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Master of Applied Information Technology


General Information

Course code: 3309 + Gippsland campus + Course leader: Dr Kai Ming Ting (off-campus) + Australian residents - indicative annual fees: $16,000, or $2000 per six-point unit + International students - annual fees: $18,000 per year, or $2250 per unit

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 the first stage, compulsory project/case study and a choice of electives from a large collection of units from group 2 in the second stage , and a minimum of four units from group 3 in the third stage.
Students may choose to exit the program early and may then take exit awards as follows:

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 the second stage of the course. In the second stage, 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 the third stage of the course. At the third stage, the student 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.

Group 1
Group 2
Group 3

Aims

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:

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:

Entry requirements

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

Advanced standing for previous study

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:

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.

Further information

For further detailed information, contact the student services officer, Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology, email gscit@infotech.monash.edu.au.

Completed applications

Completed applications are to be forwarded to the Student Services Officer, Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology, Monash University, Churchill, Victoria 3842, by 27 September 2002 to be considered for a first-round offer. Applications received after that date but before 25 October 2002 will be considered for a second round of offers. Later applications may be considered if places are available.

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