Overview

Develop advanced expert knowledge and understanding of industry-relevant digital health concepts and multidisciplinary skills suitable for the health and health IT industries.

In the information technology specialisation you will be able to choose four units from a selection covering areas such as programming, web and mobile app development, cyber security, data analytics and artificial intelligence. Develop advanced expert knowledge and understanding of industry-relevant digital health concepts and multidisciplinary skills suitable for the health and health IT industries.

Career opportunities

Graduates can pursue careers in:

  • hospital information technology
  • health informatics
  • business analytic roles in the healthcare sector
  • medical software
  • electronic medical records and practice management
  • biotechnology and consumer technology
  • health data
  • strategic and operational leadership


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Completion requirements

A specialisation consists of 40cp

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • ITEC627Advanced Programming Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC637Web and Mobile Application Development10 CP
  • ITEC614Cyber Security Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC624Network Security and Applications10 CP
  • ITEC622Data Analytics and Visualisation10 CP
  • ITEC623Deep Learning and Emerging topics in Artificial Intelligence10 CP
  • ITEC632Data Mining Techniques and Applications10 CP

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