Charles Sturt University has launched a revised Doctor of Information Technology program in response to exponential growth of both the ICT industry and doctorate market.

 

“Charles Sturt University has gathered feedback from potential students, graduates and industry leaders to discover what’s needed in a Doctor of Information Technology,” CSU School of Computing and Mathematics adjunct lecturer Mr Martin Hale said.

 

“We discovered there were three main barriers for people who were thinking of taking on this level of study. They were the size of the commitment, the perception that technically qualified supervisors would not be available and the belief that there was a lack of employer support. These three barriers have been addressed in this restructured course.”

 

The new course structure contains the option of exiting with a Graduate Certificate or Master level qualification, depending on the time committed by the student.

 

“People can exit at different points and they exit with a qualification.  This provides the opportunity to obtain those qualifications and then, if you need to exit you can. You can take a break for a while and then pick it up again. It’s great to have this flexibility without losing the time you’ve put into it.,” Executive Director of the Australian Computer Society Foundation, John Ridge, said.

 

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