Graduate Diploma in Decision Support Systems

• Important information
• Introduction
• Fees for Australian residents
• Admission requirements
• Duration of the course
• Course structure
  • Core subjects
  • Elective subjects
  • Where offered

Important information

Caulfield and Clayton campuses

Course code: To be advised

Course leader: Professor David Arnott

Introduction

The aim of the Graduate Diploma in Decision Support Systems is to provide graduate students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential to the appropriate application of information technology to the support of management decision making. Topics covered in the course include identification of decision problems, analysis and description of the nature of decision problems, alternative decision support systems designs, techniques and methods relevant to decision support, normative decision modelling, financial modelling, intelligent decison support. Graduates are expected to work as management support specialists and consultants.

Note that half of the Graduate Diploma in Decision Support Systems may be undertaken as the Graduate Certificate in Decision Support Systems.

Fees for Australian residents

$1000 per subject.

Admission requirements

The normal admission requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Decision Support Systems is a recognised bachelor degree with relevant subjects in computing or information systems, or an equivalent qualification. Up to 25 per cent of each entry may not satisfy this requirement but will have extensive high quality industry experience in information systems.

Duration of the course

Typically one year full time or two years part-time study.

Course structure

Students will be required to complete forty-eight credit points of study comprising thirty points of core subjects and eighteen points of electives.

Core subjects

• BUS4030 Financial modelling IV (6 points)
• BUS4570 Computer models for business decisions (6 points)
• SYS4160 Decision aids (6 points)
• SYS4170 Executive information systems (6 points)
• SYS4210 Decision support systems (6 points)

Elective subjects

• BUS4502 Business process design IV (6 points)
• BUS4550 Business statistics IV (6 points)
• SYS4180 Knowledge-based systems (6 points)
• SYS4190 Knowledge engineering (6 points)
• SYS4540 Intelligent decision aids (6 points)
• SYS5150 Decision support methods (6 points)
• SYS5240 Management and information systems (6 points)

Where offered

Note that the subjects above are offered as follows:

• Caulfield evening class for SYS4160, SYS4170, SYS4180, SYS4190, SYS4210, SYS4540, SYS5150 and SYS5240;
• Clayton campus day class for BUS4030, BUS4502, BUS4550, and BUS4570;
• Monash City Offices evening class for SYS4170, SYS4210 and SYS5240;
• intensive residential course for SYS4210.

Published by Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168 Copyright © Monash University 1996 - All Rights Reserved - Caution Authorised by the Academic Registrar December 1996