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Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Information Technology

Master of Applied Information Technology

Course code: 3309 + 2 years full-time, 4 years part-time + On-campus (Caulfield; Clayton; Gippsland; Peninsula), off-campus (Gippsland)
Course leaders: Dr Campbell Wilson (Caulfield and Clayton), Dr Lee Seldon (Peninsula) and Dr Kai Ming Ting (Gippsland, on-campus and off-campus)

Course description

This course will prepare students for work in the information technology industry at the highest levels. It will prepare the students with the advanced knowledge, understanding and skills to enable them to deal effectively with advanced issues involving the application of information technology.
The objective of the early (core) parts of the course is to educate students, with a previous tertiary qualification in another discipline area, to the level of a computing professional.
On successful completion of the core of the course, students will have gained fundamental knowledge in the following areas:

system analysis and design
programming
computer technology
database technology
data communications and networking technology

and will have demonstrated their ability to work in a group to analyse the requirements for a computer system, design a system to meet those requirements, create the system and its documentation, train the system users and implement the system.
In the advanced, later part of the course, successful students will have:

specialised in a number of advanced areas of IT
developed a professional, responsible, self-reflective attitude to the practice of IT
demonstrated an ability to master the application of state of the art and developing technologies.

Entry requirements

The normal entry requirement is a degree that is the equivalent of an Australian bachelors degree, not necessarily in an IT-related discipline. A Year 11 (or equivalent) mathematics background is desirable. Special pathways into postgraduate coursework studies exist for students who have appropriate work experience. Such students may apply for entry into the MAIT after completing either the Monash Executive Certificate in Information Technology or the Monash Professional Certificate in Information Technology.

Advanced standing

Units in the core (group 1) of the course may have been studied in prior undergraduate or graduate study. In that case, the student can apply for exemptions. The exemptions may be denied if the previous study is assessed as inadequate for an exemption. Exemptions may be granted with or without credit subject to these credit rules.
Subject to assessment, the maximum credit normally available is:

for an undergraduate degree in an IT discipline - four units
for a Graduate Diploma in Computing or equivalent - four units
for a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology or equivalent - eight units.

The core of the MAppInfoTech consists of sequences of units including programming languages, software engineering, systems analysis and design, programming, database management, data communications, networks and an applied IT project called a case study. This covers all phases of the design, building and implementation of an IT application.

Course structure

This course consists of 16 units, each of six credit points to a total of 96 credit points. The course consists of a core of four units from group 1 in stage 1, compulsory project/case study and a choice of electives from a large collection of units from group 2 in stage 2, and a minimum of four units from group 3 in stage 3.
Students may choose to exit the program early and may then take exit awards as follows:

On completion of the four units in group 1 - a Graduate Certificate in Computing or a Graduate Certificate in Network Computing.
On completion of the four units in group 1, the case study/project and three other units from group 2 - a Graduate Diploma in Computing or a Graduate Diploma in Network Computing.

Students must complete at least four level 5 units from the group 3 list. Remaining units in stage three may be taken from either the group 3 or the group 2 list, subject to the following rules:

No more than four level 3 units and no more than five level 9, or its equivalent, units may be counted towards the degree
Students who want to study the fifth level 9 unit must seek approval from the course leader.
Students, with the course leader's approval, may study up to two graduate units from any faculty in the university.

*On-campus study*	*Gippsland, on-campus and off-campus study*
Group 1
CSE9000 Foundations of programming (or equivalent) CSE9001 Computer technology (or equivalent) CSE9002 Database technology (or equivalent) IMS9001 System analysis and design (or equivalent)	GCO9802 Computer technology GCO9803 Information systems analysis GCO9804 Database management systems GCO9805 Object oriented programming
Group 2
CSE3900 Case study CSE3000 Database management and implementation CSE3001 UNIX system call programming CSE3002 Distributed computing systems CSE3007 Rapid applications programming for Windows CSE3020 Network technology CSE3030 Graphical user interface technology CSE3032 Object oriented database systems and storage managers CSE3150 Data communications software engineering CSE3151 Communication network performance CSE3153 Network administration CSE3204 Fourth-generation systems CSE3205 Commercial programming in COBOL CSE3207 Secure and trusted software systems CSE3208 Unix programming CSE3210 Software component technology CSE3211 Handheld applications and operating systems	GCO3500 Project GCO3512 Data structure and algorithms GCO3601 Infrastructure for Electronic Commerce GCO3811 Software engineering GCO3812 Data communications and networks 1 GCO3813 UNIX systems programming GCO3818 Software environments GCO3824 Data communications and networks 2 GCO4015 Neural and evolutionary computing * GCO4817 Computer graphics GCO4823 Enterprise programming GCO4831 Information and network security GCO4805 Software systems design and development * GCO9808 Object-oriented programming 2 GCO9806 Information systems design Elective units may also be selected from the on-campus list, for study on-campus.
CSE3212 Data mining CSE3231 Client server database CSE3318 Data communications CSE3400 Application programming in C++ CSE3402 Windows programming in C++ CSE3416 Concurrent programming CSE3420 Developing graphical http://www application in Java CSE3450 Enterprise computing CSE3475 Intelligent applications for inactivity and entertainment
CSE3510 Document and imaging systems CSE3821 Internet architecture and protocol CSE4151 UNIX software design and development CSE4400 Systems programming I CSE4490 Object oriented programming CSE4500 Information retrieval systems CSE4530 Object-oriented application programming in C++ CSE4710 Reading unit in software development CSE4810 C++ programming for embedded systems CSE4881 Internet architecture and protocols CSE4884 Network design and management CSE4885 Communications practical
CSE4890 Proprietary network architectures CSE4892 Information security CPE3003 Web development II CPE3004 Internetworking CPE3007 Unix for networked systems and devices CPE3010 Mobile middleware CPE3012 Network administration CPE3014 Communications network performance CPE3016 Web development III CPE4001 Distributed programming in Java CPE4002 Data communications and internetworking
CPE4004 Analysis and design of distributed information systems IMS3001 Business intelligence systems IMS3002 Information systems strategy and management IMS3230 Information systems development practices IMS3280 Electronic commerce Elective units may also be selected from the off-campus list, for study by off-campus learning.
Group 3
CSE4490 Object-oriented programming CSE5000 Distributed object technology CSE5020 Distributed computing and simulation CSE5030 Visual programming CSE5050 Software metrics and reliability CSE5060 Multimedia applications on the web CSE5200 Distributed database systems CSE5210 Advances in information security CSE5220 Advanced topics in database systems CSE5230 Data mining CSE5250 Multimedia retrieval technologies CSE5501 Mobile and distributed computing systems CSE5510 Software systems engineering CSE5610 Intelligent software systems CSE5701 Mobile and distributed computing systems CSE5802 Distributed systems	GCO5801 Trading systems and electronic commerce * GCO5802 Financial modelling * GCO5804 Forecasting methods * GCO5805 Multimedia computing and communication * GCO5806 Internet commerce * GCO5807 Project management GCO5816 Information technology management GCO5828 Applications of data mining GCO5838 Information retrieval (subject to approval) GCO5900 Introduction to multimedia computing GCO5910 Multimedia programming in Java GCO5930 GUI design and programming Elective units may also be selected from the on-campus list, for study on-campus at Caulfield, Clayton or Peninsula.
CSE5803 Advanced internet protocols and application CSE5804 Protocol engineering CSE5805 Advanced network design CSE5806 Telecommunications management CE5807 Wireless and personal communication systems CSE5808 Quality of service in digital communication networks CSE5900 Introduction to multimedia computing CSE5910 Multimedia programming in Java CSE5930 GUI design and programming MMS5940 Multimedia authoring CPE5002 Network security
CPE5004 Advanced multimedia programming techniques CPE5006 Virtual private networks CPE5007 Object-oriented middleware CPE5008 Internetworking and digital commerce CPE5009 Internet devices and services CPE5010 Mobile software agents CPE5011 Internet applications development CPE5012 Web database technologies CPE5013 Network administration CPE5014 Analysis and design of portal enterprise applications CPE5020 Global software CPE5021 Advanced network security Elective units may also be selected from the off-campus list, for study by off-campus learning.

* Available by off-campus learning only.

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