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Our courses offer the right balance of practical knowledge and academic excellence and a wide range of study options.
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- Location:
Mt Lawley - Study Mode:
Full-time
Part-time - Delivery Mode:
On-campus
Online (Off-campus) - Duration:
1.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Computing, Health and Science - School:
Computer and Security Science - Code:
Q52 / H49 - CRICOS:
067367D
Master of Information Security and Intelligence
This course structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.
The course is a professional Masters degree consisting of three stages. Each stage is equivalent to one semester full time. A total of 180 credit points is required to complete the course.
Stage 1
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two compulsory units: | |||
| CSI4104 | Information Security | 15 | |
| CSI4110 | Introduction to Information Warfare | 15 | |
| plus two units selected from: | |||
| CSI4102 | Computer Security | 15 | |
| CSI4206 | Database Security | 15 | |
| CSI4207 | Network Security Fundamentals | 15 | |
| PHR4102 | Critical Thinking | 15 | |
| SCY4408 | Intelligence Foundations | 15 | |
Students intending to undertake the coursework option in Stage 3 of the Masters must complete CSI4102 Computer Security and CSI4207 Network Security Fundamentals.
Stage 2
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TWO compulsory units: | |||
| CSI5120 | Contemporary Intelligence | 20 | |
| CSI5309 | Information and Network Centric Operations | 20 | |
| ONE unit from the following three options: | |||
| Project Option | |||
| CSI5150 | Project Preparation | 20 | |
| Research Option | |||
| CSG5141 | Research Proposal | 20 | |
| Coursework Option | |||
| CSI5107 | Network Security | 20 | |
Whichever option students select in Stage 2, Project, Research or Coursework will dictate the units taken in Stage 3.
Stage 3
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project and Research Option students do these units: | |||
| CSI5251 | Project 1 | 20 | |
| CSI5252 | Project 2 | 20 | |
| Any ONE unit selected from the list below | |||
| Coursework Option | |||
| CSI5211 | Information Security Standards and Practice | 20 | |
| CSI5318 | Wireless and Mobile Computing Security | 20 | |
| CSI5319 | Computer Forensics | 20 | |
| (Please note that these units are not the same as the level 4000 units with the same name.) | |||