Overview 2020
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Course objectives
BICT(Hons) graduates should be ICT professionals with the additional attitudes, abilities and skills to:
- select, adapt and effectively apply research processes, methodologies, tools, and techniques to plan, conduct and manage and independent ICT-related research project;
- critically analyse research literature to conduct a literature review;
- be aware of the social consequences of ICT-related research and respond appropriately to ethical considerations and act in accordance with best practice and industry standards;
- analyse, synthesise and evaluate factors to answer a research question, and to defend a research approach;
- document and communicate effectively the research techniques used and the results of the research both orally and in a written thesis;
- evaluate and communicate the likely utility of emerging or advanced ICT to an individual or organization;
- apply abstraction and computational, creative and critical thinking to a problem, identify and define the ICT requirements, apply knowledge of advanced ICT principles and technical skills to develop and evaluate strengths and weaknesses of potential solutions; and
- continue lifelong learning.
Career outcomes
The honours degree opens a range of career opportunities. Students with honours are particularly sought after by leading employers, and can choose from more interesting research and development positions because of their extra skills and proven abilities. Honours is an ideal pathway for high-achieving graduates to enter a doctoral program (PhD), which provides a wider range of career opportunities, including research, analytic or academic positions.
Course structure
In the BICT(Hons) candidates will do the equivalent of eight 12.5% units. Candidates must satisfactorily complete two coursework 12.5% units. Candidates must also satisfactorily complete ICT Research Methods (25%) (KIT401), and a research disseration over two 25% units (KIT402, KIT403).
Schedule
Compulsory Units
This unit is designed to give ICT research students an appreciation of the significance of research and provide students with research skills, knowledge and understandings that will enable them to conduct their own research in a rigorous manner. The unit…
Credit Points: 25
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit is the first of two in which students will be expected to apply the skills and knowledge acquired in KIT401 ICT Research Methods to a significant research project. Students undertake research work under the supervision of a member…
Credit Points: 25
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit is the second of two in which students will be expected to apply the skills and knowledge acquired in KIT401 ICT Research Methods to a significant research project. Students undertake research work under the supervision of a member…
Credit Points: 25
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
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2 units selected from the following list:
Business processes must be designed to ensure that they are effective and meet customer requirements. A well-designed process will improve efficiency and deliver greater productivity. This unit will introduce students to analytical tools that can be used to model, analyse,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
In this unit you will learn about the advanced web technologies that enable the service providers to provide services intelligently and the user can use the web and other resources conveniently. Such that the technologies covered in this unit include…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KIT405 Programming for Intelligent Web Services and Applications
The unit offers both theoretical and practical approach for students to learn the basic principle of embedded system/Internet of Things (IoT), including architecture, designing, and networking. The unit also covers the principle of how the software interacts with hardware in…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit exposes students to historical approaches to increased processor efficiency, such as pipelining and superscalar design, before concentrating on a key concept of modern computer architectures: multicores. Both CPU and GPU architectures will be explored in this context and…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for KIT408 Advanced Multicore Architecture and Programming
this unit will introduce students to a number of topics related to 3D games programming. Students will learn about: low level game engine programming by extending a basic rendering framework; high level game logic programming by writing scripts to implement…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Computer Vision is a field of study that generally attempts to duplicate the abilities of human vision through acquiring, processing, analysing, and understanding digital images captured with a camera. This unit will focus on computer vision in a context of…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for KIT412 Computer Vision in Interactive Systems
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Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for KIT413 Advanced Human Computer Interaction
This unit will provide highly able students with an opportunity to extend their knowledge of algorithms and their ability to solve algorithmic problems through to the point of a working program implementing the algorithmic solution. The unit will have a…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for KIT414 Advanced Algorithmic Programming
This unit will extend the treatment of two or three of the areas of AI introduced in KIT108 or KXT306, adding more depth and having a more technical focus. the specific topics may vary between years, reflecting the expertise of…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for KIT415 Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence
Sensor networks are found everywhere: industry processes, cars, airplanes, robots, in the environment, farms, in hospitals, on space and on our phones. Sensors play a key role in our daily life activities. This unit will introduce students to ways of…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for KIT417 Advanced Sensor Networks and Applications
In recent years, due to advancement of internet technologies and instrumentation of every part of our life, we have noticed a huge surge in data available to us. This revolution is termed as Big Data. This Big Data cannot be…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KIT418 Advanced Big Data and Cloud Computing (Elite)
This unit is designed for students who have an interest in learning about challenges in the development, implementation and evaluation of technology infrastructures, applications and services to support health. The unit is also designed for students considering pursuing a research…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
A particular programming paradigm not only dictates a programming language's syntax but also strongly influences how one solves problems using that language. This unit examines programming paradigms from low-level assembler through to the advanced functional language Haskell. Specific topics covered…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
A serious game is a digital game designed for a primary purpose beyond pure entertainment, such as education, behavioural change, or raising awareness of an issue. KIT423 Advanced Serious Games introduces the concepts, issues and techniques related to the design…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Entry requirements
Admission Prerequisites
The Faculty may accept as a candidate for the BICT(Hons) a person who has qualified for a bachelor degree (3 or 4 year degree) from an accredited tertiary institution and who has a DN average over four advanced level units from their ICT related major (or equivalent).
Articulation from
Students can articulate into the BICT(Hons) from the BComp, BIS or BICT offered at UTAS.
Articulation to
MSc or PhD
Detailed Admissions Information
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Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
International students
2020 Total Course Fee (international students): $32,950 AUD*.
Course cost based on a rate of $32,950 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
International students
International students are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the annual rate. International students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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