Master of Science in Information Technology

Award Requirements

In general, each subject takes place once a week in the evening over a 13-week semester. Full-time students normally take four subjects in a semester, whereas part-time students usually take two subjects.

Students can choose to study a MScIT degree with stream(s) or without stream by taking the required subjects.

Programme Core subjects: P-core
Stream Core subjects: S-core

Awards	MScIT with Stream in Natural Language Processing	MScIT with Stream in Visual Computing	MScIT
With Dissertation	3 P-Core + 4 S-Core + 1 Dissertation		3 P-core + 4 Electives* + 1 Dissertation
With Project	3 P-Core + 4 S-Core + 1 Elective* + 1 Project		3 P-core + 5 Electives* + 1 Project
Without Dissertation/ Project	3 P-Core + 4 S-Core + 3 Electives*		3 P-core + 7 Electives*
Credits requirements	30		30

*Students can take Master level elective subjects within the MScIT programme to satisfy their elective requirements, subject to the pre-requisite and exclusion requirements.

List of Subjects

While every stream has its own group of core subjects, a range of electives is offered depending on the availability of teaching resources and the number of registered students. Students are allowed to choose from a common pool of electives within the Department of Computing, subject to vacancies available. All subjects are three-credit based unless otherwise stated.

Programme core subjects: P-core
Stream core subjects: S-core
Elective subjects: E

MSc/PgD IT Subject		MScIT with Stream in Natural Language Processing	MScIT with Stream in Visual Computing	MScIT
1	COMP5112 Data Structures and Database Systems	P-Core	P-Core	P-Core
2	COMP5241 Software Engineering and Development	P-Core	P-Core	P-Core
3	COMP5311 Internet Infrastructure and Protocols	P-Core	P-Core	P-Core
4	COMP5511 Artificial Intelligence Concepts	S-Core	S-Core	E
5	COMP5152 Advanced Data Analytics	S-Core	E	E
6	COMP5423 Natural Language Processing	S-Core	E	E
7	COMP5517 Human Computer Interaction	S-Core	E	E
8	COMP5422 Multimedia Computing, Systems and Applications	E	S-Core	E
9	COMP5523 Computer Vision and Image Processing	E	S-Core	E
10	COMP5541 Machine Learning and Data Analytics	E	S-Core	E
11	COMP5513 Financial Computing	E	E	E
12	COMP5355 Cyber and Internet Security	E	E	E
13	COMP5521 Distributed Ledger Technology, Cryptocurrency and E-Payment	E	E	E
14	COMP5434 Big Data Computing	E	E	E
15	COMP5542 Optimization and Applications	E	E	E
16	COMP5327 Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing	E	E	E
17	COMP5221 Software Project Management	E	E	E
18	COMP5424 Extended Reality	E	E	E
19	COMP5322 Internet Computing and Applications	E	E	E
20	COMP5923 Independent Study (3 credits)	E	E	E
21	COMP5924 IT Startup: From Idea to Business Plan (3 credits)	E	E	E
22	COMP5933 Project (6 credits)	E	E	E
23	COMP5940 Dissertation (9 credits)	E	E	E

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#: Students could take up to 6 credits of Non-COMP electives offered by other Departments of PolyU during the study period.

All subjects are offered at the discretion of subject offering departments, depending on students’ demand and resources available.

Please also visit http://www.polyu.edu.hk/study for other details of the programme and admission.

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