C11190v4 Graduate Certificate in Strategic IT Leadership
Award(s): Graduate Certificate in Strategic IT Leadership (GradCertSITL)UAC code: 942625 (Autumn semester), 945625 (Spring semester)
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 24
Course EFTSL: 0.5
Location: City campus
Note(s)
This course is not offered to international students.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Credit recognition
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Further study at UTS
Other information
Overview
This course is designed for those who want to develop a broader understanding of the strategic value of technology for business organisations.
Students gain a 'big picture' view of the global knowledge economy and the need for a strong understanding of the role of technology in effective business leadership. The course focuses specifically on the strategic value of technology and on the leadership implications thereof for the creative management of intangible assets such as morale, social, knowledge and human capital. On completion of the course, graduates are recognised as having broad technology frames of reference with respect to business leadership in a dynamic global knowledge economy.
Course aims
This course aims to provide graduates with broad strategic leadership frames of reference and knowledge bases. It also alerts business leaders (with or without an IT background) to the increasingly important role that technology plays in business success and its potential for disrupting conventional business models and practices.
Career options
Career options include senior management roles.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
Previous qualifications must be in information technology or commerce and applicants must have a minimum of five years' professional work experience, plus some supervisory experience.
Alternatively, applicants require evidence of general and professional qualifications, such as other post-secondary school qualifications that can establish the applicant's aptitude, knowledge and practical experience, which will satisfy the Faculty Board in Engineering and Information Technology that the applicant possesses the educational preparation and capacity to pursue postgraduate studies, and a minimum of five years' professional work experience, plus some supervisory experience.
The English proficiency requirement for local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
Credit recognition
Exemption from subjects in the program is not normally given on the basis of previous study or work experience.
Course duration and attendance
The course is completed in one year on a part-time basis only.
Course structure
The course comprises 24 credit points of study, made up of four core subjects that can be taken in any order subject to timetable availability.
Course completion requirements
| 32007 Strategic Information Technology Investment | 6cp | |
| 32005 Strategic Leadership for Innovation | 6cp | |
| 32553 Leadership and People Management | 6cp | |
| 32703 Information Technology Strategy | 6cp | |
| Total | 24cp |
Further study at UTS
Graduates can enrol in a range of graduate diploma or master's-level courses after completing the certificate. The most appropriate of these would be the Master of Business in IT Management (C04161) or a Master of Business Administration (C04018).
Other information
Further information is available from:
Building 10 Student Centre
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
or +61 2 9514 1222
Ask UTS www.ask.uts.edu.au
