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Diploma in Business Information Systems

This course is available only to international students.

DipBIS

80 cp

Minimum duration: 1 year full-time.

Course available at:
Melbourne, Victoria* (*not offered in 2011)
Sydney (North Sydney), NSW

Certificate in Business Information Systems1
(Exit qualification only)

CertBIS

40 cp

Minimum duration: 6 months full-time.

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Admission Requirements2

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the equivalent of year 12 level.

2. Requirements for Completion of the Diploma

To qualify for the Diploma, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. 20 cp from Core Units; and
  2. 60 cp from Electives.

3. Exit Point

A student who has completed the following requirements may exit from the course with the Certificate in Business Information Systems.

40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. 20 cp from Core Units; and
  2. 20 cp from Electives.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

Click here for Unit Descriptions

Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Core units

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
ENGL105 10 English Language Communication Skills
ISYS101 10 Fundamentals of Business Information Systems

Electives

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
ACCT100 10 Principles of Accounting
BUSN100 10 Reasoning and Communication
HRMG100 10 Management and People
ISYS110 10 Applied Business Information Systems
ISYS201 10 Information Technology Infrastructure
ISYS202 10 Business Analysis (Pre: ISYS101 Fundamentals of Business Information Systems)
MKTG100 10 Principles of Marketing
STAT102 10 Business Data Analysis


1This course is available only to international students.

2 A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.