Course
code: 2406 + Clayton campus + Course leader: Dr Bin Qiu
Monash's digital communications program covers a broad range of courses ranging
from the short graduate certificate up to the masters degree by coursework in
digital communications. The courses have been structured to provide an
integrated program of postgraduate education in digital communications.
The aims of the digital communications program are to provide:
The course currently draws students from a wide range of
employment backgrounds, including programming, systems analysis, engineering,
management, consultancy, auditing, marketing and teaching. The program is
designed to provide graduates in fields such as computing, computer science or
electrical engineering with specialist graduate-level education in topics such
as digital communications technologies, communications architectures, protocols
and communications software.
The initial units introduce underlying principles and technologies, and the
later units go more deeply into the underlying theoretical and technological
foundations of digital communications systems, and also examines the social and
political aspects of communications networking, and the management structures
for communications networks.
The course is available either part-time for a minimum of three years or
full-time for a minimum of 18 months (three semesters).
The
normal entry requirement is a three-year degree or diploma-level qualification
in a discipline that provides a suitable basis for the course, eg computer
science, data processing or electrical, electronic or communications
engineering.
Applicants with a degree or diploma in a discipline not directly related to the
course will be considered if they have relevant work experience in computers or
communications.
Applicants without degree or diploma qualifications may also be admitted on the
basis of work experience, subject to the approval of the faculty's admissions
committee. The level of work experience required would be at least five years
in a position carrying significant technical responsibility in an area relevant
to the course. Applicants should also be able to demonstrate an ability to
study at tertiary level. The number of places available to applicants in this
category is limited.
Applicants should note that demand for this course usually exceeds the quota of
places available and consequently not everyone qualified for entry to the
course can be admitted. Applicants are therefore advised to present their cases
strongly when applying for the course.
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 data communications or telecommunications.
The
course consists of coursework units, and either a major project or a minor
thesis, structured as follows.
Structure A: (a) At least eight units from the list of approved digital
communications graduate units listed below. No more than four of these units
may be from group one on the list. (b) Up to two units which may be drawn from
any postgraduate program of the university with the approval of the school or
nominee. (c) A communications project (12 points), in which the student
undertakes an investigation of some aspect of digital communications, leading
to a project report, or in some circumstances the development of
communications-oriented hardware or software.
Structure B: (a) At least six units from the list of approved digital
communications graduate units listed below. No more that four of these units
may be from group one on the list. (b) Up to two units which may be drawn from
any postgraduate program of the university with the approval of the school or
nominee. (c) A communications minor thesis (24 points), in which the student
undertakes a significant investigation of some aspect of digital
communications, leading to a thesis which will be assessed by two examiners.
(The minor thesis is expected to be at a significantly higher standard than the
project in structure A. Students proceeding to a later PhD program would
normally undertake the minor thesis as a demonstration of readiness for a
research degree.)
Note that not all units are available in any one year. This list is subject to revision.
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