Graduate Certificate in Information Management and Systems

• General information
• Introduction
• Entry requirements
• Course structure
  • Graduate units offered by the School of Information Management and Systems

General information

Course code: 2419 + Caulfield campus + Course director: Ms Kerry Tanner

Introduction

The Graduate Certificate in Information Management and Systems, (GCIMS) is offered by the School of Information Management and Systems as an entry-level award and an exit point in the Master of Information Management and Systems. The aim of the GCIMS is to prepare students for careers in the management of information and the development of information systems. Graduates of the Graduate Certificate in Information Management and Systems are expected to play leading roles in the profession in Australia and other countries.

Entry requirements

A degree that is equivalent to an Australian bachelors degree. 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 GCIMS students complete 24 points of graduate units. The units will 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 head of the school.

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*
• IMS5028 Customer relationship 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*

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 (IMS9001, IMS9003, or IMS9049) before proceeding to other graduate units (these units all have codes with the pattern IMS5xxx).

* Offered on-campus and by off-campus learning. Other units are only offered on-campus.

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