The University of Sydney - Engineering

Note: Candidates for the degree of Master of Information Technology must complete a total of 72 credit points from the units of study. Completion of a major is an optional requirement of the Master of Information Technology.

Biomedical and health informatics is a major related to the areas of information systems, computer science and health care. It is primarily concerned with enhancing health care delivery and patient outcomes through the effective use of and exchange of information. This major helps you to analyse and develop solutions from the biomedical as well as health informatics perspectives. A postgraduate major in biomedical and health informatics will include areas of study such as bioinformatics, information technology in biomedicine, enterprise health care information systems, epidemiology methods and eHealth for health professionals.

Graduate Opportunities: Graduates in biomedical and health informatics can work in a variety of roles including clinical data manager, clinical information manager, consultant, healthcare webmaster, information security manager, medical director for informatics, pharmacy systems analyst, and software engineer. There are career opportunities in hospitals, other healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, medical software companies, consulting companies, public health organisations, insurance companies.

Note: Candidates for the degree of Master of Information Technology must complete a total of 72 credit points from the units of study. Completion of a major is an optional requirement of the Master of Information Technology.

A postgraduate major in data management and analytics will provide you with a strong foundation in big data analytics and data science. It will help you build skills and to work with state-of-the-art tools to analyse large amounts of data of a variety of types (big data) to uncover hidden patterns, unknown correlations and other useful information. Foundational technologies such as database management and business intelligence used for both operational (OLTP) and decision-support (OLAP) purposes will also be covered. You will have the opportunity to engage in areas of study including knowledge discovery and data mining, advanced data models, statistical natural language processing, knowledge management systems and computational statistical methods.

Graduate Opportunities: There are opportunities for graduates with skills in database management systems to work in roles such as database developer, data warehouse expert, or database administrator. Professionals in this field are employed in virtually every industry, with the largest number working in information technology.

Note: Candidates for the degree of Master of Information Technology must complete a total of 72 credit points from the units of study. Completion of a major is an optional requirement of the Master of Information Technology.

Digital media technology has become an indispensable part of our heterogeneous computing and communication environment. A postgraduate major in digital media technology will provide you with knowledge in creating interactive and effective digital media products, including the coding, analysis and manipulation of digital media. It introduces principles and current techniques such as multimedia data acquisition, analysis, processing, compression and management. You may engage in areas of study including multimedia design and authoring, multimedia retrieval, statistical natural language processing, usability engineering, visual analytics and an opportunity to engage in cross-disciplinary learning with architecture and design in the area of design thinking.

Graduate opportunities: Digital media technology is found in industries such as marketing and advertising, and in forms such as websites, newspapers and magazines. Anything that needs to be communicated to an audience can contain digital and print images, text or animation to attract attention and deliver content. Digital media technology can be used by web developers, graphic artists, digital photographers, designers, and desktop layout publishers.

Note: Candidates for the degree of Master of Information Technology must complete a total of 72 credit points from the units of study. Completion of a major is an optional requirement of the Master of Information Technology.

A postgraduate major in networks and distributed systems will provide you with advanced knowledge in designing, building, maintaining and supporting computer communication networks within an organisation or between organisations. You will have the opportunity to engage in areas of study including pervasive computing, parallel and distributed computing, large-scale networks, cloud computing, cyber security and advanced network technologies.

Graduate opportunities: Computer networking is a rapidly growing industry, and consequently professionals with knowledge in this area are in high demand. Corporations and businesses both large and small need staff with networking knowledge and skills to design, install, maintain and protect their computer systems. Furthermore, new technological innovations particularly in distributed and cloud computing are creating a greater demand in this area.

Note: Candidates for the degree of Master of Information Technology must complete a total of 72 credit points from the units of study. Completion of a major is an optional requirement of the Master of Information Technology.

From the evolving internet and web, to the growth of mobile, handheld and embedded devices, the critical need for engineers who can build a wide range of software systems and applications has become more acute, over the years. A postgraduate major in software engineering will address all aspects of software production, from strategy, analysis, design, implementation and maintenance. You may engage in areas of study including object-oriented design, enterprise scale software architecture, software quality engineering and enterprise scale software architecture, supplemented with related areas of usability engineering and security.

Graduate opportunities: Software engineering graduates will find employment opportunities in information technology, database management, multimedia and telecommunication software systems, language compilers, internet programming, real-time software engineering, control systems, biomedical systems and artificial intelligence.

Note: Candidates for the degree of Master of Information Technology must complete a total of 72 credit points from the units of study. Completion of a major is an optional requirement of the Master of Information Technology.

A postgraduate major in telecommunications engineering is concerned with the design, planning, commissioning and monitoring of complex telecommunications networks and broadcasting systems. It will cover aspects of theory and application for a broad range of topics including satellite communication systems, mobile and optical networks. You may also engage in areas of study such as wireless engineering, optical communication systems and error control coding.

Graduate opportunities: Career opportunities for telecommunications engineering graduates can be found with telecommunications, computing, network management, research, multimedia and IT companies. This may include the design of equipment and telecom devices, military and defence applications.

Note: All candidates for the Master of Information Technology are required to complete a substantial project that will allow the student to apply skills from the program.

A candidate must complete 24 credit points from Core, Specialist or Foundation units of study before taking any Project units.

The minimum requirement for the Professional Pathway Project Units (Information Technology Capstone project units) is 12 credit points.

Candidates can complete either COMP5707 and COMP5708 (6+6 credit points - two semesters) or COMP5703 (12 credit points - single semester).

Admission to project units of study is subject to availability of supervision and to the approval of the Dean or nominee.

Note: All candidates for the Master of Information Technology are required to complete a substantial project that will allow the student to apply skills from the program.

Candidates who achieved a Distinction average or above in their first 24 credit points of enrolment may be eligible for the Research Pathway, subject to the approval of the Program Director.

Candidates in the Research Pathway must take all 24 credit points of the Research Pathway units of study (COMP5702, COMP5704 and INFO5993).

Students who choose the Research Pathway will be required to choose a project undertaken in an area related to the major. Students in this category will require a minimum of 12 credit points from the Specialist units of study for the defined major.

Admission to project units of study is subject to availability of supervision and to the approval of the Dean or nominee.

Note: Candidates for the Master of Information Technology must complete all three mandatory core units.

Exemptions may be applied for the Core Units block if evidence can be provided for prior learning. Students must substitute exempt units with unit(s) from other blocks to achieve the required Volume of Learning.

Note: To qualify for the Master of Information Technology, candidates must take between 18 and 42 credit points from the Specialist unit block.

Completion of a major is an optional requirement of the Master of Information Technology. A major requires the completion of all core units of study as prescribed by the faculty and at least 18 credit points chosen from the Specialist units of study listed in the table for the defined major.

Students who choose the Research Pathway will be required to choose a project undertaken in an area related to the major. Students in this category will only require 12 credit points from the Specialist units of study for the defined major.

Students who choose not to complete a major as defined will be eligible for the award of a non-major.

Note: A maximum of 12 credit points may be selected with the approval of the Program Director from units outside the School of IT (different unit codes than COMP, INFO or ISYS).

INFO5206 Information Technologies and Systems is a pre-requisite for all INFS6xxx units of study.

IT Project Elective Units

A candidate for the Master of Information Technology must complete 24 credit points from Core, Specialist or Foundation units of study before taking any Information Technology Project units in the Elective block (COMP5705).

Students will be allowed to take COMP5705 from the Elective Block in addition to the Information Technology Capstone project (12 CPS - COMP5703 or COMP5707 & COMP5708). Completion of COMP5705 does not provide credit towards requirements for the IT Capstone Project.

Admission to project units of study is subject to availability of supervision and to the approval of the Dean or nominee.

Note: Candidates may complete a maximum of 12 credit points from the listed Foundation Units.

Only one of the two units COMP9220/COMP9201 or INFO9110 can be taken.

Please note that some of these Foundation Units are co-taught with the corresponding undergraduate lectures of the School of Information Technologies.

Note: All candidates for the Master of Information Technology are required to complete a substantial project that will allow the student to apply and demonstrate their knowledge and skills from the program.

A candidate for the Master of Information Technology must complete 24 credit points from Core, Specialist or Foundation units of study before taking any Project units.

Admission to project and research units of study is subject to availability of supervision and to the approval of the Dean or nominee.

Professional Pathway Project Units

The minimum requirement for the Professional Pathway is 12 credit points of Information Technology Capstone project units.

Candidates can complete either COMP5707 and COMP5708 (6+6 credit points - two semesters) or COMP5703 (12 credit points - single semester).

Research Pathway Units

Candidates who achieved a Distinction average or above in their first 24 credit points of enrolment may be eligible for the Research Pathway, subject to the approval of the Program Director.

Candidates in the Research Pathway must take all 24 credit points of the Research Pathway units of study (COMP5702, COMP5704 and INFO5993).

Students who choose the Research Pathway will be required to choose a project undertaken in an area related to their chosen major.