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Project Management

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).

Timetabling information for the current year is available on the Business School website. Students should note that units of study are run subject to demand.

Table of postgraduate units of study: Commerce

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

Project Management

Achievement of a specialisation in Project Management requires 30 credit points from this table comprising:
(i) 6 credit points in foundational units of study
(ii) 6 credit points in compulsory units of study
(iii) 18 credit points in elective units of study.

Units of study for the specialisation

Foundational unit of study

INFS5001
Project Management
6    N INFS6014
Intensive January
Semester 1
Semester 2

Compulsory units of study

INFS6030
Project Management in Practice
6    P INFS5001
Semester 1

Elective units of study

IBUS6002
Cross-Cultural Management
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
INFS6004
Business Transformation Projects
6    A Understanding the major functions of a business and how those business functions interact internally and externally so the company can be competitive in a changing market. How Information Systems can be used and managed in a business. How to critically analyse a business and determine its options for transformation. Desirable Experience as a member of a project team.
Semester 1
INFS6032
Agile Project Management
6      Semester 2
ITLS6500
Decision Making on Mega Projects
6    C ITLS5000 or TPTM5001 or ITLS5100 or TPTM6241 or INFS5001
Semester 1
MKTG6004
New Product Development
6    P MKTG5001
Semester 1
Semester 2
QBUS6320
Management Decision Making
6    A Basic Algebra, Probability, and Statistics
P QBUS5001 or QBUS5002
Semester 1
WORK6118
Managing Communication in Organisations
6    N ECOF6030 or ECOF6040
Semester 1