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Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Information Management and Systems
Course
code: To be advised Caulfield campus Course coordinator: To be advised
The Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Information Management and Systems is a
four-year full-time or eight-year part-time course comprising 192 credit points
(90 arts credit points and 102 information technology points as specified here
below). This course satisfies the core requirements of both the Bachelor of
Arts and the Bachelor of Information Management and Systems.
A
study score of at least 25 in each of English and mathematics (any) units 3 and
4, and a study score of at least 20 in any two other VCE studies.
This
component of the course comprises 90 credit points of subjects made up of the
following:
- 48 points of compulsory arts discipline major
- 30 points of compulsory arts discipline minor
- 12 points of compulsory arts discipline first-year
sequence
A year-by-year student progression through this component of
the course is as follows.
First-year
sequence in arts discipline A (12 points)
First-year sequence in arts discipline C (12 points)
Second-year
subjects in arts discipline A (12 points)
First-year sequence in arts discipline B (12 points)
Third-year
subject in arts discipline A (6 points)
Second-year subject in arts discipline A (6 points)
Second-year subjects in arts discipline B (12 points)
Third-year
subjects in arts discipline A (12 points)
Second-year subject in arts discipline B (6 points)
This
component of the course comperises 102 credit points of subjects. The first and
second-year core subjects in Information Management and Systems introduce
students to the nature of information flows in organisations and society, the
nature of common computer-based information systems and products and systems
analysis and design methodologies. In addition, core subjects in computer
programming and project management provide students with the technological
concepts and skills needed to manage an information systems project.
In the studio subjects, students gain practical experience in the processes
required for the development of information products, services and systems.
A year-by-year student progression through this component of the course is as
follows.
- IMS1001 Information systems (6 points)
- IMS1002 Systems analysis and design (6 points)
- IMS1401 The internet and multimedia (6 points)
- IMS1102 Information management (6 points)
- IMS1000 First-year studio (12 points)
- IMS2112 Business information management (6 points)
- BUS2176 Project management (6 points)
- IMS2001 Enterprise systems (6 points)
- IMS2102 Information management 3 (6 points)
- IMS2000 Second-year studio (12 points)
- IMS3xxx IMS elective (6 points)
- IMS3xxx IMS elective (6 points)
- IMS3xxx IMS elective (6 points)
- IMS3000 Third-year studio (12 points)
- Third-year arts discipline A (6 points)
- IMS3xxx IMS elective (6 points)
- IMS3xxx IMS elective (6 points)
- IMS3000 Third-year studio
- Third-year arts discipline A (6 points)
- Second-year arts discipline B (6 points)
- IMS3xxx IMS elective (6 points)
- IMS3000 Third-year studio (12 points)
- Third-year arts discipline A (6 points)
- Second-year arts discipline B (6 points)
- IMS2102 Information management 3 (6 points)
- IMS2000 Second-year studio
- Second-year arts discipline A (6 points)
- Second-year arts discipline B (6 points)
- IMS2001 Enterprise systems (6 points)
- IMS2000 Second-year studio (12 points)
- Second-year arts discipline A (6 points)
- First-year arts discipline B (6 points)
- BUS2176 Project management (6 points)
- IMS1000 First-year studio
- Second-year arts discipline A (6 points)
- First-year arts discipline B (6 points)
- IMS2112 Business information management (6 points)
- IMS1000 First-year studio (12 points)
- First-year arts discipline A (6 points)
- First-year arts discipline C (6 points)
- IMS1002 Systems analysis and design (6 points)
- IMS1102 Information management (6 points)
- First-year arts discipline A (6 points)
- First-year arts discipline C (6 points)
- IMS1001 Information systems (6 points)
- IMS1401 The internet and multimedia (6 points)
This
double-degree course is composed of two existing degrees. The detailed
objectives remain those of each degree.
Graduates
in arts are expected to have:
- come to a self-conscious understanding of the present
interpretations and, in the case of honours students, future likelihoods of the
major issues underlying the content and approaches to the disciplines they study
- developed the intellectual capabilities inherent in reading
interpretation, written argument, quantitative analysis, qualitative critique
and creative thinking required of scholarship and practice in various
humanities, arts and social science disciplines
- mastered the practical skills (including computer skills and oral
presentation) determined by the various disciplines as necessary to operating
in the student's chosen spheres of study and interest
- become aware of the kinds of personal and cultural understanding,
ethical attitudes and, where appropriate, physical and aesthetic appreciations
that underpin the traditional liberal education provided by the faculty
- demonstrated the flexibility needed to apply these studies in the
rapidly changing circumstances of intellectual life and the world of the
profession they are likely to inhabit.
The
following characteristics have been identified as appropriate to the BIMS:
(a) Development focus -- The principal focus of the course will be on the
development process, and all subject material will be oriented towards the
problems of identifying appropriate areas of application for information
management and systems, and developing products, services and systems to meet
the different information requirements of users.
(b) Vocational focus -- The course will be vocationally oriented in that
it will aim to produce graduate that will work in both the public and private
sectors developing and managing information services, products and systems.
(c) Application focus -- The course will not be application-specific, in
that no single application area will be specified as a compulsory area of
in-depth study. The course will provide students with exposure to as broad as
possible a variety of applications of information services, products and
systems in business and government, while enabling them to develop specialised
expertise in areas of greatest interest to them.
(d) Practical focus -- The course will have a very strong practical focus
which emphasises learning-by-doing. Students will be required to carry out the
practical development of real systems, products and services to reinforce the
theory covered in formal lectuers and tutorials. The ideas behind the
introduction of the learning-by-doing, or studio, component of the BIMS have
been developed over many years and have been subject to peer review.
The course will educate information professionals to meet the social and
business needs of the community for information systems, services and products
in all media. It aims to produce independent, self-sufficient professionals
able to work in a range of roles,for example as an employee, team member,
contractor or self-employed practitioner.
On completion of the BIMS, graduates will be able to:
- identify problems with business information systems
- analyse and describe complex information needs, and design and
evaluate alternative information products, services and systems to meet such
needs
- manage the implementation of information products, services and
systems and understand the effects of information technology at the
organisational level
- use a broad range of approaches for information products services
and systems development
- identify risks and opportunities relating to management of
information by individuals, groups and organisations
- use information techniques for developing and applying knowledge
assets in business and society
- effectively communicate with sponsors, clients, users and other
professionals
- work within a team environment.
Specifically, graduates will
have knowledge of:
- how different types of information products, services and systems
are developed and used within organisations
- the techniques used by systems analysts to acquire user
requirements and model information systems
- how requirements descriptions are transformed into information
systems designs
- the methods used to implement information products, services and
systems within organisations
- basic management, accounting, computer systems and software
development
- how society, organisations and individuals manage information and
apply technology to this process
Students will have an understanding
of:
- the relationship of information management and systems to
communications flows linking individuals, groups and societies
- information sources -- digital and analogue
- the role of information products, services and systems within and
between organisations
- the process of information products, services and systems
development within organisations
- how information systems can support business processes and decision
making within organisations
- legal, ethical and philosophical issues relating to information
access and delivery
Students will have the skills to:
- identify user requirements and describe an information product,
service or system
- develop a logical design from the description of an information
product, service or system to meet user requirements
- develop plans for the implementation of an information product,
service or system
- select appropriate methods for developing a number of types of
information products, services or systems
- communicate at a professional level with clients, system users and
peers
- exploit the global information net as an information practitioner
- develop strategic frameworks for information management and systems
infrastructures, operations and evaluation
- specify and implement processes for capturing complete, accurate,
reliable and usable records of social and business activity as evidence of that
activity
Students will have developed attitudes which allow them to:
- play a useful role in a development team for many different types
of information products, services and systems
- interact effectively with clients, system users and peers
- act in accordance with best practice, industry standards and
professional ethics.
Four
years full-time, eight years part-time.
This
course will be offered through the VTAC system. Admission requirements will
follow those required for both the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of
Information Management and Systems degrees, ie an average grade of 30 in
English units 3 and 4 and an average grade of 25 in at least three other
studies.
Provision
will be made for appropriate credit transfer and advanced standing arrangements
for students in other courses offered by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of
Information Technology. Students in the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of
Information Management degree will be specifically encouraged to apply for
transfer to this course with advanced standing and full credit transfer.
Admission with advanced standing to the BIMS component will be considered on a
case-by-case basis. There are no articulation arrangements relating to the
course.
The
course is HECS-liable in the first band for Faculty of Arts subjects and in the
second band for Faculty of Information Technology subjects. Australian
fee-paying students -- $14,250 pa; international students -- $15,500 pa.
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