subjects from that discipline. Alternatively, they can pursue further studies in information management by selecting subjects from the list of third-year subjects below.

• IMS3007 Managing business records
• IMS3810 Information enterprise management and marketing

Those seeking a professional qualification in librarianship will add to IMS3801 and LAR3002:

• IMS3810 Information enterprise management and marketing(8 points)
• LAR3650 Information resources: acquisition and access (6 points)
• LAR3651 Information resources: organisation (6 points)
• LAR3652 Reference principles and practice (6 points)
• LAR3653 Library contexts and clients (6 points)
• LAR3654 Professional practice (librarianship) (6 points)

Those seeking a professional qualification in teacher librarianship will follow the program for librarianship but with LAR3653 and LAR3654 being replaced by:

• LAR3671 Libraries, curriculum and literature (6 points)
• LAR3672 Professional practice (teacher librarianship) (6 points)

Note that the prescribed third-year involves a 54-point load.
Those seeking a professional qualification in record-keeping will add to IMS3801 and LAR3002:

• IMS3007 Managing business records (6 points)
• IMS3810 Information enterprise management and marketing (8 points)
• LAR3630 Record-keeping contexts and clients (6 points)
• LAR3631 Appraisal and description (6 points)
• LAR3632 Record-keeping concepts (6 points)
• LAR3634 Professional practice (record-keeping) (6 points)

Note that the prescribed third-year involves a 52-point load.

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