Course details

Summary

Pursue a flexible business degree and gain strong communication, teamwork and problem-solving skills. A wide range of conjoint options are available.

You will complete a set of core courses. These include an exciting two course sequence in Business and Enterprise. These will introduce the types of choices facing entrepreneurs and managers and help you develop your academic and professional skills.

Why study Information Systems?

Learn how information and communications technology can be used to achieve strategic goals. You will focus on developing and using cutting-edge products to solve important organizational problems.

Complementary majors

A double major combines two specialist fields of study. It enhances your career prospects. Popular combinations with Information Systems include:

• Accounting
• Management
• Marketing
• Operations and Supply Chain Management

Areas of study

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

Information Management deals with the practical and theoretical problems of collecting and analysing information in a business function area. Topics include business productivity tools, applications programming and implementation, electronic commerce, digital media production, data mining, and decision support.

Data Communications and Networking deals with information and telecommunication technologies that organisations depend on and exploit to their competitive advantage. Courses are integrated with the Cisco Networking Academy Programme giving students the opportunity to prepare towards becoming a Cisco Certificate Network Associate.

Studying Information Systems at postgraduate level involves looking at how information and communications technology can be used to achieve strategic goals. The focus is on the design, development, and implementation of cutting-edge solutions to solve important organizational problems. Information Systems research looks at both the technical and organizational aspects of information technology.

Career opportunities

Depending on what study area you decide to focus on, an exciting range of careers is open to you:

Information systems: application developer/consultant, business analyst/consultant, business process engineer, systems analyst/consultant/developer, programmer analyst, software engineer, and database administrator.

Data communications and networking: network administrator, network engineer, network analyst/consultant, and data communications specialist.

If you choose to complete a postgraduate degree, more advanced or senior roles are possible including those that impact the strategic direction of an organization.

Programme structure

The BCom offers Information Systems as a single major or as a double major alongside one of the other majors offered within the BCom. You can also study the Bachelor of Commerce in Information Systems as part of a conjoint degree programme where you study for two degrees at once.

A BCom with a single major is a three-year degree programme. You will be required to complete a minimum of 24 courses (360 points). A set of seven compulsory core courses (105 points) in your first year of study will become the building blocks for your degree. With careful planning you can complete a double major.

Further study options

• Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)
• Master of Commerce
• Doctor of Philosophy

Entry criteria

Secondary school qualifications

You need to have one of the following:

• International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum total score of 24.
• General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level. You must have completed a minimum of three A-Level subjects with at least a 'C' grade or higher. General Studies or similar general papers cannot be included.

GCE ‘A’ Level requirements apply to ‘A’ Level qualifications examined by bodies such as AQA, OCR, Edexcel, WJEC, CCEA, Pearson Education Limited and CIE taken outside of New Zealand.

English language requirements:

IELTS 6.0; TOEFL (iBT) 80; TOEFL (paper-based) 550; CAE or CPE 169; PTE 50; MELAB 80.