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Master of Computer Studies

Overview

This course has been specifically designed to allow students with a Bachelor degree outside the computing field to gain a Master level qualification in the area.

Entry Requirements/Assumed Knowledge

A degree equivalent to a three-year Australian Bachelor degree in any discipline, with at least a 60% average.

Course Requirements

Candidates must successfully complete 12 subjects, including:

  1. Seven Core Subjects;
  2. No more than (3) subjects selected from Elective Subjects List A; and
  3. At least two (2) subjects selected from the Elective Subjects List B.

Course Program

Subject   Session Credit Points
Core Subjects

MCS9102

Systems

Spring

6

MCS9103

Algorithms & Problem Solving

Autumn/ Spring

6

MCS9114 Procedural Programming

Autumn/ Spring

6

MCS9124

Applied Programming

Autumn/ Spring

6

MCS9203

Algorithms & Data Structures

Autumn

6

MCS9204

C Family & Unix

Autumn/ Spring

6

MCS9212

Interacting Systems

Autumn

6

Elective Subjects List A
Plus no more than 3 subjects from:

MCS9201

Information Technology & Citizens’ Rights

Autumn

6

MCS9205

Development Methods & Tools

Spring

6

MCS9206

Markup Languages

Autumn

6

MCS9213

Java Programming & the Internet

Spring

6

MCS9214

Distributed Systems

Autumn

6

MCS9235

Database Systems

Spring

6

Elective Subjects List B
Plus at least 2 subjects from:

MCS9301

Information & Communication Security Issues

Spring

6

MCS9303 World Wide Networking

Spring

6

MCS9315

Database Design & Implementation

Autumn

6

MCS9317

Database Performance Tuning

Spring

6

MCS9318

Software Engineering Practices & Principles

Spring

6

MCS9322

Systems Administration

Spring

6

MCS9323 Artificial Intelligence

Spring

6

MCS9324 Human Computer Interface

Autumn

6

MCS9334 Real Time Programming

Autumn

6

MCS9337 Organisation of Programming Languages

Spring

6

MCS9361 Computer Security

Autumn

6

MCS9457 Advanced Databases

Autumn

6

 
 
 

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