Research specialisation // Structure

MIS Research Specialisation

All students must complete 200 credit points comprising:

• Foundation Core subjects (37.5 points). Students normally complete three foundation core subjects in the areas of information systems and research.
• Lower Core subjects (25 points). Four Lower Core subjects must be completed. They have no prerequisites and, in a student's first year of full-time study, are normally taken in parallel with the foundation subjects selected.
• 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 in the course. 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 (37.5 points). Three 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).
• Research Project (50 points). Students would normally select ISYS900113 Information Systems Res Project Pt 1 (12.5 pts) in their first semester of research study, followed by the other 3 continuing research subjects (37.5 pts) (in sequence or concurrently).