2020 Course Handbook
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Undergraduate Certificate in Information Technology | 2020

Testamur Title of Degree:

Undergraduate Certificate in Information Technology

Abbreviation:

UGCertInfoTech

UOW Course Code:

3084

CRICOS Code:

N/A 

Total Credit Points:

24 

Duration:

6 months full-time 

Home Faculty:

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences 

Intake Session(s):

Spring

Delivery Mode:

Distance 

Delivery Campus:

 Wollongong

Overview

This course is one of a number of online short courses available to students between July and December 2020 to support school leavers and workers looking to up-skill or future-proof their careers.

Each course comprises four subjects that impart new skills and knowledge that can be applied to existing or future job roles, or as a basis for further study towards a UOW undergraduate or postgraduate degree.

Build your IT skills with an Undergraduate Certificate in Information Technology (IT) and gain a guaranteed pathway with full credit (subject to a 50% pass mark in all subjects) into the Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT), Bachelor of Business Information Systems, or Bachelor of Computer Science at the University of Wollongong (UOW). You can choose from a number of specialisations including: artificial intelligence, cyber security, digital systems security, big data, game and mobile development, software engineering, e-business, web design and development, and network design and management. Australia will need an extra 100,000 ICT workers by 2024. Every industry, from creative to finance, to healthcare, agriculture and transport is changing and will need ICT talent to thrive. In the 2020 Good Universities Guide, UOW ranked first in NSW for graduates in full-time employment (85%) in the Computer and Information Systems study area.

Entry Requirements & Credit Arrangements

Information on academic and English language requirements, as well as eligibility for credit for prior learning, is available here.

Course Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes are statements of learning achievement that are expressed in terms of what the learner is expected to know, understand and be able to do upon completion of a course. Students graduating from this course will be able to:

CLO Description
1 Demonstrate a broad and coherent body of knowledge required to upskill professionally
2 Demonstrate lifelong learning
3 Apply knowledge in new or existing disciplines or professional areas
4 Demonstrate an appropriate depth of integrated knowledge of the specialisation area.

Course Structure

 To qualify for award of the degree, Undergraduate Certificate in Information Technology, a candidate must successfully complete at least 24 credit points as outlined below:

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
HCSI111Programming Fundamentals6Spring
HCSI115Data Management and Security6Spring
HCSI127Networks and Communications6Spring
HCSI128Introduction to Web Technology6Spring

Other Information

For further information email: eis@uow.edu.au

Last reviewed: 13 May, 2020