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Course
code: 1780
Honours coordinator: Dr Guojun Lu
HECS and Australian fee paying
Gippsland and Clayton campuses
Attendance optional (but see below regarding the Honours research project)
The Bachelor of Computing (Honours) is a fourth-level program and is designed to provide computing graduates with an opportunity to obtain advanced knowledge and expertise in selected areas of computing and information technology and keep abreast of new developments. The degree also provides an admission pathway to a coursework masters or a higher degree by research.
Applicants
are required to have completed a recognised degree in computing or computer
science, with at least a credit average in their final year computing subjects.
Applicants with a computing degree from a university other than Monash should
consult with the honours coordinator regarding their eligibility. Such
applicants may need to submit syllabus details with their application. A
certified course transcript must be provided by all applicants.
Interstate and overseas students are required to have good access to the
Internet.
Forty-eight
points of study must be completed. Students select one of the following two
options.
(a) Completion of twenty-four points of approved fourth-level subjects or
the equivalent, plus a research-oriented honours project worth twenty-four
points that is assessed by a 10,000 to 20,000 word thesis. This is the normal
structure for on-campus students and certain attendance requirements must be
met.
(b) Completion of thirty-six points of approved fourth-level subjects or
the equivalent, plus an applied research project worth twelve points. The
industry-oriented applied research project is assessed via a set of detailed
reports and has no on-campus attendance requirement. The applied research
project involves the solution of a practical problem for an industry client and
includes an investigation and review of the relevant literature as a part of
the process of identifying feasible solution strategies. The applied research
project may be undertaken at the student's place of work.
An approved third-level computing subject may be included. Up to twelve points
of fifth-level (masters) subjects may be included, where the honours
coordinator is satisfied that necessary prerequisite requirements have been
met.
The course is normally completed over two years of part-time study. Students
are permitted to switch between the part-time external mode and the full-time
on-campus mode. Students studying in the Melbourne metropolitan area have the
option of taking subjects offered by the Department of Computer Science or
other departments of the faculty in the on-campus mode.
Distance education students plan their study program using the following
schedule.
Further fourth-level subjects are planned for introduction in 1999. For a list of third-level and fifth-level computing subjects available by distance education, please refer to the faculty handbook or honours information package.
Either
Students must take either GCO4500 or GCO4600 in their final year.
Advanced
standing is not applicable to the honours program.
Those applicants unsuccessful in obtaining an offer of a government-funded
place will be considered for a fee-based place. Students taking up an
Australian fee paying place will be offered a HECS funded place in 2000,
subject to satisfactory progress in the course. Both government-funded and
fee-based places are subject to quota restrictions.
Government-funded
(HECS) places are available, subject to a quota.
A small number of Australian fee paying places can be offered. The fee is
$13,330 for the full program, or $1666 per six-point subject.
The fee for international students studying from countries other than Singapore
is $14,280.
For
more detailed information, contact the student matters officer, Gippsland
School of Computing and Information Technology, telephone
(03) 5122 6962 or (03) 9902 6962; email:
gscit@fcit.monash.edu.au
Further details are also available on the world wide web, at URL:
http://www-gscit.fcit.monash.edu.au/
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the student matters officer, Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology, Monash University, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, by 18 September 1998 to be considered for a first-round offer. Applications received after that date, but before 30 November 1998, will be considered for a second round of offers. Later applications may be considered if places are available.
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