1999 Information Technology Handbooks

Graduate programs

Specialist discipline knowledge courses
Professionally oriented and cross-disciplinary knowledge
New and revised courses

The faculty offers a wide range of graduate programs from graduate certificate to higher degrees in business systems, computing and computer science, digital communications, health informatics, information management and systems, information technology, multimedia computing and network computing. These programs differ in their objectives, prerequisites, content and fees. They can be regarded as falling into one of two groups - programs that extend and develop knowledge in a particular discipline area and programs that have a professional orientation, providing cross-disciplinary access and training to develop professional expertise.

Specialist discipline knowledge courses

These courses build on a three-year bachelors degree with a major in the particular discipline or a fourth-year level course in the same discipline (honours, graduate diploma or masters preliminary). The focus is on the knowledge of the discipline methodology and its application.

Graduate certificate

This course requires a three-year bachelors degree in a health-related discipline:

Peninsula - Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics

Graduate diplomas

Courses with a prerequisite of a three-year bachelors degree with a major in the discipline. Applicants with relevant professional qualifications and significant experience may also be considered.

Clayton - Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Communications
Caulfield - Graduate Diploma in Information Systems (no further intake in 1999), Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (no further intake in 1999), Graduate Diploma in Decision Support Systems
Caulfield, Clayton, Peninsula and Gippsland (via distance education) - Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology

Masters degrees

Courses with a prerequisite of a three-year degree or the equivalent with a major in the discipline.

Clayton - Master of Business Systems by research, Master of Computing by coursework (no further intake in 1999), Master of Computing by research, Master of Digital Communications, Master of Information Management (Archives and Records/Library and Information Studies) by coursework or research (no further intake in 1999), Master of Librarianship (no further intake in 1999), Master of Information Technology
Caulfield - Master of Computing by coursework (no further intake in 1999), Master of Computing by research, Master of Information Management and Systems, Master of Information Systems (no further intake in 1999), Master of Information Technology, Master of Multimedia Computing, Master of Logistics Information Systems
Gippsland - Master of Computing by research, Master of Business Systems by research, Master of Information Technology (via distance education)
Peninsula - Master of Computing by research, Master of Information Technology

Doctor of Philosophy

A course with a prerequisite of an honours degree at first or upper second class honours level, a masters preliminary qualification at the same level or a masters degree with in the discipline or equivalent.

Clayton, Caulfield, Gippsland and Peninsula

Professionally oriented and cross-disciplinary knowledge

These courses provide an opportunity for people with a qualification in another discipline area to gain a first qualification in computing, and to develop expertise in computing and computer sciences, information management, and business and information systems.

Graduate certificate

This course has a prerequisite of a three-year bachelors degree in any discipline:

Peninsula - Graduate Certificate in Network Computing

Graduate diplomas

Courses with a prerequisite of a three-year bachelors degree in any discipline.

Clayton - Graduate Diploma in Archives and Records Management (no further intake in 1999), Graduate Diploma in Business Systems, Graduate Diploma in Computer Science, Graduate Diploma in Information Management (Librarianship/Recordkeeping/Teacher Librarianship) (no further intake in 1999), Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Studies (no further intake in 1999)
Caulfield - Graduate Diploma in Business Technology (no further intake in 1999), Graduate Diploma in Computing, Graduate Diploma in Decision Support Systems,
Gippsland (by distance education) - Graduate Diploma in Business Systems, Graduate Diploma in Computing
Peninsula - Graduate Diploma in Computing, Graduate Diploma in Network Computing

Masters degrees

Courses with a prerequisite of a three-year degree or the equivalent with a major in any discipline, comprising one year of full-time study.

Clayton - Master of Arts in Bibliographical and Textual Studies (no further intake in 1999), Master of Information Management (Archives and Records/Library and Information Studies) (no further intake in 1999), Master of Arts in Librarianship (no further intake in 1999), Masters of Arts in Archives and Records (no further intake in 1999), Master of Librarianship (no further intake in 1999), Master of Business Systems by coursework, Master of Business Systems by projects
Caulfield - Master of Information Management and Systems
Gippsland - Master of Business Systems by coursework (via distance education)

New and revised courses

During 1998 the Faculty of Information Technology undertook a review of the structure and content of Masters by coursework program offerings. Other new and restructured courses were proposed by the faculty. At the time of writing the faculty was seeking university approval to offer the following new and revised programs in 1999 and beyond:

Master of Business Systems by coursework;
Master of Business Systems by distance education;
Master of Business Systems by projects;
Master of Business Systems by research;
Master of Digital Communications;
Master of Information Technology;
Master of Information Management and Systems;
Master of Multimedia Computing;
Master of Logistics Information Systems;
Graduate Certificate in Business Systems (Clayton);
Graduate Certificate in Business Systems (via distance education);
Graduate Certificate in Information Management and Systems;
Graduate Certificate in Logistics Information Systems;
Graduate Diploma in Business Systems;
Graduate Diploma in Information Management and Systems;
Graduate Diploma in Logistics Information Systems;
Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Communications;
Postgraduate Certificate in Information Technology;
Postgraduate Certificate in Multimedia Computing;
Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Communications;
Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology;
Postgraduate Diploma in Multimedia Computing.

The above-mentioned certificate and diploma courses will be offered either as stand-alone award courses or as early exit awards. Where the award is offered as an early exit award, a student may exit the masters program without completing the entire program and may be eligible to receive a graduate certificate after completing twenty-four points, or a graduate diploma after completing forty-eight points.