Course code: 3324 + 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)
Professional builds on and extends the MIMS course. It gives students the
option of extending and deepening their skills and knowledge in information
systems/information management by studying at least two specialised areas of
IS/IM and undertaking units that are designed to enhance career prospects, eg
industry placement and projects. It is designed to deepen and develop students'
professional education and broaden their career options.
MIMS Professional graduates will be able to offer companies, organisations and
consultancy firms the kind of in-depth information systems/information
management knowledge and skills that they need to develop coordinated
enterprise-wide plans and strategies for the development and management of
information technology, information systems and information management, to
achieve systems integration and to manage change.
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 systems or information management may be granted credit or advanced standing. The granting of more than 24 points of credit or advanced standing is rare. Students who have been granted credit or advanced standing must still meet the specialisation and foundation unit requirements in order to complete the course.
The course is four semesters full-time or eight semesters part-time.
To qualify with the MIMS Professional, students must complete 96
points of graduate units - a minimum of 72 points from the School of
Information Management and Systems (SIMS) and a maximum of 24 points of free
choice electives. These free choice electives can be taken from any graduate
program in the faculty, or, with the approval of the course leader, a maximum
of 12 points of these free choice electives may be taken from other faculties
of the university. The SIMS units in the MIMS Professional are shown in the
list below. Each student's course of study must include four foundation units
and at least two specialisations from information technology management,
information systems development, business intelligence, knowledge management,
e-business, library and information services, or electronic recordkeeping and
archiving.
Students should take careful note of prerequisites for the units in the
specialisations that they have chosen and complete these units early in their
course. Some units have foundation units as prerequisites. The foundation units
have been designed for students with little prior study in information
technology.
The final professional development phase of the course comprises 24 points of
advanced units, selected according to the individual student's needs. For
details, see under `Professional development' in the following unit listing.
Students who successfully complete
24 points of study from SIMS graduate
units may exit the course with a Graduate Certificate in Information Management
and Systems. Students who successfully complete 48 points of study, of which at
least 36 points are from graduate units within SIMS, may exit the course with a
Graduate Diploma in Information Management and Systems. Those who successfully
complete 72 points, of which at least 60 points are from graduate units within
SIMS, may exit the course with a Master of Information Management and
Systems.
Note that only asterisked units in the following lists are offered in the
off-campus learning mode:
Four of the following foundation units:
Two of the following specialisations (each specialisation comprises four units - 24 credit points):
Four units from:
All four units:
Three compulsory units:
and either
or
One compulsory unit:
and three of the following units:
Three compulsory units:
and one of the following units:
Three compulsory units:
and either
or
All four units:
This phase of the course comprises
24 credit points of free
choice electives, involving selection of either:
(a) An additional (24-credit-point) SIMS specialisation, or
(b) One or more units of SIMS professional development and research units:
or other graduate units
from outside SIMS.
Up to 24 credit points of graduate units may be taken from other schools within
the faculty.
A maximum of 12 credit points of graduate units may be taken from other
faculties within the university.
Students who successfully complete the MIMS Professional 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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