Master of Applied Information Technology

Course code: 3309

Version 2: First intake Semester 1 2005

Course leaders: Dr Kai Ming Ting

This course is offered in either on-campus mode in Gippsland or off-campus learning mode.

Course structure

This course consists of 16 units, each of six credit points to a total of 96 credit points.The course consists of a core of three stages:
Stage 1: Four core units from group 1;
Stage 2: Compulsory project study and a choice of electives from group 2;
Stage 3: A minimum of four units from group 3.
Remaining units in stage three may be taken from either the group 3 or the group 2 list, subject to the following rules:

No more than four level 3 units and no more than five level 9 or its equivalent units may be counted towards the degree.
Students who want to study the fifth level 9 unit must seek approval from the course leader.
Students may, with course leader's approval, study up to two units from any of the graduate units in the university.

Fees Information

To view the fees information visit: http://www.gscit.monash.edu.au/students/Fees_schedule.html

Course duration:

Normal duration is two years full-time or four years part-time

Group 1

GCO9802 Computer technology
GCO9803 Information systems Analysis
GCO9804 Database management systems
GCO9805 Object-Oriented programming

Group 2 (Project plus 3 electives)

GCO3500 Project
GCO3512 Data structure and algorithms
GCO3601 Infrastructure for Electronic Commerce
GCO3811 Software engineering
GCO3812 Data communications and networks 1
GCO3813 UNIX systems programming
GCO3818 Software environments
GCO3824 Data communications and networks 2
GCO4015 Neural and evolutionary computing
GCO4805 Software systems design and development*
GCO4817 Computer graphics*
GCO4823 Enterprise programming
GCO4831 Information and network security
GCO9806 Information systems design
GCO9808 Object-oriented programming 2

Group 3 (Choose Minimum of 4 units)

GCO5801 Trading systems and electronic commerce*
GCO5802 Financial modeling*
GCO5804 Forecasting methods*
GCO5805 Multimedia computing and communication*
GCO5806 Internet commerce*
GCO5807 Project management
GCO5816 Information technology management
GCO5828 Applications of data mining
GCO5838 Information Retrieval (subject to approval)
GCO5900 Introduction to multimedia computing
GCO5910 Multimedia programming in Java
GCO5930 GUI design and programming

*These units are offered in off-campus learning mode only. All other uints are offered in both on-campus and off-campus learning modes.

Elective IT units may also be selected for study on-campus at other Monash campuses.

Exit Awards

Students may choose to exit the program early and may then take exit awards as follows:

On completion of the four units in group 1 - a Graduate Certificate in Computing.
On completion of the four units in group 1, the project and three other units from group 2 - a Graduate Diploma in Computing.

Objectives

This course will prepare students for work in the information technology industry at the highest levels. It will prepare the students with the advanced knowledge, understanding and skills to enable them to deal effectively with advanced issues involving the application of information technology.
The objective of the early (core) parts of the course is to educate students, with a previous tertiary qualification in another discipline area, to the level of a computing professional.

On successful completion of the core of the course, students will have gained fundamental knowledge in the following areas:

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

Have demonstrated their ability to analyse the requirements for a computer system, design a system to meet those requirements, create the system and its documentation, train the system users and implement the system.
In the advanced, later part of the course, successful students will have:

specialised in a number of advanced areas of IT
developed a professional, responsible, self-reflective attitude to the practice of IT
demonstrated an ability to master the application of state of the art and developing technologies.

Entry requirements

The normal entry requirement is a degree that is the equivalent of an Australian bachelors degree, not necessarily in an IT-related discipline. A Year 11 (or equivalent) mathematics background is desirable. Special pathways into postgraduate coursework studies exist for students who have appropriate work experience. Such students may apply for entry into the MAIT after completing either the Monash Executive Certificate in Information Technology or the Monash Professional Certificate in Information Technology.

Advanced standing

Units in the core (group 1) of the course may have been studied in prior undergraduate or graduate study. In that case, the student can apply for exemptions. The exemptions may be denied if the previous study is assessed as inadequate for an exemption. Exemptions may be granted with or without credit subject to the following credit rules.

Subject to assessment, the maximum credit normally available is:

for an undergraduate degree in an IT discipline - four units
for a Graduate Diploma in Computing or equivalent - four units
for a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology or equivalent - eight units.