Table A - Digital Business
The Digital Business specialisation allows students to gain an understanding of how businesses operate in the digital world. Students will learn about the crucial role modern digital technologies play in shaping new business models, disrupting industries and organising and transforming business operations.
Students acquire practical skills and techniques to carry out an effective business analysis with a view to improving business operations or rethinking business models through the application of digital technologies.
The specialisation also enables students to gain an understanding of the role of technologies, such a business information system, in facilitating business transformation and organisational change in increasingly competitive market environments.
Units of study in this area cover digital business innovation, agile business methods, business process management, digital transformation, digital work practices and information infrastructures.
Requirements for a Digital Business specialisation
To achieve a specialisation in Digital Business within the Master of Commerce and Master of Commerce (Extension), students must complete 30 credit points in units of study comprising:
- 6 credit points of Table A - Foundational units of study; and
- 24 credit points of Table A - Digital Business selective units of study.
Students completing this specialisation to meet the requirements for the Master of Commerce or as their compulsory specialisation for the Master of Commerce (Extension) would complete a 6 credit point capstone unit from Table A – Capstone units of study for their degree in the same subject area as their specialisation.
Students completing this specialisation as their optional second specialisation for the Master of Commerce (Extension) are not required to complete a capstone unit of study.
Sample pathways
(i) Master of Commerce
A sample pathway for the Digital Business specialisation spread over the three semesters of the Master of Commerce degree (Full-time study) is listed below.
| Session of study |
Units of study | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Semester |
Foundational: INFS5002 Foundation in Digital Business | Specialisation selective | |
| 2nd Semester |
Specialisation selective | Specialisation selective | |
| 3rd Semester |
Specialisation selective | ||
(ii) Master of Commerce (Extension)
A sample pathway for the Digital Business specialisation spread over 2 years of the Master of Commerce (Extension) degree (Full-time study) is listed below.
| Session of study |
Units of study | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Semester |
Foundational: INFS5002 Foundation in Digital Business | |
| 2nd Semester |
Specialisation selective | |
| 3rd Semester | Specialisation selective | Specialisation selective |
| 4th Semester |
Specialisation selective | |
Please Note. This sample progressions are meant as examples only. Depending on unit prerequisites, students may be able to complete these units in a different sequence to that displayed in the table above.
For details of the units of study required for the specialisation please refer to the Table A - Digital Business section under Commerce Subject Areas in this handbook.
Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes - Digital Business specialisation | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Analyse, model and visualize representations of business processes, organisational structures and data. |
| 2 | Apply advanced principles and techniques related to strategy, work practices and information governance to help organisations effectively operate, manage risks and maximise value from their data, information assets and technology investments. |
| 3 | Explain and apply agile principles, methods and practices in digital business contexts. |
| 4 | Create and evaluate business models from idea to execution and explain the role of digital technology. |
| 5 | Appraise and critically assess the use of digital technology in business, society and individual workplace contexts. |
| 6 | Effectively communicate and collaborate with different personalities, in complex digital work environments to achieve positive and sustainable change outcomes. |
| 7 | Evaluate the operations of a business and suggest and design solutions and improvements enabled by digital technology. |
| 8 | Identify current trends in business information systems and ability to assess their implications for managers, organisations, employees and other stakeholders. |
| 9 | Explain advanced principles, theories and applications in digital commerce, digital business management, business data analytics and information infrastructures. |
Further information
For further information regarding study in Digital Business in the Commerce coursework programs, please contact the Discipline of Business Information Systems.