C11145v5 Graduate Certificate in Internetworking
Award(s): Graduate Certificate in Internetworking (GradCertInternetworking)UAC code: 942611 (Autumn semester), 945611 (Spring semester)
CRICOS code: 063424K
Load credit points: 24
Course EFTSL: 0.5
Location: City campus
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Assumed knowledge
Recognition of prior learning
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
This course is intended for computing science, information technology or engineering graduates with or without networking experience who wish to learn or extend their knowledge of networking and networking technologies. As students come from a variety of backgrounds, there is a degree of subject choice in the program to meet individual needs.
The Internetworking program provides practical, hands-on learning experience using resources provided by Cisco Systems. The program covers all aspects of the organisational use of networking.
Course aims
The program aims to:
- meet the needs of industry for networking specialists
- retrain IT professionals wishing to move into networking and internetworking
- provide a thorough and practical grounding in networking and in network design, administration and management, and
- provide a solid foundation for the writing of networked applications using Java and other WWW technologies.
Career options
Career options include applications developer, client server architect, network administrator, network architect, network designer, network integrator, network systems programmer, programmer analyst, security architect, system support analyst, or a position in data communications.
Admission requirements
Applicants require a minimum qualification equivalent to a bachelor's degree from an Australian university, preferably in computing science, information technology, computer systems engineering, telecommunications, or a cognate discipline. Applications are assessed on academic merit.
Assumed knowledge
Two years' experience in networking or in another position in the IT industry is desirable. Applicants without work experience are also considered.
Recognition of prior learning
Applicants may apply for exemptions if they have successfully completed studies of a comparable standard from a recognised university.
Under University Rule 6.4, students may apply for an exemption for a subject based on knowledge gained by professional experience, or previous informal studies at a private institution. This process is called 'application to challenge a subject' and includes a formal assessment, usually in the form of an examination set by the Subject Coordinator, which incorporates the assessment requirements of the subject. If successful, the student receives an exemption for the subject.
Holders of industry-based certifications are subject to this challenge rule and must sit an assessment test.
Course duration and attendance
The course duration is one semester of full-time, or one year of part-time study.
Course structure
The Graduate Certificate in Internetworking totals 24 credit points of study, made up of four 6-credit-point core subjects.
Course completion requirements
| 32516 Internet Programming | 6cp | |
| 32524 LANS and Routing | 6cp | |
| 32547 UNIX Systems Programming | 6cp | |
| CBK90747 Internetworking choice | 6cp | |
| Total | 24cp |
Course program
Below is a typical example of a full-time program commencing in Autumn semester.
Students undertaking the graduate certificate full time and who wish to complete 32521 WANs and VLANs are unable to complete the course in one semester as this subject has a prerequisite of 32524 LANS and Routing.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 32516 Internet Programming | 6cp | |
| 32524 LANS and Routing | 6cp | |
| 32547 UNIX Systems Programming | 6cp | |
| 32702 Contemporary Telecommunications | 6cp | |
Articulation with UTS courses
This course forms part of an articulated program comprising the Graduate Certificate in Internetworking, the Graduate Diploma in Internetworking (C07080), the Master of Science in Internetworking (C04160) and the Master of Science in Internetworking (Extended) (C04224).
Professional recognition
Cisco certification
Students can prepare for CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) industry certification.
Other information
Further information for future students is available from:
Further information for current students is available from:
