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Master of Internet Technology
Testamur Title of Degree: |
Master of Internet Technology |
Abbreviation: |
MIT |
Home Faculty: |
Informatics |
Duration: |
1 year (2 full-time sessions) or part-time equivalent |
Total Credit Points: |
48 |
Delivery Mode: |
Face-to-face |
Starting Session(s): |
Autumn/Spring |
Location: |
Wollongong |
UOW Course Code: |
1513 |
CRICOS Code: |
036463E |
Overview
This program is designed to provide students with advanced knowledge and specialist skills in a broad range of Internet technologies and systems.
The MIT degree is designed to enable a wide range of entry. It is suitable for candidates who wish to:
− update their existing technical qualifications;
− gain a qualification to complement their significant experience in related fields; or
− obtain a fundamental understanding of IT and how it affects their area of expertise.
Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge
A degree equivalent to a three or four-year Australian Bachelor degree completed within the last five years, with at least a 60% average, in Telecommunications, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field; or a Graduate Diploma in Internet Technology.
Applicants with other degrees containing relevant computing content and/or who have at least two years Internet/computing work-related experience may be considered, or may be eligible for entry to the Graduate Diploma in Internet Technology.
Course Requirements
The degree will normally occupy two sessions of full-time study, or part-time equivalent, and requires the satisfactory completion of Option A or B, as outlined in the following course program.
Course Program
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
Option A | |||
Internet Networking Protocols |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Internet Technology Laboratory* |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Plus six subjects** from the following, of which three must be ECTE subjects: | |||
Fundamentals of e-Business |
Autumn/Spring |
||
Network Security |
Spring |
6 | |
Multimedia Signal Processing |
Autumn |
6 | |
Image and Video Processing |
Spring |
6 | |
Speech and Audio Processing |
n/o 2008 |
6 | |
Advanced Signals and Systems |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Telecommunications System Modelling |
Spring |
6 | |
Network Engineering |
Autumn |
6 | |
Wireline and Optical Communications |
Spring |
6 | |
Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems |
Autumn |
6 | |
Content Servers and Caching Technologies |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Multimedia Communications |
Spring |
6 | |
Web Technology and Applications |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Corporate Network Management |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Security, Risk Management and Control in Electronic Commerce |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Option B | |||
Internet Networking Protocols |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Internet Technology Laboratory* |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Advanced Internet Project*** |
Autumn/Spring |
12 | |
Plus four subjects** from the following, of which one must be an ECTE subject: | |||
Fundamentals of e-Business |
Autumn/Spring |
||
Network Security |
Spring |
6 | |
Multimedia Signal Processing |
Autumn |
6 | |
Image and Video Processing |
Spring |
6 | |
Speech and Audio Processing |
n/o 2008 |
6 | |
Advanced Signals and Systems |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Telecommunications System Modelling |
Spring |
6 | |
Network Engineering |
Autumn |
6 | |
Wireline and Optical Communications |
Spring |
6 | |
Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems |
Autumn |
6 | |
Content Servers and Caching Technologies |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Multimedia Communications |
Spring |
6 | |
Web Technology and Applications |
Spring |
6 | |
Corporate Network Management |
Spring |
6 | |
Security, Risk Management and Control in Electronic Commerce |
Autumn |
6 | |
* ECTE956 Internet Technology Laboratory must be undertaken in the first session of a student's enrolment. | |||
**Only a limited number of subjects will be available in any one session. | |||
***Entry to this subject is restricted to those students who gain a weighted average mark of 72.5% for the full-time first session load (i.e. four six credit point subjects, including ECTE956 Internet Technology Laboratory and ECTE991 Internet Fundamentals). | |||
Other Information
Students who have satisfactorily completed ECTE957 Advanced Internet Project and who gain a weighted average mark of 72.5% or higher in the Master of Internet Technology are eligible to apply for entry to the Master of Engineering - Research, subject to supervisor availability.
