3309 - Master of Applied Information Technology

This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course

Abbreviated title	MAIT
CRICOS Code	037792B
Managing faculty	Information Technology
Study location and mode	On-campus (Caulfield)
Total credit points required	96
Duration (years)	2 years FT, 4 years PT The maximum time to complete the course is six years.
Contact details	Please visit: http://ask.monash.edu.au or telephone +61 3 9902 6011. Faculty website: www.infotech.monash.edu.au
Course coordinator	Dr Campbell Wilson (Caulfield)

Description

The Master of Applied Information Technology (MAIT) prepares students for work in the information technology industry at the highest levels. It provides students with a previous tertiary qualification in another discipline area, with the knowledge, understanding and skills to enable them to deal effectively with advanced issues involving the application of information technology.

Nine specialisations are offered within the degree, although not all specialisations may be offered in any one year.

Students who commenced this course prior to 2009 should refer to the course structure in the entry for this course in the 2008 handbook at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2008handbooks/courses/3309.html.

Objectives

The objective of the Group 1 and 2 unit studies is to educate students to the level of a computing professional. On successful completion these units, students will have gained fundamental knowledge in the following areas:

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

Students 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 users and implement the system.

Studies in the various specialisations allow students to focus on a number of advanced areas of IT, to develop a professional, responsible, self-reflective attitude to the practice of IT, and to demonstrate an ability to master the application of state-of-the-art and developing technologies.

Structure

This course consists of 16 approved masters level units. Students complete:

(i.) all six foundation units (36 points) from Group 1

(ii.) at least two units (12 points) from Group 2

(iii.) at least six, level-5 elective units from the list of specialisations below

(iv.) up to two elective units (12 points) approved by the course coordinator.

Core studies

Core units comprise studies in foundations of programming, computer technology and operating systems, database technology, systems analysis and design.

Areas of study

Students have the option of taking one or more specialisations in:

data management
digital communication*
distributed and mobile systems
intelligent systems
internet and web application development
multimedia systems*
network computing
security
software engineering.

* Specialisation not available in 2009.

Requirements

Group 1 Foundation units (compulsory)

FIT4037 Case study
FIT9017 Foundations of programming
FIT9018 Computer technology and operating systems
FIT9019 Database technology
FIT9020 Data communications
FIT9030 Systems analysis and design

Group 2 (select a minimum of two)

FIT4033 Object oriented application programming in C++
FIT4038 Database management and implementation
FIT4039 Handheld applications and operating systems
FIT4041 Web development
MAT4003 Quantitative analysis

MAIT specialisation units

Students can choose units from all specialisations listed below to meet the course requirement. The transcripts will indicate students' specialisation(s) if they meet the requirement of the specialisation(s).

Data management

FIT5043 Distributed database
FIT5059 Advanced programming for database applications
FIT5166 Information retrieval systems
FIT5168 Object and semi-structured database

Digital communication *

ECE5012 Applied digital signal processing
FIT5012 Data compression techniques
FIT5162 Digital communications software
FIT5173 Digital communications technology and protocols

Distributed and mobile systems

FIT5031 Mobile software agents
FIT5046 Mobile and distributed computing systems
FIT5164 GRID computing
FIT5170 Programming for distributed, parallel and mobile systems

Intelligent systems

FIT5045 Knowledge discovery and data mining
FIT5047 Intelligent systems
FIT5167 Natural computation for intelligent systems
FIT5169 Probabilistic expert systems

Internet and web application development

FIT5030 Web services and service oriented computing
FIT5032 Internet applications development
FIT5041 Component technology for internet applications
FIT5042 Enterprise application development for the web

Multimedia systems *

FIT5012 Data compression techniques
FIT5015 Advanced programming for multimedia entertainment
FIT5084 Multimedia authoring and animation
FIT5165 Human-computer interaction for multimedia applications

Network computing

FIT5010 Advanced internet protocols and applications
FIT5011 Advanced network design and performance
FIT5034 Network administration and management
FIT5083 Wireless networks

Security

FIT5044 Network security
FIT5163 Information and computer security

and any two from the following

FIT5003 Software security
FIT5027 Virtual private network
FIT5037 Advanced network security
FIT5110 Information system security
FIT5172 Computer forensics

Software engineering

FIT5030 Web services and service oriented computing
FIT5164 GRID computing
FIT5171 System validation and verification, quality and standards
FIT5174 Parallel and distributed systems

* Specialisation not available in 2009.

MAIT elective units

Enrolment in electives in the MAIT program requires the approval of the course coordinator. Electives may be taken from postgraduate level units offered by the Faculty of Information Technology from other courses such as the Master of Business Information Systems or the Master of Information Technology, or from any other faculty of the University.

Professional recognition

This course has been designed for accreditation by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) as meeting the standard of knowledge for professional-level membership.

Alternative exit(s)

Students wishing to exit this course early may apply to graduate with the:

Graduate Certificate in Information Technology after successful completion of 24 points of study
Graduate Diploma in Information Technology after successful completion of 48 points of study,

provided they have satisfied the requirements for these awards.

Award(s) received on completion

Master of Applied Information Technology

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