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Bachelor of Business Information Systems

Program update

School of ICT and Griffith Business School

2010 Guidance Officer and Career Advisers Seminar and Luncheon

Head of School ICTAssociate Professor Peter Bernus

Welcome


• All about the Bachelor of Business Information Systems

Presentation


• Introduction

• Future Prospects

• Innovative Programs

• Areas within ICT

• Bachelor of Business Information Systems– Industry Affiliates Program

• Careers

• Summary

Outline


• International market suggests that IT-related jobs are amongst the fastest growing [CareerBuilder.com, 2006]

• Report by Olivier’s Internet job index indicates that job advertisement growth is largest in ICT sector

• Shortage of candidates imminent in light of ICT sector growth [The Australian, 2007]

• ICT industry's 2020 vision: 25,000 vacant jobs [TechWorld & ACS Report, 2008]

Exciting prospects


• IT&T continues to be the major growing force in Australia, challenging Trades and Services for the number one spot as the biggest advertiser of jobs online, according to the latest Olivier Internet Job Index (February).

• In the past twelve months demand for IT&T workers has shot up 61.18%, surpassing Accounting, Engineering and Mining, and Sales and Marketing.

• In February IT&T job ads grew by 8.70% compared to a nationalaverage of 4.93%

• Multimedia, Internet and Graphics jobs were up 14.59%. The web boom is being driven by revenue based content creation, with graphic designers in most demand followed by web developers

Exciting prospects


• Spanning Gold Coast, Logan and Nathan

• Interest in IT on the rise

• Increase in job opportunities locally and nationally

• Industry Scholarships available

Griffith ICT and GBS


• Review of ICT Programs

• Industry connections via advisory boards

• Work-Integrated Learning; an important feature of ICT programs

Innovative programs


ICT Degrees @ Griffith


• Nathan– Bachelor of IT– Bachelor of IT (Accelerated)– Bachelor of Multimedia– Bachelor of Business Information

Systems– Master of IT– Double Degrees

• BIT/BEng• BIT/BSc• BIT/BMm

• Gold Coast– Bachelor of IT– Bachelor of IT (Accelerated)– Bachelor of Mm– Master of IT– Bachelor of Business

Information Systems – Double Degrees

• BIT/BEng• BIT/BMm

• Logan– Bachelor of IT (BIT@Work)– Bachelor of IT (Accelerated)

What is distinctive?


• Work Integrated Learning

– Industry affiliates program

• Generic skills

– Communication

– Writing

– Team work

• Research-based learning• IT skills

– Project management– Team work– Systems analysis and

design– Software quality

processes

Areas within the ICT School


• Multimedia– Information technology for

video, audio, entertainment, business and communication

• Software Engineering– Building software correctly

• Networking and Security

• Information Systems– IT in business, organisations,

and uses by people

• Computing and Intelligent Systems– Experimentation of what can

be achieved with computers– Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• The degree will equip students to merge an understanding of technology with wider business and people skills

• Provides students with technical knowledge and business skills at the forefront of organisational practice

• Addresses the new raft of jobs becoming available in organisations requiring IT Skills and Business Acumen

B. Business Information Systems


• 3 year program

• Made up of 240 credit points (CP)

• Year 1 80 CP• Year 2 80 CP• Year 3 80 CP



• The program combines two key content areas:– Information Systems (ICT)– Business Process Management (GBS)

• At each year level, a mix of both content areas are taught



• The program provides a set of core ICT and Business courses in 1st year, and a number of courses that satisfy ACS accreditation requirements in 2nd and 3rd year

• The program culminates in year 3 in a 20CP IT Project or a 20CP Industrial Affiliates Program placement



Year 1• Programming 1• Intro to Information Systems• Accounting and Decision

Making• Business Informatics• Web Design and

Development• Management Concepts• Introduction to Marketing


Program StructureYear 2• Production & Management

Systems• Business Communication• User Interface Design• Project Management• Systems in Organisations• eCommerce• Organisational Processes• ICT Elective

Year 3• Professional Issues in IT• Strategic Information Systems• Organisational Structure and Design• Information Systems Management• Management Strategy and Decision Making• Third Year Project

or• Industrial Affiliates Program


Program Structure (cont.)

• Work-Integrated Learning program that integrates students into the workplace through the completion of an industry-based project

• This is an opportunity for industry partners to have a willing and dedicated individual working on industry projects using a fresh and innovative approach, and also to bridge the gap for students entering the workplace


Industrial Affiliates Program (IAP)

Experiences with IAP in ICT


Matthew Wanchap

Creative Industries(2006)

Caradata (2008)• Health & IT

[Gold Coast Bulletin, 2006]

• Business analyst • Quality assurance manager • Mobile technology manager• Online content specialist• e-marketing and communications consultant• Business process manager• Information management specialist• Project manager• ICT manager• Enterprise architect


Career pathways

• Careers in ICT are on the rise

• IT is everywhere; it is now a profession that is present in all aspects of the real-world

• The business-IT nexus is opening up many new career opportunities

Summary


Thank you for your attention

Questions?

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