Code: 3336

Honours

Monash South Africa offers a BCIS Honours degree, which is an exact equivalent of the BITS Honours degree offered at other Monash Uinversity campuses.

• Requirements
• Structure of Honours degrees
• Credits
• Duration
• Unit details

Requirements

• An average mark of 60% for the final 3rd year levels is a requirement.
• A computing degree, such as
  1. BCIS degree
  2. B Business Systems
  3. B Computing
  4. B IT Systems (BITS)

Structure of Honours degrees

The core units are compulsory. In addtion, 3 electives are offered. The Research Project is basically a mini-thesis.

Core

Code	Name
FIT4246	Research Thesis
FIT4005	IT Research methods

FIT4246 is an individual research project extending over the whole year.
FIT4005 is a formal research training and methods component.

Electives

Code	Name
FIT4007	Advanced topics in information systems - Compulsory elective
FIT4008	Reading unit
FIT4009	Advanced topics in intelligent systems
FIT4011	Advanced topics in programming languages and systems
FIT4015	Digital communications technology and protocols
FIT4016	Information security
FIT4017	Network management
FIT5010	Advanced internet protocols and applications

Credits

	Monash University Credit Point System		NQF Point System
FIT4246	24 credits		66 points
FIT4005	6 credits		16.6 points
FIT4007	6 credits		16.6 points
Elective unit 1	6 credits		16.6 points
Elective unit 2	6 credits		16.6 points
Total points	48 credits		132 points

Duration

The Honours degree takes 2 Semester full-time, and 3-4 Semester part-time.

Should you wish to register in Semester 2 of a calendar year, please keep in mind that the Research Methods unit (only offered in Semester 1) is a requirement for your Research Thesis. In practice this means that you cannot commence with your Research Thesis until Semester 1 of the following year. It is thus advisable that you rather commence with your Honours studies in Semsester 1 of any calendar year.