Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Parkville Campus)
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The Bachelor of Social Science (Information Management) is a four-year full-time course (or equivalent part time) in which you spend three years in academic studies and normally one year in paid supervised professional practice which is undertaken after satisfactory completion of the second year of the full time course. The course aims to produce graduates with a high level of general education and specific vocational skills. The new graduates will utilise these skills to act as facilitators in matching the information requirements of an organisation with the available information technology.
The course is designed to heighten and enhance students' communication and analytical abilities; for instance: to coherently and effectively express ideas, to draw proper inferences from information, to analyse situations, draw conclusions and develop strategies. In conjunction with developing these skills, you will undertake core studies in information management which aim to produce managers who will see the new technology systems in the context of either private or public sector organisation.
The academic component of the course consists of:
You are required to complete at least a second major study sequence in addition to the compulsory major in information management. The second major study may either extend or complement the compulsory core and would reflect your vocational intentions.
This course is in the process of being phased out. The last intake into this course was in 1994. All currently enrolled students will be able to complete the requirements of the course if normal academic progress is maintained.
On completion of the Bachelor of Social Science (Information Management) course graduates should be able to:
The course is designed to provide a balance of professional studies, discipline studies and practical experience. The compulsory core subjects provide the vocational base in information management skills and foundation studies in accounting, economics, information management law and business communication skills. The elective discipline study provides you with the flexibility to extend the core into a second major sequence in either accounting or economics, to directly complement the core, by choosing legal studies or computer studies subjects, or to assist your vocational development through specialised studies in a chosen discipline area not necessarily directly related to the core.
The subjects themselves are divided into various groups or categories. The groups are:
To qualify for the Bachelor of Social Science (Information Management) you must satisfy the following requirements:
Students enrolled before 1994 should refer to the Handbook of their year of first enrolment, as the compulsory subjects have changed over the years.
The first year of Information Management introduces you to organisations, their information needs, their operating environments and how computer systems can contribute to information management.
In the second year, you will build on the concepts and skills developed in first year to become more competent in understanding organisational information needs and in studying the use of alternative systems and solutions for those needs. This second year of the Information Management major study comprises five compulsory subjects which focus on the structure and implementation of information systems, aiding business decision-making and strategic planning processes and records management.
In the third year of the Information Management major (after the year of Supervised Professional Practice) you will consolidate concepts and skills already introduced and develop expertise in a range of relevant information management fields.
Of the other two subjects in the compulsory core, first-year Accounting will contribute to your understanding of the effective use of information resources by highlighting the financial perspective of organisations, and Economics will contribute to your understanding of the broader economic environment in which all organisations operate.
A feature of the course is its combination of an information management core with an elective discipline study. Selections will be subject to special approval to ensure that the elective studies are appropriately related to the compulsory core and your vocational intentions and to eliminate any potential overlap of subjects.
Electives may be used to develop a discipline major outside the compulsory core or, alternatively, to complete major studies in accounting or economics. Total of points in elective units may vary depending on mix selected.
This year of professional practice is an integral part of the total course program, and enables you to observe, in an organisation, many of the concepts and techniques studied in the first two years of the course. You have an opportunity to practise the skills gained in the first two years and to participate in organisational applications to information systems. This experience will in turn assist final-year subject selection, vocational orientation and general awareness of actual settings and problems as a basis for final-year studies.
Students are assisted by Faculty of Education staff in applying for suitable placements. Placements are generally of about 10-12 months.
480-102 Info Mgt A1 - Introduction to Business 25.0 points
Information Systems
306-161 Accounting A1 - Introduction to 12.5
Accounting I
306-162 Accounting A2 - Introduction to 12.5
Accounting II
316-161 Economics A - Foundations of Economics 25.0
Elective Discipline Studies 25.0
100.0
480-218 Info Mgt B1 - Information Systems 13.9
Analysis
480-215 Info Mgt B4 - Business Computing 13.9
480-211 Info Mgt B6 - Business Communication 13.9
Skills
480-208 Info Mgt B7 - Information and Records 13.9
Control
480-203 Info Mgt B8 - Business Management 13.9
Elective Discipline Studies 30.5
100.0
480-306 Info Mgt C11 - Supervised Professional 30.0
Practice
480-311 Info Mgt C12 - Supervised Professional 30.0
Practice
480-302 Info Mgt C13 - Supervised Professional 30.0
Practice Project
480-305 Info Mgt C14 - Supervised Professional 10.0
Practice Project
100.0
480-324 Info Mgt C1 - Organisational Behaviour 11.1
480-315 Info Mgt C3 - Advanced Business 11.1
Computing
480-320 Info Mgt C5 - Information Systems 11.1
Design
480-319 Info Mgt C6 - Management Statistics 11.1
733-340 Info Mgt C7 - Legal Issues in 11.1
Information Management
Elective Discipline Studies 44.4
100.0
You may select your subjects from a range of areas, as listed below:
Accounting Arabic Australian Studies
Business Studies Chinese Cinema Studies/Media Arts
Communication Computer Studies Drama
Economics English/ French
Lang. & Literature
German Greek Hebrew
History Human Sexuality Indonesian
Information Italian Japanese
Management
Legal Studies Library and Mathematics and Statistics
Information Studies
Philosophy Political Science Psychology
Russian Sociology Spanish
Quotas apply to first and second year Psychology. For advice, please contact the Education Faculty Office.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Parkville Campus)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 10 1995 Last modified: Oct 10 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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