Graduate Certificate of Management (Information Technology)

The Cisco® Certified Network Professional (CCNP)® Certification Stream

Aims:

The aim of this course is to prepare students to succeed in management positions that leverage computing technology to operate and expand business endeavours. The course will provide educational opportunities to information professionals for the 21st century, as the world moves from an economy of stand-alone companies to interdependent enterprises connected by the products of a global information infrastructure. The needs of existing IT managers, programmers, developers, network engineers, and other IT workers who aspire to move upward into technical management positions will be catered to with the emphasis on exploiting information technologies for productivity and competitiveness.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, graduates will possess:

• An Industry Certification from Cisco;
• The ability to critically evaluate and apply management and organisational theory to the practice of management;
• The ability to critically examine the current state of management and organisational theory and practice and their relevance and applicability to the IT industry/ environment;
• The ability to understand and critically evaluate the manager's role in relation to organisation change and broader society;
• The ability to use a variety of theories to identify, analyse and evaluate key issues, opportunities and problems faced by the manager in the IT industry;
• The ability to be able to analyse and write critically about the practice of management.
• The ability to be able to raise and examine moral issues as they emerge particularly in the context of the new communications and computer technologies, and
• a broad business knowledge base that includes areas such as project management, management and ethics.

Course Structure:

The Course consists of 4 subjects with a total value of 32 points.
For students that do not qualify for any credit, the recommended duration to complete the Graduate Certificate is 8 months. There are 3 trimesters per year and we recommend a commitment of 2 subjects per trimester.

Core:

Subject: MGT571 Contemporary Management Practice

and a restricted elective drawn from the following subjects:

Subject: ITC506 Topics in IT Ethics
Subject: HRM571 Managing People in the Information Age
Subject: ITC563 IT Management Issues
Subject: MKT571 Marketing for IT Managers
Subject: FIN571 Managerial Finance
Subject: MGT572 Managing Organisational Change
Subject: MGT573 Strategic Practice

Cisco Industry Subjects (Choose any 2):

Subject: ITI521 Interconnecting Network Devices (Credit only)
Subject: ITI522 Building Scalable Internetworks (Credit only)
Subject: ITI523 Building Multilayer Switched Networks (Credit only)
Subject: ITI524 Building Remote Access Networks (Credit only)
Subject: ITI525 Troubleshooting Internetworks (Credit only)
Subject: ITI526 Designing Enterprise Internetworks (Credit only)
Subject: ITI527 Internetworking Expert (Credit only)
Subject: ITI 581 Network Security Fundamentals

Important Note:

It is recommended that students prepare for the Cisco industry exams by attending courses at Excom Education or ITiC​.

Credit

Academic credit is available to students who can provide proof that they have passed relevant industry examinations. Request more information to obtain an estimate of your credit entitlements.

NOTE: The actual level of credit awarded will be confirmed upon acceptance into the Masters Degree.