MC208 - Master of Information Technology

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RMIT program code: MC208
Plan name: Master of Information Technology
Plan code: MC208
Campus: City Campus
Credit points per semester:
Full time: 48
Part time: 24
CRICOS code: 079795G

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2024 Enrolment Program Structure

To graduate you must complete the following: All courses listed may not be available each semester

   Year One of the Program
 
AND   Year Two of Program
 
AND   List of Options Courses:
 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS   
  
You must complete a total of 192 credit points as follows:    

– Seven (7) core courses  
– Four (4) Advanced Topic Options    
– One (1) Program Option OR an additional fifth Advanced Topic Option
– Three (3) courses in the Projects Option stream OR Two (2) courses in Research Option 1 stream OR Three (3) courses in Research Option 2 stream

ENROLMENT LOAD    
  
Full-time study load is 48 credit points or Four (4) courses equivalent each semester.    
Part-time study load is 24 credit points, or Two (2) course equivalent each semester.    
  
COURSE REQUISITES    
  
You are required to successfully complete relevant prerequisites in the program in order to progress to the next stage of your studies. Please ensure that you have met the necessary prerequisites by checking course guides.    
  
PROGRAM TRANSITION    
  
Your program may be subject to program transition. Please ensure you carefully read the program transition plan as outlined in the program handbook to understand how this may impact your progression.    
  
CONTACT STEM COLLEGE    
  
For any enquiries, please visit STEM College Student Lifecycle for contact information and support.    
  
– Program and course advice and planning    
– Flexible semester courses    
– Enrolment variation    
– Credit transfer applications and Recognition of prior learning    
– Results, program completion and graduation

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Year One of the Program

2024 Semester 1 Commencing Students

As not all courses run every semester, the following is the recommended sequence of courses for full-time students (without any advanced standing) commencing in Semester 1:

 

Semester 1:

COSC2531 Programming Fundamentals
COSC2615 Advanced Prof Development OR Program Option Course
COSC2737 IT Infrastructure and Security
ISYS1055 Database Concepts

Semester 2:

COSC1295 Advanced Programming
ISYS1117 Software Engineering Fundamentals (please apply for a course waiver if required)
COSC1182 Usability Engineering
COSC2615 Advanced Prof Development OR Program Option Course

If you are planning on the research stream, do not take Advanced Professional Development.

If you started the program midyear, please refer to the Study Plan section of the MC208 Program Canvas Shell for recommended sequence.

 

2024 Mid Year Commencing Students

Please enrol into the following courses:

COSC2531 Programming Fundamentals
ISYS1055 Database Concepts
ISYS1117 Software Engineering Fundamentals (Please apply for a course waiver to enrol into this course)
COSC1182 Usability Engineering

 

Please ensure that you have met necessary prerequisites by checking course guides - click YES in the Preqs/Coreqs column.

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IMPORTANT:       Please DO NOT select any Advanced Topics Options in Semester 1 (i.e., Kindly disregard the 'Select and Complete One (1) Course from Advanced Topics Options' statement below). 

Instead, please either Select and Complete COSC2615 Advanced Professional Development OR One (1) Course from Program Options.

 

Complete the following Six (6) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Programming Fundamentals 12 Yes COSC2531 City Campus 1598 (STEM) 1574 (STEM)
Software Engineering Fundamentals 12 Yes ISYS1117 City Campus 1628 (STEM) 1607 (STEM)
Database Concepts 12 Yes ISYS1055 City Campus 1623 (STEM) 1600 (STEM)
IT Infrastructure and Security 12 Yes COSC2737 City Campus 1606 (STEM)
Advanced Programming 12 Yes COSC1295 City Campus 1588 (STEM) 1564 (STEM)
Usability Engineering 12 Yes COSC1182 City Campus 1561 (STEM)
AND

Select and Complete One (1) Course from Advanced Topics Options: Please refer to the list of Advanced Topics Option courses at the end of this program structure.

AND

Select and Complete One (1) Course from Program Options or Advanced Topics Options: Please refer to the list of Program Option Courses and Advanced Topics Option courses at the end of this program structure.

 
AND

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Year Two of Program

As not all courses run every semester, the following is the recommended sequence of courses for full-time students (without any advanced standing) commencing in the first semester.

 

Depending on the stream you have chosen (project or research), you have to choose one set of the following courses.

1. Project Stream:

Semester 1:

COSC1285 Algorithms and Analysis
ISYS1106 Software Engineering Project Management
Two (2) Advanced Topics Option Courses

Semester 2:

COSC2648 Postgraduate Information Technology Project
Two (2) Advanced Topics Option Courses

2. Research Stream:

Semester 1:

COSC1285 Algorithms and Analysis

COSC2149 Research Methods

Two (2) Advanced Topics Option Courses

Semester 2:

COSC2179 Minor Thesis

One (1) Advanced Topics Option Course

 

If you started the program midyear, please refer to the Study Plan section of the MC208 Program Canvas Shell for recommended sequence.

Please ensure that you have met necessary prerequisites by checking course guides - click YES in the Preqs/Coreqs column.

Complete the following One (1) Course:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Algorithms and Analysis 12 Yes COSC1285 City Campus 1587 (STEM) 1563 (STEM)
AND

Select and Complete Three (3) Courses from Advanced Topics Options. Please refer to the list of Advanced Topics Option courses at the end of this program structure

AND
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Project Option: Complete the following Three (3) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Software Engineering Project Management 12 Yes ISYS1106 City Campus 1626 (STEM) 1605 (STEM)
Postgraduate Information Technology Project 24 Yes COSC2648 City Campus 1134 (STEM) 1108 (STEM)
Advanced Professional Development 12 COSC2615 City Campus 1599 (STEM)
OR

Research Option 1: Complete the following Two (2) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Research Methods 12 Yes COSC2149 City Campus 1591 (STEM)
Minor Thesis/Project 36 Yes COSC2179 City Campus 1112 (STEM) 1084 (STEM)
OR

Research Option 2: Complete the following Three (3) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Research Methods 12 Yes COSC2149 City Campus 1591 (STEM)
Minor Thesis/Project Part A 24 Yes COSC2389 City Campus 1132 (STEM) 1106 (STEM)
Minor Thesis/Project Part B 12 Yes COSC2390 City Campus 1592 (STEM) 1567 (STEM)
 
AND

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List of Options Courses:

Program Option Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Governance and Change in Digital Business 12 Yes INTE2412 City Campus 1820 1785
Digital Strategy 12 INTE1030 City Campus 1818 1783
Digital Innovation 12 INTE1014 City Campus 1817 1782
Frontiers of Applied Cryptography 12 Yes INTE1127 City Campus 1176 (STEM)
Practical Data Science with Python 12 COSC2670 City Campus 1603 (STEM) 1580 (STEM)
Intelligent Decision Making 12 Yes COSC2780 City Campus 1612 (STEM)
AND

Advanced Topics Option Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Further Web Programming 12 Yes COSC2938 City Campus 3549 (STEM)
Security Testing 12 Yes INTE2580 City Campus 1599 (STEM)
Big Data Management 12 Yes COSC2636 City Campus 3401 (STEM)
Big Data Processing 12 Yes COSC2637 City Campus 1578 (STEM)
Cloud Computing 12 Yes COSC2640 City Campus 1602 (STEM)
Cloud Security 12 Yes INTE2401 City Campus 1621 (STEM)
Computational Machine Learning 12 Yes COSC2793 City Campus 1615 (STEM)
Computer and Internet Forensics 12 Yes COSC2302 City Campus 3405 (STEM)
Data Mining 12 Yes COSC2111 City Campus 3461 (STEM)
Database Applications 12 Yes ISYS1101 City Campus 1603 (STEM)
Deep Learning 12 Yes COSC2779 City Campus 1586 (STEM)
Games and Artificial Intelligence Techniques 12 Yes COSC2528 City Campus 1597 (STEM)
iPhone Software Engineering 12 Yes COSC2472 City Campus 1573 (STEM)
Object Oriented Software Design 12 Yes ISYS1083 City Campus 1624 (STEM)
Programming Autonomous Robots 12 Yes COSC2781 City Campus 1613 (STEM)
Secure Electronic Commerce 12 INTE1070 City Campus 1595 (STEM)
Software Requirements Engineering 12 Yes COSC2275 City Campus 3395 (STEM)
Artificial Intelligence 12 Yes COSC1125 City Campus 1558 (STEM)
Software Testing 12 Yes ISYS1085 City Campus 1601 (STEM)
Information Systems Risk Management 12 Yes INTE2396 City Campus 3169 (STEM)
Programming Internet of Things 12 Yes COSC2755 City Campus 1584 (STEM)
 

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Program structure enquiries

STEM College
For any enquiries, please see our STEM College Student Lifecycle hub for contact information and support.

 

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/contact-and-help/school-and-college-contacts/stem-college

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Canvas Shell for MC208 Program: https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/46005

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