• What is Information Systems?
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  • Professional Practice
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• Undergraduate Courses
• Bachelor of Business Information Systems
  • BBIS Prospects
  • Student Profile
  • Applying for the BBIS
  • BBIS course structure
• Bachelor of Business Information Systems combined course
• Honours
  • Honours Prospects
  • Applying for Honours
• Postgraduate Courses
• Master of Information Systems
  • MIS Prospects
  • Applying for the MIS
• Master of Accounting Information Systems
• Doctor of Philosophy

Course information

Master of Information Systems

Course Team Chair: Mr Michael Brookes

The Master of Information Systems (MIS) is designed to provide students with high quality and interdisciplinary education and training across the breadth of Information Systems (IS). The course offers career opportunities and enhanced employment prospects both:

• to traditional IS students who desire skills and knowledge relevant to their pursuit of a career in IS; and
• to students who do not see IS as their principal career but who want to combine IS skills and knowledge with relevant discipline areas such as marketing, commercial law and international business.

Course Structure

The Master of Information Systems takes 1.5 years to complete on a full-time basis or 3 years to complete on a part-time basis. The MIS course comprises 12 credit points. Students are required to complete 3 credit points of core Information Systems units, 5 credit points of Information Systems units which may be grouped to form an Information Systems specialisation and 4 credit points of Information Systems units or elective units which may be grouped to form an Information Systems or interdisciplinary specialisation. The flexible structure allows students to choose a combination of units most relevant to their interests and needs, via coursework and minor thesis, coursework and business project or coursework alone. Additionally, the wide choice of electives further enhances students' options.

A combined degree Master of Commerce/Master of Information Systems can be completed in 2 years on a full-time basis.