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MASTER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Master of Information Technology

The Master of Information Technology will equip students with the essential knowledge and skills that are relevant to any business to develop, implement and manage software products for commercial companies, software development companies, and government. Students will learn to manage multidisciplinary, data-driven Information Technology solutions, and develop meaningful approaches to continually evolving business applications, web-and-cloud-based systems and environments, choosing to specialise either in Business Analysis or Software Development.

The Master of Information Technology degree will equip students with advanced and integrated understanding of the complex body of knowledge in IT, with deep knowledge and skills in areas such as Cyber Security, Database Administration and Software Development, Information System Project Development and Management, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, and Internetof- Things. They will acquire advanced level of skills to practice independently their analytic and critical mindset, research, reflect on and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories with the goal to apply established theories to a body of knowledge or practice in IT.

Graduates typically can work for commercial and government organisations in diverse industries, such as tourism, financial, health, retail, IT consulting or security providers nationally and internationality. Graduates at this level will be able to practice independently.

First Year
Subject CodeSubject Name
ICT401Programming for the Information Age
ICT402Networking Foundations
ICT403Database Principles
ICT404Cyber Security Practices
ICT405IT Project Management
ICT406IT Professional Environment: Law, Ethics and Privacy
ICT407IT Governance
ICT408Building Effective IT Teams

At Year 2, students can choose from one of the following specialisations:

Second Year Software Development
Subject CodeSubject Name
ICT501IT Service Management and Delivery
ICT504IT Strategy and Leadership
ICT502, or
ICT509
Applied IT Project A
IT Research Project A
ICT503, or
ICT510
Applied IT Project B
IT Research Project B
ICT511Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing
ICT512Software Architecture
ICT513Distributed Computing
ICT514User Interface Design
Second Year Business Analysis
Subject CodeSubject Name
ICT501IT Service Management and Delivery
ICT502IT Strategy and Leadership
ICT502 or
ICT509
Applied IT Project A
Research Project A
ICT503 or
ICT510
Applied IT Project B
Research Project B
ICT521Business Process Management
ICT522Enterprise Systems and Applications
ICT523Digital Business Transformation and Innovation
ICT524Data and Decision Science

* The Research Project is restricted to high GPA students and those who wish to progress to a Level 10 qualification, such as a Doctor of Philosophy degree offered by a University.