Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Area of Study

Applications development and networks

All areas of study information should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. The units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Information Technology component of any bachelors double degrees.

Managing faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered by	Gippsland School of Information Technology South Africa School of Information Technology
Campus(es)	Gippsland, South Africa
Course coordinator	Associate Professor Kai Ming Ting (Gippsland and off-campus); Mr Neil Manson (South Africa)

Notes

This major is also offered in off-campus learning (OCL) mode.

Description

This major is ideal for technically-minded problem solvers who like to get behind the scenes and work within and across networks and web technologies and the applications that drive them. This major provides essential IT knowledge and skills to prepare graduates for careers in fields such as e-commerce, application software development, systems analysis and design, network management and database design. This major offers specialist units in networks, data communications and web programming.

Units

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems with a major in applications development and networks, students must complete the course requirements outlined below.

Compulsory units

Level one

FIT1001 Computer systems
FIT1002 Computer programming
FIT1003 IT in organisations
FIT1004 Database
FIT1005 Networks and data communications

Level two

FIT2001 Systems analysis and design
FIT2002 Project management
FIT2005 Systems analysis and design 2
FIT2009 Data structures and algorithms
FIT2020 Networks and data communications 2
FIT2029 Web programming
FIT2034 Computer programming 2

Level three

FIT3028 Multimedia concepts and applications or FIT3130 Computer network design and deployment
FIT3037 Software engineering
FIT3046 Operating environments
FIT3047 Industrial experience project (part 1)
FIT3048 Industrial experience project (part 2)

Further Information Technology units

Students take six points of level three Information Technology units offered by the Faculty of Information Technology.

Elective units

Students complete 36 points of electives, of which no more than 24 points may be taken at level one; the remaining units must be at level two or three. These electives may be taken from within the Faculty of Information Technology or from any other faculty of Monash University.

Relevant Courses

3334 Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems
3911 Bachelor of Arts (Communication)/Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems
3831 Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems