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Program aims

The Master of IT Innovation is a program that enable students to acquire knowledge and skills, and project management experience in IT innovation. The program will provide students with contemporary skills including data mining, big data analytics, cloud computing, Internet of Things, FinTech, and enterprise planning. The 4-unit capstone project is a full semester course providing students with strong project management skills comparable to industry practice.

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Program objectives

On completion of this program, students should be able to:

• Display an advanced and integrated IT Innovation specific knowledge, including contemporary and emerging theories and concepts;

• Critically examine, analyse, and articulate IT Innovation skills to business scenarios;

• Effectively work in a team environment leading and contributing to team projects;

• Employ a range of oral, written and digital literacies to transmit complex knowledge in professional and scholarly contexts to a diverse audience;

• Identify, interpret and evaluate major issues in a range of contemporary business information technology areas;

• Develop innovative solutions to problems using current and emerging technologies;

• Apply principles of integrity and display ethical behaviour in accordance with academic, industry and professional standards.

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Australian Qualifications Framework

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is a single national, comprehensive system of qualifications offered by higher education institutions (including universities), vocational education and training institutions and secondary schools. Each AQF qualification has a set of descriptors which define the type and complexity of knowledge, skills and application of knowledge and skills that a graduate who has been awarded that qualification has attained, and the typical volume of learning associated with that qualification type.

This program is at AQF Qualification Level 09. Graduates at this level will have specialised knowledge and skills for research, and/or professional practice and/or further learning.

The full set of levels criteria and qualification type descriptors can be found by visiting .

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Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

• Completion of a three-year bachelor degree in the area of ICT, or equivalent, from an Australian university, and a minimum of two years’ professional work experience in IT or Management, or equivalent.

• English Language Proficiency requirements for Category 2.

All students are required to satisfy the applicable .

If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a ¾«¶«´«Ã½app-approved . On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.

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Program fees

Domestic full fee paying place

Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the

Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called provided they meet the residency and citizenship requirements.

Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for .

International full fee paying place

International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .

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Program structure

The Master of IT Innovation consists of 16 units and has the following structure:

• four foundation core courses each of one unit

• eight advanced core courses each of one unit, and

• one capstone project course of four units.

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Program completion requirements

Students must maintain good standing in this program. Please refer to the

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Required time limits

Students have a maximum of 6 years to complete this program.

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IT requirements

For information technology requirements please refer to the

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Exit points

A student who chooses not to complete or who does not maintain good standing in this program will be permitted to exit with a lesser qualification as set out below, provided that they have met the requirements of that program^*.

• A student who successfully completes 4 foundation core courses may, upon application, exit with the Graduate Certificate of IT Innovation qualification.

• A student who successfully completes 8 courses (4 foundation core plus any other four courses offered within the Master of IT Innovation) may, upon application, exit with the Graduate Diploma of IT Innovation qualification.

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Credit

As the Master of IT Innovation is a graduate conversion program, credits approved in the program do not automatically apply to other postgraduate programs offered by USQ.

Up to a total of 8 credits may be granted for the 16-unit Master of IT Innovation.

Credits may be granted on the basis of completed equivalent postgraduate study from a recognised university.

Recommended enrolment patterns

In this section:

• Recommended enrolment pattern - semester 1 intake
• Recommended enrolment pattern - semester 2 intake
• Recommended enrolment pattern - semester 3 intake

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Recommended enrolment pattern - semester 1 intake

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - semester 2 intake

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - semester 3 intake

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.