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Master of Information Management and Systems Professional

Course code: 3324 + Course abbreviation: MIMSPro + Total credit points required: 96 + 2 years full-time, 4 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield)

Course description

MIMS Professional is offered by the Caulfield School of Information Technology. The program 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. Students are required to specialise in at least two areas of information systems or information management. The course can be studied in full-time and part-time modes, and a number of units are available by off-campus learning.

Entry requirements

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

Demonstrated English language proficiency is required - a minimum overall academic IELTS score of 6.5 and not less than 6 in any individual band; or TOEFL minimum score of 577 with TWE of 5.

Advanced standing

Students who have completed a graduate qualification with a recognised specialisation in information systems or information management may be granted credit and 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.

Course structure

To qualify with the MIMS Professional, students must complete 96 points of graduate units - a minimum of 72 points of graduate information management and systems (IMSxxxx) units, and a maximum of 24 points of free-choice electives. These free-choice electives can be taken from any graduate program in the Faculty of Information Technology including information and management systems units, 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 IMS units in the MIMS Professional are shown in the list below. Each student's course of study must include the ‘Masters transition program’, 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. Exemption from foundation units can be granted to students whose undergraduate study has provided appropriate knowledge. The requirement to complete FIT9001 (Masters transition program) 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 in their second semester of study.

Students should take careful note of prerequisites for the units in the specialisations 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.

Some IMS units are classed as ‘special entry’, and admission requires the formal approval of the head of school. Completing a third specialisation is dependent on timetabling and may take longer than four semesters to complete. The specialisations completed will be acknowledged on a student's official academic transcript.

Students who successfully complete 24 points of study from IMS 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 the IMS stream, 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 the IMS stream, may exit the course with a Master of Information Management and Systems.

In the following lists, units offered in both on-campus and off-campus modes are marked with an asterisk.

Part A: Foundation units (24 points)

One compulsory unit:

plus four of the following foundation units:

  • 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*
  • CSE9000 Foundations of programming OR BUS9520 Business systems A

Part B: Specialisations (48 points)

Two of the following specialisations - each specialisation comprises four units (24 points):

Information technology management

Four units from:

Information systems development

Four compulsory units:

  • IMS5006 Information systems development practices
  • IMS5024 Information systems modelling
  • IMS5302 Human factors and usability
  • IMS5401 Web-based systems development
Business intelligence

Three compulsory units:

and either:

  • IMS5028 Customer relationship management systems

or

  • IMS5027 Knowledge management principles*
Knowledge management

One compulsory unit:

  • IMS5027 Knowledge management principles*

and three of the following units:

  • IMS5330 Knowledge management systems development*
  • IMS5005 Decision support systems
  • IMS5023 Information enterprise management and marketing*
  • IMS5033 Electronic document management and recordkeeping systems*
  • IMS5048 The information continuum*
e-Business

Three compulsory units:

and one of the following units:

  • IMS5027 Knowledge management principles*
  • IMS5028 Customer relationship management systems
  • IMS5033 Electronic document management and recordkeeping systems*
Library and information services

Compulsory units:

Electronic recordkeeping and archiving

All four units:

  • IMS5010 Evidence and metadata*
  • IMS5011 Recordkeeping, archiving and the internet*
  • IMS5015 Professional practice* #
  • IMS5047 Managing business records*

Part C: Professional development (24 points)

This phase comprises 24 points of free-choice electives that can involve selection of:

(i) An additional (24-point) SIMS specialisation.

(ii) One or more units of SIMS professional development and research units:

  • IMS5022 Contemporary issues in the information society*
  • IMS4036 Introduction to information management and systems research
  • IMS5036 Information management and systems research methods
  • IMS5021 Reading unit #
  • IMS5037 Research topic* #
  • IMS5015 Professional practice* #

(iii) And up to 24 points of graduate units taken from other schools within the faculty.

(iv) And a maximum of 12 points of graduate units from other faculties within the university.

    * Units offered on-campus and by off-campus learning.
    # Special entry units requiring formal approval of the course coordinator.

Professional recognition

Students who successfully complete MIMS Professional may, depending on their unit choices, be eligible for professional accreditation/recognition by the Australian Computer Society (ACS), the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA), or the Records Management Association of Australia (RMAA).

Contact details

Course director

Mr Andrew Barnden

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