Graduate Certificate in Computer Science

Graduate Certificate

This course is designed as a generalist computer science degree, allowing you the flexibility to choose specialist units from a variety of complementary areas.

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Certificate

Duration

6 years full-time, 2 years part-time

Course Code

0101553

Study Mode

In person

Intake Months

Feb, Jul

About this course

Highlights

NEW: This course now offers Commonwealth Supported Places which makes it over 60% more affordable. Eligibility criteria applies.
Develop an understanding of computer programming, leading to an appreciation of their design and implementation.
Complete in as little as six months full-time.
Continue onto a Master of Information Technology.

Highlights

Develop an understanding of computer programming, leading to an appreciation of their design and implementation.
Complete in as little as six months full-time.
Continue onto a Master of Information Technology.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

You must have one of:

A recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in information technology or related discipline; or
A recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in any discipline followed by at least three years full-time (or equivalent) professional experience in an information technology related field; or
A recognised diploma (or higher qualification) in information technology or related discipline followed by at least two years full-time (or equivalent) professional work experience in an information technology related field; or
At least five years full-time (or equivalent) professional work experience in an information technology field.

A recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in information technology or related discipline; or

A recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in any discipline and three years full-time (or equivalent) professional experience in an information technology related field.*

*You must provide a detailed curriculum vitae and employer statements with your application. These must include your position details including your roles and specific responsibilities outlining your IT discipline knowledge and duties undertaken in IT projects. All work experience must be post degree studies.

Study locations

Gardens Point

What you will learn

All market sectors are embracing new digital and technological advances to ensure they remain competitive (source: Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA)). The prevalence of digital technologies in industry is resulting in a growing demand for savvy IT professionals across a diverse range of sectors and roles.

Fields such as data science artificial intelligence machine learning cyber security virtual and augmented reality and the Internet of Things continue to evolve rapidly. Business investment in these areas continues to grow as does the demand for expertise in these areas (source: Australia's Digital Pulse ACS/Deloitte).

Our Graduate Certificate in Computer Science has been developed to align with those emerging IT industry trends.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

Upon graduation you will have the ability to demonstrate well-developed computer science discipline knowledge. You will be able to investigate appraise and apply computer science methods and approaches to address complex industry community and individual requirements. Your design and problem solving skills will allow you to critically analyse complex environments assess alternate IT solutions and evaluate outcomes.

Possible careers

Computer scientist
Computer systems engineer
Computer-aided designer
Data systems developer
Enterprise consultant
Enterprise architect
It project manager
Solution architect
Systems analyst

Course structure

To graduate with a Certificate in Computer Science you are required to complete 48 credit points of course units consisting of:

12 credit points of core units comprising of two 6 credit points units; plus
36 credit points of discipline option units selected from an approved list of units.