Course code: 3315 + On-campus (Caulfield; Clayton; Gippsland; Peninsula), off-campus (Gippsland) + 6 months full-time, 1 year part-time
The
course 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.
On successful completion of the course, 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; and that their work experience is
an adequate preparation for further study in professional graduate programs in
information technology.
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.
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.
The course consists of four units from the foundation graduate units of the Faculty of Information Technology.
Typically, students undertake two units per semester for part-time mode, or four units per semester for full-time mode.
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