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Overview

The Master of Information Technology is a 2-year program intended for: students with no or minimal prior computing background who wish to obtain a qualification in this discipline; orstudents with a bachelor degree in a relevant discipline who want to obtain a broader understanding of computing; orstudents with a bachelor … For more content click the Read More button below. Advanced standing of up to 1 year is possible for students with an appropriate qualification. The aim of this program is to provide students with a broad-based IT education, and more specialised knowledge in up to two areas, enabling them to work in a range of positions in the IT industry.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Ability to critically analyse the variety of potential solutions to a given problem and assess the trade-offs involved, so as to decide which one is most suitable.
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2.
Ability to identify and master the technology needed for the successful completion of a project. Ability to identify from the research literature what can be put into practical use.
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Ability to evaluate new methods and techniques and not adopt them before having given careful consideration to, in particular, their robustness, their scalability and their effectiveness.
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Ability to identify future trends and create tomorrow's technology, and determination to bring positive changes to society.
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Ability to have a multi-disciplinary approach and borrow and adapt the methods and techniques used in one area to solve problems in another area.
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Ability to identify which known problems are closest to the problem under investigation, and creatively adapt solutions to the former in order to solve the latter.
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Ability to work in groups and lead projects, understand user requirements and bring projects to successful completion thanks to the coordinated efforts of different teams.
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Knowledge of the latest developments of IT technology and current practices in software design, implementation and maintenance. Knowledge of the critical aspects of IT technology, in particular in relation to security, robustness and reliability.
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Graduate Capabilities

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Program Structure
96 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 96 UOC as a standalone program.

Regardless of which stream is chosen, students must complete the following:
- 96 UOC overall
- COMP9021 Principles of Programming (6 UOC)
- COMP9024 Data Structures & Algorithms (6 UOC)
- COMP9311 Database Systems (6 UOC)
- COMP9331 Computer Networks&Applications (6 UOC)
- GSOE9820 Project Management (6 UOC)
- 60 UOC more Disciplinary Electives from the CSE Course List

One of:
COMP9596 Research Project (12 UOC)
COMP9900 Info Tech Project (6 UOC)
COMP9945 Research Project (18 UOC)

Advanced Disciplinary Knowledge (ADK) requirement:
- at least 36 uoc of the Disciplinary Elective courses must come from the ADK course list

Specialisation Options

Students must complete either one or two of the following streams.

Information Technology (COMPCS) is the default stream for this program and will be selected if no other stream is nominated.

COMPAS
96 UOC
Artificial Intelligence
COMPBS
96 UOC
Bioinformatics
COMPCS
96 UOC
Information Technology
COMPDS
96 UOC
Database Systems
COMPES
96 UOC
e-Commerce Systems
COMPIS
96 UOC
Internetworking
COMPSS
96 UOC
Data Science and Engineering

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please note that this Handbook is a comprehensive catalogue of our offerings and includes courses that can be taken to satisfy program requirements irrespective as to their availability for a particular year. Availability of courses is best checked using filters on this site or on the class timetable site.

You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

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Domestic Students
International Student

Program Requirements

Recognition of Prior Learning

Progression Requirements

Pathways

Post Graduate

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD1650 - Computer Science and Eng

Articulation Arrangements

Graduate Diploma - GradDip5543 - Information Technology
Graduate Certificate - GradCert7543 - Computing

Professional Outcomes

Accreditations

Recognition of Achievement

Award with Excellence
Current Students Award with Excellence
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The Award with Excellence is awarded in coursework masters programs, including Masters (Extension) but with the exception of Masters (Extended) such as JD and MD, when a Weighted Average Mean (WAM) of at least 80% has been achieved and at least 50% of the requirements of the award are completed at UNSW. All eligible programs will award 'with Excellence' except in special circumstances where approval of Academic Board has been given for a program to opt out.

Program Fees

At UNSW fees are generally charged at course level and therefore dependent upon individual enrolment and other factors such as student's residency status. For generic information on fees and additional expenses of UNSW programs, click on one of the following:

Domestic Students
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)
International Students

Additional Expenses

It is best if students own a laptop or a PC that gives them more flexibility to work on assignments. Still students could complete all their work in the CSE computer labs.

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