Faculty of Informatics
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Faculty of Informatics - PhD (Integrated) Subject List

Candidates will be required to complete a total of 48 credit points of coursework subjects consisting of compulsory research training subjects as listed below, as well as relevant disciplines subjects which support the intended are of research, as determined by the Head of Postgraduate Studies (HPS)

Computer Science & Software Engineering

Subject

Session

Credit Points

Three compulsory subjects:

CSCI991

Project

Annual

12

CSCI940

CS Research Methodology

Autumn/Spring

6

INFO911

Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery

Autumn

6

Plus 24 credit points of subjects from the list below, approved by the HPS:

CSCI910

Formal Methods in Software Engineering

Autumn

6

CSCI920

Contemporary Topics in Computer Science

Spring

6

CSCI926

Software Testing & Analysis

Autumn

6

CSCI927

Service-Oriented Software Engineering

Spring

6

CSCI936

Visualisation

Autumn

6

CSCI944

Perception & Planning

Spring

6

CSCI946

Multimedia Content Management

Spring

6

CSCI964

Computational Intelligence

Autumn

6

CSCI966

Coding for Secure Communications

Autumn

6

CSCI968

Advanced Network Security

Autumn

6

CSCI969

Topics in Applying Information Security

N/O 2011

6

CSCI971

Advanced Computer Security

Spring

6

INFO912

Mathematics for Cryptography

Autumn

6

INFO933

Pattern Recognition

Autumn

6

Electrical, Computer & Telecommunications Engineering

Subject

Session

Credit Points

Four compulsory subjects:

ECTE953

Advanced Project

Annual

12

ENGG942

Professional Practice

Annual

12

ECTE970

Advanced Topics in Engineering

Autumn/Spring

6

ENGG941

Sustainability for Engineers, Scientists & Professionals

Autumn

6

Plus 12 credit points of subjects from the list below, approved by the HPS:

ISIT905

Technology Management & Innovation

Autumn

6

INFO911

Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery

Autumn

6

ECTE906

Advanced Signals & Systems

Autumn/Spring

6

ECTE955

Advanced Laboratory

Autumn/Spring

6

ECTE901

Multimedia Signal Processing

Autumn

6

ECTE931

Real-time Computing

Autumn

6

ECTE933

Embedded Systems

Autumn

6

ECTE903

Image & Video Processing

Spring

6

ECTE932

Computer Architecture

Spring

6

ECTE982

Network Engineering

N/O 2011

6

ECTE962

Telecommunications Systems Modelling

Autumn

6

ECTE965

Wireless Communication Systems

Spring

6

ECTE986

Telecommunications Network Management

Spring

6

ECTE912

Power Electronics & Drives

Autumn

6

ECTE923

Power Systems Analysis

Autumn

6

ECTE941

Intelligent Control

Autumn

6

ECTE926

Power Distribution Systems

Spring

6

ECTE942

Computer Controlled Systems

Spring

6

ECTE971

Robotics & Flexible Automation

Spring

6

Information Systems & Technology

Subject

Session

Credit Points

One of the research training subjects:

ISIT999

Information Systems Project

Annual

18

OR

ISIT998

Information Technology Research Report

Annual

12

And:

ISIT940

Research Methods

Autumn

6

Plus 24 credit points of subjects from the list below, approved by the HPS:

ISIT900

Fundamentals of Contemporary Technologies

Autumn/Spring

6

ISIT901

Information Systems Strategic Planning

Spring

6

ISIT903

Enterprise Architecture Design

Autumn

6

ISIT904

Systems Integration

Spring

6

ISIT905

Technology Management & Innovation

Autumn

6

ISIT906

Information Design & Content Management

Spring

6

ISIT908

IT Governance

Spring

6

ISIT909

Advanced Business Process Management

N/O 2011

6

ISIT916

Organisational Issues & IT

Autumn

6

ISIT917

Business Intelligence & Knowledge Management

Autumn

6

ISIT918

Strategic Network Management

N/O 2011

6

ISIT924

Simulation & Modelling

N/O 2011

6

ISIT925

Strategic Network Design

Spring

6

ISIT929

Concepts & Issues in Healthcare Computing

Spring

6

ISIT930

Introduction to Health Informatics

Autumn

6

ISIT938

eBusiness Technologies

Autumn

6

ISIT946

Project & Change Management

Spring

6

ISIT950

Systems Development Methodologies

Autumn

6

ISIT951

Web Services & Service Oriented Architecture

Spring

6

Mathematics & Applied Statistics

Subject

Session

Credit Points

One of either of the following research training subjects:

MATH991

Project

Annual/Spring

12

OR

     

STAT991

Project

Annual/Spring

12

Plus

     

INFO911

Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery

Autumn

6

Plus 30 credit points of subjects from the list below, approved by the HPS:

INFO912

Mathematics for Cryptography

Autumn

6

MATH902

Solutions to Differential Equations by One-Parameter Groups

N/O 2011

6

MATH941

Financial Calculus

Autumn

6

MATH942

Numerical Methods in Finance

Spring

6

MATH943

Practitioners' Seminar

Annual/Spring

6

SHS940

Statistics in Health Research

Spring

6

STAT901

Modern Inference

N/O 2011

6

STAT902

Advanced Data Analysis

Autumn

6

STAT903

Survey Design & Analysis

Spring

6

STAT904

Statistical Consulting

Autumn

6

STAT906

Experimental Design

Spring

6

STAT920

Stochastic Methods in Finance

Autumn

6

STAT921

Linear & Generalised Linear Models

Spring

6

STAT922

Statistical Inference

Spring

6

STAT923

Applied Probability & Financial Risk

Autumn

6

STAT955

Sample Surveys & Experimental Design (with Project)

Autumn

6

Other Information

Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: Informatics - informatics_studenq@uow.edu.au