Master of Business Systems by off-campus distributed learning

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Course structure
  • Part A
    • Group I
    • Group II
  • Part B

General information

Course code: 2400 + Gippsland campus + Off-campus, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand + Course director: Associate Professor Baikunth Nath + Normally completed over three years of part-time study
The Master of Business Systems aims to provide an extended education and training in methods used in the design, development and applications of computer systems for the management of business operations. This involves the study of business-related computer techniques and business procedures leading to an understanding of the design, operation and control of computer systems. Applications include those in management, planning, scheduling, forecasting, production management, project management, financial management, business modelling, multimedia communications, electronic data interchange and other functional areas of business, industry and government.
This course is offered as a part-time off-campus distributed learning course by the Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology. It may be possible to transfer from the off-campus mode to the on-campus mode at Clayton.
Off-campus students need to make use of a personal computer and must have internet access. Students should consult with the course director to ensure computer compatibility with software used in the course.

Entry requirements

Candidates with a recognised bachelors degree or a relevant graduate diploma or a relevant honours degree will normally be admitted to the course.

Course structure

To qualify for the Master of Business Systems degree, students complete both part A and part B as described below.

Part A

At least four units from each of the following groups:

Group I

• GCO4801 Business information systems
• GCO4802 Computer models for business decisions
• GCO4803 Inventory management systems
• GCO4805 Software systems design and development
• GCO4806 General operations management
• GCO4807 Business statistics and applications
• GCO4015 Evolutionary and neural computing

Group II

• GCO5801 Trading systems and electronic commerce
• GCO5802 Financial modelling
• GCO5803 Applied operations research
• GCO5804 Forecasting methods
• GCO5805 Multimedia computing and communications
• GCO5806 Internet commerce
• GCO5807 Project management
• GCO5809 Graduate research project (12 points) (permission needed)
• GCO5816 Information technology management
• GCO5828 Applications of data mining

Part B

Up to four postgraduate units with a maximum of two 9000-level units drawn from any postgraduate program of the university with approval from the relevant teaching department and the head of the Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology (or nominee).

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