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MIS Professional Specialisation
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Sean Maynard
Email: sean.maynard@unimelb.edu.au
Melbourne School of Engineering
Current students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Contact Stop 1
Future students:
- Further information: Degree structure
- Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au
Structure
MIS Professional Specialisation:
All students must complete 200 credit points comprising:
- Foundation Core subjects (50 points). Students normally complete four foundation core subjects in the areas of business and information systems to complement their first degree. The specific subjects selected will be determined after consultation with the MIS Coordinator taking into account the academic background of the student.
- Lower Core subjects (50 points). Four Lower Core subjects must be completed. They have no prerequisites are normally taken in parallel with the selected foundation subjects in the first year of full-time study.
- Upper Core subjects (50 points). Four Upper Core subjects must be completed. Each has a prerequisite of 50 points of study (for students in the 200 point 2 year MIS) and the four are normally taken in parallel with elective subjects in a student's second year of full-time study. Two of the Upper Core subjects (25 points, ISYS90032 Emerging Technologies and Issues, and ISYS90051 Impact of Digitisation) form the capstone of the MIS requiring students to engage in scholarly work within the discipline.
- Discipline Elective subjects (50 points). Four specific subjects will be selected taking into account the future career direction of the student. These electives have prerequisites of 50 points of study (for students in the 200 point 2 year MIS).
Subject Options
FOUNDATION CORE
50 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| INFO90002 | Database Systems & Information Modelling |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ISYS90026 | Fundamentals of Information Systems |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ISYS90081 | Organisational Processes |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ISYS90088 | Introduction to Application Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LOWER CORE
50 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISYS90048 | Managing ICT Infrastructure |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ISYS90049 | Business Analysis Modelling and Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ISYS90045 | Professional IS Consulting |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ISYS90050 | IT Project and Change Management |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
UPPER CORE
50 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISYS90032 | Emerging Technologies and Issues |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ISYS90043 | Enterprise Applications & Architectures |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ISYS90038 | IS Strategy and Governance |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ISYS90051 | Impact of Digitisation |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
DISCIPLINE ELECTIVE
50 points
Students would normally select four subjects from the list of electives. Students may also study electives from elsewhere in the University and if interested they should discuss this with the MIS coordinator.
IS Project and Change Management
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISYS90037 | Managing IS Projects: People & Politics | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ISYS90040 | Managing Change for IS Professionals | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90052 | Managing Large Projects | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ISYS90087 | Service Management and Innovation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
IT Service Provision
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISYS90055 | Managing IT Outsourcing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90036 | Enterprise Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90034 | B2B Electronic Commerce | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90070 | Information Security Consulting | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Business Analytics
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MGMT90141 | Business Analysis & Decision Making |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| COMP90049 | Knowledge Technologies |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MAST90072 | Data and Decision Making | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90086 | Data Warehousing | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
IT Innovation and Interaction Design
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISYS90035 | Knowledge Management Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90085 | Interaction Design and Usability | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90039 | Innovation & Entrepreneurship in IT | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
General Management
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MGMT90140 | Management Competencies |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ECON90015 | Managerial Economics |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MGMT90111 | Management and Business Communication | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90087 | Service Management and Innovation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MKTG90037 | Managing for Value Creation |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Accounting & Finance
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCT90004 | Accounting for Decision Making |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ACCT90009 | Strategic Cost Management |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ACCT90012 | Corporate Reporting |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| BISY90009 | Managing Information Technology |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| FNCE90060 | Financial Management |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
People Management
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBUS90004 | Cross Cultural Management and Teamwork |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MKTG90004 | Marketing Management |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MGMT90011 | Managing Stakeholders | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Operations & Marketing
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MGMT90032 | Operations and Process Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MKTG90017 | Digital Business and Marketing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MKTG90007 | Service Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Spatial Information
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEOM90007 | Spatial Visualisation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM90008 | Foundations of Spatial Information |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| GEOM90015 | Spatial Data Infrastructure | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM90016 | Advanced Topics in GIScience | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM90018 | Spatial Databases | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
eHealth
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISYS90069 | eHealth & Biomedical Informatics Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90078 | Health Data, Information and Knowledge | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| INFO90001 | eHealth & Biomedical Informatics Methods | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90077 | EHealth Applications and Solutions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90076 | IT Infrastructure for eHealth | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Information Technology
Other technical computing subjects can be selected from the Master of Information Technology as elective subjects. See https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/current/MC-IT for a list.
Industry Based Learning
- An application process must be completed for these subjects, see each subject’s Handbook entry.
- Not available to students undertaking the Research Specialisation, or subjects from the Research Studies elective stream.
- Students may only enrol in one of these subjects.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISYS90080 | IT Industry Placement | Not available in 2017 | 25 |
| ISYS90082 | Industry Based IT Experience Project |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENGR90033 | Internship |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Research Studies
- This elective stream is only available to students who have received 50 points or more of Advanced Standing. Other students should consider the research specialisation.
- MIS Course Coordinator approval is required for each subject. Students will normally be required to achieve at least a 75% average with no subject receiving less than 65%. Students will also normally achieve a mark of 80% in Research Methods to be able to continue in the research studies elective stream. Entry is dependent on the availability of a suitable supervisor for the chosen area of research.
- Not available to students undertaking any subject from the Industry Based Learning elective stream.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISYS90031 | Research Methods in Information Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90044 | Minor Research Project in IS |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Year Long (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Notes
Prior to 2015, INFO90002 Database Systems & Information Modelling was known as SINF90001 Database Systems & Information Modelling. Credit cannot be obtained for both subjects.
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Last updated: 30 January 2024