Master of Information Technology

Health (2 years)

The MIT with a specialisation in Health is a program for students who want to use their technical expertise to create IT solutions in the healthcare and medical sphere. Every aspect of healthcare analysis is being driven by IT, yet the experts needed to innovate and drive these complex systems are in critically short supply.

As a MIT (Health) student, you will be in the midst of the most exciting health technology precinct in the southern hemisphere, alongside world-leading medical researchers and cutting edge technology such as Australia’s greenest supercomputer, the IBM Blue Gene/Q.

Major strands of study include:

  • eHealth and biomedical informatics
  • Information systems in health
  • Health record management
  • Biomedical and clinical data and knowledge
Graduates are in high demand worldwide in the health sector and are able to secure senior roles in active patient monitoring, data and image processing for health care, information management and eResearch. They work as clinical analysts, systems analysts, business managers and IT project managers in healthcare.

Entry Requirements

Entry Level 1 (200 points) — 2 years full-time

Any undergraduate degree, with a final year grade average of at least 65% (or University of Melbourne equivalent), and at least one technical subject focused on computer programming (taken at any year level).

English Language Requirements

All applicants must meet the University’s English language requirements. For graduate entry an alternative is offered.

English Language Entry Requirements

Structure

Foundation Subjects

(50 points)

COMP90041 Programming and Software Development 12.5 points COMP90038 Algorithms and Complexity 12.5 points COMP90007 Internet Technologies 12.5 points SINF90001 Database Systems & Information Modelling 12.5 points

Specialisation Subjects

Compulsory Subjects

(25 points)

INFO90001 eHealth and Biomedical Informatics Methods 12.5 points ISYS90069 eHealth and Biomedical Informatics Systems 12.5 points
Elective Subjects

Plus 25 points of electives chosen from:

INFO30005 Web Information Technologies 12.5 points ISYS90036 Enterprise Systems 12.5 points ISYS90039 Innovation & Entrepreneurship 12.5 points SWEN90002 Engineering for Internet Applications 12.5 points COMP90049 Knowledge Technologies 12.5 points ISYS90026 Fundamentals of Information Systems 12.5 points

Advanced Specialisation Subjects

Compulsory Subjects
ISYS90050 IT Project and Change Management 12.5 points Health IT Project 25 points
Elective Subjects

Plus 62.5 points of electives chosen from:

* IT Industry Placement 25 points * Health Data, Information and Knowledge 12.5 points * IT Infrastructure for eHealth 12.5 points * eHealth Applications and Solutions 12.5 points SINF90004 Data Warehousing 12.5 points ISYS90035 Knowledge Management Systems 12.5 points COMP90018 Mobile Computer Systems Programming 12.5 points

* Subject descriptions not yet available.

Subject choice details for the Master of Information Technology will be available from the University of Melbourne Handbook.