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Business Information Systems Major (Undergraduate)

Description

This major aims to meet the increasing demand for professionals who possess the business acumen to understand a company's business systems and information needs, and who also have a technological awareness to ensure that the right information systems support is available. Businesses need these professionals to help them harness the power of modern technology in business operations, improve their capacity for management decision making and capitalise on the use of network based information sharing.

The primary emphasis of the major is on the ways in which information and communications technologies, databases and enterprise information systems can be strategically used for business process improvement and business innovation. It encourages students to develop the ability to contribute to the decision-making, design and implementation of business process change, and to manage business improvement and information systems projects in organisations.

Requirements for the major

Students intending to complete a major in Business Information Systems must complete the following prerequisite junior unit of study (six credit points):

For a major in Business Information Systems, students must complete a minimum of 42 credit points of senior units of study, comprising:

  1. Two compulsory units of study (12 credit points):
  2. At least five elective units of study (30 credit points) selected from the following:

Please Note: The units listed above are those units which are being offered for the current year only. For details of units of study that available as electives in this major, please refer to the Faculty handbook.

Requirements for the extended major

To obtain an extended major in Business Information Systems, students must complete the following units of study (including 54 credit points of senior units of study):

  1. All the prerequisite and compulsory units of study listed under the Business Information Systems major (see above)
  2. At least seven senior units of study (42 credit points) selected from the elective units of study listing under the Business information Systems major (those listed under point (ii) above).

Pre-2006 students

Students who commenced their degree prior to 2006 may complete the following to qualify for a major in Business Information Systems:

  1. One compulsory junior unit of study:INFS1000
  2. A minimum of 32 credit points of senior (2000 or 3000 level) units of study in Business Information Systems (including INFS2001 and INFS2005/2020).

Australian Computer Society (ACS) Professional Accreditation

Students planning to satisfy the Professional accreditation requirements for the Australian Computer Society (ASC) should include in their degree a prescribed set of units of study, including a major in Business Information Systems (at least 42 credit points in senior units of study). The required units are listed below:

  • the units, INFS1000 (prerequisite unit for the BIS major), INFS2001, INFS2020, and INFS3040
  • four additional senior 'INFS' coded elective units of study (including at least two units at 3000-level). (See unit listings under the major above for details).

For further information regarding registration requirements contact the Australian Computer Society.

Availability of this major

The Business Information Systems major is an available option in the following degrees offered by the Faculty of Economics and Business:

Students in the following degrees administered by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies also have the option of completing a major in Business Information Systems:

Students in the following degree administered by the Faculty of Arts also have the option of completing a major in Business Information Systems:

Business Information Systems electives can be completed in all the degrees listed above as well as the following degree offered by the Faculty of Economics and Business:

A Business Information Systems major or electives in this area may also be available to students enrolled in other degrees in the University. Students should check the other faculty's course information for further details.