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Units indexed by faculty Master of Information Management and Systems ProfessionalCourse code: 3324 + Course abbreviation: MIMSPro + Total credit points required: 96 + 2 years full-time, 4 years part-time Study mode and course locationOn-campus (Caulfield) Course descriptionMIMS 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 requirementsThe 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 standingStudents 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 structureTo 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:
Part B: Specialisations (48 points)Two of the following specialisations - each specialisation comprises four units (24 points): Information technology managementFour units from:
Information systems developmentFour compulsory units:
Business intelligenceThree compulsory units: and either:
or
Knowledge managementOne compulsory unit:
and three of the following units:
e-BusinessThree compulsory units:
and one of the following units:
Library and information servicesCompulsory units:
Electronic recordkeeping and archivingAll four units:
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:
(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. Professional recognitionStudents 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 detailsCourse directorMr Andrew Barnden Previous page | Next page | Section contents | Title and contents |