Bachelor of Arts (Librarianship and Corporate Information Management)

About this course

The Bachelor of Arts (Librarianship and Corporate Information Management) program offered through Open Universities Australia will give you knowledge and training in management, record-keeping, archiving and analysis of information.

Studying this program, you will learn about contemporary issues in information management in an Australian context. You will also study a range of arts subjects, including text and culture, art and creativity, engaging media and classic Hollywood cinema.

Eligibility

Anyone can apply.

Study periods

Open Universities courses are offered in specific study intakes every year, known as Study Periods or Sessions. This means more flexibility as you can choose when to start studying.

If you are studying undergraduate units you can start at the beginning of any of the four Study Periods each year, each lasting 13 weeks. Most postgraduate courses are offered in three Sessions per year, with each Session lasting 14 weeks.

Exams are usually held in the week following the end of each Study Period or Session.

Areas of study

During this bachelor degree program, the subjects you will study include:

• Accounting fundamentals
• Archives concepts and practice
• Art and creativity
• Australian and global society
• Australian politics in a global context
• Business analysis and modelling
• Classic Hollywood cinema
• Collection management
• Contemporary issues in Australian politics: Race, nation, class & gender
• Critical thinking
• Currency Lasses and Chesty Bonds: Gender in Australian history
• Database concepts and modelling
• Employment relations
• Engaging in the humanities
• Engaging media
• Enterprise content management
• Human resource management
• Information design
• Information management technologies
• Information methods
• Information systems fundamentals
• Information theory and research
• Integrated marketing communication
• Internet and everyday life
• Internet commerce and consumers
• Internet communities and social networks
• Introduction to libraries
• Introduction to management
• Introduction to popular culture and society
• Introduction to public relations
• Introduction to university learning
• Knowledge management principles
• Library and information services management
• Management of record-keeping and archive services
• Management support systems
• Marketing theory and practice
• Media law
• New communication technologies
• New media: Communications in the electronic age
• Power and legitimacy in modern political thought
• Professional issues
• Professional practice in information services
• Project management
• Record-keeping concepts and practice
• Reference services
• Research methods for marketing and management
• Resource description & access
• Styles and genres of journalism
• Text and culture
• The making of Australia
• Vision, visuality and everyday life
• War and peace in world history
• Web communications
• Web media
• Web publishing

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Finance Options

HECS-HELP is available for this course.

Student Support

Open Universities Australia offers a range of administrative and student support options. As a student of OUA you will have access to four hours of free expert tutoring support for each unit undertaken through the tutoring service call SMARTHINKING. This on-demand service allows you to get fast, detailed feedback on your assignment drafts and have access to your tutor in real time.

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How will this course advance my career?

Upon completion of this Bachelor of Arts (Librarianship and Corporate Information Management) course you will have the skills and education to qualify for a range of positions in librarianship, records management, archives, and information and knowledge management.

How else will I benefit from this bachelor degree?

• Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a Bachelor of Arts (Librarianship and Corporate Information Management) from Curtin University, as if you had studied on campus.
• Flexible study: studying by correspondence means you study on your terms – at a time and place that suits you.
• Government financial support available through FEE-HELP.
• Credit may be available for previous studies in this field.
• Your qualification is professionally accredited by the Australian Library & Information Association (ALIA), the Records Management Association of Australasia (RMAA), and the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA).

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