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MIT units of study 2013

MIT students must finish units of study worth 48 credit points from the following table and finish one major.

At most 24 credit points can be foundational subjects; at most 18 credit points can be study from outside the School of IT (codes ELEC, PMGT, HIMT, INFS) of which at most 12cp can be taken from units offered outside the Faculty of Engineering and IT (such as INFS or HIMT).

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Foundational units

Unit Semester/s
COMP5028 Object Oriented Analysis and Design 1  
COMP5114 Digital Media Fundamentals 1 2
COMP5116 Internet Protocols 1 2
COMP5138 Relational Database Management Systems 1 2
COMP5206 Introduction to Information Systems 1 2
COMP5211 Algorithms 1 2
COMP5214 Software Development in Java 1 2
INFO5001 System Analysis and Modelling   2

Specialist units

Unit Semester/s
COMP5045 Computational Geometry 1  
COMP5046 Statistical Natural Language Processing 1  
COMP5047 Pervasive Computing   2
COMP5048 Information Visualisation   2
COMP5318 Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining 1  
COMP5338 Advanced Data Models    2
COMP5347 E-Commerce Technology 1  
COMP5348 Enterprise Scale Software Architecture 1  
COMP5415 Multimedia Authoring and Production   2
COMP5416 Advanced Network Technologies   2
COMP5424 Information Technology in Biomedicine 1  
COMP5425 Multimedia Storage, Retrieval and Delivery 1  
COMP5426 Network Based High Performance Computing 1  
COMP5456 Computational Methods for Life Sciences   2
COMP5703 Information Technology Project 1 2
COMP5705 Information Technology Short Project 1 2
COMP5706 IT Industry Placement Project 1 2
INFO5010 IT Advanced Topic A 1 2
INFO5011 IT Advanced Topic B 1 2
INFO5301 - Information Security Management 1  
INFO5990 Professional Practice in IT 1 2
INFO5991 Services Science Management and Engineering 1 2
INFO5993 IT Research Methods 1 2
INFO6007 Project Management in IT 1 2
INFO6010 Advanced Topics in IT Project Management   2
ELEC5507 Error Control Coding 1  
ELEC5508 Wireless Engineering   2
ELEC5509 Mobile Networks 1  
ELEC5510 Satellite Communication Systems   2
ELEC5511 Optical Communication Systems 1  
ELEC5512 Optical Networks   2
ELEC5614 Real Time Computing   2
ELEC5616 Computer & Network Security 1  
ELEC5619 Object Oriented Application Frameworks   2
HIMT5058 Health Informatics Applications 1  
HIMT5060 Integration of Health Informatics   2 
HIMT5069 Health Care Systems 1 2
INFS6012 Enterprise Systems Management 1  
INFS6017 Strategic Information Design & Management   n/a
PMGT6867 Quantitative Methods: Project Management 1 2

IT project units

Before project units can be taken, a minimum number of units of study must have been completed within the MIT or MITM with a Credit average or above as result. Note that there is no entitlement for projects, even based on academic merit. Please see the Projects Overview website for further details.

Unit Semester/s
COMP5702 IT Research Project A (12 cp) 1 2
COMP5703 Information Technology Project (12 cp) 1 2
COMP5704 IT Research Project B 1 2