2015 Course Enrolment Guide
School of Business
North Sydney, NSW
Bachelor of Business Information Systems
Bachelor of Business Information Systems
(Honours)
Continuing Student only
This Guide is provided to assist you to select your units for the 2015 academic
year. Specific information regarding unit outlines, assessments or content
will be provided by your School.
Information last updated on 4 February 2015
Students should note that the Course Enrolment Guides are updated regularly. Check the website for latest updates
Contents
1. Contact Details: ... 3
2. How to use this Guide ... 4
3. Program Information ... 5
Electives ... 6
Program Maps ... 8
4. Units Offered in 2015 ... 10
1. Contact Details:
Course Coordinators and/or Course Advisors will be available to assist with enrolment and re-enrolment. You can telephone, email or contact them in person to make an appointment.
Course Coordinator: Peng Po
Room: Level 10. Tenison Woods House, 8-20 Napier St, North Sydney
Phone: (02) 9739 2063
Email:
[email protected]
2. How to use this Guide
This Course Enrolment Guide 2015 provides you with information on when and where the units available for study in this program(s) will be offered in 2015.
Enrolling in units for 2015
1. Read Section 3. ‘Program Information’ for information on course structure and unit sequence. Take note of any prerequisite or co-requisite requirements before selecting particular units.
• A prerequisite is a requirement that must be met by a student before enrolment in a stipulated unit. It is your responsibility to ensure that you meet the prerequisites for a unit prior to enrolling into that unit.
• A co-requisite is a requirement that must be met by having already passed or being concurrently enrolled in an associated unit in order to be able to enrol in the stipulated unit.
If you wish to enrol into a unit for which you have not met the prerequisite or co-requisite requirements, please obtain approval from your Course Coordinator.
2. Refer to the unit listings in Section 4. ‘Units Offered in 2015’ to select your units. Take note of the study period in which units are offered.
3. You must refer to Administration & Enrolment on the ACU website
(http://students.acu.edu.au/332297 ) for information on how to complete your enrolment via Student Connect. ‘Administration & Enrolment’ also provides detailed information on managing your studies.
4. Log on to Student Connect and enroll (http://students.acu.edu.au/136953). Student Connect is a web interface allowing students to complete their ACU enrolment online.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Failure to enroll or re-enroll before the published due dates for re-enrolment on the ACU website (http://students.acu.edu.au/381148 ) may result in late fee penalties.
Even if you are unsure of what units you need to enrol in, please ensure that you enroll or re-enroll in at least one unit before the due date. Enrolling in at least one unit by the due date will enable you to add further units, or amend your enrolment via Student Connect up until the final dates published in the Critical Dates for Variation of Enrolment on the ACU website (http://students.acu.edu.au/273880 ).
3. Program Information
The Bachelor of Business Information Systems, as a professional education program, is designed to develop students’ abilities in the critical areas of analysis, synthesis and communication. These are developed in the context of using Information Technologies for solving business problems and facilitating business activity. In addition, the program aims to foster an appreciation of the ethical and social contexts in line with the Mission of the
University.
These generic skills and foundation knowledge in the business application of information technology will provide graduates with the flexibility required to develop their careers in a rapidly changing environment. In line with the Mission of the University, graduates will also understand the ethical and social implications of the use and development of information
systems. In addition to these fundamentals, the course also develops advanced knowledge and skills in at least one specialised area of Business Information Systems of direct relevance to current business practices.
International students must be aware of restrictions to their visa when enrolling in multimode or online units.
REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLETE AWARD
For information on the duration of your course, and the requirements to complete your award, please refer to the Course Rules for your program.
Course Title Course Rules
Bachelor of Business Information Systems
Commenced 2012
http://students.acu.edu.au/345781
Bachelor of Business Information Systems (Honours)
Commenced 2012
http://students.acu.edu.au/345753
Bachelor of Business Information Systems
Commenced 2013
http://students.acu.edu.au/426675
Bachelor of Business Information Systems (Honours)
Commenced 2013
http://students.acu.edu.au/426680
The Core Curriculum for Students who commenced in 2013
The Australian Catholic University Core Curriculum has been designed to focus on aspects of the University’s identity and mission. The units emphasises critical judgment, clear expression, ethical decision-making and concern for others, as individuals and as a community.
The Core is comprised of a total of five units: Two University Core units:
All students in the Bachelor of Information Systems who started their course in 2013 are required to complete the following University Core units as part of this program:
UNCC100 Our World, Community and Vulnerability
UNCC300 Understanding Self and Society: Contemporary Perspectives Two Core Curriculum Program units:
These units build explicitly on the University Core units and all students in the Bachelor of Information Systems are required to complete at least two Program Core units from the following list:
BUSN110 Responsible Reasoning and Communication BUSN202 Professional Ethics
One Community Engagement unit:
This unit reinforces the university’s core curriculum units by enabling students to undertake a volunteer experience in the community and gain an appreciation of issues associated with justice and equity. All students in the Bachelor of Information Systems are required to complete the following Community Engagement Unit:
BIPX100 Professional Experience A
BIPX100 Professional Experience A will focus on the students’ personal development
and is aimed at creating awareness of the importance of community engagement and
the implications of individual and social responsibility as a business person.
For information about BIPX100 and potential placements speak to:
Ms Louyse Hamilton, Academic Experience Advisor
Level 10, Tenison Woods House, 8-20 Napier St. North Sydney
Phone – 02 9739 2923
Email –
[email protected]
For information about assessment requirements & for approval of placements speak to:
Ms Alex Cantali, Lecturer in Charge
Level 10, Tenison Woods House, 8-20 Napier St. North Sydney
Phone – 02 9739 2827
Email -
[email protected]
More information on the Core Curriculum please refer to http://www.acu.edu.au/429466
Electives
Electives may be chosen from undergraduate units taught within the School of
Business or from other Faculties of this University providing pre-requisite requirements
are met and your course coordinator approves.
Once you have enrolled in your core units you can select an elective that avoids
timetable clashes.
Notice for students who wish to exit from a course of study other than that for which they are enrolled
(a) if you intend to continue with your current course, you are not permitted to exit with a lower level award, however you may request a letter from your Course Coordinator confirming that you have satisfied the requirements for the relevant lower award; (b) if you do in fact exit with a lower level award and subsequently wish to resume your
studies in the higher level course, you will be required to reapply for admission to that course in order to resume your studies.
NOTES
1. MGMT100 Foundations of Management has replaced HRMG100 Management and People. The two units are incompatible. See your course coordinator for more information.
2. BUSN110 Responsible Reasoning and Communication has replaced BUSN100 Reasoning and Communication. The two units are incompatible. See your course coordinator for more information.
Program Maps
Pre-requisite units are shown in italics and parentheses. These units must be completed before the unit above them.
Students enrolling in units which do not follow the sequence recommended in their Program Map or who fail a unit cannot be guaranteed a clash free timetable.
Bachelor of Business Information Systems - Continuing students who started in 2012 or earlier Year 1 Semester 1 MGMT100 Foundations of Management ACCT100 Principles of Accounting ISYS101 Fundamentals of Business IS BUSN110 Responsible Reasoning and Communication Semester 2 STAT102 Business Data Analysis MKTG100 Principles of Marketing
ISYS202 Business Analysis 1
(ISYS111) Replaced by ISYS216
Introduction to Data and information Management (ISYS111) ISYS110 Applied Business IS Year 2 Semester 1 ISYS201 IT Infrastructure ISYS203 Application Development 1 Replaced by ISYS217 Introduction to Programming (ISYS111) ISYS209 Business Analysis 2 (ISYS202) Replaced by ISYS221 Database Management Systems (ISYS216) Elective BIPX100 Professional Experience A OR Semester 2 ISYS205 E-Business Design (ISYS202) ISYS300 Application Development 2 (ISYS203) Replaced by ISYS227 Web Applications Development using Frameworks (ISYS217) BUSN202 Professional Ethics Elective BIPX100 Professional Experience A Year 3 Semester 1 ISYS210 Systems Management (ISYS101 or ISYS111)
ISYS301 E-Business Applications (ISYS205) MGMT308 Project Management (80 cp) Elective Semester 2 ISYS302 Current Issues in Business (40 cp E-Business Major)
ISYS305 Information Systems Project (120 cp incl. MGMT308)
Replaced by ISYS312 IS Project A
OR BIPX301 Professional Experience B
Elective Elective
ISYS101 and ISYS110 are no offered in 2015. See your Course Coordinator.
If the Unit you require for your course has been replaced, you must enroll in the
new unit.
Students enrolling in units which do not follow the sequence recommended in their Program Map or who fail a unit cannot be guaranteed a clash free timetable.
Bachelor of Business Information Systems Students who commenced in 2013
Year 1 Semester 1 MGMT100 Foundations of Management ACCT100 Principles of Accounting ISYS111 Fundamentals of Business IS BUSN110 Responsible Reasoning and Communication Semester 2 STAT102 Business Data Analysis MKTG100 Principles of Marketing
ISYS202 Business Analysis 1
(ISYS111) Replaced by ISYS216
Introduction to Data and information Management (ISYS111)
UNCC100 Our World: Community & Vulnerability Year 2 Semester 1 ISYS201 IT Infrastructure ISYS203 Application Development 1 Replaced by ISYS217 Introduction to Programming (ISYS111) SYS209 Business Analysis 2 (ISYS202) Replaced by ISYS221 Database Management Systems (ISYS216) Elective BIPX100 Professional Experience A OR Semester 2 ISYS205 E-Business Design (ISYS202) ISYS300 Application Development 2 (ISYS203) Replaced by ISYS227 Web Applications Development using Frameworks (ISYS217) BUSN202 Professional Ethics Elective BIPX100 Professional Experience A Year 3
Semester 1 ISYS210 Systems Management (ISYS111) ISYS301 E-Business Applications (ISYS205) MGMT308 Project Management (80 cp) UNCC300
Understanding Self & Society: Contemporary Perspectives
Semester 2 ISYS302 Current Issues in E-Business (40 cp E-Business Major) ISYS305 Information Systems Project (120 cp incl. MGMT308) Replaced by ISYS312 IS Project A OR BIPX301 Professional Experience B Elective Elective
ISYS101 and ISYS110 are no offered in 2015. See your Course Coordinator.
If the Unit you require for your course has been replaced, you must enroll in the
new unit.
4. Units Offered in 2015
The Faculty of Law and Business
reserves the right to withdraw a unit from offering or
change this pattern according to student demand and staff availability. In such cases
students will be notified and given the opportunity to register in an alternative unit.
A full list of Business Units offered in 2015 can be found at -
http://www.acu.edu.au/about_acu/faculties,_institutes_and_centres/law_and_business/
school_of_business/units_offered_in_2015
For information on Unit Descriptions, please refer to the
ACU Handbook
on the ACU
website (
http://students.acu.edu.au/387052
). Please select the appropriate Handbook,
and then select Unit Descriptions.
Delivery Modes:
• Attendance – Primarily attendance, either face-to-face or via video
conference, at an ACU campus or another location.
• Multimode – Some online with a compulsory attendance component
(including examinations, practicums, residentials etc).
• Online – Fully online (including assessments).
Now that you have read your Course Enrolment Guide, you can now enroll in units
online for the 2015 Academic Year, using
Student Connect
(http://students.acu.edu.au/136953
