2010 International Undergraduate Prospectus nts. u.au

Enrich Your Degree
Concurrent Diplomas
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Concurrent diplomas offer University of
Melbourne students an additional means
to follow a passion. Available in the
areas of mathematics, languages, music
and informatics, most diplomas allow
students to structure their study to suit their
schedules and interests.
Diplomas allow students many flexible
options – from studying the diploma totally
alongside their bachelors degree (adding
a further year of study) to cross-crediting
some of the study in their bachelors degree
to their diploma and taking a “fast track”
to completion (potentially completing the
diploma in the same time that it takes to
complete the bachelors degree). Students
can also work with course advisers to create
any combination of these two options that
suits their needs. The mode of undertaking
the diploma will depend on each student’s
particular circumstances.
Applications for most diplomas
can be made at any time – from the
commencement of the bachelors degree
right up to the second semester of third
year. Entry is competitive.
Students graduating with a diploma will
have completed a major in that area of
study which may allow them to continue to
graduate study in the field without holding a
related bachelors degree.
Diploma in Informatics
Students enrolled in the following
undergraduate degrees may apply: Arts,
Biomedicine, Commerce, Engineering,
Environments, Music and Science (unless
majoring in any of Computer Science,
Science Informatics or Software Systems).
Description: The Diploma in Informatics is
designed to provide students with a range
of data manipulation and presentation
techniques that will complement their major
studies.
Upon completion of the Diploma in
Informatics graduates will be able to:
>>Demonstrate their understanding of the
way information and communication
technologies support integration of data
from diverse sources
>>Apply modern concepts and techniques
to problems involving the acquisition,
storage, manipulation and presentation
of data
>>Critically analyse the information flows
occurring in real-world data-sharing
situations and design supporting online or
web-based solutions
>>Provide informed advice to people in
other disciplines about how best to
implement online or web-based solutions
to problems involving the acquisition,
storage, manipulation or presentation of
domain-specific data.
Why choose the Diploma in
Informatics at Melbourne?
The Diploma will complement your core
studies and broaden career prospects. As
well as developing skills in the information
technology and communication fields,
students will be encouraged to bring
problems and challenges from their
main study areas to Diploma subjects for
discussion and resolution.
Applications open: Students may
commence the Diploma at the same time as
they commence their bachelors degree or
at any time up to the commencement of the
final semester. Students are recommended
to discuss their options with a course
adviser when commencing the bachelors
degree.
Fast-track mode available: Yes. You can
enter the Diploma with advanced standing,
based on preparatory subjects studied
within the first two years of your course,
either within core subjects or in your breadth
component, depending on the degree.
Prerequisites: There are no additional entry
requirements once a student is enrolled in
their bachelors degree.
Diploma in Languages
(DipLang)
Students enrolled in the following
undergraduate degrees may apply: Arts,
Biomedicine, Commerce, Engineering,
Environments, Music and Science.
The Diploma in Languages is not available
to students in the Bachelor of Arts (Media
and Communication). Students in this
degree can apply for the Diploma of
Modern Languages (DipML).
Description: The Diploma in Languages
is flexibly designed to cater for students
without previous training in the language
or for those seeking to further develop their
existing language skills.
The Diploma is available in:
> >Arabic (beginners and post-VCE)
> >Chinese (beginners, non-dialect speakers
with VCE Chinese, and background
speakers)
> >French (beginners, intermediate and
post-VCE)
> >German (beginners, intermediate and
post-VCE)
> >Hebrew (beginners and post-VCE)
> >Indonesian (beginners, post-VCE and
advanced)
> >Italian (beginners, intermediate and post-
VCE)
> >Japanese (beginners and post-VCE)
> >Russian (beginners and post-VCE)
> >Spanish (beginners, intermediate and
post-VCE)
> >Swedish (beginners and intermediate).