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Diploma in Computing

  • Diploma

Learn with or without previous experience Follow your passion for IT by studying the Diploma in Computing alongside your undergraduate degree.

Key details

Degree Type
Diploma
Duration
1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul

About this course

Learn with or without previous experience

Follow your passion for IT by studying the Diploma in Computing alongside your undergraduate degree. Whether you haven't programmed before, or already have an understanding of computational thinking and programming, gain skills in programming, designing online solutions and developing web applications.

Study locations

Parkville

What you will learn

This diploma provides you with a sequence of IT study and a range of data manipulation and presentation techniques.

Course structure

The Diploma in Computing requires a total of 100 points of specified study, of which up to 50 points can be cross-credited from the student's main or underlying degree. To graduate with an undergraduate degree and the Diploma, students must complete between 350 and 400 points across both programs.

Compulsory subjects

To be awarded the Diploma in Computing you must complete:

  • Two compulsory subjects
    • COMP10001 Foundations of Computing
    • and one of SWEN30006 Software Modelling and Design OR INFO30005 Web Information Technologies
  • Four electives from level one, two or three. Some of these elective subjects will be prerequisites for the compulsory subjects
  • Two level three electives.

Career pathways

Careers

Using technology to manage and present information is a required skill across all industries. The Diploma in Computing equips you with the IT knowledge employers are looking for.

This diploma can help open up career opportunities in finance, economics, biology, geology, chemistry, engineering, health, communications and social networking.

How to apply

Application deadlines

For more information please see the Students Concurrent Diploma web page.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Computing & Information Systems courses at University of Melbourne.
70.6%
Overall satisfaction
78.3%
Skill scale
53.9%
Teaching scale
74.7%
Employed full-time
$65k
Average salary