A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 320 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Common Units (2 units) | 20cp | Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below.
IAS201 Cultural Capabilities (replaces CUC107 from 2024) (compulsory) Plus, either: CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology or LAL100 Language, Literacy and Sustainability (replaces CUC100 from 2024)
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 as detailed below. HIT137 Software Now HIT140 Foundations of Data Science (replaces STA101 from 2021) HIT164 Computing Fundamentals HIT172 Operating Systems and Applications HIT234 Database Concepts HIT220 Algorithms and Complexity HIT226 Mobile Web Structures HIT235 Digital Systems and Computer Architecture HIT237 Building Interactive Software HIT238 The Mobile Paradigm HIT274 Network Engineering Applications PMO201 Project Management HIT333 Cyber Security HIT372 Organisation Network Infrastructure HIT374 Enterprise Network Engineering HIT326 Database-driven Web Applications HIT365 C Programming HIT339 Distributed Development HIT381 Human Computer Interaction Design PRT580 Discrete Structures PRT581 Principles of Software Systems PRT582 Software Engineering: Process and Tools PRT583 Process Development Methodologies PRT585 Software Engineering Practice (20cp) |
Research Units (2 units) | 40cp | Units totalling 40 credit points selected from research units offered by the University. ENG720 Honours Thesis (20cp) (repeatable unit x 2) |
Electives Units (1 units) | 10cp | Elective units totalling 10 credit points selected from undergraduate units offered by the University. |
| 320cp | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)
Course Changes from 2021
HIT140 Foundations of Data Science replaces STA101 Statistics 1 from 2021. Students who have already completed STA101 will not be required to complete HIT140.