Master of Information Technology

Industry-focused: Our Master of IT is industry-focused and prepares students for employment or career progression through a combination of technical and leadership skills. The course is designed to meet the career needs and aspirations of IT professionals, whether they want to pursue a career in specialist IT technologies, cyber security, data analytics, business systems, or IT leadership and management. The Master’s program includes a strong focus on building the leadership and integration skills which support the strategic application of IT technologies.

Flexible

• We also recognise that today’s business professionals may want a career change into the IT field. Our Master’s course is designed to facilitate such a career transition. SISTC also offers multiple entry and exit points so that students can progressively build their qualifications profile.

Options

• We offer three specialisations in the Master’s program. These are specifically designed to allow students to choose units of study which prepare them effectively for their career choice.

Nested Courses (Exit Only):

Graduate Diploma in Information Technology

• Our Graduate Diploma in IT is also designed to prepare students for employment or career progression through a combination of technical and leadership skills.

Graduate Certificate in Information Technology

• Our Graduate Certificate in IT is also designed for those who would like to further their studies by enrolling in a postgraduate IT course.

Our graduate attributes represent the graduate qualities and skills our students may develop throughout their course of study.

• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and skills in their chosen discipline and apply them in relevant professional contexts.
• Demonstrate the capacity to be innovative, entrepreneurial, and take on leadership roles in their chosen career.
• Communicate effectively to culturally diverse professional audiences across multiple platforms to achieve common goals.
• Solve problems independently and as part of a team by applying research methodologies, critical, creative, and evidence-based thinking to provide innovative responses to existing and future challenges and to solve real-world problems.
• Act with professional integrity and promote ethical practice in work and business.
• Display resilience, reflexivity, and self-awareness and respond appropriately in a range of professional contexts including new environments and issues.

Course Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate appropriate knowledge and understanding of ICT infrastructure technologies and explain the relationships and interdependencies between these. (ACSGA2)
• Skill and ability to identify the need for transformative digital solutions, especially those relating to provision of ICT systems and infrastructure, elicit requirements from relevant stakeholders and research and plan solutions to meet these requirements. (GA1, GA5, ACSGA1, ACSGA3)
• Demonstrate problem-solving skills to apply contemporary technologies to previously unseen problems in innovative ways when implementing, maintaining, documenting, and troubleshooting systems. (GA3, GA5, ACSGA1, ACSGA3, ACSGA4)
• Assess and analyse the appropriateness of competing methodologies and technologies for the analysis, design, and implementation of ICT solutions, including consideration of alternative approaches to enterprise architecture and ICT procurement. (ACSGA1, ACSGA3, ACSGA4)
• Plan and deploy secure network systems utilising current practices in IP technologies, network security, and scalable server deployment, considering issues of virtualisation and cloud deployment. (ACSGA2)
• Communicate effectively in English in a professional context, adapt interaction style to a given audience, work efficiently in a team, and identify and address pertinent legal, social, and ethical issues in particular ICT contexts. (GA2, GA4, ACSGA3)
• Offer computer support services to individuals and small to medium sized enterprises, as well as becoming employed as a computer services professional in an organisation. (GA1, ACSGA1).

Master of Information Technology

• First Year
• Second Year
• Digital Leadership Specialisation
• Second Year
• Cyber Security Specialisation
• Second Year
• Data Analytics Specialisation

On completion of the Bachelor of Information Technology, some potential jobs you might consider.

Potential jobs:

• Web Developer: Focused on developing web applications for client-server communication.
• Cybersecurity Engineer: Designs, implements, and maintains security solutions against cyber threats.
• Penetration Tester (Ethical Hacker): Identifies system vulnerabilities for security enhancement.
• Digital Forensic Analyst: Investigates and analyses digital evidence for cybercrime investigations.
• Data Scientist: Extracts insights from large datasets for decision-making.
• Business Intelligence Analyst: Provides actionable insights for business optimisation.
• Data Engineer: Designs and maintains data infrastructure for analytics.
• Digital Transformation Manager: Drives organisational change through digital integration.
• IT Project Director: Oversees large-scale IT projects for organisational success.
• Enterprise Systems Manager: Manages implementation and optimisation of enterprise-level IT systems.
• Cloud Solutions Architect: Designs and implements cloud-based solutions to meet business requirements.