1999 Information Technology Handbooks

Diploma in Computing

General information
Introduction
Course structure

General information

This course is not open to new enrolments in 1999.
Gippsland campus - Part-time
Study modes: Distance Education
Course code: 1836
Course coordinator: Ms Kim Styles

The Diploma in Computing is based in part on the first two years of the Bachelor of Computing with a major in system development. Students complete a selection of first and second-level system development subjects. On completion of the diploma students may qualify for the Bachelor of Computing with a major in system development by studying a minimum of a further eight subjects.
On completion students may apply for admission to the Bachelor of Computing. Students who choose their diploma electives appropriately may be able to satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Computing with a major in system development by completing a minimum of a further eight subjects. These will include the core subject GCO3811 (Software engineering) and at least three third-year computing electives from the system development major. The exact study program is dependent upon the subjects already studied in the diploma.
The course is accredited by the Australian Computer Society at level 3.

Course structure

The course for the diploma consists of sixteen subjects to a total value of ninety-six points, with twelve compulsory or core subjects totalling seventy-two points and four elective subjects with a value of twenty-four points.
Subjects studied include programming, computer technology, systems analysis and design, computer organisation and database management. Other compulsory studies in human communications, accounting and mathematics must be completed. The four approved electives will normally include at least one further computing subject.
The course of study is typically as follows, with each subject worth six points:

First year

MAT1077 Discrete mathematics
GCO1815 Computer technology
GCO1811 Computer programming I
GCO1063 Human communications

Second year

GCO1812 Computer programming II
GCO1813 Information systems I
GCO2812 Computer organisation
Elective

Third year

AFG1001 Introductory accounting
GCO2811 Commercial programming
GCO2813 Information systems II
GCO2815 Database management systems

Fourth year

GCO2819 Computing project
Three electives

Elective subjects

Students take four elective subjects, normally chosen from the following list:

GAS2064 Information research methodologies
MGG1302 Management theory and functions
GCO2814 Operating systems
GCO2816 Object-oriented analysis and design
GCO3812 Data communications and networks I
GCO3813 UNIX systems programming
GCO3815 Artificial intelligence
GCO3816 Information systems management
GCO3817 Computer graphics
GCO3821 Object-oriented programming
GCO3822 Multimedia concepts and applications
GCO3823 Client-server and mobile database applications

Note that individual student study programs may vary from the above, depending on the electives taken. Students may be granted approval by the head of the school to take elective subjects other than those listed.