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Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Management (Business Information Systems)
at Otago Polytechnic

Auckland, New Zealand

Tuition Fee NZ$ 24,020
Country Rank#11
Duration12 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5

Program Overview

There is also an increasing demand for those professionals to hold higher level qualifications. Applicants for these roles are therefore at a considerable advantage with a postgraduate qualification.

Flexibility within this qualification will enable aspirations to be matched/targeted to specific employment opportunities.

You will extend and deepen your knowledge and understanding of current information systems management capabilities and issues in a range of applied settings through experiential learning strategies and reflective practice. There is the opportunity to work with industry during a professional project and the programme also includes employability workshops, industry events and guest speakers.

This qualification will prepare you for further postgraduate study in the Master of Applied Management (Business Information Systems). Alternatively, you could seek employment in a range of roles including:

Business Analyst
Business Intelligence Analyst
Information Systems Analyst
Information Systems Security Analyst
Project Manager
Technical/Solution Architect
User Experience / Front End Designer
Information Systems Researcher

This programme is offered by Future Skills Academy due to a sub-contract arrangement with Otago Polytechnic.

Course Content

This programme comprises four compulsory 15-credit courses, plus electives totalling 60 credits (at Level 8 or 9) from the elective list below.

COMPULSORY
Course name	Course description
Capabilities for Managers	Gain a critical awareness of the skills needed to manage complex organisations
Research and Enquiry	Achieve the skills you need to undertake small-scale professional projects within organisations
Analytics for Managers	Achieve the skills needed to critically evaluate data for decision making within applied management
Project Management	Learn how to develop critical analysis and application skills in project management
ELECTIVES	Elective name
Information Security	Learn how to critically analyse information security and design appropriate information security structures for organisations
Business Intelligence	Critically evaluate the process and principles behind data analytics and extract information from large data sets that may be used to benefit a particular business or organisation
Management of Information Systems	Understand how information systems should be managed in order to assist in the achievement of the strategic goals of organisations
The following courses are subject to availability and number of enrolments.
Business Solutions Architecture	Become equipped with the capabilities to critically analyse, evaluate and apply the concepts and procedures used for the successful planning, design and implementation of an enterprise architecture based on an organisational strategy
Business Analysis	Gain the ability to meet specified business needs through critical business analysis
User Experience Design	Analyse the design and behaviour of interactive products in organisations
Software Engineering Methodologies	Critically analyse and apply structured and adoptive software development principles in different organisational contexts
Software Quality Assurance	Become equipped to investigate, critically evaluate, recommend and apply software quality assurance methodologies and techniques in organisations
Applied Human Resource Management	Learn how to provide the skills needed for management of human resources within contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand organisations
Professional Project	This course is compulsory for the course work and Professional Practice option only. It will enable you to critically apply skills and knowledge gained during the programme to complete an ethical applied professional project that contributes to professional practice in management.

Entry Requirement
Minimum academic entry requirements are:
- A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent qualification) in a related discipline, OR
- A combination of academic qualifications and relevant skills and knowledge acquired through work or professional experience that is deemed equivalent to the above.
- International applicants must demonstrate that they have equivalent academic qualifications and experience.
- If English is not your first language, you must provide:
  
  New Zealand University Entrance OR
  
  Overall Academic IELTS 6.5 with no individual band score lower than 6.0 (achieved in one test completed in the last two years)
Fees & Scholarships
International fee

Standard fee: $24,020

Cost Of Studying At Otago Polytechnic

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Management (Business Information Systems) at Otago Polytechnic