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Information Technology Industry Experience Projects

A cornerstone of most Faculty of IT bachelor degrees is a final-year Industry Experience (IE) project, which involves developing a working system for an external client. While the IE students do not get paid by the client, they have the opportunity to practice the skills learned throughout the degree in a real world setting.

The IE projects usually run over two consecutive semesters, during which students must complete all aspects of the development lifecycle, including planning, design, implementation and documentation, as well as follow project management and quality assurance techniques. Students' work and progress are overseen by an academic supervisor.

The following bachelor degrees offer Industry Experience (IE) projects. For more information about the requirements of individual IE projects, as well as a list of past projects visit the relevant project's website.

Courses offering industry experience projects *
Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems (BITS): Applications development and networks major and Business systems major
Campus:	Gippsland
Units:	FIT3025 IT Project 1 (6 points) FIT3026 IT Project 2 (6 points)
Coordinator:	Dr Shyh Wei Teng
Project website:	tba
Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems (BITS): Information management major
Campus:	Caulfield
Units:	FIT3114 Industrial experience project 1 (6 points) FIT3115 Industrial experience project 2 (6 points)
Coordinator:	tba
Project website:	tba
Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems (BITS): Multimedia applications major and Multimedia games development major
Campus:	Berwick, Caulfield
Units:	FIT3039 Studio 1 (6 points) FIT3040 Studio 2 (6 points)
Coordinator:	Mr. Matthew Butler
Project website:	The project materials are only available to students enrolled in the project - login to Monash University Studies Online (MUSO).
Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems (BITS): Information systems major, Internet systems major, Net-centric computing major, Security major and Systems development major
Campus:	Caulfield
Units:	FIT3047 Industrial experience project 1 (6 points) FIT3048 Industrial experience project 2 (6 points)
Coordinator:	Dr Helana Scheepers
Project website:	Web Industrial Experience Resources (WIER)
Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSE)
Campus:	Clayton
Units:	CSE4002 Software engineering studio project (12 points) (note: equivalent FIT units will be introduced in 2009)
Coordinator:	tba
Project website:	tba

* Please note that an IE project may need to be undertaken in parallel with other units to make up the required unit load.