The course includes the following awards:

Graduate Certificate in Information Technology GradCertInfoTech

Course Study Modes and Locations

Graduate Certificate in Information Technology (2308IT)

Distance Education - Bathurst

Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Normal course duration

Graduate Certificate in Information Technology

Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 sessions)

Part-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)

Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.

Admission criteria

Applicants without a tertiary qualification may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate of Information Technology on the basis of professional attainment and/or work experience.  Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate, students will then be eligible for admission to the Master of Information Technology and receive credit for applicable subjects.

Credit

No special arrangements apply.

Graduation requirements

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.

Course Structure

The Graduate Certificate in Information Technology consists of four (4) restricted electives.

Choose three (3) subjects from a single group and one (1) subject from another (or the same) group. Other combinations of subjects are possible but permission needs to be given by the Course Director.

Group A: Computer Networking subjects
ITC513 Wireless Networking Concepts
ITC514 Network and Security Administration
ITC542 Internetworking with TCP/IP
ITC560 Internet Technologies PG
ITC561 Cloud Computing
ITC595 Information Security

Group B: General IT subjects
ITC505 ICT Project Management
ITC506 Topics in IT Ethics
ITC544 Computer Organisation and Architecture
ITC548 System Analysis PG
ITC556 Database Systems
ITC558 Programming Principles
ITC560 Internet Technologies PG

Group C: IT Management subjects
ITC505 ICT Project Management
ITC516 Data Mining and Visualisation
ITC540 IT Infrastructure Management PG
ITC556 Database Systems
ITC563 IT Management Issues
ITC595 Information Security
ITC596 IT Risk Management

Group D: Network Security subjects
ITC514 Network and Security Administration
ITC542 Internetworking with TCP/IP
ITC561 Cloud Computing
ITC595 Information Security
ITC596 IT Risk Management
ITC597 Digital Forensics

Group E: Software Development subjects
ITC508 Object Modelling
ITC515 Professional Programming Practice
ITC518 Principles of Programming using C#
ITC538 Programming in Java 1
ITC521 Programming in Java 2
ITC539 Mobile Application Development PG
ITC548 System Analysis PG
ITC558 Programming Principles

Group F: Systems Analysis subjects
ITC504 Interface Useability
ITC508 Object Modelling
ITC516 Data Mining and Visualisation
ITC548 System Analysis PG
ITC558 Programming Principles
ITC596 IT Risk Management

Enrolment Pattern

There is no prescribed enrolment pattern. Students' enrolment patterns will depend upon their choice of subjects, the prerequisite needs of subjects and the session of availability of subjects.