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Master of Information and Communication Technology - Research
The degree of Master of Information and Communication Technology
- Research shall be subject to the University Course Rules
for the award of the Masters by Research Degree, together
with the following conditions:
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Master of Information and Communication
Technology - Research degree is primarily a research degree
for those who have completed a Bachelors honours at a
standard of Class II, Division 2 or higher, or coursework
pass masters in Information and Communication Technology.
If a candidate has a good academic record, entry from
a pass Bachelor degree or pass Bachelor degree and Graduate
Diploma or pass Bachelor degree and Graduate Certificate
is possible. |
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The degree is normally 72 credit points,
comprising of 48cp research thesis and 24cp of coursework.
The degree will normally occupy three sessions of full-time
study or part-time equivalent, with a maximum completion
time of two years full-time. It requires satisfactory
completion of the following: |
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(a)
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The 24 cp coursework component comprising of the subject
IACT940 Research Methodology (6cp) and three subjects
(18cp) from the IACT Graduate Subject list together
to constitute a coherent introduction to the proposed
area of research, as agreed to by Head of School. The
candidate must achieve at least a WAM of 67.5% in this
coursework component or in the case of proven research
experience, advance standing of 24cp, to be eligible
to enrol in IACT970.
Candidates who fail to complete their core subjects
at an appropriate standard may have their enrolment
cancelled. In this case, a candidate may be eligible
to apply for one of the graduate certificates offered
by the School of IT and CS or transfer to a 48cp coursework
masters.
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(b)
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The 48cp thesis component, comprising of
the subject IACT970 Major Thesis. |
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(3)
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Candidates with bachelors honours at a standard
of Class II, Division 2 or higher, or coursework pass
masters may be admitted directly to 48 credit point research
thesis component; this would be contingent on their providing
evidence of considerable research strength. In this case,
the candidate would be exempt from the 24cp coursework
component or part there of. |
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(4)
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A candidate may not include, for this degree
subjects similar in content to subjects included in their
honours or masters course. |
| (5) |
Each candidate shall have a supervisor and
a co-supervisor appointed on the recommendation of the
Head of School of Information Technology and Computer
Science. |
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