Bachelor of Business (Information Systems Management)
Undergraduate | USQ-ISM-DEG | 2024
Unlock careers in both business and IT
Stand out in the business marketplace with an IT specialisation. You’ll cover both technical and business topics and engage in real-world projects with industry partners. Use digital technologies to bridge the gap between business and IT.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- 3 years full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 24
- Price from
- $48,969
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
- CSP available
- Yes
Bachelor of Business (Information Systems Management)
About this degree
Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:
1. Work autonomously and collaboratively to contribute to organisational initiatives by selecting and applying relevant theory to analyse and generate solutions to dynamic issues and changing landscapes.
2. Evaluate inputs from various sources and stakeholders to ensure that the interests of others, including organisational, societal, environmental, and professional expectations, are recognised.
3. Evaluate digital technologies, mechanisation, computerisation, and/or automation to support current and future business processes in the relevant domain of specialist expertise.
4. Communicate broad-level specialist advice to others to build professional credibility.
5. Exercise professional judgement using critical and reflective thinking and self-directed learning to continue developing as a self-reliant, ethical, and responsible professional.
6. Leverage a well-developed professional identity by exhibiting the human capabilities and knowledge demanded by modern organisations.
If you know you want a career in IT but don’t want to narrow your focus too early, the Information Systems Management major is ideal. You will gain a broad range of skills with the aim of helping you become a versatile and adaptable employee, equally adept at addressing both technical and business issues. Aiming to help you gain significant analysis and design experience in the business context, you will also work alongside industry partners on real-world issues through a variety of authentic case studies as well as a capstone project in your final year.
Recommended study pattern
The Enrolment Pattern for this program will be updated soon. In the meantime, please submit your contact details below for us to reach out and discuss the program further.
Award requirements
Completion of 24 units as outlined in the Recommended Study Pattern section.Exit points
Diploma of Business (after successful completion of 8 approved courses). Associate Degree of Business (after successful completion of 16 approved courses)As Australia’s #1 university for graduate starting salary (Good Universities Guide, 2022), University of Southern Queensland is the right place to make real progress. Regardless of your education history, your age or your aspirations, at UniSQ you’ll be inspired by quality learning experiences matched with top resources and research. Having delivered distance and online learning for over 40+ years, UniSQ supports you to learn at your own pace—exactly how it suits you.
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How to apply
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Entry requirements
ATAR/Selection Rank + English Language Proficiency
Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the UniSQ Credit and Exemption Procedure. Claims for credit for previous study should be submitted prior to or at the time of enrolment. Each claim will be assessed on individual merit in line with UniSQ policy.
Career opportunities
Our graduates build their digital capabilities on both sides of the field – developing business and technological solutions simultaneously. Upon completion you will be optimally placed for a wide range of careers in business and IT, including business information systems developer, business applications designer, business analyst, enterprise architect, intelligence officer, information systems developer, ICT project manager, database administrator, or database designer.
Career outlook
- Database and Systems Administrators, and ICT Security Specialists:
- Over $120K
- ICT Business and Systems Analysts:
- Over $120K
- ICT Managers:
- Over $120K