Comments about Postgraduate Diploma in Information Systems - On Campus - North Sydney - New South Wales
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Objectives
The Master of Information Systems suite of courses is intended to provide the opportunity for qualified professionals to increase their breadth and depth of knowledge and qualifications in information systems processes and management. Within this framework, graduates will be better prepared to contribute to the growth of the information systems discipline and industry while also enhancing their individual advancement opportunities.
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Entry requirements
Prerequisites 1. Bachelor degree in any discipline and at least three years' full-time (or equivalent) relevant professional computing experience; or 2. professional member grade status of Australian Computer Society; or 3. Bachelor degree in any discipline and significant relevant industry certification.
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Academic title
Postgraduate Diploma in Information Systems
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Course description
To this end, course content is to combine standard units of advanced study in the field as well as a number of specialist units which can be clustered to exploit clear niche market opportunities.
The Graduate Certificate in Information Systems and the Graduate Diploma in Information Systems are short courses and are available also as exit points from the Master of Information Systems.
The Master of Information Systems (Advanced) is intended to enable students to study a wider range of units in addition to the core units or to follow a cluster of related units or to carry out a substantial piece of research that may be directly applied and industry-relevant or to follow a research topic.
Professional Recognition
The course has provisional professional level accreditation with the Australian Computer Society in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
Career Opportunities
* Business analysts
* Database administrators
* IS auditors
* IT consultants and project leaders
* IT trainers or educators
* Network managers
* Programmers
* Sales and marketing managers
* Software engineers
* Systems programmers
* Technical support
Postgraduate Diploma in Information Systems
PgDipIS
80 cp
Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.
Course available at: Sydney (North Sydney), NSW
EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
1. Requirements for Completion of the Postgraduate Diploma
1.1 To qualify for the Postgraduate Diploma, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings consisting of:
1. 60 cp from Core Units; and
2. 20 cp from Electives.
1.2 An applicant who has completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Information Systems or equivalent may be granted advanced standing.
2. Exit Point
A student who has completed the requirements prescribed for the Postgraduate Certificate in Information Systems may exit from the course with that award.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Core Units
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
INFO601 10 Applied Data Communications
INFO603 10 Database Systems
INFO607 10 Information Management
INFO612 10 Software Design
INFO613 10 Systems Development Methodologies
INFO620 10 Personal and Professional Accountability in IS
Electives
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
INFO600 10 Research Methods in Information Systems
INFO602 10 Current Issues in Information Systems
INFO604 10 Distributed Systems
INFO605 10 Electronic Commerce
INFO609 10 Information Systems Security
INFO611 10 Object-Oriented Information Systems
INFO614 20 Information Systems Project (Pre: INFO600 Research Methods in Information Systems)
INFO615 40 Information Systems Thesis (Pre: INFO600 Research Methods in Information Systems)
INFO616 10 Human Factors in Information Systems
INFO617 10 Web Technologies
INFO618 10 Portable Applications and Network Programming
INFO621 10 Business Intelligence
INFO622 10 Enterprise Information Systems
MGMT621 10 Management of Change
MGMT626 10 Contemporary Management Issues
MGMT627 10 Project Management
MGMT637 10 Knowledge Management
