Gippsland campus
Course code: CACODG
Course coordinator: Mr Ken Harris
This course is designed to produce diplomates who satisfy the computing needs of industry, government and commerce. Upon completion of the course, diplomates should be well suited to employment in the fields of computer programming or systems analysis at the subprofessional level, both in commercial and technical application areas.
The Diploma in Computing is offered only in external (distance education) mode. Students normally take the course part-time over a four-year period.
The course is accredited by the Australian Computer Society at level 3.
Applicants should have obtained a pass in the VCE or equivalent, with a grade average of D in English and any mathematics in units 3 and 4. Students must also have VCE prerequisites appropriate for any first-year subject which they take.
Some places are available for mature-age applicants. In particular, persons with appropriate experience in the computing industry should not be deterred from applying. Admission to the diploma is normally only offered to joint DEET/industry sponsored students. Other students should apply in the first instance for admission to the Bachelor of Computing. It is possible to transfer from the degree to the diploma course after completing twelve or more subjects.
The course for the diploma consists of sixteen subjects to a total value of ninety-six points, with twelve compulsory or core subjects totalling seventy-two points and four elective subjects with a value of twenty-four points. The course is generally studied part-time over four years, and students take subjects worth twenty-four points in each year.
Subjects studied include programming, computer technology, systems analysis and design, computer organisation and database management.
The Diploma in Computing is based in part on the first two years of the Bachelor of Computing with a major in system development. Students complete a selection of first- and second-level system development subjects. On completion of the diploma students may qualify for the Bachelor of Computing with a major in systems development by studying a minimum of a further eight subjects.
Other compulsory studies in human communications, accounting and mathematics must be completed. The four approved electives will normally include at least one further computing subject.
The course of study is as follows. Note that individual student study programs may vary from this slightly, depending on the electives taken. Each subject is worth six points.
Students take four elective subjects, normally chosen from the following list:
On completion of the Diploma in Computing, students may apply for admission to the Bachelor of Computing. Students who choose their diploma electives appropriately may be able to satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Computing with a major in system development by completing a minimum of a further eight subjects. These will include the core subject GCO3811 (Software engineering) and at least three third-year computing electives from the system development major. The exact study program is dependent upon the subjects already studied in the diploma.
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