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Overview

The Master of Cyber Security is a postgraduate award offered by the School of Engineering and Information Technology. It is designed for postgraduate scholars and professional managers with appropriate undergraduate qualifications in IT, computer science, electrical computer or systems engineering or a related discipline and/or extensive relevant professional experience who … For more content click the Read More button below. This coursework masters degree is designed to meet the demand for technical experts who can implement and lead the technical cyber security function in government, industry, law enforcement and Defence. It provides principles gathered from information systems, systems engineering, computer science, network security, and defence to enhance a career as a cyber security specialist.

Learning Outcomes

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Graduates will be able to communicate effectively to a range of audiences and be capable of independentand collaborative inquiry, working effectively with others.
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  • Professionals
  • Leaders
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Graduates will have acquired advanced disciplinary knowledge and skills in Cyber Security, and an ability to apply these inarange of contexts.
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Graduates will have an awareness of international issues within Cyber Security
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  • Global Citizens
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Graduates will have demonstrated the application of knowledge and skills in Cyber Security with high level personal autonomy and accountability
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Graduates will have demonstrated the application of knowledge and skills to plan and execute asubstantial research-based project or piece of scholarship in Cyber Security
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Graduates will have developed advanced critical thinking and problem solving skills and applied them to Cyber Security.
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Graduates will have demonstrated the application of knowledge and skills with creativity and initiative innew situations in professional practice or for further learning in Cyber Security.
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Graduate Capabilities

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Program Structure
48 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 48 UOC as a standalone program.

1. Core courses - 24 UOC
2. Prescribed elective courses - 24 UOC

Specialisation Options

Completion of a specialisation is optional. Students may choose a maximum of one specialisations below.

ZEITDS
48 UOC
Digital Forensics
ZEITIS
48 UOC
Advanced Tradecraft

Core Courses

Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses.

ZEIT8020
6 UOC
Cyber Offence: Threats and Opportunities
ZEIT8021
6 UOC
Information Assurance and Security
ZEIT8023
6 UOC
Wireless, Mobile and Internet of Things Security
ZEIT8026
6 UOC
Cyber Defence: Network Security Operations

Prescribed Electives

Students must take at least 12 UOC, up to a maximum of 24 UOC of the following courses.

Note: Students who are not taking ZEIT8297 Project Report - Systems Engineering may with School approval, take up to two courses 12 UOC from other coursework programs.

ZEIT8024
6 UOC
Software Security Lifecycle
ZEIT8025
6 UOC
Reverse Engineering
ZEIT8027
6 UOC
Critical Infrastructure and Control System Security
ZEIT8028
6 UOC
Digital Forensics
ZEIT8029
6 UOC
Network and Memory Forensics
ZEIT8030
6 UOC
Big Data and Decision Analytics for Security
ZEIT8036
6 UOC
Humans and Security
ZEIT8042
6 UOC
Introduction to Exploit Development

Research Project

Students can take up to a maximum of 12 UOC of the following courses subject to obtaining a high distinction average in four courses and approval of the Postgraduate Coordinator. The project is recommended for those with a strong interest in pursuing original research in a particular area or intending to undertake a higher research qualification. Students undertaking the project are unable to enrol in courses from other coursework programs.

ZEIT8260
6 UOC
Project Report - Cyber Security (Part Time)
ZEIT8261
12 UOC
Project Report - Cyber Security (Full Time)

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

Progression Requirements

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

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