Master of Information and Communication Technology Advanced

Testamur Title of Degree:	Master of Information and Communication Technology Advanced
Abbreviation:	MICT (Adv)
Home Faculty:	Informatics
Duration:	1.5-2 years (3-4 full-time sessions) or part-time equivalent
Total Credit Points:	72
Delivery Mode:	Face-to-face
Starting Session(s):	Autumn/Spring
Location:	Wollongong
UOW Course Code:	1563
CRICOS Code:	056217J

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 coordinator.

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.

Subjects		Session	Credit Points
Applied e-Business Technologies
ITCS938	e-Business Technologies	Autumn	6
Plus at least 18 credit points from the following subjects:
IACT919	Online Information Services	Spring	6
ITCS936	Detailed Design of Integrated Solutions for e-Business	Spring	6
ITCS937	Security, Risk Management & Control in Electronic Commerce	Autumn	6
ITCS950	Patterns for e-Business	Autumn	6
ITCS951	Web Services for Dynamic e-Business	Spring	6
e-Business Management
IACT906	Business On-Line	Spring	6
Plus at least 18 credit points from the following subjects:
IACT901	IT Strategic Planning	Spring	6
IACT905	Information Technology and Innovation	Autumn	6
IACT916	Organisational Issues in Information Technology	Autumn	6
IACT919	Online Information Services	Spring	6
TBS908	Supply Chain Management*	Intake A/Intake C	6
Corporate Network Management
IACT918	Corporate Network Management	Autumn	6
Plus at least 18 credit points from the following subjects:
CSCI968	Network Security*	Spring	6
ECTE986	Telecommunications Network Management*	n/o 2006	6
IACT901	IT Strategic Planning	Spring	6
IACT916	Organisational Issues in Information Technology	Autumn	6
Corporate Network Design
IACT924	Corporate Network Design and Implementation	Spring	6
Plus at least 18 credit points from the following subjects:
CSCI968	Network Security*	Spring	6
ECTE962	Telecommunications System Modelling*	Autumn	6
ECTE982	Internet Engineering*	Spring	6
ECTE992	Internet Networking Protocols*	Autumn/Spring	6
ITCS937	Security, Risk Management & Control in Electronic Commerce	Autumn	6
Note: 4 subjects in the Corporate Network Design major 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. 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.
Information Technology Management
IACT901	IT Strategic Planning	Spring	6
Plus at least 18 credit points from the following subjects:
BUSS952	Strategic Information System Management*	Autumn	6
IACT905	Information Technology and Innovation	Autumn	6
IACT916	Organisation Issues in Information Technology	Autumn	6
IACT917	Information Management	Autumn	6
Health Informatics
ITCS930	Introduction to Health Informatics	Autumn	6
Plus at least 18 credit points from the following subjects:
GHMD909	Comparative Health Systems: Policies and Politics*	Spring	6
GHMD983	Statistics in Health Research*	Spring	6
IACT916	Organisational Issues in Information Technology	Autumn	6
ITCS929	Concepts and Issues In Healthcare Computing	Spring	6
ITCS952	Exploiting Collaborative Technologies	Spring	6
Note: Not all subjects will be available every year.

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.