Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (GDIT)

Summary

The Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (GDIT) meets the needs of students who have either completed a bachelor’s degree in a non-IT field and wish to develop their knowledge in a particular branch of IT, or who hold a bachelor’s degree in IT and wish to enhance their career opportunities in the IT industry by focusing on a specialist topic. The programme comprises 8 courses, including compulsory and elective courses from: Software Development, Computer Networks and Information Systems.

All GDIT students are issued with their own laptop and receive the necessary free Microsoft software.

Programme Structure

The programme comprises 8 courses chosen from one of three specialist topics: Software Development, Computer Networks, Information Systems.

Please note: The GDIT is prescriptive and course modules vary by intake.

Software Development

• COMP504 Fundamentals of Computer Databases
• SOFT605 Object Oriented Programming
• SOFT606 Desktop Applications Development
• COMP617 Requirements Modelling
• COMP701 Information Technology Project Management
• SOFT703 Web Applications Development
• SOFT708 Mobile Applications Development
• COMP721 Intensive Information Technology Project

Computer Networks

• COMP505 Fundamentals of Computer Networking
• COMP617 Requirements Modelling
• CONE618 Server Administration
• CONE622 Intermediate Computer Networking
• COMP701 Information Technology Project Management
• CONE709 Network System Security
• CONE710 Advanced Computer Networking
• COMP721 Intensive Information Technology Project

Information Systems

• COMP504 Fundamentals of Computer Databases
• COMP601 Systems Analysis and Design
• COMP617 Requirements Modelling
• INFO620 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
• COMP701 Information Technology Project Management
• INFO712 Management Information Systems
• INFO714 E-Business Strategies
• COMP721 Intensive Information Technology Project