Postgraduate Course: Master of Information and Communication Technology

Testamur Title of Degree: Master of Information and Communication Technology Abbreviation: MICT Home Faculty: Informatics Duration: 1 year (2 full-time sessions) or part-time equivalent Total Credit Points: 48 Delivery Mode: Face-to-face Starting Session(s): Autumn/Spring Location: Wollongong UOW Course Code: 581 CRICOS Code: 009250J

Overview

This degree is aimed primarily at graduates working in the ICT industry who will benefit from an in-depth study of the organisational, economic, regulatory and socio-technical issues that arise in the implementation and application of IT, and of how to effectively manage these issues. Candidates may choose to complete a single major in a sub-discipline such as applied e-business technologies, e-business management, corporate network management, corporate network design, information technology management or health informatics.

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

A degree equivalent to a three-year Australian Bachelor degree, with at least a 60% average, in an area related to ICT (eg Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering), or a Graduate Certificate in Information and Communication Technology with at least a 60% average.

Course Requirements

1. The degree requires satisfactory completion of 900-level subjects to the value of at least 48 credit points, including:

(a) the core subject ITCS900, Fundamentals of Contemporary Technologies.

(b) four (4) subjects (24cp) selected from the IACT Graduate Subjects List.

(c) an additional three (3) subjects (18cp) selected from the IACT Graduate Subjects List, the CSCI Graduate Subjects List or the Graduate Additional Subjects List.

2. To be awarded with a major study, a candidate shall
satisfactorily complete four (4) subjects (24cp) as set out in the
relevant program below, within the requirements of 1(b) and (c) above.

Areas of Major Study

Candidates enrolled in this degree may choose to major in:

− Applied e-Business Technologies [MICT01]
− e-Business Management [MICT02]
− Corporate Network Management [MICT03]
− Corporate Network Design [MICT04]
− Information Technology Management [MICT05]
− Health Informatics [MICT06]

Subjects marked with an asterisk (*) are from the Graduate Additional Subjects List or the CSCI Graduate Subjects List. The course requirements allow at most three (3) subjects from a list other than the IACT Graduate Subjects List
to be counted in the total credit points required for this degree (see
course requirement 1(c) above). Candidates who do more than three (3)
subjects from a list other than the IACT Graduate Subject List will only be allowed to count the first three (3) of those subjects towards the total credit points for the degree.

Subjects		Session	Credit Points
Applied e-Business Technologies		Â	Â
createLink('ITCS938');ITCS938	e-Business Technologies	Autumn	6
Plus at least 18 credit points from the following subjects:		Â	Â
createLink('IACT919');IACT919	Online Information Services	Spring	6
createLink('ITCS936');ITCS936	Detailed Design of Integrated Solutions for e-Business	Spring	6
createLink('ITCS937');ITCS937	Security, Risk Management & Control in Electronic Commerce	Autumn	6
createLink('ITCS950');ITCS950	Patterns for e-Business	Autumn	6
createLink('ITCS951');ITCS951	Web Services for Dynamic e-Business	Spring	6
e-Business Management		Â	Â
createLink('IACT906');IACT906	Business On-Line	Spring	6
Plus at least 18 credit points from the following subjects:		Â	Â
createLink('IACT901');IACT901	IT Strategic Planning	Spring	6
createLink('IACT905');IACT905	Information Technology and Innovation	Autumn	6
createLink('IACT916');IACT916	Organisational Issues in Information Technology	Autumn	6
createLink('IACT919');IACT919	Online Information Services	Spring	6
createLink('TBS908');TBS908	Supply Chain Management*	Intake A/Intake C	6
Corporate Network Management		Â	Â
createLink('IACT918');IACT918	Corporate Network Management	Autumn	6
Plus at least 18 credit points from the following subjects:		Â	Â
createLink('CSCI968');CSCI968	Network Security*	Spring	6
createLink('ECTE986');ECTE986	Telecommunications Network Management*	n/o 2007	6
createLink('IACT901');IACT901	IT Strategic Planning	Spring	6
createLink('IACT916');IACT916	Organisational Issues in Information Technology	Autumn	6
Corporate Network Design		Â	Â
createLink('IACT924');IACT924	Corporate Network Design and Implementation	Spring	6

Plus at least 18 credit points from the following subjects:		Â	Â
createLink('CSCI968');CSCI968	Network Security*	Spring	6
createLink('ECTE962');ECTE962	Telecommunications System Modelling*	Autumn	6
createLink('ECTE982');ECTE982	Internet Engineering*	Spring	6
createLink('ECTE992');ECTE992	Internet Networking Protocols*	Autumn/Spring	6
createLink('ITCS937');ITCS937	Security, Risk Management & Control in Electronic Commerce	Autumn	6
Note: Four (4) subjects in the Corporate Network Design major are from the Graduate Additional Subjects List or the CSCI Graduate Subjects List. The course requirements allow at most three (3) subjects from a list other than the IACT Graduate Subjects List to be counted in the total credit points required for this degree. Candidates who do more than three (3) subjects from a list other than the IACT Graduate Subject List will only be allowed to count the first three (3) of those subjects towards the total credit points for the degree.
Information Technology Management		Â	Â
createLink('IACT901');IACT901	IT Strategic Planning	Spring	6
Plus at least 18 credit points from the following subjects:		Â	Â
createLink('BUSS952');BUSS952	Strategic Information System Management*	Autumn	6
createLink('IACT905');IACT905	Information Technology and Innovation	Autumn	6
createLink('IACT916');IACT916	Organisation Issues in Information Technology	Autumn	6
createLink('IACT917');IACT917	Information Management	Autumn	6
Health Informatics		Â	Â
createLink('ITCS930');ITCS930	Introduction to Health Informatics	Autumn	6
Plus at least 18 credit points from the following subjects:		Â	Â
createLink('GHMD909');GHMD909	Comparative Health Systems: Policies and Politics*	Spring	6
createLink('GHMD983');GHMD983	Statistics in Health Research*	Spring	6
createLink('IACT916');IACT916	Organisational Issues in Information Technology	Autumn	6
createLink('ITCS929');ITCS929	Concepts and Issues In Healthcare Computing	Spring	6
createLink('ITCS952');ITCS952	Exploiting Collaborative Technologies	Spring	6
Note: Not all subjects will be available every year.