Course code: 2876 + 1.5 years full-time, 3 years part-time
+ On-campus (Caulfield)
Course director: Associate Professor Jan Newmarch
The
course aims to provide students with a first degree in a related discipline
with the necessary knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes to enable
them to analyse a wide variety of information processing problems and to
develop solutions to these using distributed systems and computer networks.
On completion of the course, students will:
The normal entry requirement is a first degree that is recognised as equivalent to an Australian bachelors degree. Those expecting to complete their degrees in the current year may apply. It is expected that entrants will have a degree in a discipline that provides a suitable basis for the course, eg computer science, computing, information systems, digital systems, 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. Advanced standing may be granted for appropriate study at postgraduate level of up to 24 points.
This
masters degree substantially follows the structure adopted by the Faculty of
Information Technology for degrees such as the Master of Information
Technology, Master of Information Management and Systems, Master of Multimedia
Computing and Master of Digital Communications.
Students complete 72 points of study, of which six or 12 points may be taken as
a project, or 24 points may be taken as a minor thesis. All other points are
taken in fourth and fifth-level units (all of six points value). Of the 72
points, at least 24 must be taken at level 5. Although this degree is offered
by the School of Network Computing, up to 24 points may be taken in units
offered by other academic units within the Faculty of Information Technology.
Of these 24 points, up to 12 points may be taken from graduate units offered by
other faculties of Monash University with the approval of the course leader.
Twelve credit points may be taken from level 9 units with the approval of the
course leader.
Students enrol in the Master of Network Computing. They may, however, exit the
program after one or two semesters. Students exiting after one
semester's study (four units) may take out a Postgraduate Certificate in
Network Computing. Students exiting after two semesters (eight units) may take
out a Postgraduate Diploma in Network Computing.
There are no core units. Students may select their units from those on offer,
provided the program of studies conforms to requirements given above, from the
following list:
The maximum time allowed to complete the course is six years.
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