This course provides professional knowledge and skills in information technology (IT). In the GDIT, you will gain a broad understanding of IT applications in industry as well as specific skills in programming, databases and project management. You will choose one unit from one of the three majors in the MIT (software design and development, networks and information security, and mobile application development) and one elective. These skills will help you to manage future business challenges, enhancing your individual advancement and employment opportunities.
The course will boost your career advancement prospects and provide a competitive advantage. Positions in the IT sector include ICT Support Technician, ICT Customer Support Officer, Database Administrator, Web Developer, Project Management Support Officer, Developer Programmer, or Network Administrator.
Duration | 1 years full-time or 2 years part-time |
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Credit Points that Must be Earned | 48 |
Number of Units Required | CQUniversity uses the concept of credits to express the amount of study required for a particular course and individual units. The number of units varies between courses. Units in postgraduate courses normally consist of 6 points of credit or multiples thereof (e.g. 12, 18, 24). |
Expected Hours of Study | One point of credit is equivalent to an expectation of approximately two hours of student work per week in a term. |
Course Type | Postgraduate Award |
Qualification (post nominal) | GradDipIT |
AQF Level | Level 8: Graduate Diploma |
Course Fees |
Indicative Year - 2025
Indicative Year - 2024
Indicative Year - 2023
Indicative Year - 2022
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Domestic Students Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes |
Not Applicable |
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International Students CRICOS Codes |
To gain entry to this course, students must have;
International students
International students should visit http://www.cqu.edu.au/international/ for further information including English language requirements.
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Interim Awards | CC28 - Graduate Certificate in Information Technology |
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Exit Awards | CC28 - Graduate Certificate in Information Technology |
Accreditation |
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No Residential School for this course.
Not applicable |
Year | Number of Students |
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2024 | 5 |
2023 | 12 |
2022 | 7 |
2021 | 5 |
2020 | 12 |
Please note that in some instances there may be similarities between course, entry and inherent requirements.
If you experience difficulties meeting these requirements, reasonable adjustments may be made upon contacting accessibility@cqu.edu.au. Adjustment must not compromise the academic integrity of the degree or course chosen at CQUniversity or the legal requirements of field education.
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Course Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
1. KNOWLEDGE Have advanced knowledge within a systematic and coherent body of knowledge that may include the acquisition and application of knowledge and skills in a new or existing discipline or professional area | ||||||
2. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and identify and provide solutions to complex problems | ||||||
3. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to think critically and to generate and evaluate complex ideas | ||||||
4. SKILLS Have specialised technical and creative skills in a field of highly skilled and/or professional practice | ||||||
5. SKILLS Have communication skills to demonstrate an understanding of theoretical concept | ||||||
6. SKILLS Have communication skills to transfer complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences | ||||||
7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to make high level, independent judgements in a range of technical or management functions in varied specialised contexts | ||||||
8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate broad functions within varied specialised technical and/or creative contexts | ||||||
9. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILL Be responsible and accountable for personal outputs and all aspects of the work or function of others within broad parameters |
Number of units: 7 | Total credit points: 42 |
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Students should note that they may be required to take some units in the Distance Education Mode depending on the campus of their study.
Available units | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
PPMP20007 | Project Management Concepts | |
COIT20249 | Professional Skills and Ethics in Information and Communications Technology | |
COIT20248 | Information Systems Analysis and Design | |
COIT20245 | Introduction to Programming | |
COIT20246 | Networking and Cyber Security | |
COIT20247 | Database Design and Development |
Available units | ||
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Students must complete 1 from the following units: | ||
COIT20256 | Object Oriented Development | |
COIT20261 | Network Routing and Switching | |
COIT20268 | Responsive Web Design |
Number of units: 1 | Total credit points: 6 |
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Students should note that they may be required to take some units in the Distance Education Mode depending on the campus of their study.
Electives
Students undertaking the Graduate Diploma have the opportunity of completing an elective from the following disciplines, which you can complete as a minor in a related discipline, if you go on to complete the Master of Information Technology: -
Information Technology: Data Structures and Algorithms, Responsive Web Design or Network Routing and Switching
Information Systems: e-Business Systems
Statistics: Statistics for Managerial Decisions (you may then be able to take Systems Science and Engineering as an elective, if you go on to the Master of Information Technology)
Project Managenment: Initiating and Planning Projects.
Available units | ||
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Students may choose to do any of the following: | ||
COIT20250 | Technologies in Information Systems Practice | |
COIT20256 | Object Oriented Development | |
COIT20261 | Network Routing and Switching | |
COIT20268 | Responsive Web Design | |
STAT20029 | Statistics for Managerial Decisions | |
PPMP20008 | Initiating and Planning Projects |