Overview
The Master of Cyber Security is a postgraduate award offered by the School of Systems and Computing. 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 wish … 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.
- Professionals
- Scholars
- 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.
- Scholars
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Graduates will have an awareness of international issues within Cyber Security
- Global citizens
- Professionals
- Scholars
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Graduates will have demonstrated the application of knowledge and skills in Cyber Security with high level personal
autonomy and accountability
- Scholars
- Professionals
- Global citizens
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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
- Scholars
- Professionals
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Graduates will have developed advanced critical thinking and problem solving skills and applied them to Cyber Security.
- Scholars
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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.
- Leaders
Program Structure
Students must complete 48 UOC when taken as a standalone program.
1. Core courses - 24 UOC
2. Prescribed elective courses - 24 UOC
Specialisation Options
Core Courses24 Units of Credit:
Prescribed Electives
Research Project
Enrolment Disclaimer
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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
Minimum Entry Requirements
Program Requirements
Progression Requirements
Students who do not complete the full Master program requirements may exit the program with a Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security (Code 7328) qualification (24 UOC). Of the four courses, students must have completed a minimum of two core courses and two other courses from the 8628 program. For any advanced standing granted on entry into the Masters program, a maximum of 12 UOC advanced standing can be applied to the Graduate Certificate. It is still a requirement that the student complete at least one core course at UNSW.
For more information on university policy on progression requirements please visit Academic Progression
Recognition of Achievement
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
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