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; and
• To provide students with specialised knowledge and capabilities in business analysis and the management of business information systems.

The Master of Applied Commerce (Business Analysis and Systems) 16 Subject Program consists of sixteen semester-length subjects comprising two fundamentals subjects, six core business foundation subjects, and eight additional subjects to be selected from three groups.

Students will select two core subjects from the business analysis and from the business information systems groups, and four additional subjects from any group'

Two Master of Management foundation subjects as approved by the Program Director.

Students who have completed appropriate undergraduate study may be exempted (not credited) from undertaking these fundamentals subjects.

Six core business foundation subjects:

Eight additional subjects will be selected from three groups. Students will select two core subjects from each group, plus 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.

Completion of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT)

Personal Statement

For the purpose of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this course are articulated in the Course Description, Course Objectives and Generic Skills of this entry.

The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

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; and
• Use of general-purpose and specialized computer software to support business operations and analyse business performance.