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including SQL3
DBMS benchmarking
Alternative DBMS architecture.
References
Grey, J. and Reuter, A., Transaction Processing, Concepts and
Techniques, Morgan Kaufmann 1993
O'Neill, Patrick, Database: Principles, Programming, Performance,
Morgan Kaufmann 1994
BT400 Information Systems Honours
Students should seek advice from the appropriate
Information Systems staff when formulating their disciplinespecific
course of study and their research project proposal.
To encourage a multi-disciplinary approach, students may,
subject to approval, undertake selected honours-level
coursework subjects from other schools, divisions or
institutions provided that they show the relevance of these
coursework subjects to their proposed area of research. Such
arrangements are subject to the student having any necessary
prerequisite studies and may be subject to any quotas
imposed on these subjects by the offering School.
Students must submit their proposal to the Information
Systems Honours Convener for approval prior to the
commencement of their honours program. Approval for a
student's discipline-specific course of study and research
project proposal shall be subject to the availability of any
necessary resources and the availability of appropriate staff
supervision.
Advanced Studies in Information Systems
Students will be reauired to undertake an individual
program of advanced study in one or more areas of
contemporary information systems theory and practice.
Student's individual study programs will be based on a
combination of attendance at a series of lectures and/or
seminars based on the research interests of staff and
postgraduate students in the information systems
department and a supervised reading program. Students will
be expected to prepare a written report on the results of
their particular course of study and will also be required to
present their findings in a seminar.
Information Systems Honours Research Project
Students will be required to undertake a Lbstantial research
project, investigating an aspect of information systems
theory or practice, which may be selected to suit the
student's preferred area of specialisation. Students will be
expected to report their research activity in the form of a
written dissertation of approximately 15 000 words in length
and will be required to progressively present their findings
as part of a research seminar program.
Students intending to complete their degree with honours
must apply for entry into the honours year by the end of
their three year degree.
Note that entry into the honours year is competitive and the
number of places is subject to a quota.
BT410 lnformation Systems Research
Methodology
2 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite:completion of the
Bachelor of Business or equivalent Assessment: pass/fil
only. Submission of thesis or dissertation proposal
A subject in the Honours Year of the Bachelor of Business
Obiectives
To ensure that all Information Systems students who
are required to undertake a substantial research project
(leading to a thesis or dissertation) are familiar with the
requirements of academic research;
to assist students to develop a formal proposal for their
research project.
Content
The course provides a definition of an Honours, Masters
and PhD dissertation or thesis. It covers the academic
research process including: identifying a topic for research,
accessing the literature, placing research in a continuum of
knowledge, formally stating and justifying the research
question, designing and appropriate program of research,
choosing a research method, writing the proposal,
conducting the research and writing a thesis or dissertation.
Recommended reading
Phillips, E.M., Pugh, D.S., How to get a PhD, 2nd edn,
Buckingham, Open University Press, 1994
Neuman, W.L., Social Research Methods: Qualitative and
Quantitative Approaches, Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 1994
BT411 Computing for Management
S hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
~ssessmat: examination
A subject in the Graduate Certification in Business
Administration
Obiedives
To extend the students' knowledge and understanding of
information technology in various current and relevant
areas.
Topics include:
financial modelling using spreadsheets;
* computer basics;
files and databases;
business information systems;
data communications;
data management;
using information technology for competitive
advantage.
Recommended reading
Laudon, K.C. and Laudon, J.P. Management Information Systems,
3rd edn, New York, Macmillan, 1994
Capron and Perron, Computers and Information Systems,
Benjamin/Cummings, 1993
Stern, N.B. and Stern, R.A. Computing in the Information Age,
New York, Wiley, 1993
Any introductory information technology textbook, or book
titles typically 'Management Information Systems'
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