A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 160 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
(11 units) |
110cp
|
Compulsory Core units totalling 110 credit points as detailed below.
HIT137 Software Now
HIT164 Computing Fundamentals
HIT172 Operating Systems and Applications
HIT234 Database Concepts (replaces BIS234 from 2019)
HIT220 Algorithms and Complexity
HIT235 Digital Systems and Computer Architecture
HIT372 Organisation Network Infrastructure (previously HIT272)
HIT274 Network Engineering Applications
PMO201 Project Management
HIT333 Cyber Security (replaces BIS243 from 2019)
HIT374 Enterprise Network Engineering (replaces HIT174 as a core unit from 2020)
|
Electives
(3 units) |
30cp
|
Select units totalling 30 credit points may be selected from undergraduate units offered by the University. |
|
160
|
Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure) (160cp)
- A minimum of 60 credit points must be taken from 200 level, or higher.
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
If course commenced prior to 2023:
No more than 10 credit points shall be counted with a grade of "PC" in an Associate Degree or Advanced Diploma AQF Level 6 course award.
Course Changes from 2022
CUC100 added as an alternative to CUC106.
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.