Information Systems

COURSES OFFERED

1. Doctor of Philosophy
   
2. Master of Information Systems - Research
   
3. Master of Information Systems
4. Master of Electronic Commerce
   
5. Graduate Diploma in Information Systems
   
6. Graduate Certificate in Information Systems
   

CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS
The following areas of research are available to candidates undertaking research degrees or projects as part of their programs in Information Systems.

Systems in Context
This area addresses contextual, interpretivist and reflexive approaches to the description and development of work practices, workplaces, organisations and their associated information systems. Current research activities focus on:

(a) Systemic Semiotics
(b) the Application of Activity Theory and Other Techniques to the Study of Information Systems in Organisations.

Analysing, Developing and Integrating Internet Commerce Technologies in Organisations
This area addresses the study of Internet Commerce in terms of internet applications within businesses, inter-enterprise applications (between businesses) virtual communities (social systems) and electronic trading (relationships between business and customers). Current research activities focus on:

a) Successful Generation of Internet Commerce Application Requirements for Small/Medium Enterprises
b) Electronic Commerce Strategies
c) Modelling the Diffusion of Information.

Decision Systems
This area addresses theoretical and practical questions relating to modelling, prototyping, implementing and testing complex information systems applications to support specific classes of decisions and business processes. Technologies employed may include object-relational, object-oriented and OLAP databases, hypermedia, internet programming, data mining, groupware, knowledge-based systems, constraint based reasoning, and agent oriented systems. Current research activities focus on:

a) Decision Support for Scheduling Decisions
b) Knowledge-Based Software Engineering
c) Database Querying of the World-Wide Web
d) Data Mining and Data Sharing

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Candidates for the degree enrol in BUSS999 Doctoral Thesis, (48 credit points) and will be required to complete satisfactorily BUSS929 Information Systems Research Methods (6 credit points) if they have not already completed a subject equivalent to BUSS929 prior to commencing the course.

The Master of Information Systems - Research is a 72 credit point degree consisting of 24 credit points of coursework subjects and a 48 credit point thesis. The program may be studied full time over 1.5 years or part time over three years.

This degree is primarily a research degree for those who have completed an undergraduate degree in Information Systems, or equivalent, with distinction, for example a BCom(Honours) in Business Information Systems at a standard of Class II Division 2 or higher.

Advanced Standing of up to 24 credit points may be awarded for the coursework component of this degree to students who have completed research related subjects at an appropriate standard as assessed by the course co-ordinator.