Course Guide - Edith Cowan University

Semester 2
IST4117 Information Literacy 15
IST4118 Information Retrieval and Document
15
Management
Elective unit
Elective unit
Electives for the Information Science and Knowledge Services
areas of specialisation may be chosen from the following list:
Any core unit in other areas of specialisation of the course
OR
CSG220U Project Management, Professionalism and Ethics
IST4108 Display and Presentation Systems
CSI4102 Computer Security
CSI4104 Information Security
CSG4331 Knowledge Computing
CSI4201 Systems Analysis
GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF SCIENCE
(INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)
Course Code 746
Course Code 039
The Graduate Diploma of Science (Information Technology) is
designed for persons who possess a three year tertiary
qualification with little or no exposure to computing. It caters
specifically for the part-time student: the award can be completed
in two years of evening study, though students may choose to take
longer.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
A three year tertiary qualification.
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Mt Lawley, Joondalup, and Bunbury
Campuses.
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery -
Campus-Based.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The course structure of the GradDipSc(IT) is as follows:
Eight units comprising two core units and six electives. All units
are at level 4. Students may obtain the Diploma unspecified or
with a stream. To qualify for a stream a student, a student must
take four of their electives from that stream. The streams are
Computer Systems, Informatics, Programming, Interactive
Multimedia, Microsoft and Cisco. Provided they meet the
requirements of the Graduate Certificate of Information
Technology, students of the diploma may exit with the certificate.
Students may take electives (providing they have the
prerequisites) from anywhere in the programme without the
permission of the course coordinator. Students may take electives
from outside the programme with the permission of the course
coordinator.
Arrangements for articulation into the Masters of Information
Technology and the Master of Internet Computing are as follows.
Students will follow a masters qualifier option which is the
equivalent of a Graduate Certificate in Information Technology
i.e. four level 4 units or 60 credit points. Providing they obtain an
average of 60% in these units they will be accepted into the
requisite masters programme (see below) with exemption from
these units. These units exist already in the respective masters
programme. These Diploma students would thus exit the Diploma
with a Graduate Certificate at this point and enter the requisite
masters programme.
CORE UNITS
All students are required to complete:
CSP4150 Programming Principles 15
CSI4201 Systems Analysis 15
Computer Systems Area of Specialisation
SPCOMP
UNIT SET LOCATION
This unit set is available on Mt Lawley, Joondalup, and Bunbury
Campuses.
MODE OF DELIVERY
This unit set is available in the following mode of delivery -
Campus-Based.
CSG4151 Computer Installation and Maintenance 15
CSG4152 Network Installation and Maintenance 15
CSG4161 Computer System Administration 15
CSG4162 Network Administration 15
ENS2344 Computer Architecture 15
ENS3343 Data Communication and Computer Networks 15
ENS4103 Computer Systems and Hardware 15
Informatics Area of Specialisation
SPINFO
UNIT SET LOCATION
This unit set is available on Mt Lawley, Joondalup, and Bunbury
Campuses.
MODE OF DELIVERY
This unit set is available in the following mode of delivery -
Campus-Based.
CSG4301 Individual Project 15
CSI2312 Foundations of Software Engineering 15
CSI2341 Systems and Database Design 15
CSI2343 Object-oriented Analysis and Design 15
CSI2441 Applications Development 15
CSI4102 Computer Security 15
CSI4104 Information Security 15
CSI4341 Systems and Database Design 15
The Graduate Certificate of Information Technology comprises
four units all at level 4. Two are core units while the other two
may be taken from anywhere in the programme.
52 ECU Postgraduate Course Guide 2007