Honours Programmes
An Honours degree is an optional continuation
of and undergraduate Bachelors
degree, where students complete further
four units and a thesis in order to graduate
with an Honours degree in the School
of IT. The units are designed to further
specialized knowledge in particular
fields of IT.
Career opportunities
This degree prepares students for a
professional career in the IT industry.
Entry requirements
- A bachelors degree in Information
Technology (or equivalent).
- An average mark of 60% for the final
third year levels is a requirement.
Structure of Honours degrees
- The Research Project (which is a
research thesis).
- A total of 48 credits are required to
complete the honours degree.
- The two core units must be completed
plus three electives.
Core units
- Individual Business Systems Honours
Research Project (thesis) extending
over the whole year (24 credits)
- IT Research methods a formal research
training and methods component
(6 credits)
Possible electives
(Six credits each. Note: Not all units are
on offer every year.)
- Advanced topics in information
systems
- Reading unit
• Advanced topics in intelligent systems
- Advanced topics in algorithms and
discrete structures
- Advanced topics in programming
languages and systems
- Advanced topics in computational
science
- Digital communications technology and
protocols
- Information security
- Network management
- Software security
- Advanced internet protocols and
applications
- Digital coding and compression for
communications
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