Course details

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

Descriptions of the postgraduate programmes and courses offered by the department can be found here. For further guidance and advice contact our departmental advisers.

With a global shortage of skilled people in information and communications technology, the salaries for our graduates are amongst the highest of any of the professions.

Studying Information Systems will equip you to develop creative and innovative solutions to problems in government, businesses and non-profit organisations. You can study Information Systems at both undergraduate and postgraduate level at the Business School.

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 organizations 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.

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.

Where could this programme take you?

Global organizations, local businesses and leading universities recognize the relevance of our postgraduate curriculum, making our graduates sought after.

Further study options

• Master of Commerce
• Doctor of Philosophy

Other Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Subjects:

Accounting, Commercial Law; Economics; Finance; Global Management & Innovation; Marketing; Operations and Supply Chain Management.

Programme structure

The honours programme comprises 120 points, i.e 90 points of coursework plus a 30-point dissertation. It is possible to include up to 30 points of elective courses from a relevant field.

Requirements

30 points: INFOSYS 788 Dissertation

45 points: INFOSYS 720, 750, 751

45 points from INFOSYS 700, 701, 722-740, OPSMGT 752, 757

Entry criteria

A BCom with at least a B grade average in the Stage III courses required for the major.

A major in Information Systems or equivalent and 15 points at Stage II in Statistics, or an equivalent course as approved by the Head of Department.

English language requirements: IELTS 6.5; TOEFL (iBT) 90; TOEFL (paper-based) 575; CAE or CPE 176; PTE 58; MELAB 85.