Off-Campus Learning Guide 2005
Information Technology

Graduate Diploma in Information Management and Systems

Course code: 2420 + Off-campus (Caulfield) + Australian residents - 2005 annual fees: TBC + International students - 2005 annual fees: $20,400, or $2550 per six-point unit + Course director: Ms Kerry Tanner

The course aims to prepare students for careers in information management and information systems. Graduates are expected to play leading roles in the profession in Australia and other countries.

Entry requirements

The normal entry requirement is a degree that is equivalent to an Australian bachelors degree. Candidates without formal tertiary qualifications should normally enter via the faculty's Professional Certificate in Information Technology, except in exceptional circumstances as approved by the head of school.

Advanced standing for previous studies

Students who have completed a graduate qualification with a recognised specialisation in information systems or information management may be granted credit or advanced standing. A maximum of 24 points of credit or advanced standing is available.

Course length

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

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, IMS9043, IMS9049, or IMS9300, before proceeding to other graduate units (these units all have codes with the pattern IMS5xxx).

Graduate units offered by SIMS

Note that only asterisked units are offered in the off-campus learning mode:

• IMS4036 Introduction to information management and systems research
• 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*
• IMS5021 Reading unit (special approval)
• IMS5022 Contemporary issues in the information society*
• IMS5023 Information enterprise management and marketing*
• IMS5024 Information systems modelling
• IMS5026 Data warehousing
• IMS5027 Knowledge management principles*
• IMS5028 Customer relationship management systems
• IMS5031 Managing virtual libraries*
• IMS5033 Electronic document management and recordkeeping systems*
• IMS5036 Information management and systems research
• IMS5037 Research topic (special approval)*
• IMS5042 Information systems strategic planning
• IMS5047 Managing business records*
• IMS5048 The information continuum*
• IMS5052 Enterprise systems
• IMS5302 Human factors and usability
• IMS5320 Managing information technology risk
• IMS5330 Knowledge management systems development*
• IMS5401 Web-based systems development
• IMS9001 Systems analysis and design
• IMS9003 Business information management
• IMS9043 Information technology in organisations
• IMS9049 ICT fundamentals for IS/IM professionals*
• IMS9300 IS/IM fundamentals

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, see http://www.sims.monash.edu.au/courses/pgrad/mims/course.html#prof.

Further information and application procedures

For more detailed information and application forms, contact the postgraduate administrative assistant, School of Information and Management Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, Caulfield campus, telephone +61 3 9903 1468, fax +61 3 9903 2005, email simspostgrad@sims.monash.edu.au or see http://www.sims.monash.edu.au.

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