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Programs SCS CS(PG)MCybersecGraduate Diploma in Cybersecurity (2026)

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Year 1 - Semester 1

SITS Diet Block/Type	CP	Unit of Study/Unit Block
Professional Core Units	6	INFO5990: Professional Practice in IT
Cybersecurity Core Units	6	CSEC5616: Cybersecurity Engineering
Cybersecurity Core Units	6	INFO5301: Information Security Management
Cybersecurity Specialist Units	6	Cybersecurity Specialist Units

Year 1 - Semester 2

SITS Diet Block/Type	CP	Unit of Study/Unit Block
Professional Core Units	6	INFO5995: Introduction to Cybersecurity Note: From Semester 1 2026, INFO5992 has been replaced by INFO5995. MCyber students who have not completed INFO5992 should enrol in INFO5995 instead, alongside INFO5990.
Cybersecurity Specialist Units	12	Select from Cybersecurity Specialist Units
List	6	Select from Cybersecurity Specialist Units Cybersecurity Foundation Units Cybersecurity Elective Units Note: Students intending to progress to the Master's Research Pathway must take a Cybersecurity Specialist Unit

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Block 1 - Cybersecurity Core Units (Min CP: 12,Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
CSEC5616	Cybersecurity Engineering	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
INFO5301	Information Security Management	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

Block 2 - Professional Core Units (Min CP: 12,Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
INFO5990	Professional Practice in IT	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
INFO5995	Introduction to Cybersecurity	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

Note: From Semester 1 2026, INFO5992 has been replaced by INFO5995. MCyber students who have not completed INFO5992 should enrol in INFO5995 instead, alongside INFO5990.

Block 3 - Cybersecurity Specialist Units (Min CP: 18,Max CP: 24)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
CISS6022	Cybersecurity	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5617	Empirical Security Analysis and Engineering	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5618	Applied Cybersecurity	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
CSEC5614	Data Privacy: Theory and Practice	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
CSEC5615	Cloud Security	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
CSEC5619	Applied Cryptography	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

Block 4 - Cybersecurity Foundation Units (Max CP: 6)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
COMP9001	Introduction to Programming	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP9017	Systems Programming	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP9110	System Analysis and Modelling	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP9120	Database Management Systems	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP9121	Design of Networks & Distributed Systems	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
INFO6007	Project Management in IT	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
STAT5002	Introduction to Statistics	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

Block 5 - Cybersecurity Elective Units (Max CP: 6)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
COMP5046	Natural Language Processing	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5047	Pervasive Computing	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5216	Mobile Computing	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5313	Large Scale Networks	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5318	Machine Learning and Data Mining	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5328	Advanced Machine Learning	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5329	Deep Learning	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5347	Web Application Development	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5348	Enterprise Scale Software Architecture	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5349	Cloud Computing	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5416	Advanced Network Technologies	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5426	Parallel and Distributed Computing	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5427	Usability Engineering	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
ELEC5514	IoT Wireless Sensing and Networking	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
ELEC5517	Software Defined Networks	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
ELEC5618	Software Quality Engineering	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

Course:	Graduate Diploma in Cybersecurity (2026)
CP Required:	48
Min FT Duration:	1.00 Years
Min PT Duration:	N/A
Faculty/School:	School of Computer Science
Years Offered:	2026, 2025, 2024, 2023
Requirements:	Summary Students must complete 48 credit points as follows: ► 12 credit points of Cybersecurity Core units ► 12 credit points of Professional Core units ► A minimum of 18 credit points of Cybersecurity Specialist units ► A maximum of 6 credit points of Foundation or Elective units Faculty Resolutions Details of relevant Faculty resolutions are available via the university handbook site at: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/

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ProgramsSCSCS(PG)MCybersecGraduate Diploma in Cybersecurity (2026)