Master of Business and Information Technology

Master of Business & Information Technology

Subject Selection 2007
Course Planning Guidelines
- Subject Areas you need to cover
- Requirements
Target Career Outcomes
Program Structure
Program Subjects

Subject Selection Re-enrolling Students

View Timetable:
On the Student Information System (SIS)
Between Monday 16 October and Friday 24 November.

Period to select and enrol in subjects:
Between Thursday 2 November and Friday 24 November.

Late subject selection:
Students who fail to enrol and select subjects for Semester 1 and 2, 2007 by the closing date will receive a $250.00 fine and be asked to enrol by a new specified date. Failure to select subjects by this second date will result in a cancellation of enrolment.

Summer Subjects 2007

306-660 Accounting for Decision Making
325-640 Marketing Management (this is a pre-requisite for International Marketing Management)
325-681 International Marketing Management

The summer semester runs between 2 January to 24 February.
Each subject is run intensively for a two week period somewhere within the summer semester.
The timetable for each subject is due for release on 16 October 2006.

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Course Planning Guidelines

The purpose of course planning is to design a program that builds on your prior education and work experience, and develops your skills for your future career goals.

Course planning is customized to the individual student, on a case-by-case basis.

However, there are some broad guidelines to assist you and the program director in planning an effective program that builds towards your target career outcome. The guidelines are as follows:

Subject Areas you need to cover:

Accounting
Microeconomics
Business & IT
Business Process Analysis
Project Management

Requirements

Depth
Breadth
Degree

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1. Accounting

All students are expected to complete 306-660 Accounting for Decision Making in the first four subjects of their program, unless they have already completed a university level accounting subject (including both financial accounting and cost accounting) with a grade equivalent to a University of Melbourne H3 (65%).

2. Microeconomics

All students are expected to complete 316-660 Managerial Economics (formerly Microeconomics & Strategy) in the first four subjects of their program, unless they have already completed a University level Microeconomics subject with a minimum grade equivalent to a University of Melbourne H3 (65%)

3. Business & IT

All students (i.e., in both the 16 and 12 subject programs) will be expected to take 306-490 Business and Information Technology in the first semester of their program. Students with substantial business AND IT background may be exempted from this requirement. This will satisfy the pre-requisite requirements for all group 2 subjects. Lecturers in elective subjects may assume you have covered the content of 306-490 Business and Information Technology previously.

4. Business Process Analysis

All students are expected to complete 306-662 Information Processes & Control, unless they have already completed a University level Business Process Analysis subject with a minimum grade equivalent to a University of Melbourne H3 (65%). 306-662 Information Process & Control covers key marketable skills in documenting business processes and control system design. Students should take this either together with or immediately following completion of 306-660 Accounting for Decision Making.

5. Project Management

All students are expected to complete 325-695 Project Management unless they have already completed a University level Project Management subject with a minimum grade equivalent to a University of Melbourne H3 (65%).

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Requirements

Sufficient Depth

To ensure sufficient depth of knowledge, all students are expected to complete at least two of the following group 2 units: 306-674/675 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems, 306-665 Managing IT, 306-623 Information Architecture, 306-622 Business Intelligence, 306-661 Electronic Commerce.

Maintain Adequate Breadth

Students with an IT background will be expected to take a significant number of electives in the broader business areas (i.e., non-group 2 units). Similarly, students with a business background will be expected to take a significant number of electives in the IT area (i.e., group 2 units or equivalent).

Degree Requirements

It is a degree requirement that all students take at least 2 group 1 subjects, 2 group 2 subjects, and 1 subject each from group 3, group 4 and group 5. Note these are minimum requirements only. The Program Director reserves the right to impose additional group requirements consistent with need to ensure adequate breadth in your degree (per Guideline 6).

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Target Career Outcomes

The MBIT can be designed to suit your individual career goals. For a detailed list of recommended subjects to suit each possible identified target career outcomes, please see: www.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/students/postgrad/careers.html

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Program Structure

12 Subject Program
A full time student should complete the course in three consecutive semesters (18 months). A part-time candidate should complete the course in six consecutive semesters (three years).

The Master of Business and Information Technology consists of twelve semester-length subjects. Students will be required to successfully complete at least 2 subjects each from groups 1 and 2 and at least 1 subject each from groups 3, 4 and 5 as listed below. The remaining subjects can be chosen from any group depending on the student's preferences.

16 Subject Program
A full time student should complete the course in four consecutive semesters (24 months). A part-time candidate should complete the course in eight consecutive semesters (four years).

The Master of Business and Information Technology consists of sixteen semester-length subjects. Students will be required to successfully complete two core subjects and at least 2 subjects each from groups 1 and 2 and at least 1 subject each from groups 3, 4 and 5 as listed below. The remaining subjects can be chosen from any group depending on the student's preferences.
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Program Subjects

Core Subjects (16 subject program only)

306-490 Business and Information Technology
325-491 Business Fundamentals

Group 1 Business Foundations

306-660 Accounting for Decision Making
316-660 Managerial Economics (formerly Microeconomics and Strategy)
325-640 Marketing Management
325-663 Human Resource Management
325-664 Strategic Management
325-692 Decision Analysis #
325-696 Production and Operations Management
333-641 Financial Management (formerly Business Finance 1)

Group 2 Information Technology