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Master of Information Technology

Course code: 2402 + Course abbreviation: MIT + Total credit points required: 72 + 1.5 years full-time, 3 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield)
Off-campus (Gippsland)
Off-shore (Singapore)

Course description

This course provides a broad program in information technology, enabling students to select specific areas for in-depth study or to construct a program from a range of suitably advanced units.

The program aims to provide the conceptual and theoretical framework in which students can appreciate and integrate new software and hardware technologies, and, within an information technology context, use them to develop solutions to complex problems in our society; and deepen students' theoretical knowledge in specific areas so that they will have the intellectual and conceptual foundation to play leading roles in the development of the information technology industry.

Entry requirements

The normal entry requirement is a degree that is equivalent to an Australian bachelors degree in computing, computer science or a technical information technology field.

Advanced standing

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 elective units that may be taken outside the list of approved information technology postgraduate units may be reduced.

Course structure

The course consists of 72 points of coursework units plus the 0-point FIT9001 unit. The requirement to complete FIT9001 only applies to on-campus students. The 72 points may include six or 12 points of individual project work or can comprise 48 points of units plus a 24 points minor thesis.

Of the units taken, at least eight (48 points) must be taken from the graduate units (fourth and fifth-year level) offered by the Faculty of Information Technology. At least four units (24 points) must be taken from units at a fifth-year level. Up to four units (24 points) may be taken from graduate units offered by other faculties at Monash, with approval from the course coordinator. With the approval of the course coordinator, up to two foundation (9000) units in addition to FIT9001 may be taken. FIT9001 is a 0-point unit and must be taken during the first semester of study. Completion of FIT9001 is required before students can enrol into their second semester of studies (subject to approval).

Foundation (9000) units

Level 4 units

  • BUS4420 Logistics and operations research methods
  • BUS4530 Software systems design and development
  • BUS4620 COBOL programming
  • CPE4001 Distributed programming in Java
  • CPE4002 Data communications and internetworking
  • CPE4004 Analysis and design of distributed information systems
  • CSE4020 Specifying non-sequential and real-time systems
  • CSE4030 Software lifecycle processes
  • CSE4040 Language design and semantics
  • CSE4151 UNIX software design and development
  • CSE4180 CASE technology
  • CSE4200 Computer equipment and operating systems
  • CSE4213 Formal methods in software engineering
  • CSE4333 Parallel systems
  • CSE4500 Information retrieval systems
  • CSE4310 Information resource management and data administration
  • CSE4400 Systems programming I
  • CSE4430 Database design and administration
  • CSE4490 Object-oriented programming
  • CSE4700 Formal methods in database systems
  • CSE4702 Formal methods in distributed computing systems
  • CSE4704 Formal methods in information and image retrieval
  • CSE4710 Reading unit
  • CSE4530 Object-oriented application programming in C++
  • CSE4881 Internet architecture and protocols
  • CSE4882 Digital communications technologies
  • CSE4883 Communications software
  • CSE4884 Network design and management
  • CSE4885 Communications practical
  • CSE4886 Project (digital communications)
  • CSE4890 Proprietary network architectures
  • CSE4891 Public telecommunications networks
  • CSE4892 Information security
  • GCO4010 Research methods and reading in information technology*
  • GCO4015 Evolutionary and neural computing*
  • GCO4802 Computer models for business decisions*
  • GCO4803 Inventory management systems*
  • GCO4805 Software systems design and development*
  • GCO4806 General operations management*
  • GCO4807 Business statistics and applications*
  • IMS4036 Introduction to information management and systems research
  • ITW4001 Information technology research methods**
  • ITW4002 Directed reading unit 1**
  • ITW 4003 Directed reading unit 2**

Level 5 units

  • BUS5000 Research methods
  • BUS5010 Reading unit II
  • BUS5020 Trading systems and electronic (B2B) commerce
  • BUS5030 Financial modelling
  • BUS5071 Database systems and data management
  • BUS5112 Computer facilities and network management
  • BUS5150 Project management
  • BUS5200 Chinese language information technology
  • BUS5410 Advanced programming for database applications
  • BUS5500 Business systems project 3
  • BUS5502 Business process design
  • BUS5510 Business systems project 4
  • BUS5540 Quality and reliability
  • BUS5550 Business statistics
  • BUS5570 Computer models for business decisions
  • BUS5580 Business systems project 1
  • BUS5590 Business systems project 2
  • BUS5600 Business case development
  • BUS5630 Operations management systems
  • BUS5650 Business applications of neural networks
  • BUS5700 Integrated business systems SAP R/3
  • BUS5710 Applied e-business - B2B
  • BUS5720 Corporate groupware
  • BUS5750 Applied intelligent techniques for business modelling
  • BUS5800 Risk analysis models for business
  • BUS5900 Advanced computational finance
  • BUS5960 B2C internet commerce
  • CPE5002 Network security
  • CPE5004 Advanced multimedia programming techniques
  • CPE5006 Virtual private networks
  • CPE5007 Object-orientated middleware
  • CPE5008 Electronic commerce technologies
  • CPE5009 Internet devices and services
  • CPE5010 Mobile software agents
  • CPE5011 Web topics
  • CPE5012 Web database technologies
  • CPE5013 Network administration
  • CPE5014 Analysis and design of portal enterprise applications
  • CPE5020 Global software
  • CPE5021 Advanced network security
  • CPE5100 Reading unit in network computing
  • CPE5501 Network computing project A
  • CPE5502 Network computing project B
  • CSE5000 Distributed object technology
  • CSE5020 Distributed computation and simulation
  • CSE5030 Visual programming
  • CSE5040 Case study in engineering software for reuse
  • 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
  • CSE5301 Neuro-fuzzy computing
  • CSE5302 Digital video coding and compression
  • CSE5303 Advanced digital signal processing
  • CSE5312 Advanced digital design
  • CSE5310 Introduction to advanced computing
  • CSE5501 Mobile and distributed computing systems
  • CSE5320 Statistics of data and data mining
  • CSE5510 Software systems engineering
  • CSE5530 Systems verification, quality and standards
  • CSE5610 Intelligent software systems
  • CSE5701 Information technology - project A
  • CSE5702 Information technology - project B
  • CSE5710 Reading units
  • CSE5802 Distributed systems
  • CSE5803 Advanced internet protocols and application
  • CSE5804 Protocol engineering
  • CSE5805 Advanced network design
  • CSE5806 Telecommunications management
  • FIT5900 Introduction to multimedia computing
  • FIT5910 Multimedia programming in Java
  • FIT5920 Graphic design for multimedia
  • FIT5930 GUI design and programming
  • FIT5940 Multimedia authoring
  • MMS5950 The multimedia industry
  • GCO5001 Information technology project A*
  • GCO5002 Information technology project B *
  • GCO5801 Trading systems and electronic commerce*
  • GCO5802 Financial modelling*
  • GCO5804 Forecasting methods*
  • GCO5805 Multimedia computing and communications*
  • GCO5806 Internet commerce*
  • GCO5807 Project management*
  • GCO5828 Applications of data mining*
  • GCO5900 Introduction to multimedia computing*
  • GCO5910 Multimedia programming in JAVA*
  • GCO5930 GUI design and programming*
  • IMS5002 Information systems security
  • IMS5004 OLAP and business intelligence
  • IMS5005 Decision support systems
  • IMS5006 Information systems development practices
  • IMS5007 Electronic commerce
  • IMS5010 Evidence and metadata
  • IMS5011 Recordkeeping, archiving and the internet
  • IMS5015 Professional practice
  • IMS5016 Information access
  • IMS5017 Information organisation
  • IMS5022 Contemporary issues in the information society
  • IMS5023 Information enterprise management and marketing
  • IMS5024 Information systems modelling
  • IMS5026 Data warehousing
  • IMS5027 Knowledge management principles
  • IMS5033 Electronic document management and recordkeeping systems
  • IMS5036 Information management and systems research methods
  • IMS5042 Information systems strategic planning
  • IMS5047 Managing business records
  • IMS5048 The information continuum
  • IMS5052 Enterprise systems
  • IMS5302 Human factors and usability
  • IMS5320 Managing IT risk
  • IMS5401 Web-based systems development
  • ITW5001 Advanced topics in information technology**
  • ITW5002 Management of information technology research**
  • MMS5008 Multimedia interfaces
  • MMS5030 The internet and multimedia
  • MMS9405 Developing multimedia systems
  • MMS5940 Multimedia authoring

    * Units available by off-campus learning.
    ** Units available in Malaysia.

Contact details

Course leaders

Mr Stephen Giles (Caulfield); Dr Kai Ming Ting (Gippsland; off-campus)

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