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(formerly Division of Management and Technology) *
Please note that staff appear under their original affiliations prior to the reorganisation of the Schools from 1 January 2003 *
Pro Vice-Chancellor
Professor Peter Dowling
Deputy
Director and Director of Development
Associate Professor Andrew Cheetham
Head of School of Accounting, Banking and Finance
Ms
Margo Wade
Head of School of Computing
Associate Professor Craig
McDonald
Head of School of Economics and Marketing
Professor
Philip Lewis
Head of School of Electronics and Telecommunications
Engineering
Associate Professor Andrew Cheetham
Head of School
of Law
Dr Eugene Clark
Head of School of Management and
Policy
Dr Paul Kringas
Head of School of Mathematics and
Statistics
Dr Peter Brown
Business Team
Manager
Mr Gar Ryan
Executive Officer
Mr Alan
Wheeley
Student Affairs Manager
Mr David
Sneddon
General Enquiries
6B17 (02) 6201 2682 (Management)
info@dmt.canberra.edu.au
11B27 (02) 6201 2412 (Technology)
The Division of Business, Law and Information Sciences presently offers undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and double degree courses leading to the awards listed on the previous page. Students should refer to the section of this Handbook entitled Information for Students, in particular those paragraphs covering definition of University terms, admission, enrolment and academic progress. Prospective and newly-enrolled students should also note the knowledge assumed for each course.
The Division of Business, Law and Information Sciences has five Schools namely: the School of Business (formerly the School of Accounting, Banking and Finance and the School of Economics and Marketing) the School of Information Sciences & Engineering (formerly the School of Computing and the School of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering) the School of Law; the School of Management and Policy; and the School of Mathematics and Statistics.*
Any student at the University of Canberra may be expected to use computers for e-mail, online research and word processing. Students may access their individual student records including academic record, examination results, library borrowing record and network printing account via the Internet-based Online Student Information System (OSIS). Some subjects and courses make teaching material available through the Internet and use the computer network for communication within the subject or course. Other courses may be offered off campus and/or in intensive mode. (A course delivered in intensive mode involves blocks of teaching – for example a block of four weeks full-time teaching – instead of the standard delivery of a set number of lectures and tutorials each week for a standard semester.)
For those courses which involve the use of information technology for the delivery of part or all of the course, the University offers a range of services to assist students to acquire the necessary skills. Student training and awareness programs are provided by different areas of the University including the Library, Computer Centre and Academic Divisions. For details see: http://www.canberra.edu.au/library/student.html
Computer facilities and services are in great demand and students may wish to arrange access to the Internet directly from their home. For details see: http://www.canberra.edu.au/uc/dial-in/
For information about special requirements for any particular course, students should contact the relevant Divisional Office.
Approved majors in accounting, banking and finance, commercial law, economics, financial management, law, legal studies, management, management accounting, marketing, politics, sociology, sustainable development economics and women’s studies are also taught within the Division as part of the Division’s courses, and as part of courses offered by other Divisions within the University. Approved minors are offered in these fields as well. Refer to the approved majors and approved minors listings in this Handbook for information about all of the approved majors and approved minors offered by the University.
The group of computing related courses includes alternatives that vary in duration and emphasis as follows:
All the computing subjects place a strong emphasis on practical work. This work is intended to be processed on the University's computer systems, and students are usually required to use the laboratories associated with these facilities. Supervised practical work is undertaken during laboratory sessions, while practical projects and assignments are featured throughout the programs of study.
The University of Canberra offers double degree courses in a variety of areas. A number of these double degrees allow students to obtain a Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Applied Economics, Bachelor of Business Administration or a Bachelor of Information Technology degree in conjunction with another degree course offered within Division.
Some of the subjects students are required or may elect to take may contain compulsory elements of field experience. In such instances students will be expected to meet their own transport costs.
Refer to the listing in this Handbook for the subjects available this year.
Library facilities in the City of Canberra are excellent. Many of the nation’s major research collections are located here, including the National Library and more specialist departmental, university and institutional libraries distributed around Canberra which are accessible through the University of Canberra library. The University also has excellent electronic research facilities and is committed to providing on-line access to other libraries and databases for research purposes.
This program is for students with insufficient mathematical background for the science, computing or engineering course they wish to study. After diagnostic testing, students are given self-paced, tutor-supported modules of mathematics to study. The program runs over the summer period. Enquiries: (02) 6201 2619.
Professional Management Programs is the entrepreneurial center of the Division of Business, Law and Information Technology. It manages an extensive short course program, customised Graduate Certificate programs, and administers the Division’s extensive Summer School.
Short Course Program – The Professional Management Programs provide public short courses delivered on campus and in-house for organisations in many professional disciplines. Short course programs can be customised to address the particular training needs of organisations.
Graduate Certificate Program – The Professional Management Programs develop and deliver a range of a Graduate Certificate Programs across many professional disciplines for both the Public Service and the Private Sector.
Summer School Program – from November to February each year, the Professional Management Programs manages an extensive Summer School Program for the Division of Management and Technology. The program includes intensively delivered subjects from many disciplines in the Division
For further information on Professional Management Programs, offer, check out its website: http://pmp.canberra.edu.au or telephone one of our Client Services Officers (02) 6201 2977 or (02) 6201 5327.
Some of the subjects which students are required or elect to take may involve project work and travel, or industrial experience, off campus. In such cases, students are expected to meet their own transport costs.
University graduates in economics or commerce with a major in accounting who did not include company law, auditing and taxation law in their courses and who wish to qualify for membership of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants, may complete the Commercial Law approved minor offered at this University, comprising the subjects 004977 Introduction to Business Law, 004993 Law of Business Associations and 004994 Revenue Law. The Society will grant status to candidates who pass these subjects.
This is a drop-in study and resource centre which provides additional assistance to first year students studying computing, mathematics, statistics or physics subjects. Help is also available to students with mathematical or statistical problems arising in other subjects. Mathematics preparation programs can be customised to individual students’ needs, supported by the Centre’s library of learning modules, lecture notes, textbooks and tutorial exercises.
The Centre is located in room 11A33, on the ground floor of Building 11, and is open from February through November. Information about session times is available from the Reception Desk on level B of Building 11, (02) 6201 2434.
A similar facility, located in room 6B39, on the ground floor of Building 6, is oriented to the needs of undergraduate students studying accounting, banking and finance, law, social sciences, management, administration and economics.
* This information has been amended since the publication of the printed edition of this Handbook.
Latest update: 18/03/03