Comments

• Stair-cased programmes covered on the same page. Not sure what the page title would be nor where to explain this yet.
• Not sure that I have the right messaging about the opt out provision? 
• Do you also want to promote enrollment in to the PGCert/PGDip?

Programme structure

The Nested within the Master of Secondary School Leadership (MSSL) is integrated with the

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Postgraduate the Postgraduate Certificate and the Postgraduate Diploma in Information ManagementSecondary School Leadership, which provide stepping stones to the full MIM for those who are uncertain whether they can commit to the entire early exit qualifications for candidates who wish to finish their study before completing the full Master's programme.

Thoughts and questions

• Graphic to show nested or stair-cased programmes, maybe like the Applied Finance programmes?
• Need one word/phrase to describe the stair-cased, integrated, stepping stones. Then use it for all sets of programmes that work the same way (i.e. in VBS all except the Professional Accounting ones).
• Is it easier to get an entry requirement exemption for the PGCertIM than the PGDipIM? For the PGDipIM than the MIM?

• Different pattern from all the VBS families, except Professional Accounting.

Master of Secondary School Leadership (MSSL)

Entry requirements

• Before enrollment, a candidate for the MIM MSSL degree shall have:
  • Completed a Bachelor's degree ;Had a minimum of three years of relevant work experience at a level acceptable to the MIM Director; andwith at least a B average or have completed a postgraduate qualification;
  • Hold a middle or senior management position in a secondary school;
  • Been nominated by and have the support of the principal of the school in which the candidate works; and 
  • Been accepted by the Director Associate Dean (Students)  of the Faculty of Education as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

Supplementary information

• Students who wish to enroll for the MIM but don't meet some the entry requirements should contact the Victoria Business School to discuss  their suitability for a possible exemption
  • This acceptance will depend (among other things) on the positive endorsement of an interview panel of principals and academic staff of the University.

Programme requirements

• Total of 180 points required.
• Complete two core eight courses:
  • MMIM MSSL 501
  • MMIM MSSL 502.
• Complete one case-study courses, MMIM 590.
• Complete a further elective courses worth 120 points (usually eight) from:
  • MMIM 503
  • MMIM 510-514
  • MMIM 522
  • MMim 524
  • MMIM 525
  • MMIM 532
  • MMIM 552
  • MMIM 571
  • MMIM 572
  • MMIM 577
  • MMIM 580-582
  • MMIM 590
  • MMIM 592
  • Approved courses from other Honours or Master's programmes
  • MSSL 503
  • MSSL 504
  • MSSL 505
  • MSSL 506
  • MSSL 507
  • One approved elective listed for the MBA or PGDipEdPD.
• Complete one research or implementation course from:
  • MSSl 508
  • MSSL 509.

Supplementary information

• Standard ones on Requirements of PG programmes
• The case study courses MMIM 590 may be substituted with MMIM 592. Note that MMIM 592 has MMIM 552 as a prerequisite.
• Approved: Approval is requested from the MIM Programme Director.
• Students considering courses from other Honours or Master's programmes should consider the required prerequisites.

Tool tips

• Standard ones on Requirements of PG programmes

Thoughts and questions

• Programme structure seems to differ between '2016 Professional Programmes', '2016 Master of Information Management' and the Calendar, with some differences being errors not style/preference. Clearing these up should be a priority for somebody (Publications, VBS, ?) even if not actually my job. I really only need to know:

  • The facts / what is correct: More often than not it is the Calendar.

  • What (or how much) do I say on the web (as we don't have to convey every requirement).

  • What message or style do I follow: For example, are these professional programmes inclusive and supporting, even of those who don't meet the minimum entry requirements?

• Some examples of the differences:

  • MIM structure. The Calendar states two courses in Part 1, one (of two) in Part 2 and electives from the MIM and other Honours and Master's programmes to make up the 180 points. '2016 Professional Programmes' states two courses in Part 1, eight electives from the MIM in Part 2 and (tacked on at the end) an individual case study project with no mention of courses, points, Parts, or MIM 592. '2016 Master of Information Management' states two courses in Part 1, eight electives from the MIM and other Honours and Master's programmes in Part 2 and a consulting-style case-study project (MMIM 590, but no mention of MMIM 592).