C04221v1 Master of Commercial Software Engineering Management

Overview

The Master of Commercial Software Engineering Management is designed for local and international IT graduates who are seeking advanced professional study with a focus on software engineering and software engineering management.

The course combines advanced technical subjects with project management and tactical management subjects for software engineering professionals to enhance their career prospects. The core areas of study provide a foundation for further elective choices and expertise in software engineering and software engineering management that reflect individual students' interests.

The course can be combined with the Master of Information Technology Management to provide for a two-year combined Master's program resulting in two testamurs.

Course aims

This course aims to provide graduates with advanced professional study in software engineering, project management, quality assurance, requirements engineering and software architecture. Upon completion of this course, students possess enhanced work-ready expertise in software engineering and software engineering management, practical problem-solving skills and advanced communication skills and technical literacy.

The compulsory capstone software development project enables students to apply the practical technical and problem-solving skills in a typical commercial software development environment.

Career options

Graduates are recognised as software engineers ready to take the next step in their careers towards senior software engineering or technical project management positions.

Articulation

Additional admission requirements

Local applicants require a minimum qualification equivalent to a Bachelor's degree with a major in computing/information technology (or related discipline), or a Bachelor's degree plus a Graduate Diploma in computing/information technology (or related discipline), from a recognised Australian university.

Applicants with insufficient formal qualifications may be admitted as 'qualifying' students with progression to registration as a Master's student dependant on the results achieved in the Master's Qualifying Program. Applicants with insufficient formal qualifications should also submit evidence to show that the level of their computing knowledge is equivalent to that described above.

International applicants require knowledge and grades equivalent to the knowledge and standard required for admission as a local applicant. In addition, applicants should attach detailed transcripts of their course work annotated with their grades to demonstrate that they satisfy these admission requirements.

Additional recognition of prior learning

Exemption from electives in this course is not normally given on the basis of previous study.

Course duration and attendance

This course is offered on a one-and-a-half-year, full-time, or three-year, part-time basis.

Course structure

Students complete 72 credit points of study consisting of four core subjects (including a major research project) and seven electives.

Course completion requirements

Course program

A typical full-time program for students commencing in Autumn semester is shown below. Part-time students undertake two subjects per semester, usually one core subject and one elective if timetabling does not permit undertaking two core subjects.

Other information

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