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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.

Core Courses

Students must take 48 UOC of the following courses.

BINF9010
6 UOC
Applied Bioinformatics
COMP9021
6 UOC
Principles of Programming
COMP9024
6 UOC
Data Structures and Algorithms
COMP9311
6 UOC
Database Systems
COMP9331
6 UOC
Computer Networks and Applications
COMP9900
6 UOC
Information Technology Project
GSOE9820
6 UOC
Engineering Project Management

Advanced Disciplinary Knowledge Electives

Students must take at least 30 UOC of the following courses.

COMP4121
6 UOC
Advanced and Parallel Algorithms
COMP4161
6 UOC
Advanced Topics in Software Verification
COMP4411
6 UOC
Experimental Robotics
COMP4418
6 UOC
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
COMP6714
6 UOC
Information Retrieval and Web Search
COMP9153
6 UOC
Algorithmic Verification
COMP9181
6 UOC
Language-based Software Safety
COMP9242
6 UOC
Advanced Operating Systems
COMP9243
6 UOC
Distributed Systems
COMP9318
6 UOC
Data Warehousing and Data Mining
COMP9319
6 UOC
Web Data Compression and Search
COMP9323
6 UOC
Software as a Service Project
COMP9333
6 UOC
Advanced Computer Networks
COMP9334
6 UOC
Capacity Planning of Computer Systems and Networks
COMP9335
6 UOC
Wireless Mesh and Sensor Networks
COMP9336
6 UOC
Mobile Data Networking
COMP9417
6 UOC
Machine Learning and Data Mining
COMP9418
6 UOC
Advanced Topics in Statistical Machine Learning
COMP9434
6 UOC
Robotic Software Architecture
COMP9441
6 UOC
Security Engineering
COMP9444
6 UOC
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
COMP9517
6 UOC
Computer Vision
COMP9596
12 UOC
Research Project
COMP9900
6 UOC
Information Technology Project
COMP9945
18 UOC
Research Project
COMP9315
6 UOC
Database Systems Implementation

Prescribed Electives

Students must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

BINF6111 or BINF6112 (6 UOC) can also be counted as part of the Core Course as substitution.

MATH5846
6 UOC
Introduction to Probability and Stochastic Processes
MATH5856
6 UOC
Introduction to Statistics and Statistical Computations
COMP9417
6 UOC
Machine Learning and Data Mining
COMP9318
6 UOC
Data Warehousing and Data Mining

Project Option

Students are permitted to substitute 12 or 18uoc 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.

COMP9596
12 UOC
Research Project
COMP9945
18 UOC
Research Project

Level 4 or Higher COMP Electives

Students must complete a minimum of 24 UOC of the following courses, up to a maximum of 36 UOC.

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