Master of Applied Commerce (Business Analysis and Systems)

Course objectives:

• To enable students who have completed a Bachelors Degree at a good standard in any discipline to undertake training in business analysis and business information systems.
• To provide students with specialised knowledge and capabilities in business analysis and the management of business information systems.

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to demonstrate the following attributes and skills:

• Verbal and written communication, through seminar presentations and discussion and submission of reports.
• Applying theories to practice and problem solving, through discussion and exercises in seminars and submission of reports.
• Working as a member of a team, through preparation of contributions to seminars and assessed reports.
• Interpretation, analysis and critical thinking, through exposure to numerous case studies of business practice and experience.
• Information discovery and retrieval from a variety of structured and unstructured sources including the Internet.
• Use of general-purpose and specialized computer software to support business operations and analyse business performance.

Six core business foundation subjects:

Six additional subjects will be selected from three groups. Students will select two core subjects from the business analysis and from the business information systems groups, and two additional subjects from any group:

The business analysis group:

Core subjects

The business information systems group:

Core subjects

An undergraduate degree in any discipline, or equivalent, plus at least one year of documented work and/or professional experience.

Completion of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT)

Personal Statement

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

Please note: Entry to the Master of Applied Commerce (Business Analysis and Systems) will not be available from Semester 1, 2009.

Assessment
Students must pass all twelve subjects to qualify for the Master of Applied Commerce (Business Analysis and Systems) 12 Subject Program.

Graduate Diploma in Applied Commerce
Students enrolled in any of Master of Applied Commerce programs who are either unable, or who choose not to continue with their studies, may be eligible to exit with a Graduate Diploma in Applied Commerce. Students must have successfully completed four core subjects and four elective subjects, and be in good standing to be eligible to be awarded the Graduate Diploma in Applied Commerce.

Graduate Certificate in Applied Commerce
Students enrolled in any of the Master of Applied Commerce Programs who are either unable, or who choose not to continue with their studies, may be eligible to exit with a Graduate Certificate in Applied Commerce. Students must have successfully completed three core subjects and one elective subject, and be in good standing to be eligible to be awarded the Graduate Certificate in Applied Commerce.

Students who are enrolled in the 16 subject streams of any of the Master of Applied Commerce programs must have successfully completed the two fundamentals subjects, in addition to the above requirements, in order to be eligible for the award of the Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate.