Bachelor of Information Systems

• General information
• Course structure
  • Third year

General information

Course code: 1545 * Caulfield campus * Director of studies: Mr Andrew Barnden This course is not open to new enrolments in 2001

Course structure

The Bachelor of Information Systems (BIS) is offered by the School of Information Management and Systems. The aim of the BIS is to prepare students for the career of systems analyst in the development of information systems. For course map details, refer to the ´Undergraduate course maps' section.
The pass degree for the Bachelor of Information Systems involves 144 points of study comprising:

• Compulsory information systems subjects (54 points)
• Corequisite computing subjects (42 points)
• Compulsory minor sequence, and other elective subjects (48 points)

No more than 60 points of first-year subjects may be counted towards the degree and at least 36 points must be at third-year level. The compulsory minor sequence from another faculty will comprise subjects in one discipline of at least 24 points. The choice of electives must include at least two subjects from the Faculty of Business and Economics. These two subjects may be included in the minor, in which case additional electives must be chosen to complete the 48 points. Electives may come from the Faculty of Information Technology or from outside the faculty.

Third year

The third-year subjects consolidate the students' understanding of systems development theory by giving them the opportunity to apply it in practice, and introduce them to a range of advanced topics in information systems. The subjects are:

• SYS3500 Information systems project (12 points)

plus two of the following information systems electives:

• IMS3001 Management support systems (6 points)
• IMS3002 Information systems strategy and management (6 points)
• IMS3110 Information systems security (6 points)
• IMS3230 Information systems development practices (6 points)
• IMS3280 Electronic commerce (6 points)
• IMS3470 Human--computer interaction (6 points)

plus 24 points of elective subjects in any discipline.

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