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Bachelor of Business Information Systems Honours

Testamur Title of Degree:

Bachelor of Business Information Systems Honours

Abbreviation:

BBIS(Hons)

Home Faculty:

Informatics

Duration:

1 year full-time or part-time equivalent

Total Credit Points:

48

Delivery Mode:

On campus (Face-to-face)

Starting Session(s):

Autumn/Spring

Location:

Wollongong

UOW Course Code:

1840

UAC Code:

NA

CRICOS Code:

068719K

Overview

The course is an add-on Honours program, intended to follow on from either the BIS, BBIS or the BIT.

Students successfully completing this course will have a good understanding of the research process and will have applied that process to a small but significant research project. They will also have studied a number of coursework subjects, predominantly in the area of IS and IT management. This will significantly extend the skills developed in their undergraduate degree.

Successful graduates will be ideally qualified to follow one of three paths:

    1. continue in academia, most probably via a PhD or research masters degree or

    2. enter industry and work in research and development or

    3. enter industry and rapidly move into a minor management role.

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

To be accepted into this degree you must hold a recognised undergraduate ICT degree with a credit average.

Course Requirements

The program of study for Bachelor of Information Systems (Honours) is 48 credit points and will include:

ISIT440

IT Research Methods

6cp

ISIT450

IT Research Project

18cp

24cp of coursework taken from:

ISIT401

Information Systems Strategic Planning 

ISIT403

Enterprise Architecture Design

ISIT404

Systems Integration

ISIT405

Technology Management and Innovation

ISIT406

Information Design and Content Management

ISIT408

Information Technology Governance

ISIT409

Advanced Business Process Management

ISIT410

IT-enabled Supply Chain Management

ISIT416

Organisational Issues and Information Technology

ISIT417

Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management

ISIT429

Concepts and Issues in healthcare Computing

ISIT430

Introduction to Health Informatics

ISIT437

Information Technology Security and Risk Management

ISIT446

Project and Change Management

ISIT451

Web Services and Service Centred Architecture

ISIT492

Special Topics in IS and IT B 

    or other 300 and 400-level subjects as approved by the Head of School.

Honours Grades

Honours grades are calculated using Method 1.

Other Information

Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: informatics_studenq@uow.edu.au