Information Technology Group, Postgraduate Information

Information Technology (IT) is currently an interesting and growing research area, sitting at the crossroads of other disciplines like Engineering, Psychology, Computing, Sociology, Design and Business, to mention a few. IS involves all four levels of computing: hardware, software, people and organizations, especially Human Computing Interaction (HCI) and Socio-Technical Systems. Examples include the Internet itself, which is at one level a hardware network, also a software network, and a network of human relations (e.g. email), and finally involves online social communities. IS research tends to focus on how the upper two human levels connect to the lower two technology ones, e.g. human-computer interaction, organization security, mobile computing, social-technical systems like wikis, the role of culture online, how people evaluate/adopt/accept technology, etc. Areas of application include health, business and education.

NOTE: Sorry we do not offer postgraduate distance learning as generally to complete a project or thesis one must work closely with a supervisor for regular interactive discussions on complex issues regarding your research. We have found that it is currently not possible to do this succesfully at a distance, so to enrol in postgraduate with us you need to be regularly present on campus.

158.799 Research Project

You must do this course to go on to Masters. Click the link for details.

CHOOSING A POSTGRAD COURSE

You need an undergrad GPA of at least B to enter postgrad.
You also need a graduate GPA of at least B, including 158.799, to go on to Masters.
See to calculate your GPA

Select from the following IS postgraduate qualifications:

1. PG Certificate/Diploma without a Research Project

2. PG Diploma/Honors Degree with a Research Project

3. Masters/PhD Degree

For a masters degree you need a preliminary proposal and a supervisor. See staff research interests for Masters supervision See here for thesis layout/printing guidelines (http://library.massey.ac.nz/learnit/presentationoftheses.htm)

Other links useful to help choose a postgrad course:

Massey Qualifications

Available Programmes What can you do?

Course Timetable Details Use this link to find out when a course is.

NZIDRS scholarship http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/international/scholarships/financial-assistance.cfm#NZIDRS

POSTGRAD THESIS STUDENTS

Research is COLLEGIAL, i.e. research means working with others not working alone. Researchers present their work to others for constructive criticism at conferences and through journals. They also try help others by listening to and reviewing other's work and offering suggestions. Even the best researchers gain from being reviewed, and from doing reviews. It is critical that PhD and Masters students, as beginner researchers, know that research is as much a social act as an intellectual one, and take every opportunity to learn from faculty at CS/IT Research Workshops, from other students at the IIMS Postgrad Conference and from others in the field by publishing in a journal or conference.

For examples of what IS thesis students are doing, see IT student research.