Undergraduate handbook 2004
Information Technology

Undergraduate courses

The Faculty of Information Technology offers a wide range of undergraduate degree courses covering different aspects of computing. The courses are designed to equip students to enter the computing profession in a variety of areas including the application of computer technology to information systems in commerce and industry, and the design, construction and programming of computer equipment.
Students who satisfy the academic requirements and who wish to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of their area of major study may choose to take a fourth or honours year. The normal qualification for admission to honours is a credit grade or better in the area of major study.

Multimedia programs

Monash provides courses in multimedia - the Bachelor of Multimedia Systems (Faculty of Information Technology), which covers a wide range of areas from a technical focus (including programming and games programming) to an applications or business focus. The Bachelor of Multimedia and Digital Arts (Faculty of Art and Design) focuses more on design aspects of multimedia.

Pass degrees

The degree courses offered by the faculty reflect the diversity of studies in business systems, computing and computer science, digital systems, information management and systems, multimedia, network computing and software engineering that are available at the Monash campuses.

Policy on `near pass' (NP) grades

1. NPs may not be awarded for core units.
2. No more than 12 points in any one year level, or 24 points across an entire degree, may be counted towards the degree.
3. An NP may be awarded for a final unit towards a degree, even if a core unit.

4. In the case of rule 3, rule 2 must still be observed.

Table 1: Undergraduate degrees

Honours degrees

Study for honours degrees is available in each of the schools of the faculty. Students thinking of undertaking honours study should contact the relevant school coordinator to discuss their potential honours study. Students should be aware that the minimum academic requirement for admission to the faculty's honours program is a pass at credit standard or above in all computing units at the third stage of the relevant degree. Students who undertake a major in computer science in either the Bachelor of Science or the Bachelor of Economics are eligible to apply for entry to the honours program in computer science. Applications for entry to the honours program must be made to the faculty admissions office by 30 November each year. Application forms can be obtained from any of the faculty's offices.

Table 2: Honours degrees of the faculty

Combined and double degrees

There are a number of double degrees offered in conjunction with the faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Education, Law and Science.

Table 3: Combined and double degrees

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