C06060v6 Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management
Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management (GradDipInfTechM)UAC code: 942613 (Autumn semester), 945613 (Spring semester)
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: City campus
Note(s)
This course is not offered to international students.
Overview
Course aims
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
This course, jointly offered by UTS: Information Technology and UTS: Business, focuses on the role of technology in the strategic leadership of organisations. It provides a well-balanced selection of subjects, drawn from advanced information technology and business domains, in an integrated program that is relevant to the current and future demands of the IT industry and business organisations.
IT professionals who have aspirations to senior IT roles and/or business leadership positions in organisations benefit from this course. Graduates are able to contribute constructively to the effective utilisation of information technology with respect to the strategic leadership of an organisation. IT managers who already have significant levels of experience are challenged by this course and gain new perspectives on the effective leadership of organisations in the digital era.
Course aims
The course aims to develop:
- the professional skills necessary for successfully undertaking strategic leadership roles in a variety of organisational contexts, and
- a conceptual and analytical understanding of an organisation's needs in a dynamic and challenging global knowledge economy.
Admission requirements
Applicants require:
- a recognised bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate discipline such as business or computing and a minimum of five years' professional work experience in the IT industry plus some supervisory experience, or
- the successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Management (C11138). Non-graduate candidates completing the Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Management are required to have passes in all subjects and a credit average over the entire course.
Course duration and attendance
This course is offered on a two-year, part-time basis.
Course structure
Students complete 48 credit points of study, consisting of five core subjects and three electives.
Course completion requirements
| 32553 Leadership and People Management | 6cp | |
| 32005 Strategic Leadership in the Digital Era | 6cp | |
| 32007 Strategic Information Technology Investment | 6cp | |
| CBK90151 Electives (IT Management) | 18cp | |
| 32561 Managing Organisational Change | 6cp | |
| 32562 Strategic Business Management | 6cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Course program
A typical part-time program for students commencing in Autumn semester is shown below.
Note: Subjects listed as electives are only offered in a particular semester (or year) if there is sufficient demand and the necessary resources.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 32553 Leadership and People Management | 6cp | |
| 32007 Strategic Information Technology Investment | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 32005 Strategic Leadership in the Digital Era | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of electives | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 32561 Managing Organisational Change | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of electives | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 32562 Strategic Business Management | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of electives | 6cp | |
| Electives list | ||
| 24737 e-Business Marketing | 6cp | |
| Select one of the following: | 6cp | |
| 25705 Financial Modelling and Forecasting | 6cp | |
| 25742 Financial Management | 6cp | |
| 22746 Managerial Accounting | 6cp | |
| 22747 Accounting for Managerial Decisions | 6cp | |
| 32006 Information Technology Governance | 6cp | |
| 32148 Enterprise Computing | 6cp | |
| 32554 Strategic Competitive Advantage in the Digital Age | 6cp | |
| 32601 Advanced Project Management | 6cp | |
| 32702 Contemporary Telecommunications | 6cp | |
| 32703 Information Technology Strategy | 6cp | |
Articulation with UTS courses
This course is part of an articulated program comprising the Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Management (C11138), the Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management and the Master of Business in Information Technology Management (C04161).
Other information
Further information for future students is available from:
Further information for current students is available from:
