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This course is changing structure in mid-2014. This course information is for the following students:

• Brisbane students commencing in 2014 in the second or third trimester intakes

• Cairns and Townsville students commencing in 2014 in the second half year intake

The following students should refer to the other document for their course information:

• Brisbane students commencing in 2014 in the first trimester intake

• Cairns and Townsville students commencing in 2014 in the first half year intake

• Singapore students commencing in 2014 in the first, second or third trimester intakes

Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements

Students of non English speaking backgrounds must have an adequate English language capacity assessed under the Australian International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The IELTS score required for admission to this course can be found in Schedule I of the JCU Admissions policy.

Special admission requirements

Nil

Additional course rules

Nil

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

On successful completion of the Master of Information Technology - Master of Business Adminstration, JCU graduates will be able to:

• Critically analyse complex related knowledge, technologies and practice

• Evaluate contexts within which differing sustainable approaches should be integrated and applied

• Evaluate economic, social and environmental practices and value systems from different disciplinary perspectives

• Research and apply established concepts to solve problems in an ethical manner

• Advance knowledge of technologies and networking methods at both area networks and Internet level

• Critically evaluate legal and ethical issues including scope of liability and digital rights management

• Critically analyse complex contemporary issues using appropriate models and make reasoned recommendations based on multidisciplinary synthesis of theory and evidence

• Apply lateral and creative thinking effectively to solving problems

• Present complex information appropriately to differing audiences using:

(a) Effective oral presentation skills

(b) Clear and fluent written communication

• Work effectively in achieving common goals, demonstrating both:

(a) Collaboration

(b) Leadership

• Apply constructs and technologies to theoretical or practical situations

• Exercise judgement under minimal supervision to solve emerging problems in complex contexts using social, ethical, economic, regulatory and global perspectives

• Seek and reflect on performance feedback to identify and action learning opportunities and self-improvements and initiate this process for others

Brisbane

This course information is for Brisbane students commencing in 2014 in the second or third trimester intakes only

Brisbane students commencing in 2014 in the first trimester intake should refer to the OTHER DOCUMENT for their course information

Singapore

Singapore students commencing in 2014 in the first, second  or third trimester intake should refer to the OTHER DOCUMENT for their course information

Maximum time to complete

8 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Accreditation requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for final subject

A candidate who has failed a single subject towards the award in their final teaching period and who gained 40% or more of the marks for that subject, may be granted a supplementary examination in that subject. However if that subject is required for accreditation, then the criteria specified by that accreditation will apply.

Maximum allowed

24 credit points and not more than 12 credit points of subjects specified in the course structure, for either component of the degree.

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 12 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed this course.

Exit with lesser award

Candidates who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed appropriate subjects, may be eligible to receive one or more of the following awards:

• Graduate Certificate of Business Administration

• Graduate Diploma of Business Administration

• Graduate Certificate of Information Technology

• Graduate Diploma of Information Technology