Network Technology & Management

Course length: 1 year full-time, 3 years part-time

Entry requirements

• Entry for the Course will require a good Honours degree (minimum 2.2) or equivalent, in a computing based degree.
• Other qualifications or experience that demonstrate knowledge at degree level will be considered on an individual basis.

For overseas candidates an appropriate IELTS or TOEFL qualification may be required.

Introduction

The growth of the internet as an IT environment for commercial transaction and information exchange has placed additional burdens on IT teams in organisations, requiring that network technicians and managers be aware both of the infrastructure of networks and the enabling technologies.

The course is designed to equip computing graduates and practitioners with the advanced management and technical skills to analyse, model, design and evaluate network-based systems, to an advanced, professional standard, underpinned by rigorous approaches and methods to network management and systems development.

You will be supported by the best available facilities with state of the art equipment and industry standard software provided in a dedicated postgraduate study suite. This specialist facility allows you to share your learning experience with like-minded staff and students in a friendly environment.

Course structure

The course includes the following topics:

• Professional Issues and Research Methods
• Modelling Methods for Software Engineering and Development
• Applications Development in Emerging Areas (eg Mobile, Internet)
• Issues around Web and Network Services Management
• Project and Change Management Methods
• Network Security and Management
• Team-based Company-led project

You then undertake a Major Research Project, supervised by a member of staff, many of whom are recognised experts in their field. You are free to choose your own project, which may be company based as an internship.

A Master’s award requires 180 Master’s level credits, which would normally take one calendar year full-time study. Interim awards are available at Postgraduate Certificate level or Postgraduate Diploma level should you decide to exit the course early.

How will I learn?

You will be taught through structured lectures, tutorials, seminars and practical laboratory-based sessions. For practical sessions, you will work in our dedicated work station laboratory, which is equipped with the latest development tools and software or the network lab for investigating and interrogating network components.

The student centred delivery allows you to take greater control of your learning through on-line learning material and exercises, the Internet and by interactive demonstrations.

How will I be assessed?

You will be assessed through a mixture of tests, research, practical work and major dissertation. The Integrative Project is a group assessment and is usually conducted with the cooperation of a local employer.

Career opportunities?

Career opportunities for network technicians and managers are numerous and are available in a variety of large and small organisations. Master’s graduates are equipped with theoretical knowledge as well as managerial and practical skills to open up new career opportunities and be valuable assets to their employers.

Graduates from our postgraduate courses have excellent prospects and have gone on to enjoy employment within the computing industry and computing departments throughout the country.

Tier 1 Post Study Work Scheme
This scheme replaces the Science and Engineering Graduate Scheme and the International Graduates Scheme, and provides a bridge into highly skilled or skilled work for successful applicants will normally be given two years leave to stay in the UK.

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Contact

The Departmental Office
Tel: 01484 472450
E-mail: computing@hud.ac.uk