Postgraduate: Course rule and topic information

Graduate Diploma in
Information Technology (Computing)

(GradDipInfTech(Comp))

Program of Study

INTRODUCTION

The course articulates with the Graduate Certificate in Information Technology (Computing) and the Master of Information Technology (Computing), and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the three awards.

Candidates who have completed the graduate certificate are awarded credit for related topics towards the graduate diploma.

COURSE AIMS

The course aims to provide graduates from other disciplines with a body of core knowledge and skills in IT. An advanced extension component will be accessible from this graduate diploma via credit transfer to the masters course. Graduates from these awards will, to a greater or lesser extent according to the award completed, be able to:

• design, implement and manage network-based information systems;
• understand the strategic role that information technology plays within the collective operation of an enterprise;
• be able to play a leading role in ensuring that enterprise-wide information technology facilitates the enterprise's mission;
• be able to lead projects in the audit, design, development and pro-active maintenance of an enterprise's information technology systems and services;
• have developed technical skills in analysis, design and implementation of information technology with a particular focus on enterprise-wide and web-based systems;
• understand the issues and practices relating to the management, quality assurance and strategic planning of such systems; and
• have demonstrated professional skills in information gathering, teamwork, project and task management and communication.

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution. However, the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [April, 2008]

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (Computing), a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

36 units comprising:

Note: These topics provide the fundamental knowledge and skills in information technology with an emphasis on programming, systems and database analysis and design and software engineering. With the approval of the Course Coordinator, elective topics from the Masters award may also be substituted.