Postgraduate Handbook 2002 - Master of Applied Information Technology

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Master of Applied Information Technology

General information
Course outline and structure
Objectives
Entry requirements
Advanced standing (credit provision)

General information

Course code: To be advised + Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses + Course leaders: Mr S Giles (Caulfield and Clayton), Dr C Exton (Peninsula) and Associate Professor G Lu (off-campus) + Part-time for a minimum of four years or full-time for a minimum of two years (four semesters)

Course outline and structure

This course consists of 16 units, each of six credit points to a total of 96 credit points. The course consists of a core of four units from group 1 in stage 1, compulsory project/case study and a choice of electives from a large collection of units from group 2 in stage 2, and a minimum of four units from group 3 in stage 3.
Students may choose to exit the program early and may then take exit awards as follows:

On completion of the four units in group 1 -- a Graduate Certificate in Computing or a Graduate Certificate in Network Computing.
On completion of the four units in group 1, the case study/project and three other units from group 2 -- a Graduate Diploma in Computing or a Graduate Diploma in Network Computing.

In general terms, the course consists of the core of the Graduate Diploma in Computing in the first stage. Once those units are completed, the student moves to stage two of the course. In stage two, the student must attempt the applied project/case study and may study, subject to prerequisites, units from the transition group of units as listed in group 2. Once the student has completed eight units in total, the student moves to stage three of the course. At stage three, they must complete at least four masters-level units (group 3) from the list.
Students may, with course leader's approval, study up to two units from any of the graduate units in the university.

On-campus study	Off-campus
Group 1
CSE9000 Foundations of programming (or equivalent) CSE9001 Computer technology (or equivalent) CSE9002 Database technology (or equivalent) IMS9001 System analysis and design (or equivalent)	GCO9801 Programming fundamentals GCO9802 Computer technology GCO9803 Information systems 1 GCO9804 Database management systems
Group 2
CSE9020 Case study (or equivalent) CSE3000 Database management and implementation CSE3206 Systems security and privacy CSE3020 Network technology CSE4180 CASE technology CSE4200 Computer equipment and operating systems CSE4500 Query language and information retrieval CSE4310 Information resource management and data administration CSE9801 Data communications COT4430 Database design and administration	GCO9800 Computing project GCO9805 Object-oriented programming GCO9806 Information systems 2 GCO9807 Data structure and algorithms GCO9824 Computer communications GCO3811 Software engineering GCO3813 UNIX systems programming GCO3816 Information systems management GCO3817 Computer graphics
Group 2 (continued)
CPE4001 Distributed programming in Java CPE4002 Data communications and internetworking CPE4003 Web topics CPE4004 Analysis and design of distributed information systems CSE4530 Object-oriented application programming in C++ CSE4810 C++ programming for embedded systems CSE4881 Computer networks CSE4884 Network design and management CSE4890 Proprietary network architectures IMS3001 Management support systems IMS3002 Information systems strategy and management IMS3230 Information systems development practices IMS3280 Electronic commerce CSE3400 Application programming in C++ CSE3204 Fourth-generation systems CSE3205 Commercial programming in COBOL CSE4020 Specifying non-sequential and real-time systems CSE4030 Software lifecycle processes CSE4400 Systems programming I CSE4151 UNIX software design and development Elective units may also be selected from the off-campus list, for study by off-campus distributed learning.	GCO3818 Programming environments GCO3822 Multimedia concepts and applications GCO3823 Client-server and www database applications GCO3824 Data communications and networks 1 GCO4012 Image processing and computer vision CPE4001 Distributed programming in Java CPE4002 Data communications and Internetworking CPE4003 Web topics CPE4004 Analysis and design of distributed information systems Elective units may also be selected from the on-campus list, for study on-campus.
Group 3
CSE5200 Distributed database systems CSE5210 Advances in information security CSE5220 Advanced topics in database systems CSE5230 Data mining CSE5701 Mobile and distributed computing systems CPE5001 Modern cryptology CPE5002 Network security CPE5003 Software architecture CPE5004 Advanced multimedia programming techniques CPE5006 Virtual private networks CPE5007 Object-oriented middleware CPE5008 Internetworking and digital commerce CSE4892 Information security CSE5802 Distributed systems CSE5803 Advanced internet protocols and application CSE5804 Protocol engineering CSE5805 Advanced network design CSE5806 Telecommunications management FIT5900 Introduction to multimedia computing FIT5910 Multimedia programming in Java FIT5930 GUI design and programming FIT5940 Multimedia authoring CSE4490 Object-oriented programming CSE5000 Distributed object technology CSE5030 Visual programming CSE5040 Case study in engineering software for reuse CSE5050 Software metrics and reliability CSE5060 Multimedia applications on the web CSE5510 Software systems engineering CSE5610 Intelligent software systems Elective units may also be selected from the off-campus list, for study by off-campus distributed learning.	GCO5805 Multimedia computing and communications GCO5806 Internet commerce GCO5807 Project management GCO5808 Multimedia standards and protocols GCO5816 Information technology management GCO5900 Introduction to multimedia programming GCO5910 Multimedia programming in JAVA GCO5940 Multimedia authoring CPE5001 Modern cryptology CPE5002 Network security CPE5003 Software architecture CPE5004 Advanced multimedia programming techniques CPE5006 Virtual private networks CPE5007 Object-oriented middleware CPE5008 Internetworking and digital commerce Elective units may also be selected from the on-campus list, for study on-campus.

Objectives

This course will prepare students for work in the information technology industry at the highest levels. It will prepare the students with the advanced knowledge, understanding and skills to enable them to deal effectively with advanced issues involving the application of information technology.
The objective of the early (core) parts of the course is to educate students, with a previous tertiary qualification in another discipline area, to the level of a computing professional.
On successful completion of the core of the course, students will have gained fundamental knowledge in the following areas:

system analysis and design
programming
computer technology
database technology
data communications and networking technology.

and will have to demonstrate their ability to work in a group to analyse the requirements for a computer system, design a system to meet those requirement, create the system and its documentation, train the system users and implement the system.
In the advanced, later part of the course, successful students will have:

specialised in a number of advanced areas of IT
developed a professional, responsible, self-reflective attitude to the practice of IT
demonstrated an ability to master the application of state of the art and developing technologies.

Entry requirements

A degree that is equivalent to an Australian bachelors degree in a non-computing discipline.

Advanced standing (credit provision)

Units in the core (group 1) of the course may have been studied in prior undergraduate or graduate study. In that case, the student can apply for exemptions. The exemptions may be denied if the previous study is assessed as inadequate for an exemption. Exemptions may be granted with or without credit subject to these credit rules.
Students with a Monash Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology or equivalent can apply for exemptions. The exemptions may be denied if the previous study is assessed as inadequate for an exemption. Exemptions may be granted with or without credit subject to these credit rules.
Subject to assessment, the maximum credit normally available is:

for an undergraduate degree in an IT discipline, four units
for a Graduate Diploma in Computing or equivalent, four units
for a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology or equivalent, eight units.

The core of the MAppInfoTech consists of sequences of units including programming languages, software engineering, systems analysis and design, programming, database management, data communications, networks and an applied IT project called a case study. This covers all phases of the design, building and implementation of an IT application.

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