Master of Information Technology - Master of Business Administration

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 2 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy or have successfully completed an AQF 8 qualification from James Cook University within the previous two (2) years.

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:

1. Critically analyse to select appropriate tools and technologies to meet project requirements
2. Evaluate industry standard contexts for project management approaches
3. Apply lateral and original thinking to conceptualise and evaluate a range of solutions to relevant problems
4. Demonstrate the ability to conduct their research in an ethical manner
5. Advance knowledge of technologies and networking methods at both area networks and Internet level
6. Critically evaluate legal and ethical issues including scope of liability and digital rights management
7. Communicate technical information clearly through presentations, demonstrations and documentation
8. Apply appropriate tools and technologies to meet project managements
9. Use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances
10. Critically reflect on progress to tailor self-learning goals to advance professional development.

On successful completion of the Master of Business Administration, JCU graduates will be able to:

1. Critically analyse complex business-related knowledge and practice from both historical and recent perspectives
2. Evaluate contexts within which differing sustainable business performance methods should be integrated and applied
3. Evaluate sustainable economic, social and environmental practices and value systems from different disciplinary perspectives
4. Research and apply established concepts to solve business and professional practice problems
5. Critically analyse complex contemporary business issues using appropriate models and make reasoned recommendations based on multidisciplinary synthesis of theory and evidence
6. Apply creative and innovative thinking effectively to business theory and practice
7. Present complex business analyses and information appropriately to differing audiences using:
   • Effective oral presentation skills;
   • Clear and fluent written communication
8. Demonstrate the ability to work effectively in achieving common goals, demonstrating both:
   • Collaboration
   • Leadership
9. Adapt sustainable business constructs and skills to novel theoretical or practical situations
10. Exercise independent ethical judgment and initiative in solving differing business problems creatively
11. Demonstrate a capacity for personal reflection and self-development in relation to professional business learning and practice.

Maximum time to complete

8 years

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

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