Master of Information Technology


General

Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses
Course code: 2402
Course leaders: Mr S Giles (Caulfield), Associate Professor Jim Breen (Clayton), Dr G Lu (distance education and Gippsland), Dr D Casey (Peninsula)

Introduction

The Master of Information Technology is a cooperative program offered by all the schools of the Faculty of Information Technology. The course provides a broad program in Information Technology, enabling students to select specific areas for in-depth study, or to construct a program from a range of suitably advanced subjects.
The aim of the program is:
1 to provide the conceptual and theoretical framework in which students can appreciate and integrate new software and hardware technologies, and, within an information technology context, use them to develop solutions to complex problems in our society.
2 to deepen students' theoretical knowledge in specific areas so that they will have the intellectual and conceptual foundation to play leading roles in the development of the information technology industry.
The course is available either part-time for a minimum of three years or full-time for a minimum of eighteen months (three semesters.)

Admission requirements

Entrance normally requires a first degree, which is recognized as equivalent to an Australian bachelors degree. Those expecting to complete their degrees in the current year may apply. It is expected that entrants will have a degree in a discipline which provides a suitable basis for the course, eg computer science, computing, information systems, business systems, digital systems, information management, software engineering.
Advanced standing in the program is available to applicants who hold a suitable postgraduate qualification, or who have a four-year or honours degree with significant emphasis on information technology.

Fees for Australian residents

In 1999 the course fee is $12,000 or $1000 per six-point subject.

Course structure

The course consists of seventy-two points of coursework subjects. The seventy-two points may include six or twelve points of individual project work or can comprise forty-eight points of subjects plus a twenty-four-point minor thesis.
Of the subjects taken, at least eight (forty-eight points) must be taken from the graduate subjects offered by the Faculty of Information Technology; a list of possible subjects is attached. At least four subjects (twenty-four points) must be taken from subjects in group two of the attachment. Up to four subjects (twenty-four points) may be taken from graduate subjects offered by other Faculties at Monash, with approval from a head of school (of the Faculty of Information Technology) or nominee.

Group 1
Group 2

Note that not all subjects are available in any one year. This list of subjects is provisional.