UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA

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New units from ISE Changing to 3 credit point
Units.
UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
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UC is changing from 4 credit point units to 3
credit point units !

• We have redesigned and refreshed all our courses
  based on input from industry panels and our staff
  and students, and from overseas and local
  university visits.
• We want to let you know, as a continuing student,
  what the effect will be for you.
• We will go through the changes for you today so
  that we can answer the questions you may ask.

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New Graduate Coursework Offerings

• From 2005 all our G and PG level units will be 3
  credit points. A full-semesters load will be 12
  cp that is, 4 units. This means students will
  have to consider how to complete their course.
  They will need the following
• GCIT 10-12 cp
• GDIT 22-24 cp
• MIT 46-48 cp

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Completing Your MIT with 3cp Units
If you have done You need to do to graduate
this number of this number of with this credit
4 cp subjects 3cp units point total

• 11 1 47
• 10 2 46
• 9 4 48
• 8 5 47
• 7 6 46
• 6 8 48
• 5 9 47
• 4 10 46
• 3 12 48
• 2 13 47
• 1 14 46
• 0 16 48

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Units on offer in S1 2005 G Level

• 6676 Professional Practice in IT G
• 6694 Intro to Software Technology G
• 6686 Computers Programming G
• 6689 Security Support in IT G
• 6691 Web Design Programming G
• 6808 SE Practice G 6675 Information Systems in
  Orgs G
• 6672 Database Design G 6677 Systems Analysis
  Design G
• 6674 Document Workflow Management G

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Units on offer in S1 2005 PG Level

• 6693 Client Server Computing PG
• 6684 Object Oriented Software Design PG
• 6685 Artificial Intelligence Techniques PG
• 6680 Business Intelligence Systems PG
• 6959 eCommerce Business Issues
• 6690 System Testing PG
• 6682 Information Security PG
• 6697 Computer and Network Security PG
• 6692 High Speed Networks PG
• 6978 Information Sciences Extension Studies 1 PG

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Principles for Course Transition

• Principle 1
• No student enrolled in a course with a typical
  enrolment pattern will be time disadvantaged in
  transferring from an existing course to a
  restructured course.
• Principle 2
• Students enrolled in a course prior to 2005 will
  be provided with written advice listing the units
  they require to complete their program.
• Principle 3
• Students enrolled in a course prior to 2005 will
  normally be permitted to graduate from that
  course with up to 2 credit points less than is
  required.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• If I have to study 4 units each semester
• - will it mean a higher work load? Should not
• - will it cost more? Not if you stay in the
  same course
• - will my course take longer? No
• or shorter? No
• Can I change to a new course? Yes but you need
  course advice

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Summary

• You will study 4 units each semester rather than
  3.
• (Although a fulltime workload can also be 3 units
  a semester.)
• But each will be a lower workload than units you
  are currently studying.
• The cost of 4 x 3 credit point units will be the
  same for you as 3 x 4 credit point units (if you
  remain in your current course).
• Can graduate with up to 2 credit points less than
  specified for course
• There are some exciting new units being offered
  in both semesters this year.

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Extra Information

• Credit cannot be given (by your course convenor)
  if it means that a student then has a Part-time
  workload
• Applications for visa extensions cannot be
  approved by International Office if you choose to
  extend your course by studying 3 units per
  semester

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ACS Skills Assessment

• New rules for skills assessment came into being
  18 Feb 2004
• Current document is PIM 2 Issue 6
• Group C Recent Graduates of an Australian
  University 2.1.11 Applicants with higher
  degree qualification completed within 18
  months of application physical attendance
  at a campus within Australia ..for at least 12
  months full-time (one academic year) No
  experience required if apply within 6 months
• 2.1.12 Following paras apply also (2.1.2,
  2.1.3), 2.1.4, 2.1.5

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2.1.4

• As a guide to meet the criteria a GD or M
  degree, which is undergraduate in content and
  taken usually after a qualification other than an
  IT degree or equiv, must(a) contain a min of 3
  semesters (F/T) and(b) contain a min 12 units
  and(c) contain 2 sem of F/T equiv IT content
  and(d) be underpinned by ant IT or non-IT degree
  qualification and(e) Have at least 1 sem of
  IT study at a demonstrably advanced level.

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3 Procedures for Assessment

• 3.1.1 ACS will use NOOSR guidelines to establish
  the educational level of qualifications held by
  applicant
• 3.1.2 For assessment purposes, all qualifications
  held by an applicant will be considered.
• 3.1.3 . No grant of advanced standing, credit
  or exemption given on the basis of
  qualifications from overseas will be considered
  in relation to an Australian GD or higher degree
  qualification

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Advice

• Until finalised with ACS, if you have started
  study at UC since beginning of 2004, do not yet
  take any credits (advanced standing).
• Study 4 units in 1/2005 (and perhaps 2/2005)

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Course convenors

• For course advice, speak to the following people!
  They have all been involved in the development
  of our new courses, both graduate and
  undergraduate.
• MIT Jo Baskett
• MBI Craig McDonald
• Grad Dip IT Jo Baskett, Dale Kleeman
• Grad Dip Stats Peter Brown