Monash University Handbook 2010 Postgraduate - Course

The Postgraduate Diploma in Business Information Systems (PGradDipBIS) is a course intended for those with a previous undergraduate qualification in business information systems, information management, or a closely related discipline.

The objectives of the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Information Systems are to provide students with knowledge, understanding and experiences that transcend technologies and are robust over time so that they are well placed to deal with ongoing, rapid changes in the disciplinary areas that underpin the information technology field. It aims to develop students' understanding of a significant area of business information systems to a level and sophistication consistent with senior professional practice.

This course has been accredited by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) as meeting the standard for associate-level membership. Students who successfully complete the PGradDipBIS may, depending on their unit choice, be eligible for professional accreditation/recognition by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA), or the Records Management Association of Australasia (RMAA).

The course consists of eight approved masters level units.

Students complete 48 points of graduate-level (FIT5xxx level) units selected from the MBIS program units listed below. Included in these units may be six or 12 credit points of individual project work.

Note: It is highly recommended that students undertake postgraduate orientation activities and workshops coordinated by the Faculty of Information Technology.

MBIS professional tracks (specialisations)

Students can choose units from all professional tracks listed below to meet the course requirement.

Business application development

• FIT5059 Advanced programming for database applications*
• FIT5077 e-Business application and development*
• FIT5151 Object-oriented business application development*
• FIT5152 User interface design and development*

Business intelligence

• FIT5093 Business intelligence applications
• FIT5094 IT for management decision making
• FIT5095 Data warehousing
• FIT5097 Business intelligence modelling

Business systems

• FIT5157 Services science
• FIT5158 Customer relationship management and data mining
• FIT5159 IT for financial decisions
• FIT5160 Business process modelling, design and simulation

Corporate information and knowledge management

• FIT5086 Information and knowledge management principles*
• FIT5088 Information and knowledge management systems*
• FIT5102 IT strategy and governance*
• FIT5150 Project management as knowledge-based practice*

Enterprise systems

• FIT5092 Electronic business
• FIT5101 Enterprise systems
• FIT5111 Information systems development practices
• FIT5057 Project management

Library, archival and recordkeeping systems

• FIT5090 Social informatics*
• FIT5104 Professional practice*,**

and any two from the following:

• FIT5087 Archival systems*
• FIT5105 Information access*
• FIT5106 Information organisation*
• FIT5107 Managing business records*

All units are offered on-campus.

* Units offered by off-campus learning (OCL) mode.

** Special entry requirements apply; course coordinator approval is required.

Successful completion of this course provides an entry point for students wishing to progress to Master of Business Information Systems (Hons) study.

Students wishing to exit the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Information Systems early may apply to graduate with the Postgraduate Certificate in Business Information Systems after successful completion of 24 points of study.

Postgraduate Diploma in Business Information Systems