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Overview
Early graduation options
You may be able to graduate sooner with:
- Study new and emerging social technologies, such as wikis, blogs and social networks, and how developments in IT shape society.
- Prepares you for a career as an online community manager, social network analyst, e-marketer, web analyst, application developer, or technology consultant.
- Study four units in advanced research or projects.
- Complete in 2 years full-time or 4 years part-time.
| QUT course code | IT44 |
| Attendance | Part-time or Full-time |
| Course duration | 2 years full-time
4 years part-time |
| Start month | 2013 February, July |
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On campus
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| CRICOS code | 053123F |
Details
Increasingly, Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis, blogs and social networks are being used within organisations. A future trend will see successful contemporary professionals and organisations requiring expertise in not just business and management practice but in the critical design, use and consequences of new and emerging social technologies. The Digital Environments major prepares students for this new field for the IT discipline. It symbolises the growing interlink between IT, business and society.
Course design
Web technologies and applications are reshaping contemporary organisations. This course allows you to study how developments in IT shape society through applications like Facebook, MySpace, Second Life, smart phones, iPods and gaming devices.
This major has been designed to meet the needs of professionals and organisations seeking to harness the benefits of social computing to advance business goals. Students will explore the ways in which IT has altered the production of knowledge, community building, collaboration and the design and delivery of organisational activities and services. This major is aimed at professionals and organisations seeking to be not just IT-savvy users but leaders and innovators.
Career outcomes
Graduates from the Digital Environments major will find positions in a broad range of industries and will be well placed to contribute to organisational success. Some key positions include online community manager, social network analyst, community organiser, emarketer, web analyst, systems administrator, IT project manager, application developer, web developer, communications and marketing manager, IT manager, web manager, knowledge manager, IT analyst, technology officer or technology consultant.
Units
Course completion rules
Students should meet the following requirements before they are able to complete the Masters
Advanced program:
- Students are required to complete 192 credit points of units.
- Students are required to complete the specified core unit.
- Students seeking a single area of specialisation must complete the specific unit requirements for a major.
- Students not seeking a single area of specialisation may graduate with no major.
- Students must complete 48 credit points of project or advanced research units.
- Students may be allowed to take up to four units of electives. These units may be selected from postgraduate units outside of the Science and Engineering Faculty.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
To be eligible for this Masters Coursework program, students must meet one of the following criteria:
• the Australian equivalent of a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with a grade point average of at least 4.5 (on a 7-point scale)
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• evidence of recognised prior higher learning in the field of Information and Information Technology (e.g. at least five years of relevant full-time work experience). Industry certification alone is not sufficient evidence.
Course fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.
2013: $8,400 (indicative) per Semester (subject to annual review)
Student Services and Amenities Fee
You'll need to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) as part of your course costs.
FEE-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan.
Find out if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan
Scholarships and financial support
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Master of Information Technology (Advanced) (Digital Environments)
You apply directly to QUT for all our postgraduate courses.
Are you ready to submit your application?
You're ready if you have:
- Found all the courses you want to apply for. You can apply for up to 3.
- Checked important dates.
- Checked you meet the entry requirements
- Checked course costs and if you're eligible for financial support
- Checked if you're eligible for credit for prior learning
- Collected supporting documents (see application form)
All done? Then you're ready to apply.
Application for postgraduate course admission form (PDF file, 362.47 KB)
