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Master of Information Systems

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The professional master program is designed for computing/business information professionals who are interested in advancing their skills and knowledge in one of the areas designated majors: Information Systems Management, Business Technology or Information Systems Security. The master provides scope for the merger of theory and practice and incorporates new concepts and technologies.

Quick Facts

Quick Facts

The enhancement of specific professional or vocational skills which may be undertaken by directed coursework, involving more than one third of the course undertaken by coursework.
Higher Education courses are generally offered by universities, who accredit their own courses. Higher Education courses under the new Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) include Associate Degree, Advanced Diploma, Bachelor Degree, Master Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Doctor Degree (PhD).
A Bachelor Degree is awarded on completion of a course at a professional level, usually requiring the equivalent of at least three years full-time study. It is a higher education sector award. It provides entry to postgraduate study, such as Graduate Certificates and Graduate Diplomas.
A Graduate Diploma is a postgraduate course, usually requiring the equivalent of one year full-time study. It may provide entry to a Master Degree in a related field of study, and forming the first year of the Master program.
Accounting, administration, banking, business, distribution & storage, economics, evaluation, finance, government administration, home economics, import & export, industrial relations, management (not agricultural or rural), marketing, personnel management, real estate, sales, secretarial studies, small business, sports administration.
Computing, computer-aided design & manufacturing, computer science, data processing, information systems, information technology, multimedia technology, programming, systems analysis & design.
This level includes Graduate Certificate, Vocational Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Vocational Graduate Diploma, Master Degree and Doctor Degree. (Note that the Vocational qualifications are new and few in number).
The enhancement of specific professional or vocational skills which may be undertaken by directed coursework, involving more than one third of the course undertaken by coursework.
Higher Education courses are generally offered by universities, who accredit their own courses. Higher Education courses under the new Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) include Associate Degree, Advanced Diploma, Bachelor Degree, Master Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Doctor Degree (PhD).
A Bachelor Degree is awarded on completion of a course at a professional level, usually requiring the equivalent of at least three years full-time study. It is a higher education sector award. It provides entry to postgraduate study, such as Graduate Certificates and Graduate Diplomas.
A Graduate Diploma is a postgraduate course, usually requiring the equivalent of one year full-time study. It may provide entry to a Master Degree in a related field of study, and forming the first year of the Master program.
Accounting, administration, banking, business, distribution & storage, economics, evaluation, finance, government administration, home economics, import & export, industrial relations, management (not agricultural or rural), marketing, personnel management, real estate, sales, secretarial studies, small business, sports administration.
Computing, computer-aided design & manufacturing, computer science, data processing, information systems, information technology, multimedia technology, programming, systems analysis & design.
This level includes Graduate Certificate, Vocational Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Vocational Graduate Diploma, Master Degree and Doctor Degree. (Note that the Vocational qualifications are new and few in number).
Curriculum Owner
Curtin University

Detailed Information

Subjects

Information systems

Path Information

Students who have completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Information Systems Management may apply for recognition of prior learning to a total of 200 credits. Waiver from specific units may be approved, but will require substitution in an approved unit by the course coordinator.

Structure

core units only

Comments

Students wishing to undertake a PhD at a later stage should enrol in the Master of Philosophy (Information Systems). Curtin Course Code: 307964

Recognition

With a prior computing related degree graduates may apply for membership to the Australian Computer Society and the British Computer Society.

Sites

All sites offering this course.

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WACurtin UniversityBentley