BACHELOR OF BUSINESS (INFORMATION SYSTEMS)

AIIIHE aims to prepare work-ready professionals. It is expected that graduates could start a career in Information Systems in positions such as:

• Systems Analyst
• Business Analyst

Graduates with a Bachelor of Business (Information Systems) will be eligible to undertake study in a range of Postgraduate level programs, particularly those which deepen their knowledge and skills in specialist areas grounded in information systems expertise.

Admission requirements are described in the AIIHE Admission Policy and Procedures and are summarised as follows. To be eligible for admissions to the Bachelor of Business (Information Systems) applicants are required to hold the following:

• successful completion of Year 12 or equivalent with a minimum ATAR of 60; or
• successful completion of an equivalent overseas secondary qualification and attainment of the ATAR equivalent; or
• satisfactory completion of an accredited Tertiary Preparation Program or a Foundation Year Program offered by an Australian university or other accredited institution that would enable students to gain entry to an Australian university; or
• satisfactory completion of at least one year of accredited full-time study at a registered institute of tertiary education at AQF level 4 (Certificate IV) or above in Australia; or
• admission to candidature for an undergraduate degree at an Australian university.

Assumed Knowledge

Students are assumed to have:

• basic numeracy skills of fundamental arithmetic – addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division;
• the ability to reason and to apply simple logical concepts; and
• the ability to apply, in context, a combination of different discipline-based knowledge and skills.

English Language Requirements

Students whose first language is not English or who have not completed prior studies in English must demonstrate competency in the English language. English proficiency can be demonstrated by providing proof of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test result (or equivalent alternative test result as defined by regulations of the Australian authorities) that meets the minimum level of English proficiency of Academic IELTS overall score of 6.0 with no individual band lower than 5.5 (Pearson PTE Academic overall score of 50 with no communicative score less than 42). Students who do not meet the specified English proficiency requirements will need to successfully undertake an ELICOS (English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students) program with academic components i.e. undertake an EAP (English for Academic Purpose) with a recognised provider. More info can be found at the AIIHE English Language Proficiency Policy and Procedures.

Credit for Prior Learning

Conditions and procedures for application for Credit for Prior Learning are described in the AIIHE Credit for Prior Learning Policyand Procedures.

The structure of the Bachelor of Business (Information Systems) course is informed by the professional recognition requirements of the Australian Computing Society (ACS), the Skills for the Information Age (SFIA) framework and the need for Information Systems graduates to have a broad-based education in the fundamental areas of business skills and knowledge. The course provides a business-based year one with mandatory Information Systems subjects in year 2 and 3 and a few electives.

• 23 subjects;
• 10 credit points (cps) per subject; (Only INF304 provides 20 cps)
• 240 credit points to complete the full course;

Nationally accredited and registered with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) under the code CRS1401105 and registered with the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) under the code 109374J.