Caulfield and Clayton campuses
Course code: 1597
Course leader: Peter O'Donnell
The Graduate Diploma in Decision Support Systems is offered by the School of Information Management and Systems. 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.
$1000 per subject.
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.
Typically one year full time or two years part-time study.
Students will be required to complete forty-eight credit points of study comprising thirty points of core subjects and eighteen points of electives.