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School of Information Technology and Computer Science

COURSES OFFERED

The following postgraduate courses are available:

Doctor of Philosophy

Honours Master of Information and Communication Technology by Coursework and/or Research

Honours Master of Science by Research or Coursework

Master of Computer Studies

Master of Information and Communication Technology

Master of Information Technology Management

Master of Computer Science

Graduate Certificate in Information and Communication Technology (Information Security)

Graduate Certificate in Information and Communication Technology (Telecommunications)

Graduate Certificate in Information and Communication Technology

Graduate Diploma in Science (in Computing) (not available after 1999)

CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS

The following areas of research are available to candidates undertaking the Honours Master of Science degree

by research and the Doctor of Philosophy degree:

Computer Security

Communication security

Cryptographic primitive design

Access control

Security protocols

Authentication

Network security

Data and system integrity

Distributed systems security

Software Engineering

Graphical user interfaces

Object-oriented programming

Database management systems

Computer-aided learning

Science of computer programming

Intelligent Systems

Artificial intelligence

Expert systems

Robotics

Neural networks

Algorithms

Combinatorial designs

Hadamard matrices and Bent functions

Error correction codes

The following areas of research are available to candidates undertaking the Honours Master of Information and Communication Technology degree by research and the Doctor of Philosophy degree:

Health Informatics

Smart Cards

Information Privacy and Security

Risk Analysis and Management

Telecommunications

Management

Policy

Regulation

International Communications

Network Planning

Industry Development

Information Technology

Education Delivery

Information Privacy and Security

Infrastructure

Management of Change

Computer Mediated Communications

Electronic Commerce