computer professional education program (cpe program)
DESCRIPTION
The ACS Computer Professional Education Program (CPE Program) is a postgraduate level ICT program. With a strong focus on ICT and business alignment, you’ll graduate with the skills to more effectively help your organisation use technology to improve business performance. The CPE Program consists of three core subjects, one elective and a Professional Practice component, allowing you to further develop your understanding in an area of interest to you. The course is offered online with a dedicated online learning platform that provides you with the flexibility to study at a time and place that suits you. You’ll work closely with fellow students in a highly interactive virtual classroom, sharing experiences and knowledge all under the guidance of your subject tutor and, unique to the CPE Program, your own personal mentor. Your studies will earn you credits towards leading graduate diploma and masters programs around the country. Subjects in the CPE Program have been developed by industry experts in the ICT industry in conjunction with the ACS. Subject outcomes are also mapped to the Skills Framework for the Information Age. There are three 13-week study periods each calendar year: January to April May to August September to December Fees are $1500 for ACS Members and $1800 per subject for non members.TRANSCRIPT
| March 2013
Computer Professional Education Program (CPEP)
A pathway to Certified Professional (CP) ... the global benchmark of professionalism for the ICT profession.
Professionally relevant learning
The Computer Professional Education Program is ACS’s post graduate IT qualification, which articulates into many MBA programs around the country.With a focus on business and IT, and designed around workplace learning, it has built a reputation as a truly practical yet highly rigorous program.
“The ACS’s Computer Professional Education Program is more than a postgraduate course of study. For many students, it’s a life and career-changing experience.”
Kim Wilkinson (MACS CP), CPEP Mentor
World class content
• PORTABLE Choose your own study environment
• MENTORED LEARNING Extend your learning journey with your own personal mentor
• INTERACTIVE Exchange ideas, experiences and knowledge in a supportive peer environment
• PRACTICAL Immediately apply your learnings through workplace based assignments
• AFFORDABLE World class content at an affordable price
Core studies
Students complete three core units...
• Risk Management: Professionalism & Compliance
• Business, Strategy and IT• New Technology Alignment
... and a Professional Practice subject
• a powerful way to document, analyse and reflect on learnings and their relevance to career
• Under the guidance of a personal mentor
“The Professional Practice forces you to reflect every week on what you have learnt, and how it impacts you, your work and your career. It made me rethink where I was and why I should start
looking towards my next career move.” - Colin Price, (MACS CP), CPEP Graduate
Electives
Students select one of nine electives:• Business Analysis• Business Process Improvement• Consultancy• Enterprise Architecture• Green Technology Strategies• Organisational Change Management• Information Security• IT Service Management• Project ManagementElectives can be taken as single units for those wishing to update their skills in one specific area.
Pathway to MBA
• Chifley Business School• Australian Catholic University• CQUniversity Australia• Charles Sturt University• Curtin University of Technology• Edith Cowen University • Griffith University • La Trobe University • Swinburne University of Technology• Victoria University• University of Adelaide
“The articulation agreement is of enormous benefit to us, as CPEP graduates have
advanced professional and academic skills,” - Luisa Signor, Swinburne University of
Technology
The details
• Three study periods per year: January-April; May-August; September-December
• Students can commence in any study period• Next Study Period 2, 2013: -Commences: 12 May -Finishes: 10 August -Enrolments close 5 May
• Study 8-10 hours/week over 13 weeks• Price per subject - ACS members $1500
Non Members $1800
Entry requirements
Students must have: A degree in ICT (or equivalent) 18 months work experience Current employment in the ICT
industry
Alternatively, students may enter through the Recognition of Prior Learning pathway.
Single subject enrolments are offered to anyone with a technology-oriented degree.
For further information ...
www.acs.org.au/[email protected] 1800 671 003
We have developed a world-class program that provides a motivating, challenging education program for people who want to put their learning to immediate use in the workplace.