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Master of Information Technology Studies Advanced

Testamur Title of Degree:

Master of Information Technology Studies Advanced

Abbreviation:

MITSAdv

My University:

Information Technology

Duration:

2 years full-time or part-time equivalent

Total Credit Points:

96

Delivery Mode:

On campus (Face-to-face)

Starting Session(s):

Spring

Location:

Wollongong

UOW Course Code:

1611

CRICOS Code:

067077C

Overview

The course is primarily a re-training degree, intended to give graduates from other disciplines the core skills required by an IT or IS practitioner. The 11 core subjects which make up the MITSAdv give students the fundamental skills of Information Systems development.

Credit Transfer Arrangements

Students articulating from the Master of Information Technology Studies Advanced to the Master of Information & Communication Technology (MICT) or Master of Information & Communication Technology Advanced (MICTAdv) may be eligible for up to 18 credit points (cp) of credit transfer. Students should note the following two constraints on this credit transfer:

i) if students use up to 18 cp of MTS subjects towards to MICT or MICTAdv they will not be eligible for the major in Information Systems Development in the MICT or MICTAdv;

ii) if students undertake the Enterprise Systems Management program in MITS, they may use up to 18cp of ISIT subjects towards the MICT or MICTAdv. However, they must NOT take more than three subjects from the core of that program (ie of the MICT core). If a student had done four subjects from the MICT core while completing the MITS he or she would not be able to count the fourth subject and so would not be able to complete one of the requirements of the MICT or MICT(Adv).

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

A degree equivalent to a three-year Australian Bachelor degree (not including Information Technology, Information Systems or related fields), with an average mark of 60%, or an MITS degree with an average mark of 65%.

Course Program

The Master of Information Technology Studies Advanced requires satisfactory completion of 96 credit points (cp), consisting of:

1. All of the following core subjects (78 cp):

Subject Code

Subject Name

Credit Points

MTS9111

Programming Concepts

6

MTS9100

Systems Analysis

6

MTS9105

Communications and Networks

6

MTS9112

Database

6

MTS9114

Object Oriented Programming

6

MTS9201

Information and Communication Security

6

MTS9204

Principles of eBusiness

6

MTS9206

Web Technologies

6

MTS9218

System Design and Human Computer Interaction

6

MTS9301

Professional Practice and Ethics

6

MTS9311

Database Management Systems

6

 

Plus one or other of the following:

 

MTS9318

or

Information Systems Project

12

MTS9351

Information Technology Project

12

2. Plus 18 cp taken from the following:

MTS9207

Web Programming

6

MTS9208

Strategic Systems Management

6

MTS9212

Corporate Network Planning and Design

6

MTS9302

Corporate Network Management

6

MTS9306

Strategic eBusiness Solutions

6

MTS9307

Web Programming II

6

MTS9315

Web Modelling

6

MCS9322

Systems Administration 

6

MTS9332

Business Process Management

6

Professional Recognition

Accreditation by the Australian Computer Society for membership at a 'Professional level' for the Master of Information Technology Studies Advanced has been approved.

Student Income Support

In 2007, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) announced that it has made provisions to extend student income support (Austudy and Youth Allowance) to students undertaking professionally oriented masters programs.

The Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology has been approved by DEEWR as an eligible Masters programme for Student Income Support.

Students who have queries about their income support eligibility should contact Centrelink on 13 2490 for further information.

Other Information

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

Last reviewed: 13 November, 2012