Swinburne University of Technology - Melbourne Australia
Future Students - Courses
Course Description:
This honours course is intended to provide students who have demonstrated academic ability with the opportunity to pursue their undergraduate studies to an advanced level, to deepen their intellectual understanding in their major field and to develop their research skills. The honours course is a recognised point of entry into postgraduate research studies. You will concentrate on your chosen major area, gaining a better understanding and practising appropriate research techniques. You will be required to complete a substantial original piece of research for your thesis to ensure that you develop your abilities to conceptualise problems, devise research strategies and carry out individual research work under the supervision of a member of staff with expertise in the area.
Course Structure:
Honours students enrol in an equivalent of eight units of study: four coursework units of study and an Honours thesis equivalent to four units of study. The course consists of components with breakdown of workload as follows: HIT4000 Honours Research Project (50 credit points). This unit (HIT4000) may be taken over two semesters by splitting this into one 12.5 credit points research unit HIT4100 Honours Research Project A and one 37.5 credit points research unit HIT4200 Honours Research Project B Coursework (50 credit points) comprising: HIT4010 Research Methods (12.5 credit points). Three honours elective units of study (12.5 credit points per unit). At least two honours units of study must be advanced postgraduate level (or equivalent) or one of the Honours Reading Units HIT4020 and HIT4021. At most, one of the three honours units of study can be an advanced undergraduate level unit. These units of study are chosen in collaboration with the supervisor and approved by the honours program manager.
At least two honours units of study must be advanced postgraduate level (or equivalent) or one of the Honours Reading Units HIT4020 and HIT4021. At most, one of the three honours units of study can be an advanced undergraduate level unit. These units of study are chosen in collaboration with the supervisor and approved by the honours program manager.
Units of Study:
Semester 1 HIT4000 Honours Research Project or HIT4100 Honours Research Project A HIT4010 Research Methods Elective 1 Elective 2 Semester 2 HIT4000 Honours Research Project (if not undertaken in Semester 1) or HIT4200 Honours Research Project B Elective 3
Career Opportunities:
If you wish to seek employment following your honours degree, the course affords the opportunity to extend your knowledge of information technology and to specialise in an area within it. The course's strong orientation to research instructs students in the principles and techniques of original research and prepares them for areas of professional employment in which conceptual, organisational and research skills are in demand.
Entry Requirements:
To be eligible for admission to the honours course, a student must have demonstrated a high level of academic achievement overall and an excellent academic record in their chosen major study. A student who is eligible to graduate with, or already holds a Bachelor of Information Technology (pass) degree from Swinburne University of Technology may also be admitted to the Honours course.
Application Procedure:
Download an application form.
Further information:
Submit an Online Enquiry Tel: 1300 ASK SWIN (1300 275 794) Email: study@swinburne.edu.au Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies website
