Postgraduate handbook 2004
Information Technology

Professional Certificate in Information Technology

Course code: 3315 + Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland, Peninsula + Full-time, part-time and off-campus study

Introduction

The Professional Certificate in Information Technology has been developed in response to industry and university pressure to facilitate access to information technology professional graduate diploma programs and to facilitate access by people with no or little previous university study but with appropriate relevant industry experience.

Objectives

On successful completion, the student will have demonstrated:

• the possession of a professional level of knowledge in one or more areas of information technology
• an ability to study IT at a university/professional level and achieve credit results or better
• that their work experience is an adequate preparation for further study in professional graduate programs in information technology.

Entry requirements

Admission is only available to people with appropriate, relevant information technology work experience. Specifically, applicants must have four or more years of work experience involved in information technology, information systems or information management activities at or above either a project, management or technical level.
This certificate is intended to lead to a professional coursework graduate diploma 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 graduate programs from this professional certificate, students must attain a credit average in their studies in this certificate. Students who wish to use the professional certificate to articulate into professional graduate awards are advised to seek advice from the appropriate course leaders as to selection of units within the professional certificate.

Advanced standing

Prior work experience is recognised for the purposes of gaining entry to the program only. Except for appropriate units studied `not for degree', 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 part-time mode, or four units per semester for full-time mode.

Course structure

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

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