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Business Information Systems

Commerce specialisation

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Overview

Business Information Systems Specialisation

Digital technologies, data, and AI are reshaping how organisations compete, operate, and create value. The Business Information Systems specialisation prepares students to lead that change, designing, governing, and transforming organisations for an AI-enabled world.

Students will learn how businesses harness information systems, analytics, generative AI, and agentic AI to make better decisions, streamline operations, redesign processes, and build new business models. The specialisation blends strategic, managerial, and technical perspectives, so you can bridge the gap between business objectives and digital capability.

Through applied learning and real-world industry projects, you'll build practical skills in business analysis, digital strategy, AI adoption and governance, process innovation, and technology-enabled transformation. Throughout, students will focus on deploying emerging technologies responsibly by managing risk, upholding ethical AI practices, and delivering sustainable outcomes.

The specialisation also explore what it takes to be an information systems leader, driving innovation, guiding digital transformation, and building the organisational capabilities needed to thrive in fast-moving environments.

Areas of study include:

  • Digital strategy and innovation
  • AI and agentic systems for business
  • Managing data and AI
  • Data visualisation
  • AI, ethics and data governance
  • Enterprise systems and digital platforms
  • Business process management
  • Agile business methods
  • Cybersecurity and risk management

Requirements for a Business Information Systems specialisation

To achieve a specialisation in Business Information Systems within the Master of Commerce and Master of Commerce (Extension), students must complete:

  • 6 credit points of foundational units of study; and
  • 24 credit points of Business Information Systems specialisation area selective units of study.

Students completing this specialisation to meet the requirements for the Master of Commerce or as their compulsory specialisation for the Master of Commerce (Extension) would complete a 6 credit point capstone unit from Capstone units of study for their degree in the same subject area as their specialisation.

Students completing this specialisation as their optional second specialisation for the Master of Commerce (Extension) are not required to complete the capstone unit of study for their secondary specialisation.

Contacts and further information

Website Discipline of Business Information Systems