A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 320 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Unit type |
Credit Points
|
Specific requirements |
Common Units
(2 units) |
20cp
|
Compulsory Core units totalling 20 credit points.
CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability (replaced by IAS201 from 2024)
CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology
Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options.
|
Core Units
(24 units) |
250cp |
Compulsory Core units totalling 250 credit points.
HIT137 Software Now
HIT164 Computing Fundamentals
HIT172 Operating Systems and Applications
HIT174* Network Engineering Concepts (no longer available from 2020)
STA101 Statistics (replaced by HIT140 from 2021)
HIT234 Database Concepts (replaces BIS234 from 2019)
HIT220 Algorithm and Complexity
HIT226 Mobile Web Structures
HIT235 Digital Systems and Computer Architecture
HIT237 Building Interactive Software
HIT238 The Mobile Paradigm
HIT372 Organisation Network Infrastructure (replaces HIT272 from 2019)
HIT274 Network Engineering Applications
PMO201 Project Management
HIT326 Database-driven Web Applications
HIT333 Cyber Security (replaces BIS243 from 2019)
HIT339 Distributed Development (replaces HIT337 from 2019)
HIT365 C Programming
HIT374* Enterprise Network Engineering (new unit - replaces HIT174 as a core unit from 2020)
HIT381 Human Computer Interaction Design
HIT400 Discrete Structures (replaced by PRT580 from 2020)
PRT451 Principles of Software Systems (replaced by PRT581 from 2020)
PRT452 Software Engineering: Process and Tools (replaced by PRT582 from 2020)
PRT453 Process Development Methodologies (replaced by PRT583 from 2020)
PRT455 Software Engineering Practice (20 credit points) (replaced by PRT585 from 2020)
|
Research
(1 unit) |
40cp |
Units totalling 40 credit points as follows:
ENG720 Honours Thesis (20 credit points) (repeatable unit x 2) (title change from Thesis in 2015) (recoded from ENG401 2016)
Honours Calculation
Units used to define the Honours level gained are successfully completed ENG720 (40cp), PRT455 (20cp), plus the last two successfully completed PRT4XX (10cp x 2) core units.
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Elective Units
(1 unit) |
10cp |
Units totalling 10 credit points may be selected from undergraduate units offered by the University. |
|
320 |
Total Credit Points
|
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure) (320cp)
- A maximum of 120 credit points may be taken from 100 level units.
- A minimum of 80 credit points must be taken from 300 level units or above.
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
If course commenced prior to 2023:
No more than 20 credit points shall be counted with a grade of "PC" in a Bachelor AQF Level 8 course award and no more than 10 credit points at "PC" may be received at the highest level of the program of learning.
Course Changes from 2020
HIT374* Network Engineering Applications replaces HIT174 Network Engineering Concepts as a core unit from 2020. Students who have already completed HIT174 will not be required to complete HIT374.
Course Changes and Transitional Arrangements - 2016
Discontinued Units from 2016:
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
BIS134 |
System Analysis and Design |
BIS134 and IPM300 have been removed from Core from 2016. Students who have completed BIS134 will receive 10cp towards Elective.
Unit Code Changes
Previous Unit Code |
New Unit Code (2016) |
Unit Title |
ENG401 |
ENG720 |
Honours Thesis |