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Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Master of Information Technology - MIT8543 - Information Technology

Specialisation Structure
96 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 96 UOC.

Project Option

Students can substitute 12 or 18 UOC of Advanced Disciplinary Knowledge courses with the following research project courses subject to meeting the following criteria:

- completed (or have advanced standing in) 72uoc; and

- obtained agreement from a CSE academic supervisor; and

- maintained a distinction level performance in the program.

Students who complete one of these research projects are not required to complete COMP9900 Information Technology Project.

Disciplinary Electives

Students must take 36 UOC of the following courses.

Note: With approval of program authority, students may choose up to two Level 4 or higher elective courses outside of the School of Computer Science and Engineering. These courses are listed under "Non-Computing Electives".

Advanced Discipinary Knowledge (ADK) Requirement

At least 36 UOC of Disciplinary Elective, Prescribed Elective and/or Non-Computing Elective courses chosen must be taken from the following Advanced Disciplinary Knowledge Course List.

Prescribed Elective Requirement

Students must choose at least two courses (12 UOC) from each of two out of the three disciplinary elective lists.- Databases & Data Mining - Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Representation- Algorithms and Statistics

NON-COMPUTING ELECTIVES

The following courses are outside the School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and may be taken with approval from the program authority and within the maximum 12 UOC Level 4 or higher elective courses outside of the CSE rule.

Additional Information

Entry Requirement

Students entering the program should have a solid background in computing and mathematics and good analytical skills.

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