Program Requirements

Students must pass and achieve a grade average of 70% across the first 48 units attempted to progress to the second year of the program. Students who fail to achieve this requirement may be transferred to the Master of Information Systems Studies program.

The Master of Business Information Systems degree program requires the completion of 96 units of credit, comprising 54 units of core courses and 42 units of elective courses. The program does not include a required thesis component.

Core Courses (54 units)

INFS7040 Electronic Commerce for Managers

INFS7002 E-Business Systems (see note below)

INFS7003 Databases and Information Systems or COMP6240 Relational Databases

INFS7006 Information Systems and Communication Technologies (see note below)

INFS7007 Information Systems Analysis and Modelling

BUSN7024 Project Management Principles

INFS8004 Enterprise Systems and Business Process Management

INFS8205 Information Systems Strategy and Management

BUSN8062 Managing Major Projects

Note: INFS7002, INFS7003 and INFS7006 will not be offered from 2013 onwards. The substitute course for INFS7002 is INFS7004 Accounting Information Systems. The substitute course for INFS7006 can be either of the following three:

COMP6340 Networked Information Systems, COMP6390 HCI and Useability Engineering, or COMP6470 Special Topics in Computing

Continuing students who need to enrol in COMP coded courses must complete an Application for Enrolment Variation form and submit it to the College Office (Level 2, CBE Building 26C) or email it to info.cbe@anu.edu.au at least two weeks prior to the start date of the course.

Elective Courses (42 units)

Elective courses to the value of 42 units are to be chosen in addition to the prescribed core courses.

Note that:

• Students may include no more than four (4) Level 1 electives in their program of study unless approved by the program coordinator
• Level 2 electives are normally only available to MBIS students in their second year of study; and
• Other appropriate courses not included in this list, including those from other areas of the University such as the College of Engineering and Computer Science, may also be taken as electives, subject to the prior approval of the program coordinator.

Elective Courses (Level 1)

INFS7004 Accounting Information Systems

MKTG7001 Marketing

BUSN7008 Financial Statements and Reporting 

BUSI7019 The Global Business Environment

MGMT7030 Management and Organisations

COMP6700 Introductory Programming

COMP6390 HCI and Usability Engineering

COMP6340 Networked Information Systems

Elective Courses (Level 2)

INFS8005 Information Systems Development Methodologies

INFS8201 Advanced Topics in Information Systems Research

BUSN7045 Corporate Governance

MKTG7037 Electronic Marketing

 

Working Rules

Working Rules for this program are available here

The information published on the Study at ANU 2013 website applies to the 2013 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2012 website.