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Start: | Semester 1 (February) Semester 2 (July) |
Fees: | Commonwealth supported place |
Standard duration: | 0.5 years full-time |
Program articulation: | To: ; Diploma of Science ; Bachelor of Information Technology |
Contact us
Future Australian and New Zealand students | Current students |
Freecall (within Australia): 1800 269 500 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 5315 Email: study@usq.edu.au |
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Program aims
This short program teaches fundamental information systems concepts alongside foundational programming skills which are subsequently applied to web site creation and software development tools.
Program objectives
On completion of this program graduates should be able to:
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apply the concept of pseudocode to sketch solutions for problems and demonstrate problem solving through designing, debugging, implementing, documenting, testing and correcting simple computer programs
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apply standard web technologies such as HTML, CSS and Javascript to build web sites that are accessible and responsive
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competently manage computer system resources and development tools, including scripting recurring tasks
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apply information systems concepts to identify and resolve organisational problems and to develop ethical considerations within a business context
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collaborate and communicate with others effectively as part of producing individual and teambased work outcomes.
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 07. Graduates at this level will have broad and coherent knowledge and skills for professional work and/or further learning.
The full set of levels criteria and qualification type descriptors can be found by visiting .
Program Information Set
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:
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Admission into this short program is available to eligible Commonwealth Supported applicants, who are aged 17 years or over. USQ assumes your knowledge is equivalent to senior high school English (Units 3 & 4, C).
Program fees
Commonwealth supported place
A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of a students' higher education and students pay a , which varies depending on the courses undertaken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .
Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called .
Program structure
Students must successfully complete four compulsory core courses before they are able to graduate with the Undergraduate Certificate of Computing/Information Technology.
Core courses
There are three compulsory courses:
With an option of one of two courses:
Students aiming to complete the program in one semester will need to take CSC1401 in intensive mode.
Articulation
Successful completion of the Undergraduate Certificate of Computing/Information Technology will enable entry and up to four courses of credit towards the Diploma of Science (General Science major) and the Bachelor of Information Technology .
Recommended enrolment pattern
Recommended enrolment pattern
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.
Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements | |||||
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On-campus (ONC) | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||
Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||
CSC1401 Foundation Programming | 1 | 1,2,3 | |||||
CIS1000 Information Systems Concepts | 1 | 1,2,3 | |||||
CSC2408 Software Development Tools | 1 | 1,2 | Pre-requisite: CSC1401 | ||||
Choose one of the two options | |||||||
CIS2000 Systems Analysis and Design | 1 | 1,2,3 | Pre-requisite: CMS1000 or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: UCCC | ||||
CSC2406 Web Technology 1 | 1 | 2 | Pre-requisite: CSC1401 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: UCCC or GDTI or GCEN or METC or MCOT or MCTE or MCOP or MPIT or MCTN or BSED |