During 2007, the faculty of IT undertook an extensive review of its current graduate and postgraduate degrees. The IT sector is changing rapidly, and it is important that our degrees continue to meet the requirements of the organisations that employ our graduates.
During 2009, at the Clayton Campus, the Faculty will continue to offer the existing Master of Digital Communications degrees (and its associated diplomas and certificates) to enrolled students. A selection of units will be offered at Clayton to support the degrees. Depending on the set of units you need to or wish to take in your degree, you may need to take some units at the Caulfield Campus. We have also re-coded and revised the content of the former CSE units to FIT units. Please see below for equivalent FITxxxx units.
The Master of Digital Communications will not be offered to new students from 2009 and will become a specialisation of the Master of Information Technology and the Master of Applied Information Technology program of degrees.
The Monash University re-enrolment period begins on Monday 13 October and ends on Monday 24 November. All continuing students are required to re-enrol during this period.
Please follow the steps below in order to re-enrol:
If you require any assistance, please do not hesitate to seek advice from Clayton Student Services staff in the first instance.
Students should see the 2008 Handbook entry for details of the Master of Digital Communications course requirements.
Students who commenced the Master of Digital Communications prior to 2007 should contact Michelle Leclair (Michelle.Leclair@infotech.monash.edu.au) to discuss their re-enrolment and course progression.
Units in BOLD below are offered in 2009 (see offerings table below).
Students are advised to check prerequisites and prohibitions carefully prior to enrolling in units.
Group 1
Units developed specifically for Masters of Digital Communications
FIT4014 Digital communications software or FIT5162 Digital communications software
FIT4015 Digital communications technology and protocols or FIT5173 Digital communications technologies
FIT4016 Information security or FIT5163 Information and computer security
FIT4017 Network management or FIT5034 Network administration and management
Group 2
Units developed specifically for Masters of Digital Communications
FIT5008 Digital communications project
FIT5009 Software engineering for communication systems
FIT5010 Advanced internet protocols and applications
FIT5011 Advanced network design and performance
FIT5012 Data compression techniques
FIT5083 Wireless networks
Other approved units from the Faculty of IT
FIT5150 Project management or FIT5022 Project management (off campus)
CPE5002 Network security or FIT5044 Network security
CSE5000 Distributed object technology or FIT5041 Component technology for internet applications
CSE5020 Distributed computation and simulation
CSE5210 Advances in information security or FIT5044 Network security
CSE5303 Advanced digital signal processing or ECE5012 Advanced digital signal processing
CSE5501 Mobile and distributed computing systems or FIT5046 Mobile and distributed computing systems
FIT5020 Multimedia computing and communications (off campus)
FIT5092 Electronic business
FIT4005 IT research methods
**Minor Thesis Units
FIT5016 Minor thesis (6points)
FIT5017 Minor thesis (12 points)
FIT5018 Minor thesis (18 points)
FIT5014 Minor thesis (24 points)
** Students are strongly advised to take FIT4005 IT research methods before undertaking a minor thesis.
Note: Some units are offered only in alternate years. This list is subject to revision.
Please contact Michelle Leclair (Michelle.Leclair@infotech.monash.edu.au) or your Course Director Dr Nandita Bhattacharjee (Nandita.Bhattacharjee@infotech.monash.edu.au) if you have any queries regarding your course progression.