Master of Information and Communication Technology (Advanced)

Overview

This degree is aimed primarily at graduates working in the ICT industry who will benefit from an in-depth study of the organisational, economic, regulatory and socio-technical issues that arise in the implementation and application of IT, and of how to effectively manage these issues.  Candidates may choose to complete either a single or a double major in a sub-discipline such as applied e-business technologies, e-business management, corporate network management, corporate network design, information technology management or health informatics.

Entry Requirements/Assumed Knowledge

A degree equivalent to a three-year Australian Bachelor degree, with at least a 60% average, in an area related to ICT (eg Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering), or a Graduate Certificate in Information and Communication Technology with at least a 60% average.
Applicants with a degree in any area plus at least one year full-time employment in the ICT industry will be considered.
Students with an average mark of at least 60% in their three-year Bachelor degree, but with little or no background in IT, may still apply, but may be required to take up to three (3) subjects in addition to the core subject, as specified by the course co-ordinator.

Course Requirements

1. The degree requires satisfactory completion of 900- level subjects to the value of at least 72 credit points, including:
(a)   the core subject ITCS900, Fundamentals of Contemporary Technologies.
(b)  eight (8) subjects (48cp) selected from the IACT Graduate Subjects List.
(c)   an additional three (3) subjects (18cp) selected from the IACT Graduate Subjects List, the CSCI Graduate Subjects List or the Graduate Additional Subjects List.

2. To be awarded with a major study, a candidate shall satisfactorily complete four (4) subjects (24cp) as set out in the relevant program below, within the requirements of 1(b) and (c) above.

3. To be awarded with a double major, candidates must ensure that four of the subjects selected satisfy the requirements of one major and that a separate set of four subjects satisfy the requirements of a second major, i.e. any subject counted towards one major cannot also count towards a second major.

Areas of Major Study

Candidates enrolled in this degree may choose to major in:

• Applied e-Business Technologies [MICT01]
• e-Business Management [MICT02]
• Corporate Network Management [MICT03]
• Corporate Network Design [MICT04]
• Information Technology Management [MICT05]
• Health Informatics [MICT06]

NOTE:  Subjects below marked with an asterisk (*) are from the Graduate Additional Subjects List or the CSCI Graduate Subjects List.  The course requirements allow at most 3 subjects from a list other than the IACT Graduate Subjects List to be counted in the total credit points required for this degree (see course requirement 1(c) above).  Candidates who do more than 3 subjects from a list other than the IACT Graduate Subject List will only be allowed to count the first 3 of those subjects towards the total credit points for the degree.

Additional Information

Prior to the conferring of a Master of Information and Communication Technology (Advanced) upon a candidate who holds a Graduate Certificate in Information and Communication Technology (GCertICT) or a Master of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) from this University, the candidate will surrender the testamur and all rights relating to the GCertICT or MICT.