Clayton
Part I and part II (by 100 per cent coursework) also available by distance education
Course code: 1680, 1681, 1698
Course leaders: Associate Professor Sue McKemmish (archives and records) and Ms June Anderson (librarianship)
The Master of Information Management is offered by the School of Information Management and Systems, either by coursework (75 per cent) and minor thesis (25 per cent), or by coursework alone (100 per cent). This degree consists of two parts: part I provides a general education in either one of two streams, archives and records or librarianship; part II provides for specialisations and advanced study and/or research. Part II of the program can also be taken as a research masters (100 per cent thesis in part II).
Part I of the program is available on campus, by distance education and by mixed delivery mode. The 100 per cent coursework option in part II of the program is also available on campus, by distance education and mixed delivery mode. Part I is equivalent to the Graduate Diploma in Information Management.
The archives and records and librarianship streams provide a professional qualification in their field, the archives and records stream enabling professional qualification as an archivist/records manager, the librarianship studies stream as a librarian or teacher librarian. Accreditation/recognition is being considered by the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA), the Records Management Association of Australia (RMAA), and the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) respectively.
As for the Graduate Diploma in Information Management:
Applicants for admission must have qualified for a bachelors degree at a satisfactory level at Monash University or at another tertiary institution approved by the faculty, normally with at least a credit in the third part of a major sequence. (Note that professional recognition as a teacher librarian is contingent on the candidate also gaining a teaching qualification, but a teaching qualification is not a prerequisite for admission to the teacher librarianship special stream.)
Applicants for admission must normally have completed part I or hold a graduate diploma, or honours degree with a recognised specialisation in information management, archives and records or librarianship or a related field, with grades of at least credit standard.
In special circumstances the faculty may admit to part II an applicant who lacks an appropriate diploma but who has a bachelors degree and professional experience in the field. A candidate admitted in special circumstances may be required to undertake up to an additional semester of coursework.
Special entry provisions are also in place to enable practitioners with three or four years of professional work experience to gain entry to part II after having successfully completed two subjects offered in part II on a non-award basis.
In 1998 the course fee is $8000 for each part of the program, or pro rata per subject for part-time. Candidates undertaking part II by 100 per cent research pay HECS.
The course may be completed in a minimum of two years full-time or three years part-time. Each part requires a minimum of one year full-time study or its part-time equivalent.
In part I students choose one of two specialist streams: archives and records or library and information studies. All subjects are compulsory.
First semester
Students may chose to further specialise in general librarianship or in teacher librarianship.
First semester
First semester
Part II may be undertaken by 100 per cent coursework (on campus and by distance education), by 50 per cent coursework and 50 per cent research (on campus only), or by 100 per cent research in archives and records (on campus only).
Students undertake six subjects. Each subject is weighted at eight points.
Students who have specialised in archives and records in part I or have a graduate diploma in this field must select at least four of their subjects from the common or archives and records streams. They may choose a maximum of two subjects from the librarianship stream. With the permission of the head of school they may undertake as part of the Master of Information Management program a maximum of two subjects from offerings at an equivalent level of study in related disciplines at Monash or another university.
Students who have specialised in librarianship in part I or have a graduate diploma in this field must select at least four of their subjects from the common or librarianship streams. They may choose a maximum of two subjects from the archives and records stream. With the permission of the head of school they may undertake as part of the Master of Information Management program a maximum of two subjects from offerings at an equivalent level of study in related disciplines at Monash or another university.
* These subjects available both on campus and in distance education mode from second semester 1997.
These subjects available both on campus and in distance education mode in 1998. Note that other subjects will become available in distance education mode in 1999.
Students take three subjects selected from the common stream or the relevant specialised stream and undertake a thesis weighted at 50 per cent of part II. The thesis weighting may be varied upwards with the approval of the head of school.
Students undertake a thesis weighted at 100 per cent of part II.