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Plan Summary

   
   
 
Contact: A/Prof Connie Wilson, e-mail: c.wilson@unsw.edu.au
 
 
Program: 8404 - Commerce and Economics
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Master of Commerce (Specialisation)
 
  

Plan Outline

The last intake for this plan will be Session 2 2005.

The Information Management specialisation is designed for students interested in information in all forms and who want to be able to help organisations manage this information. The specialisation is designed to equip students to begin professional practice as information managers in: commerce, industry or government; information product and service design; industrial and commercial research; traditional and electronic publishing; freelance information brokerage and consultancy; customer service management for Internet services; information service coordination; research analysis, and so on.

This specialisation introduces students to techniques for managing information in all its various forms. The main concern is with information content and with how best to apply new, rapidly evolving information systems to that task.

Plan Structure

In order to qualify for the Information Management specialisation, in addition to core and elective courses students must complete

2 disciplinary core courses:
and 4 disciplinary courses selected from the following list:

Professional Accreditation

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
The MCom in Information Management program is presently accredited by ALIA. It is proposed that students who complete this program be eligible for associate membership of ALIA, provided they have included the following courses in their studies:
For further information contact: ALIA

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