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Master of Internet Technology

Overview

The objective of the MIT degree is to provide advanced knowledge and specialist skills on 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 three or four-year degree equivalent to an Australian Bachelors and completed within the last five years with 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   Credit Points
Option A    
ECTE991 Internet Fundamentals 6
ECTE956* Internet Project 6

Plus six subjects** from the following, of which three must be ECTE subjects:

CSCI968 Network Secuirty 6
ECTE992 Internet Networking Protocols 6
ECTE993 Wireline and Optical Communications 6
ECTE994 Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems 6
ECTE995 Content Servers and Caching Technologies 6
ECTE996 Multimedia Communications 6
ECTE997 Web Technology and Applications 6
IACT906 Business On-line 6
IACT918 Corporate Network Management 6
ITCS992 Computer Security 6
ITCS937 Security, Risk Management and Control in Electronic Commerce 6
Option B
ECTE991 Internet Fundamentals 6
ECTE956* Internet Technology Laboratory 6
ECTE957*** Advanced Internet Project 12
Plus four subjects** from the following, of which one must be an ECTE subject:
CSCI968 Network Secuirty 6
ECTE992 Internet Networking Protocols 6
ECTE993 Wireline and Optical Communications 6
ECTE994 Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems 6
ECTE995 Content Servers and Caching Technologies 6
ECTE996 Multimedia Communications 6
ECTE997 Web Technology and Applications 6
IACT906 Business On-line 6
IACT918 Corporate Network Management 6
ITCS992 Computer Security 6
ITCS937 Security, Risk Management and Control in Electronic Commerce 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 enter the Master of Engineering – Research.

 
 
 

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