| Offered By: |
School of Accounting & Business Info Systems |
| Academic Career: |
Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject: |
Information Systems |
| Offered in: |
First Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value: |
6 units |
| Course Description: |
This course aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully undertake information systems analysis and modelling. Lectures and tutorials provide coverage of the concepts, skills, methodologies, techniques, tools and perspectives considered essential for systems analysts working with modern systems. |
| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of this course, you are expected to have attained a knowledge of or proficiency in the following areas: - Basic systems theory and the context within which information systems analysis is carried out
- Eliciting information system requirements
- Constructing process, logic and data models using traditional modelling techniques
- Basic object-oriented modelling using UML
- "Soft" aspects and techniques in systems analysis.
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| Indicative Assessment: |
Weekly Tutorial/Laboratory Work 40%; Assignment 60% |
| Workload: |
3 hours per week + you should aim to spend at least twice as much time in private study per week as there are actual contact hours (i.e. lectures and tutorials/laboratory classes) for the course |
| Course Classification(s): |
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| Areas of Interest: |
Business Information Systems |
| Eligibility: |
At least an average of 65% (or equivalent) in the final two years of an Australian undergraduate degree |
Assumed Knowledge and
Required Skills: |
Students are assumed to have done an introductory or overview information systems course or possess basic background knowledge of information systems such as is covered in the following textbooks (although this is not intended to be an exclusive list since there are many other comparable textbooks covering similar topics and material): - Stair, Ralph & Reynolds, George (2006) Principles of Information Systems: A Managerial Approach,7th edition, Thomson/Course Technology
- O'Brien, James (2004) Management Information Systems: Managing Information Technology in theBusiness Enterprise, 6th edition, Irwin/McGraw-Hill
- Oz, Effy (2004) Management Information Systems, 4th edition, Thomson/Course Technology
- Laudon, Kenneth & Laudon, Jane (2006) Management Information Systems, 9th edition, PearsonEducation
- Chaffey, Dave & Wood, Steve (2005) Business Information Management: Improving PerformanceUsing Information Systems, Prentice-Hall
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| Requisite Statement: |
There are no formal prerequisites for this course. |
| Prescribed Texts: |
See Course Outline: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/outline/INFS7007.pdf |
| Preliminary Reading: |
See Course Outline: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/outline/INFS7007.pdf |
| Indicative Reading List: |
See Course Outline: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/outline/INFS7007.pdf |
| Programs: |
Graduate Certificate in Business Information Management, Master of Business, Master of Commerce, Master of Information Systems Studies, and Master of Business Information Systems |
| Other Information: |
For further information please refer to http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=INFS7007 |
| Academic Contact: |
See http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=INFS7007 |
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