Graduate Diploma in Information Management and Systems

• General information
• Admission requirements
• Course structure
  • Graduate units offered by the School of Information Management and Systems
• Course length
• Advanced standing for previous study
• Professional recognition
• Further information
• Completed applications

General information

Course code: 2420 + Caulfield campus + Course director: Ms June Anderson + Australian residents - indicative annual fees: $16,000, or $2000 per six-point unit + International students - annual fees: $18,000, or $2250 per unit
The aim of the GDIMS is to prepare students for careers in the management of information systems. Graduates are expected to play leading roles in the profession in Australia and other countries.

Admission requirements

Applicants for admission must normally have qualified for a bachelors degree at a satisfactory level at Monash University or at another tertiary institution approved by faculty board. Special entry provisions enable admission of candidates without formal tertiary qualifications who have extensive relevant professional experience in practice.

Course structure

To qualify with the graduate diploma, students complete 48 points of graduate units. The units are to be selected from the graduate units of the School of Information Management and Systems, however up to 12 points may be taken from outside the School of Information Management and Systems, subject to approval by the director of graduate studies.
Certain units require background knowledge specific to particular specialisations, and admission to these units will need the approval of the unit coordinator. Students without appropriate background knowledge will be required to satisfactorily complete the appropriate foundation units, eg IMS9001, IMS9003 or IMS9049, before proceeding to other graduate units (these units all have codes with the pattern IMS5xxx).

Graduate units offered by the School of Information Management and Systems

• IMS5002 Information systems security
• IMS5004 OLAP and business intelligence
• IMS5005 Decision support systems
• IMS5006 Information systems development practices
• IMS5007 Electronic commerce
• IMS5010 Evidence and metadata*
• IMS5011 Recordkeeping, archiving and the internet*
• IMS5015 Professional practice*
• IMS5016 Information access*
• IMS5017 Information organisation*
• IMS5022 Contemporary issues in information management and systems*
• IMS5023 Information enterprise management and marketing*
• IMS5024 Information systems modelling
• IMS5026 Data warehousing
• IMS5027 Knowledge management*
• IMS5031 Managing virtual libraries*
• IMS5033 Electronic document management and recordkeeping systems*
• IMS5036 Research and professional practice
• IMS5037 Special topic*
• IMS5042 Information systems strategic planning
• IMS5043 Information technology in organisations
• IMS5047 Managing business records*
• IMS5048 The information continuum*
• IMS5052 Enterprise resource planning systems
• IMS5401 Web-based systems development
• IMS9001 Systems analysis and design
• IMS9003 Business information management
• IMS9049 Computing for information professionals*

* OFFERED ON-CAMPUS AND BY OFF-CAMPUS LEARNING. OTHER UNITS ARE ONLY OFFERED ON-CAMPUS.

Course length

The course duration is two semesters full-time and four semesters part-time.

Advanced standing for previous study

Credit transfer will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. All course transfers and credit provision will be considered by the course director.

Professional recognition

Students who successfully complete the graduate diploma may, depending on their unit choice, be eligible for professional recognition by the Australian Library and Information Association, the Australian Society of Archivists, or the Records Management Association of Australia. For further information on professional recognition, visit the website at www.sims.monash.edu.au/courses/pgrad/mims/course.html#prof.

Further information

For more detailed information and application forms, contact the administrative assistant (Coursework), School of Information and Management Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, Caulfield campus, telephone (03) 9903 1059, fax (03) 9903 2005, email info@sims.monash.edu.au or refer to our website at www.sims.monash.edu.au.

Completed applications

Completed applications should be forwarded to the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, PO Box 197, Caulfield East, Victoria 3145, by mid-June for semester two intake or mid-November for semester one intake. Note: Students should complete the Faculty of Information Technology application forms, NO Toff-campus learning application forms.

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