Master of Information Technology

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 1 – Schedule II 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.

In the context of a JCU graduate on successful completion of the Master of Information Technology graduates will be able to:

• Critically analyse to select appropriate tools and technologies to meet project requirements

• Evaluate industry standard contexts for project management approaches

• Apply lateral and original thinking to conceptualise and evaluate a range of solutions to relevant problems

• Demonstrate the ability to conduct their research 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

• Apply lateral and original thinking to conceptualise and evaluate a range of solutions to relevant problems

• Communicate technical information clearly through presentations, demonstrations and documentation

• Apply appropriate tools and technologies to meet project managements

• Use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances

• Critically reflect on progress to tailor self-learning goals to advance professional development.

Credit points in major

15 credit points

Brisbane

Not all majors available at all campuses

Singapore

Not all majors available at all campuses

Maximum time to complete

8 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Professional accreditation requirements

Graduates are eligible to become an Associate Member of the Society immediately and a full Professional Member after they have been certified as a Certified Technologist or Certified Professional and satisfy the Society that they have acquired the Core Body of Knowledge through demonstrated equivalence and adhere to the ACS Code of Ethics.

However, the course is accredited as a whole course and the accreditation may not apply when students are granted advanced standing, credit(s) or exemption(s) by the institution. A course undertaken by a student granted advanced standing, credit(s) or exemption(s) will only be regarded as the accredited course where, in the opinion of the Society, credit(s) or exemption(s) are given for equivalent subjects (particularly in terms of Information Technology content) taken at an equivalent educational level in an institution of appropriate academic standing.

Supplementary exam for final subject

A student 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

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 student has not completed this course.

Approved abbreviation

MInfTech

Exit with lesser award

Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have successfully completed 12 credit points of appropriate subjects, may be eligible to receive the award of Graduate Certificate of Information Technology.

Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have successfully completed 24 credit points of appropriate subjects, may be eligible to receive the award of Graduate Diploma of Information Technology.