Bachelor
This honours program will provide you with foundation research skills that will underpin your future career as a computer science researcher or professional practitioner.
This honours program will provide you with foundation research skills that will underpin your future career as a computer science researcher or professional practitioner.
Honours students develop a range of critical, advanced skills that can be used across many industries and projects, including:
Research experience gained as part of this honours program is required for most academic and research positions, and increasingly for positions in other sectors of industry. An honours degree improves your employability and widens your career options. According to Graduate Careers Australia (GCA, 2006) “many employers will now prefer or even stipulate that candidates have at least an honours degree when recruiting.
In consultation with the program coordinator and your potential supervisor, you will be allocated a project that aims to complement your skills and areas of interest.
Computer science and information technology honours projects
To complete your honours project, you will work one-on-one with a specially selected academic. You will get personal attention from an expert in your field.
The projects are developed specifically for honours students and may be a preliminary exploration, a smaller component of a bigger research project or may also be part of an existing collaboration with industry. All projects draw from the wide range of disciplines taught across RMIT's computer science programs.
Research areas include:
A list of current projects is available from the
The highest level of education you have previously completed will determine which category applies to you.
Applicants with Higher Education study
You'll need to have completed at least one of the following (or equivalent program*), with at least a distinction average (grade point average 3.0):
*The program should have covered the mandatory areas of the ACS Core Body of Knowledge, especially project management and professional practice in ICT.
Applicants with recent secondary education (current or within the past two years)
Secondary education (Year 12) is not considered for entry into this program.
Applicants with Vocational Education and Training
Vocational education and training (VET) is not considered for entry into this program.
Applicants with Work and Life Experience
Work and life experience is not considered for entry into this program.