Future Students

Business Information Management

One of the most critical areas in business today is the collection and use of information. Senior management in any industry use a host of information systems as tools to facilitate their many and varied daily activities. Consultants advise on how raw data can be captured, processed and accessed effectively for every step taken in contemporary life.

Decisions are made, work processes completed, people are managed, profits are earned, competitive advantages are gained, all through the medium of systems that manage data, information and knowledge.

A graduate of the Business School will be required to interface and manage their tasks with these systems in an informed and thinking way. Employers are demanding evidence that graduates are able to participate in work systems that exploit the data, information and knowledge of the enterprise. A major in Information Management provides the proof of your abilities.Information Management can be studied as a major in the Bachelor of Commerce and the Bachelor of Economics and associated combined courses which includes this degree.  You may be able to study individual Information Management units in other degrees.

Level 1
In both the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics you will study eight units at Level 1, four of which are compulsory. This includes one compulsory Business Information Management unit. 

Level 1 and 2 Core Units
ACCT1101 Financial Accounting
ECON1101 Microeconomics: Prices & Markets
STAT1520 Economic & Business Statistics

Additional Prerequisite Unit
INMT1103 Information Technology & Systems

Level 2 and 3
In Levels 2 and 3 you will study decision making, operations control systems, data management and analysis, simulation, forecasting and information systems.

Level 2 and 3 Core Units

Level 2 and 3 Option Units

Career opportunities

There are many opportunities to graduates with a major in Business Information Management who have the quantitative skills and knowledge of appropriate computer usage to apply statistical and mathematical methods to the planning and control of business. Business Information Management also combines well with majors in Accounting, Management, Marketing and Electronic Business to offer satisfying and exciting career options. Recent employers include PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Singapore Technologies Computer Systems and Services.