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Faculty of Science : Guide to courses
The discipline of Information Systems in combination with other disciplines creates attractive professional opportunities in a number of areas.
The Faculty of Science administers the Bachelor of Information Systems and a number of combined courses. In the following list, where course information can be found in another section of the Handbook, or a course is administered by another Faculty, a cross reference is given.
Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems
Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Information Systems
Bachelor of Geomatics/Bachelor of Information Systems (BGeom/BIS)
The combined Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems provides a course of study for students who want to understand information systems from a technological perspective, the organisational contexts in which these systems are developed, and the business environments which determine how the systems can be used to create value. The graduates of this course will readily find employment across a spectrum of knowledge-intensive careers, including accounting, consulting, and general management.
Upon completion of the course, students will:
understand how to use information technology, including hardware, software, and telecommunications, as a conduit for the value-added information content of formal organisational systems;
have a solid theoretical grounding in both technology and organisations;
have gained practical experience working both individually and in groups to turn theory into practice;
understand the basic concepts and institutional arrangements underlying the operations of the Australian and overseas economies;
have a basic awareness of the major activities involved in a variety of business functions;
be able to combine their knowledge of technology and commerce to recognise and exploit opportunities to create value through the effective design and implementation of information systems.
It will be possible within the outlines of the BCom / BIS course to achieve either the approved undergraduate course of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICA) or the required subjects for associate status with the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants (ASCPA).
The Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems course requires a minimum of five years of full-time study.
Students must complete a minimum of 500 points. Within the 500 points students must ensure that they satisfy the requirements of both the Commerce component and the Information Systems component as specified below.
A minimum of 200 Commerce points are required which must include:
between 50 and 125 points at the 100-level;
at least 50 points at the 300-level;
the compulsory subjects 316-101 Introductory Macroeconomics and 316-102 Introductory Microeconomics, and either (316-130 Quantitative Methods 1 and 316-206 Quantitative Methods 2) or (316-129 Business Statistics and 316-205 Introductory Econometrics).
The Commerce subjects may be chosen from subjects which carry the following prefixes: 300 (Actuarial Studies); 306 (Accounting and Finance); 316 (Economics); 325 (Management) and 732 (Business Law).
A minimum of 212.5 points of Information Systems subjects must be completed. Information Systems subjects have a 615- prefix.
The Information Systems subjects must include the following core subjects, or approved alternative subjects.
In no case may students receive credit for both a core subject and its alternate.
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The following criteria will apply in relation to satisfactory progress through the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems course.
Students in the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems who pass:
75% or more of points attempted in any semester will be deemed to have made satisfactory progress;
between 50%-75% of points attempted in any semester after a full year of study has been completed may receive a letter alerting them to their unsatisfactory progress, and requiring them to attend an interview with their course mentor before subject enrolment is authorised for the following semester;
less than 50% of points attempted in their first year of studies, or less than 50% of points attempted in any semester thereafter, or pass less than 75% of points attempted in any semester for the second consecutive time, will be required to make a case to the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems Student progress Committee.
Students who fail a subject for the second time will not be allowed to re-enrol in that subject without the approval of the relevant Heads of Department. An application for this approval will be considered at an interview with a mentor appointed by the Heads of Department.
Students may be asked to make written submissions to, or appear before, the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems Student Progress Committee, or to do both. In considering the student's progress the Committee will normally take into account the student's results, attendance at lectures, practical classes and tutorials, information from departmental records, and any extenuating circumstances.
The Committee will determine the best course of action for the student's academic future and make one of three decisions:
no action; or
limit the student in his or her studies for one semester or year; or
recommend to Academic Board that the student be suspended from his or her enrolment in the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems.
The combined Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Information Systems provides a course of study for students who want to leverage their training in a scientific discipline with the ability to imagine, design, build, and use information systems applications. As a highly knowledge-intensive discipline, science increasingly relies on these abilities as well as on specific content knowledge. The graduates of this course will readily find employment across a spectrum of scientific careers, particularly those that involve the collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination of data, and the technical and organisational skills to convert that data into useful information.
Upon completion of the course, students will:
have a broad knowledge of science across a range of disciplines, with a higher level of understanding in one or more of those disciplines;
understand how to use information technology, including hardware, software, databases and networks, as the technical foundation for other organisational systems;
have a solid theoretical grounding in both information technology and organisations;
have gained practical experience working both individually and in groups to turn scientific theory into practice;
be able to combine their knowledge of information technology and science to recognise opportunities for the use of information systems;
be able to locate, access, use, and add to the information necessary for the solution of scientific problems;
be able to place a value on the information created, by themselves as individual scientists and by the organisations of which they are a part, so that this information may be appropriately managed; and
be able to disseminate knowledge as required to their scientific peers, to the members of their organisations, and to the general public.
The Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Information Systems combined course requires a minimum of five years of full-time study.
Students must complete a minimum of 500 points. Within the 500 points students must ensure that they:
satisfy the requirements of both the Science and the Information Systems component as specified below;
complete either 620-160 Experimental Design and Data Analysis or 620-131 Scientific Programming and Simulation.
A minimum of 237.5 science points are required which must include:
between 75 and 125 science points at the 100 level;
at least 50 science points at the 300-level;
it is proposed that all BSc and BSc combined students commencing in 1999 and beyond will be required to complete a major as part of their Science degree. Further information will be available at the time of your enrolment.
There are no specific requirements at the 200-level.
Science points are defined in 'Science' and 'non-science' subjects.
A minimum of 212.5 point of Information systems subjects must be completed. Information Systems subjects have a 615- prefix.
The Information Systems subjects must include the Core studies subjects, or approved alternative subjects.
Students may select any Faculty of Science subjects to complete the remaining points. Subject selection requires the completion of prerequisites and, in the case of quota restricted subjects, the offer of a place in the subject.
An example of a course plan, one with an Environmental Science emphasis is shown below.
The Environmental Science stream includes:
100 level: 25 points of biology, 25 points of chemistry, 12.5 points of earth science, and 12.5 points of statistics;
200 level: 25 points of environmental science, 12.5 points of statistics, and 6.25 points of chemistry;
300 level: 25 points of environmental science, and 12.5 points of remote sensing;
at least 6.25 points in ecology at any level, from an approved list of subjects;
at least 37.5 points in social and applied science at any level from an approved list of subjects.
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Unsatisfactory Progress rules for the BSc/BIS are the same as for the Bachelor of Information Systems, see Unsatisfactory progress.
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