Caulfield campus
Course code: 1154
Course leader: Ms Anne Rouse
The Graduate Diploma in Information Systems is offered by the Department of Information Systems. It provides specialised and directed study in contemporary techniques, methods and technologies in information systems to computing professionals.
Individual courses of study are constructed by selecting four electives from a wide range of available subjects to supplement a core component of compulsory subjects in the four main areas taught by the department - systems analysis, systems design, decision support systems and information systems management. In this way courses can by constructed which specialise in the area of information systems of greatest interest to the student.
The aim of the Graduate Diploma in Information Systems is to present specialised coursework programs in areas of information systems to computing graduates. This will enable graduates to change direction in their career paths and increase their contribution to their place of employment and to the profession.
Applicants should hold a bachelors degree with a major in computing, eg a Bachelor of Computing from Monash University or equivalent qualifications. Marks in third-year computing studies should be at a sufficient level to indicate a high likelihood of success in studies at a more advanced level. Consideration will be given to an applicant who has a relevant diploma plus work experience, or who has relevant professional qualifications and experience (normally, at least seven years) and is occupying a senior position in industry. The percentage of entry from the last category will be no larger than 25 per cent.
In 1996 the course fee is $8000 or $1000 per subject.
The Graduate Diploma in Information Systems comprises forty-eight credit points of study taken over one year full-time or two years part-time. There is no research component. Students are required to take four core subjects (twenty-four credit points) in the main areas in which the department teaches. These are:
The following restrictions apply to the student's choice of subjects:
a
minimum of thirty points must be taken from fourth-year subjects offered by the
Department of Information Systems;
no more than twelve points of third-year
subjects can be studied;
no more than twelve points of study can be taken
from the subjects offered by other departments.
The third and fourth-year subjects offered by the Department of Information Systems from which elective subjects are normally chosen are as follows:
Third-year
As each student's course of study will be highly structured, the electives selected should be appropriate to the expected educational outcomes. Each student's course of study must be approved by the course leader.
Computer programmer - systems analyst
A professional computer programmer with many years industrial experience who wishes to change to a systems analyst's position may select:
A professional systems analyst who wishes to move into a management systems support role may select:
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