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Business Information Systems

The units of study listed in the following table are those available for the current year. Students may also include any units of study, which are additional to those currently listed, which appear under these subject areas in the Business School handbook/website in subsequent years (subject to any prerequisite or prohibition rules).

Table A - The University of Sydney Business School

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Business Information Systems

Business Information Systems major

Achievement of a major in Business Information Systems requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 18 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units
(iv) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units

Business Information Systems minor

Achievement of a minor in Business Information Systems requires 36 credit points from this table comprising:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units

Units of study

The relevant units of study are listed below.

1000-level units of study

Core
INFS1000
Digital Business Innovation
6    N ISYS1003 or INFO1000
Intensive January
Semester 1
Semester 2
INFS1020
Digital Work Environments
6    A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903
Semester 1
Semester 2

2000-level units of study

Selective
INFS2010
People, Information and Knowledge
6    A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903
Semester 2
INFS2020
Business Process Modelling and Improvement
6    A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903
Semester 1
INFS2030
Digital Business Management
6    A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903
Semester 1
INFS2040
Project Management Foundations
6    A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903
N INFO3402 or ENGG1850
Semester 2
INFS2050
Data Governance and Technology Assurance
6    A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903
N INFS3010 or INFS3030
Semester 2

3000-level units of study

Core (major only)
INFS3600
Business Information Systems in Practice
6    P Students commencing from 2018: completion of at least 120 credit points including (INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903) and INFS1020. Pre-2018 continuing students: completion of at least 120 credit points including (INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903) and INFS2001 and INFS2020


This unit should only be undertaken by students in their final semester of the Business Information Systems major. This unit of study must be completed at the University of Sydney Business School.
Semester 1
Semester 2
Selective
INFS3040
Enterprise Systems and Integrated Business
6    A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903
Semester 1
INFS3050
Business Intelligence for Managers
6    A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903
Semester 2
INFS3080
Business Information Systems Projects
6    A INFS1000 and INFS2040
P 48 credit points of units
Semester 1
INFS3110
Information Systems for Accountants
6    A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903
N INFS2001
Semester 1
Semester 2
INFS3400
Industry and Community Project
6    A INFS1000 and INFS1020 and 6 credit points of INFS 2000-level units of study
P 72 credit points
N BUSS3110 or ACCT3400 or BANK3400 or CLAW3400 or FINC3400 or IBUS3400 or MKTG3400 or QBUS3400 or WORK3400 or WORK3401
Intensive February
Intensive July
Semester 1
Semester 2