Diploma in Informatics - sample course plans
Sample course plan for Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and Concurrent Diploma in Informatics
This is an example of a course plan for a Bachelor of Commerce student who has decided to major in Finance, and complement this with a 100 point Concurrent Diploma in Informatics (with a Business Computing theme).
| First year | |||
| Introductory Microeconomics | Managing People and Organisations | Accounting Reports and Analysis | Informatics 1: Practical Computing |
| Introductory Macroeconomics | Quantitative Methods 1 | Accounting Transactions and Analysis | Informatics 2: People, Data & the Web |
| Second year | |||
| Organisational Behavior | Introductory Econometrics | Principles of Marketing | Shaping the Enterprise with ICT |
| Business Finance | Consumer Behaviour | Competition and Strategy | Emerging Technologies for Work Transformation |
| Third year | |||
| Investments | Derivative Securities | Core Elective | Creating Business Value using ICT |
| Corporate Finance | International Finance | Core Elective | Business Analytics |
| Fourth year | |||
| Informatics-3: Content Management | Informatics-4: Web Applications | Informatics-5: Advanced Analytics | Informatics-6: e-Research Project |
Sample course plan: Bachelor of Environments (Architecture) with Concurrent Diploma in Informatics
This is an example of a course plan for a Bachelor of Environments student who has decided to major in Architecture, and complement this with a 100 point Concurrent Diploma in Informatics (with a Computer Science theme).
| First year | |||
| Natural Environments | Designing Environments | Virtual Environments | Informatics 1: Practical Computing |
| Reshaping Environments | Constructing Environments | Urban Environments | Maths |
| Second year | |||
| BEnvs Elective | BEnvs Elective | BEnvs Elective | Informatics 2: People, Data & the Web |
| Design Studio 2 | Construction Methods | Foundations of Architecture | Programming the Machine |
| Third year | |||
| Arch Design 3 | Hybrid Construction | Architecture of the Enlightenment | Algorithms and Data Structures |
| Arch Design 4 | Environmental Systems | Modern Architecture | Graphics and Visual Computing |
| Fourth year | |||
| Informatics-3: Content Management | Informatics-4: Web Applications | Networks, Operating Systems and the Web | Informatics-6: e-Research Project |
Sample course plan: Bachelor of Commerce (Economics)
This is an example of a course plan for a Bachelor of Commerce student who has decided to major in Economics, and complement this with a 100 point Concurrent Diploma in Informatics, completing both programs in 3 years by overloading.
| First year | ||||
| Introductory Microeconomics | Quantitative Methods 1 | Accounting Reports and Analysis | Informatics 1: Practical Computing | |
| Introductory Macroeconomics | Business Process Analysis | Accounting Transactions and Analysis | Informatics 2: People, Data & the Web | |
| Second year | ||||
| Organisational Behavior | Introductory Econometrics | Intermediate Microeconomics | Informatics-3: Content Management | Shaping the Enterprise with ICT |
| Business Finance | Intermediate Financial Accounting | Intermediate Macroeconomics | Information Modelling | Programming the Machine |
| Third year | ||||
| Microeconomics | Econometrics | Environmental Economics | Informatics-6: eResearch Project | Informatics-5: Applied Analytics |
| Macroeconomics | Corporate Finance | Managing Strategic Change | Electronic Commerce | Business Analytics |
More Information
For more information on the Diploma in Informatics, contact Dr Andrew Lonie (alonie@unimelb.edu.au)