📖Program Curriculum
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.
CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability (compulsory)
Plus, either:
CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology or
CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability
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
