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Graduate Certificate in Information Systems

Location - Hobart and Launceston
Fees - Commonwealth Supported
Intake - February and July
Duration - Minimum 0.5 years (1 sem), maximum 2 years (4 sem)

This course is designed to enhance skills within an existing career path and to broaden knowledge in the areas of electronic commerce, database design and management, IS/IT project management, information management and decision support systems.


Graduate Diploma in Information Systems

Location - Hobart
Fees - Commonwealth supported
Intake - February and July (part-time only)
Duration - Minimum 1 years (2 sem), maximum 3 years (6 sem)

The course aims to --

  • enable graduates to fulfil key roles in theIT and related industries, and to liaise between IT personnel and other professional and industrial personnel
  • provide graduates with a strong systems focus, in their ability to conceive of new designs, address business needs and solve problems;
  • give graduates a good understanding of the roles of IT in society, in organisations and for individuals, and an awareness that IT is a powerful factor for change in modern society
  • provide knowledge, skills and understanding of
    - the relationships of information and information technology to organisational needs;
    - current management practice in the development of information systems, their use and associated policy formulation and analysis;
    - the value of research, critical thinking and effective communication in the management of information systems; and to
  • develop professional skills in such areas as interpersonal communication, working in teams, and technical report writing.

 

Master of Information Systems

Location - Hobart
Fees - Commonwealth supported
Intake - February and July (part-time only)
Duration - Minimum 1.5 years (3 sem), maximum 4 years (8 sem)

The Master of Information Systems is offered on the Hobart campus by the School of Computing and Information Systems. The course may be completed on a full-time basis in 3 semesters of study. Coursework is completed in semesters 1 and 2, and the MIS Project is completed during a third semester. Part-time enrolment in the degree can be completed in a maximum of 8 semesters or 4 years.

The Master of Information Systems is a professional, applied degree which specialises in topics related to the management of information systems. Project work within the degree will equip the students with appropriate methodological and analytical skills, as well as requiring students to apply information systems management theory to practical problem solving and case work.

The course aims to provide:

  • Professional, postgraduate level education to existing managers, and those seeking to move into positions of information systems managers;
  • Management of information systems education which is at the level of world best practice in its currency, applicability and relevance to the IS profession;
  • Graduates of the course with knowledge, skills and understanding about:
    - the relationships of information and information technology to organisational needs;
    - current management practice in the development of information systems, their use and associated policy formulation and analysis;
    - the value of research, critical thinking and effective communication in the management of information systems.



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31 October, 2007