C06058v5 Graduate Diploma in Information Technology

Overview

This course enables students to gain the basic knowledge required of an IT professional and to gain knowledge in a specialised area.

Career options

Career options include programmer analyst, systems analyst, database manager, information manager or information officer.

Articulation

Additional admission requirements

Local students

Direct entry to this course is based on one of the following:

• a minimum qualification equivalent to a Bachelor's degree from a recognised Australian university, and little or no formal IT education or experience, or
• successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Information Technology as a Stream 1 entrant, with no failures in any individual subject.

Transfer from the Graduate Certificate in Information Technology is based on successful completion of at least two subjects in the Graduate Certificate in Information Technology with no failures in any individual subject.

International students

Applicants must hold a recognised Bachelor's degree in any discipline with a good academic performance throughout the course.

Additional recognition of prior learning

Up to 24 credit points of core subjects may be exempted. In special circumstances, students may be granted exemption for one additional core subject but only on the basis that an extra elective subject is undertaken in its place.

For students articluating into this course from the Graduate Certificate in Information Technology, exemption is only granted for core subjects undertaken in the Graduate Certificate.

Course duration and attendance

The Graduate Diploma is offered on a one-year, full-time or two-year, part-time basis.

Course structure

The Graduate Diploma in Information Technology totals 48 credit points of study and consists of six core subjects and 12 credit points of elective subjects selected from a defined list.

Course completion requirements

Course program

The following example shows a typical full-time program for a student commencing in Autumn semester. The selection of subjects for part-time students is dependent upon the commencing semester and the availability of evening subject offerings. Part-time students should contact the Program Leader for further information.

Note that subjects listed as electives are only offered in a particular semester (or year) if there is sufficient demand and the Faculty has the necessary resources.

Professional recognition

Australian Computer Society

Graduates are eligible for associate-level membership.

Other information

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