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Health specialisation
Contact information
Coordinators
Dr Kathleen Gray
email: kgray@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Sean Maynard
email: sean.maynard@unimelb.edu.au
Structure
200 credit points
MIS Health 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, and eHealth 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.
- Capstone subject (25 points). A Capstone subject, either practice based or research based will be taken in the penultimate semester.
- Discipline Elective subjects (25 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
(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 |
ISYS90069 | eHealth & Biomedical Informatics Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
COMP90059 | Introduction to Programming |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PLUS ONE OF:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ISYS90026 | Fundamentals of Information Systems |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ISYS90081 | Business Process Management |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LOWER CORE
(50 points):
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ISYS90050 | IT Project and Change Management |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
INFO90001 | eHealth & Biomedical Informatics Methods | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ISYS90078 | Health Data, Information and Knowledge | 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 |
UPPER CORE
(50 points)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ISYS90043 | Enterprise Applications & Architectures |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ISYS90077 | EHealth Applications and Solutions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ISYS90038 | IS Strategy and Governance |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ISYS90076 | IT Infrastructure for eHealth | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CAPSTONE:
(25 points)
ONE OF:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ISYS90079 | Health IT Project |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
ENGR90033 | Internship |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
DISCIPLINE ELECTIVES
(25 points)
Students would normally select two 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 | No longer available | |
ISYS90040 | Managing Change for IS Professionals | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
IT Service Provision
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ISYS90055 | Managing IT Outsourcing | Summer Term (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 | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 |
ISYS90086 | Data Warehousing | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MAST90044 | Thinking and Reasoning with Data | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
IT Innovation
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ISYS90035 | Knowledge Management Systems | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
ISYS90039 | Innovation & Entrepreneurship in IT | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ISYS90087 | Service Management and Innovation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Interaction Design
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
INFO90004 | Evaluating the User Experience | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INFO90006 | Fieldwork for Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INFO90007 | Social Computing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INFO90003 | Designing Novel Interactions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Health
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POPH90263 | Technology and Ageing | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
BINF90002 | Elements of Bioinformatics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70421 | Law and Emerging Health Technologies | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90013 | Biostatistics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90117 | Health Indicators and Health Surveys | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90294 | Consumer Participatory Health Technology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Technical Computing
Students are permitted to take any subject from the MIT (COMP9xxxx/SWEN9xxxx) offerings as long as they have the prerequisite knowledge.
See https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/courses/MC-IT for a list of subjects.
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 |
MKTG90037 | Managing for Value Creation |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MGMT90018 | Managerial Psychology |
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 |
ACCT90041 | Fundamentals in Accounting |
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 |
People Management
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
IBUS90004 | Cross Cultural Management and Teamwork |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
August (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 |
MKTG90004 | Marketing Management |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MKTG90008 | Consumer Behaviour |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (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 |
GEOM90018 | Spatial Databases | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 2 May 2024