Course code: 3316 + Off-campus (Gippsland) + Australian residents - 2005 annual fees: TBC + International students - 2005 annual fees: $20,400 per year, or $2550 per six-point unit + Course director: Dr Kai Ming Ting
On the successful completion of this degree, students will have:
Entrance normally requires a first degree that is equivalent to an Australian bachelors degree, with a credit average in results in level three units. It is expected that entrants will have a degree in a cognate discipline which provides a suitable basis for the course, eg computer science, computing, information systems, business systems, digital systems, information management or software engineering.
Generally, students who have completed similar units in previous
studies will normally be required to make substitutions. Credit will only be
granted for postgraduate units that have not counted for the award of any other
degree or diploma. Where credit is granted, the number of the elective units
that may be taken outside the list of approved information technology graduate
units may be reduced. In evaluating units for possible credit, a distinction
will be made between a graduate unit and a postgraduate unit. Also, an attempt
will be made to distinguish between fourth-year units and fifth-year units.
Students can be granted at most 36 points of advanced standing credit.
Credit for unsupervised research prior to enrolment will not be granted as
credit towards the required supervised research within the course. Credit will
not be granted for units on the grounds that the material in the unit has been
learned as a result of work experience. In these cases, students should choose
another unit.
The course duration is three semesters full-time or six semesters part-time.
The course is a 72-point masters which consists of a 36-point minor thesis and 36 points of coursework.
The 36 points of coursework will include:
plus five units (30 points) chosen from the following:
Two out of the five units (12 points) must be selected from the 5000-level units. A maximum of three units (18 points) may be selected from the 4000-level units. Students may select one unit (6 points) from the foundation units offered by the school.
The research component consists of a supervised extended minor thesis of at least one-and-a-half semesters length (for full-time students). Students are expected to complete a written research project proposal mid-way through the first semester.
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