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Master of Information Technology (Conversion course)

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Given the mission as one of the main knowledge educators within the MSC, Multimedia University is committed to produce and train quality IT workers to help Malaysia leapfrog into the information age. To accelerate this production and meet the unprecedented demand for multimedia and IT professionals, Master of Information Technology (M.IT) in Multimedia Computing, an IT conversion course at the postgraduate level, is targeted at non-IT graduates, which form a readily available pool of potential students. The overall aim of the M.IT in Multimedia Computing is to produce quality computer professionals, who are well trained in the fundamentals of multimedia computing and able to make significant contribution to the MSC initiatives.

Objectives

to give an understanding of the information processing technologies used in multimedia systems, together with the software development skills necessary for their implementation;

to give an understanding of the underlying principles of digital communication systems and the applications which run on them;

to give a foundation in professional standards of software development: analysis, design, implementation, testing and documentation in digital multimedia systems;

to give experience in both team working and individual working as a means of systems development;

to inculcate an appreciation of the use of computers as part of larger systems, the safety and technical aspects of such usage;

to inculcate an appreciation of the professional, ethical and legal obligations of an IT specialist,

to provide the knowledge on the current state and future directions of technological advances in the use of networks for multimedia applications.