Graduate Diploma in Information Technology
Course code/s: RGIT - Bendigo
This course provides a professional qualification in IT for those who have some grounding in the discipline. Its core provides a broad foundation in information systems, software development, and computer networking. Electives allow the student to deepen their knowledge in specific areas of their choosing.
Admission requirements
Applicants must normally hold an undergraduate degree or equivalent, plus successful completion of the subjects Business Programming Concepts and Information Systems or equivalent. The Graduate Certificate in Computing provides an appropriate foundation for entry. A minor strand in IT in the candidate’s original degree may also provide this foundation.
Course progression
Students may elect to graduate with a Graduate Certificate in Computing after completing 60 credit points. Those who have entered with this Graduate Certificate would have that subsumed, and graduate with the Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (total 120 credit points).
Students may follow the Graduate Diploma in Information Technology with the Graduate Certificate (or Diploma) in Web Technology.
Course structure
The course is one year full-time or part-time equivalent and consists of eight 15-credit point subjects (120 credit points). There are four core subjects and one ‘principal elective’ (because it is a prerequisite for many other elective subjects), Business Data Structures (CSE3BDS). Candidates who are exempt from these because of prior study must replace them with electives.
Core subjects (60 credit points)
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Business Computer Networks | CSE3BCN | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Database Fundamentals | CSE2DBF | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Information Systems Development | CSE2ISD | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Web Development | CSE2WD | 15 |
Principal elective offered every year (15 credit points)
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
Electives offered (45 credit points selected from the following, subject to availability)
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-2 | Computational Intelligence | CSE3CI | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Computer Technology | CSE1CT | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Software Development Environments | CSE3SDE | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Web Engineering | CSE3WE | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Encryption and Network Security | CSE3ENS | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Web Services | CSE3WS | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Discrete Mathematics | MAT1DIS | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Software Engineering | CSE3SE | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Professional Environment | CSE3PE | 15 |
Subject availability
Not every elective is offered each year. Full-time students especially will find that the choice of subjects may be limited. Part-time students may have to wait for a year in order to undertake a particular choice.