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ITO5217 · Natural language processing
2026 Handbook6 credit pointsLevel 5Faculty of Information Technology
Last checked: 23 Aug 2026 UTCOverview
Natural language processing is a vital piece of technology in the information age. This unit will cover essential techniques for analysing words, sentences, documents and applications. In this unit you will gain an understanding in fundamental and cutting-edge aspects of language processing techniques, from building neural translation systems, to using the recent Transformer models in downstream applications. In addition to applied aspects, you will learn all the technical details underpinnig these systems.
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Monash Online | Teaching period 2 | Monash Online (MO) |
| Monash Online | Teaching period 6 | Monash Online (MO) |
Assessment
The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assignment 1 | Exercise | 20% | — |
| 2 | Assignment 2 | Project | 60% | — |
| 3 | Quiz / Test | Quiz / Test | 20% | — |
| 4 | Quiz 1 | Quiz / Test | 30% | — |
| 5 | Quiz 2 | Quiz / Test | 50% | — |
| 6 | Quiz 3 | Quiz / Test | 20% | — |
In-semester assessment: 100%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Requisites
prerequisite
prohibitions
- FIT5217 — Natural language processing
Learning outcomes
- organise core problems and applications in NLP.
- design systems to tackle NLP problems.
- evaluate NLP systems.
- assess various approaches to NLP.
Workload
A minimum of 144 hours over the 6 week teaching period should be used to complete assignments, participating in discussions, private study and revision.
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