This course has a strong IT industry focus and empowers students to apply the acquired knowledge and skills towards professional practice and enables them to create innovative IT solutions to solve real-world problems. Students will develop teamwork and leadership skills through close mentorship during industry projects and engagement in researching cutting edge IT solutions, and can choose to specialise in security, networking, analytics or computer science depending on their interests and career aspirations. Throughout the course, students will develop a broad understanding of the IT discipline including its dynamic environment, expert knowledge of the technological aspects of IT, and in-depth skills in their chosen area of specialisation. Course structure To complete the Master of Information Technology (Professional), students must attain 16 credit points. Specialisation Data Analytics The Data Analytics specialisation has been designed to provide students the opportunity to undertake study and develop technical skills in key areas of data analytics - data acquisition and modelling, data visualisation, and decision support leading to business intelligence. Campuses: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online) Networking Plan, install and manage both local area networks and wide area networks with a strong focus on network design, routing protocols and switching concepts. Campuses: Burwood (Melbourne) Software and Services Development Gain theoretical and practical skills in current trends in the analysis, design and implementation of complex and large-scale software systems. Campuses: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online) Cyber Security Develop skills in securing data, communications and infrastructure as well as investigating, analysing and providing solutions to computer crime. Campuses: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online) IT Strategy and Management The IT Strategy and Management specialisation has been designed to provide students with an understanding of the skills required to effectively drive business process improvement, manage IT services, develop IT strategies and manage innovation. Campuses: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online) Virtual Reality Virtual Reality (VR) is an immersive digital environment that can replicate lifelike physical environments or portray a fictional artificial world, and makes the user feel they are immersed in that environment in real-life. Campuses: Burwood (Melbourne) Graduate outcomes Career outcomes Graduates of this course may find employment as a business analyst, network administrator, database administrator, security analyst, solutions architect, software developer, technology consultant, or security systems manager.