Master of Applied Information Technology

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

Course code: 3309 + Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses + Course leaders: Mr S Giles (Caulfield and Clayton), Ms Shonali Krishnaswamy (Peninsula) and Dr Kai Ming Ting (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.

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

Entrance requires the equivalent of an Australian bachelors degree, not necessarily in an IT related discipline. A Year 11 (or equivalent) mathematics background is desirable. Special pathways into postgraduate coursework studies exist for students who have appropriate work experience. Such students may apply for entry into the MAIT after completing either the Monash Executive Certificate in Information Technology or the Monash Professional Certificate in Information Technology. (subject to approval)

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.

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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