UNIT SET INFORMATION

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Archives and Records Area of Specialisation 
SPARC 
Q71 / H54 MASTER OF INFORMATION SERVICES 
 

SPECIAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

A recognised three-year undergraduate degree in a discipline other than archives and records is the minimum admission requirement for this course.  Graduates from all other disciplines are invited to apply.  Students with appropriate professional experience are eligible for professional membership of the Australian Society of Archivists and the Records Management Association of Australia if they choose to graduate with a Graduate Diploma of Science (Information Services) in this stream. 

 

Students who have successfully completed the Executive Certificate in Records Management (course code 866), who have a minimum of two years’ experience in the field and who are also members of the Records Management Association of Australia and/or the Australian Society of Archivists may apply for admission and advanced standing to this stream.

 

STREAM STRUCTURE

Part-time students should enrol in either IST4121 or IST4136 in their first semester of study.

The stream will foster an understanding of records and archives management as inter-related record-keeping activities, building in a logical manner upon knowledge already acquired in previous units.

 

 
UNIT SET LOCATION
This unit set is available on Mt Lawley Campus.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This unit set is available in the following modes of delivery - On-campus, and Online.
 
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
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YEAR ONE
Semester 1
IST4121 The Records Environment 15
IST4133 Preservation and Storage 15
IST4134 Government Records and Archives 15
IST4235 Electronic Recordkeeping 15
 
Semester 2
IST4107 Information Services Management 15
IST4136 Documenting Society 15
IST4118 Information Retrieval and Document Management 15
IST4236 Documenting the Corporate Memory 15
 
YEAR TWO
Semester 1
CSG5140 Research Methods 20 
CSG5141 Research Proposal 20 
CSG5243 Masters Project 1 20 
 

Last Updated - Higher Education: 18/11/2004