2001 Swinburne Undergraduate and TAFE Course Guide

Electronic Publishing
Information Technology
Course title
Certificate IV in Electronic Publishing
Certificate III in Desktop Publishing
Duration
Certificate IV: one year full-time, two years
part-time.
Certificate III: twelve weeks full-time, one year parttime.
Location
Certificate IV: Wantirna.
Certificate III: Healesville, Lilydale, Wantirna.
Entry requirements
Certificate IV: successful completion of an
appropriate Victorian Year 12 or its equivalent, or
mature age.
Certificate III: Year 11 or its equivalent, or mature
age.
Application procedure
VTAC (Certificate IV full-time) or direct to Swinburne
for part-time and Certificate III.
VTAC code: 71601.
Applicants are encouraged to attend an information
session on 22 November 2000 at the Wantirna
campus.
Course overview
Certificate IV: designed to develop job-specific
skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to
perform specific electronic publishing work
appropriate to ASF 4 level in the Australian
Standards Framework. Major studies include:
typography and layout, image input - scanning,
graphic manipulation, illustration applications,
systems management, electronic image assembly.
Certificate III: provides training for people who wish
to pursue a career in the prepress sector of the
printing, electronic publishing, or graphic arts
industries, or those already employed but needing
to upgrade their skills. Major studies include: print
industry structure and methods, computer
operations, typography and layout, DTP
applications, illustration and graphics applications.
Career opportunities
Certificate IV: enables graduates to pursue a career
in the printing and publishing pre-press industries,
as well as introducing the skills required to plan
and run a small business in the field.
Certificate III: entry level employment in a broad
range of categories within the graphic arts and
allied industries or further education.
Further information
Tel: 1300 368 777 (general enquiries)
Computing and Information Technology
Department
Tel: (03) 9210 1228
Course title
Diploma of Information Technology (Network
Engineering)
Diploma of Information Technology (Software
Development)
Certificate IV in Information Technology (Client
Support)
Certificate IV in Information Technology (Network
Management)
Certificate IV in Information Technology
(Programming)
Certificate IV in Information Technology (Systems
Analysis and Design)
Certificate III in Information Technology
Certificate II in Information Technology
Duration
Diploma: two years full-time, six years part-time.
Certificate IV: three semesters full-time, four years
part-time.
Certificates II and III: eighteen weeks full-time or
equivalent part-time.
Location
Diploma (Network Engineering): Hawthorn, Lilydale,
Wantirna.
Diploma (Software Development): Croydon, Lilydale,
Prahran, Wantirna.
Certificate IV (Client Support): Hawthorn, Lilydale,
Prahran, Wantirna.
Certificate IV (Network Management): Hawthorn,
Lilydale, Prahran, Wantirna.
Certificate IV (Programming): Croydon, Hawthorn,
Lilydale, Prahran, Wantirna.
Certificate IV (Systems Analysis and Design):
Croydon, Hawthorn, Lilydale, Prahran, Wantirna.
Certificate III: Croydon, Hawthorn, Healesville,
Lilydale, Prahran, Wantirna.
Certificate II: Croydon, Hawthorn, Healesville,
Lilydale, Prahran, Wantirna and community venues.
Entry requirements
Diploma/Certificate IV & III: satisfactory completion
of an appropriate Victorian Year 12 or its equivalent,
or mature age.
Certificate II: Year 10 or mature age.
Application procedure
VTAC (Diploma/Certificate IV full-time), direct to
Swinburne for part-time and Certificates II & III.
VTAC codes: to be advised.
Course overview
Diploma (Software Development): provides learners
with software development skills – program design,
code development, systems analysis and design,
project management and client interaction. Major
studies include: programming, the analysis and
design of computer systems, the implementation
and maintenance of systems, project management
and the provision of technical advice and support.
Diploma (Network Engineering): provides the skills
needed to work in network engineering and
management. It provides training in a range of
relevant skills for the selection, installation, use,
programming and networking of microcomputers,
and for client support generally.
Certificate IV (Programming): provides skills in
computer programming and systems analysis and
design. It covers operating systems in some detail,
and programming in different languages. In
addition, it provides a sound introduction to project
management, designing IT solutions for business
requirements and client interaction.
Certificate IV (Systems Analysis and Design):
provides skills in computer programming and
systems analysis and design. It covers operating
systems in some detail, and programming in
different languages. In addition, it provides a sound
introduction to project management, designing IT
solutions for business requirements and client
interaction.
Certificate IV (Network Management): provides
learners with high level technical skills to support
users of computer systems, and to manage
computer networks.
Certificate IV (Client Support): provides learners
with high level technical skills to support users of
computer systems, and to manage computer
networks.
Certificate III: a practical program in computing
applications business operations and concepts. It
covers a diverse range of computer applications.
Certificate II: provides training in a broad general
introduction to computing and information
technology particularly for small businesses and
home users.
Career opportunities
Diploma (Software Development): employment in
software development as computer programmers/
systems analyst.
Diploma (Network Engineering): network
administration/management, technical client support.
Successful completion of these Diplomas may also
allow pathways to one of Swinburne’s degree
programs.
Certificate IV (Programming): trainee programmer.
Certificate IV (Systems Analysis and Design):
trainee programmer.
Certificate IV (Network Management): client
support, network administration/management.
Certificate IV (Client Support): client support and
network administration.
Certificate III: entry level employment in a broad
range of information technology occupations,
including: client support, IT sales and marketing
and help desk vocations.
Certificate II: entry level employment in the
information technology/sales and marketing
technology industries or further education.
Professional recognition
Graduates of the Diploma of Information
Technology (Software Development) are eligible for
associate membership of the Australia Computer
Society (ACS).
Further information
Tel: 1300 368 777 (general enquiries)
Computing and Electrotechnology Department
Tel: (03) 9214 8875 (Hawthorn)
(03) 9214 6765 (Prahran)
Computing and Information Technology
Department
Tel: (03) 9213 6694 (Croydon)
(03) 9210 1228 (Wantirna)
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