Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Information Systems

Summary

Gain sophisticated analytical skills and be better equipped for your career in business with a one-year postgraduate qualification for high-achieving BCom graduates.

Programme overview

If you have achieved consistently high grades in your Bachelor of Commerce degree (or equivalent) you could be eligible for the honours programme. It will provide you with an additional 120 points of postgraduate research-based study to develop your analytical skills and critical thinking.

You will complete a set of advanced courses in the discipline and a short supervised dissertation or project that will demonstrate your independent research skills. Your honours programme structure and courses will depend on the specialization selected.

Information Systems

Information Systems covers the analysis and design of systems, including areas such as computer networking, information security, database management and decision support.

Subject overview

Information Systems deals with the practical and theoretical problems of providing information to an organisation and its members using information systems. With a major or specialisation in Information Systems, you will learn how to apply information technology solutions to business problems.

Studying Information Systems will equip you to develop creative and innovative solutions to problems in government, businesses and non-profit organisations. These are skills that have value in virtually every sector of a modern economy.

Where can Information Systems take you?

By specialising in Information Systems, you may choose to concentrate on the analysis and design of systems, or the use of information systems in organisations.

Further study options

Master of Commerce
Doctor of Philosophy