Off-Campus Learning Guide 2004
Information Technology

Executive Certificate in Information Technology

Course code: 2794 + Gippsland + Off-campus learning + Course leader: Dr Kai Ming Ting + Australian residents - 2004 annual fees: TBC + International students - 2004 annual fees: $9600, or $2400 per six-point unit

Aims

The Executive Certificate in Information Technology has been developed in response to industry and university needs to facilitate access to information technology professional masters programs for people with little or no previous university study but with extensive relevant industry experience.

On successful completion, the student will have:

• demonstrated the possession of advanced knowledge in one or more areas of information technology
• demonstrated an ability to study information technology at an advanced level and achieve credit results or better
• demonstrated their work experience is adequate preparation for further study in professional masters programs in information technology.

Entry requirements

Admission is only available to people with extensive, relevant and advanced work experience. Specifically, applicants without a degree must have six or more years of work experience in information technology, information systems or information management activities at either an executive, management or senior technical level. Applicants with a degree must have three or more years of work experience in information technology, information systems or information management activities at either an executive, management or senior technical level.

This certificate is intended to lead to a professional coursework masters program. Information industry research and development tasks such as the design and implementation of information systems, information technologies or information management procedures will be appropriately recognised in the articulation process.
In order to gain entry to the university's postgraduate programs from this certificate, students must attain a credit average in their studies.

Advanced standing for previous study

Prior work experience is recognised for the purposes of gaining entry to the program only. Prior university or even postgraduate study will not gain credit. The faculty offers graduate, postgraduate and masters-level awards that will better suit graduates in that they allow students to study the same range of units, and can grant credit for studies partially completed.

Course length

The course comprises four units. Typically, students undertake two units per semester for off-campus learning mode.

Course structure

The course consists of four units chosen from the graduate units of the Faculty of Information Technology.

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