The Graduate Diploma of Information and Communication Technology (GradDipICT) provides non-ICT students with broad knowledge and understanding of fundamental information and communication technology concepts and principles. The GradDipICT provides students with a previous tertiary qualification in any discipline area with the knowledge, understanding and skills to enable them to deal effectively with advanced issues involving ICT.
The GradDipICT allows students to select significant areas for in-depth study, from a range of advanced ICT areas, to provide students with knowledge, understanding and experiences that transcend technologies and are robust over time so that students are well-placed to deal with ongoing, rapid changes in ICT. Studies in the various advanced areas of ICT allow students to develop a professional, responsible, self-reflective and critical attitude to the practice of ICT.
Course code: K6I, CRICOS code: 079194K
I am currently working in Citrix support as a system administrator, feeling very proud of myself for being one of the administrators looking after ICT infrastructure of the whole ACT government. My best memory from UTAS was the last year there doing project work with my team mates. Going through the whole process of program development life cycle taught me the big picture of the ICT industry.
GradDipICT graduates should be ICT professionals with the abilities and skills to:
GradDipICT graduates should acquire attitudes needed by an ICT professional to:
I am currently working in Hobart at Healthcare software which is an IT company doing software for all the government owned hospitals across Tasmania. I got this job right after I graduated from UTAS. My position is software developer and I'm mainly using C#, SQL, Jquery, and a little bit Python. The thing that I enjoy the most about this job is the sense of achievement when I solved a technical problem or successfully fixed a bug.
My UTAS study helped me a lot in my life. It has helped me get a job and become an Australia permanent resident and also broaden my horizons by offering me opportunities to make new friends.
The GradDipICT is an effective means of opening up new career possibilities for you in a broad range of ICT related and non-ICT related industries. It will provide you with the knowledge and skills to solve complex social, economic and technical problems within the context of ICT.
For students without prior ICT studies, it provides fundamental skills in systems analysis and design; programming; cyber-security; web technology; database technology; data communications and networking technology.
In the GradDipICT by selecting specialist units, students will develop deep theoretical and practical knowledge in several advanced ICT areas such as data analytics, Information Management; Enterprise Systems; eLogistics; Systems Strategy and Management; Network Security and Data Management Technology.
You will have the intellectual and conceptual foundation to play a leading role in the development of the ICT industry. You will enjoy the opportunity to pursue varied and rewarding careers around the world. For example: systems analyst; web developer; database modeler/administrator; programmer; business process modeler; ICT strategist; project manager; information management specialist; security architect/specialist; business analyst; enterprise architect. Definitions for each of these careers can be found at:
https://www.qgcio.qld.gov.au/products/ict-workforce-capability/careers-and-programs/ict-career-streams
In the GradDipICT you will do the eight 12.5% units. The units must be level 500, 600 or 700 ICT units. If you do not have a Bachelor or Graduate Certificate/ Diploma in an ICT-related area you will be required to complete four level 500 units.
The GradDipICT will take a minimum of one year full-time study. The degree can be studied part-time over a maximum time period of three years.
In the GradDipICT students will satisfactorily complete eight 12.5% units.
The course is available on the Sandy Bay campus in Hobart. Some units will use flexible delivery strategies including packaged online learning modules or recorded lectures allowing students to complete some learning off campus.
Admission to the GradDipICT at UTAS requires qualifications equivalent to a bachelor degree (3 or 4 year degree) from an accredited tertiary institution.
Successful candidates will be able to articulate into the Master of Information Technology and Systems.
Candidates might be able to exit into a Graduate Certificate in Information and Communication Technology.
