Course code: 2401 + 1.5 years full-time, 3 years part-time
+ On-campus (Caulfield)
Course director: Ms Kerry Tanner
This course, offered by the School of Information Management and Systems, aims to prepare students for careers in information systems and information management. Graduates of the program 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. Students are required to specialise in at least one area of information systems or information management.
The normal entry requirement is a degree that is equivalent to an Australian bachelors degree. Candidates without formal tertiary qualifications will 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 this course.
To
qualify with the MIMS, students must complete 72 points of graduate units - a
minimum of 60 points from SIMS and a maximum of 12 points of free choice
electives, which can be taken from any graduate program in the Faculty of
Information Technology including SIMS or, with the approval of the course
leader, from other faculties of the university. The SIMS units in the MIMS are
shown in the list below. Each student's course of study must include four
foundation units and at least one specialisation from information systems
development, information technology management, knowledge management, business
intelligence, library and information services, electronic recordkeeping and
archiving or e-business. Students are also required to complete FIT9001
(Masters transition program). The requirement to complete FIT9001 is only
applicable to on-campus students. FIT9001 is a 0-point unit studied over four
weeks (weeks three to six) through four two-hour workshops. This unit must be
completed before students can enrol into their second semester of study.
Students should take careful note of prerequisites for the units in the
specialisation 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.
Some electives are classed as `special entry', and admission requires the
formal approval of the head of school. It may be possible for some students to
complete more than one specialisation in their degree. The specialisations
completed will be acknowledged on a student's official academic
transcript.
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 36
points are from graduate units within SIMS, may exit the course with a Graduate
Diploma in Information Management and Systems.
Select four units from the following list:
Select four units from the following list:
Compulsory units within the specialisation:
Compulsory units within the specialisation:
plus one of the following:
Compulsory units within the specialisation:
plus three units selected from the following:
Compulsory units within the specialisation:
plus one of the following:
Compulsory units within the specialisation:
plus one of the following:
Compulsory units within the specialisation:
The additional elective units are:
The special entry units are:
* Units offered
on-campus and by off-campus learning.
# Special entry units requiring formal
approval of the course coordinator.
Students who successfully complete the MIMS may, depending on their unit choice, be eligible for professional accreditation/recognition by the Australian Computer Society, the Australian Library and Information Association, the Australian Society of Archivists, or the Records Management Association of Australia.
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