Course code: 2401 + 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 Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) is
offered by the School of Information Management and Systems (SIMS). The aim of
the program is to prepare students for senior careers in the management of
information and the development of information systems.
Graduates of the MIMS are expected to play leading professional roles in
Australia and other countries. The course attracts students from a wide variety
of educational and professional backgrounds. MIMS can be studied in full-time
and part-time modes and a number of units are available by off-campus learning.
Each student is required to specialise in at least one area of information
management and systems.
SIMS also offers the Master of Information Management and Systems (Research),
which is a masters by research degree.
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 Executive Certificate in Information Technology, except in exceptional circumstances as approved by the head of school.
Students who have completed a graduate qualification with a recognised specialisation in information management and systems, or who have extensive professional experience, may be granted credit and advanced standing. The granting of credit and advanced standing of more than 24 points is rare. Students who have been granted credit or advanced standing must still meet the specialisation and foundation unit requirements in order to complete this course. The SIMS procedures for the recognition of prior learning can be found at http://www.sims.monash.edu.au/courses/pgrad/mims/course.html#standing.
The course duration is three semesters full-time or six semesters part-time.
To qualify with the MIMS, students must complete 72 points of
graduate units - 60 points from SIMS and 12 points of free choice electives.
The SIMS units in the MIMS are shown in the list below. Each student's course
of study must include at least one specialisation from information systems
development, information technology management, knowledge management, business
intelligence, e-business, library and information services and electronic
recordkeeping and archiving.
Students should take careful note of prerequisites for the units in the
specialisation that they have chosen and complete these units early in their
course. Many units have foundation units as prerequisites. The foundation units
have been designed for students with little prior study in information
technology. Students who feel they have the knowledge and skills equal to a
foundation unit may be able to apply for exemption without credit for the unit.
They must then select another graduate unit in place of the foundation unit.
Once students have selected their course of study, including the requirements
of their specialisation, they must then select other graduate units to make up
their 72 points. This elective study can involve units from other
specialisations or may come from the SIMS foundation and additional units. Some
electives are classed as `special entry' and admission requires the formal
approval of the head of school. Up to 12 points of elective study may be taken
from outside SIMS as part of the degree. It may be possible for some students
to complete more than one specialisation in their degree. The specialisations
completed will be acknowledged on the student's official academic
transcript.
Students who successfully complete 24 points of units may exit the course with
a Graduate Certificate in Information Management and Systems. Students who
successfully complete 48 points of units may exit the course with a Graduate
Diploma in Information Management and Systems.
Note that only asterisked units in the following lists are offered in the
off-campus learning mode:
or
Three compulsory units:
and either
or
plus any three units from the following list:
Four units from:
Three compulsory units:
and either
or
Three compulsory units:
and one of the following units:
Students who successfully complete the MIMS may, depending on their unit choice, be eligible for professional recognition by the Australian Library and Information Association, the Australian Society of Archivists, the Records Management Association of Australia, or the Australian Computer Society. For further information on professional recognition, consult http://www.sims.monash.edu.au/courses/pgrad/mims/course.html#prof.
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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