Diploma in Information Technology
(R12)
About the Programme
The Diploma in Information Technology (DIT) programme will prepare you with a strong foundation in core IT skills. In addition, it will prepare you with skills in the area of wired networks, wireless networks and IT security. Graduates will be technically-relevant and skilled, and will be equipped with strong analytical, creative thinking and lifelong learning skills.
The programme offers three exciting specialisation tracks for students – IT Security, Networking and Security, and Enterprise Infrastructure Management (NEW!). With the knowledge and abilities gained from the tracks, graduates will be better placed to enter the workforce as information security specialists or network specialists with a good grounding in network security issues.
Programme Objectives
The Diploma in Information Technology programme will provide students with a good understanding and knowledge of Information Technology. Students will learn how IT software and systems are designed and developed, and how they are deployed through wired and wireless networks in a secure manner. Students will have extensive hands-on sessions in software development and in building secured wired and wireless networks.
Students will learn using RP's unique adaptation of the Problem-based Learning (PBL) approach. Through PBL, students will benefit from a holistic education that mirrors the needs of the working world.
The DIT curriculum covers many modules required in first- and second- year Bachelor's programmes in IT, Information Systems and Computer Engineering, thus opening the doors to further study with the possibility of advanced standing with good universities locally and around the world.
Career Prospects
Graduates from this programme can look forward to exciting careers in many parts of the IT industry. The understanding of IT gained through the programme will allow them to be employed as software developers, IT specialists, IT systems executives, or as IT consultants.
Depending on the area of specialisation, the DIT graduate will be equipped to assume roles such as network engineers and administrators, wireless engineers and application developers, or as IT security professionals. The IT industry offers excellent job and career growth opportunities.
Further Studies
Graduates may choose to pursue further education and to this end, all SIT diploma programmes are designed to meet the requirements for entry with advanced standing in local and overseas universities for relevant degree programmes. The programme is designed to meet the requirements for advanced standing in local and overseas Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) in courses related to IT, Information Systems and Computer Engineering.
Advanced Pathway for DIT Graduates
Monash University’s Faculty of Information Technology and Republic Polytechnic’s School of Information and Communications Technology (SIT) have collaborated to offer DIT graduates an accelerated pathway to the Bachelor of IT and Systems (BITS) Monash University. This Advanced Pathway allows students to go directly to the final year of the BITS programme, upon successfully completed additional modules as prescribed by Monash University Faculty of Information Technology.
For additional information on this advanced pathway, please refer to the website:
http://sit.rp.edu.sg/monash_ap
For further information on Monash University and BITS, please refer to:
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au |
