The Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) is designed to position graduates as professional software developers. It has been designed to provide a thorough understanding and application of fundamental principles of Information Technology such as problem investigation, requirements elicitation, solution design, software implementation, and deployment. Graduates of this course will have the opportunity and ability to engage with Information Technology projects where they can practice their professional and technical abilities.
The Bachelor of Information Technology is an undergraduate qualification consisting of 24 subjects (240 credit points), taught face to face in English, which normally takes three years of full-time study or part-time equivalent.
The course structure consists of:
12 core IT subjects including 2 capstone project subjects, and
an IT major of 8 subjects, and
either 4 minor subjects or an extended IT major of 4 subjects.
To be awarded the Bachelor of Information Technology with a specialisation in Software Development, students must complete 24 subjects (240 credit points) which must include the 12 core subjects and the software development major of 8 subjects listed below.
The maximum duration to complete the course is 8 years.
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Minimum Age to Apply | To be eligible for admission, the applicant must be at least 18 years of age on the course commencement date. |
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IELTS Score (Minimum) |
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PTE Score (Minimum) | PTE 50 (no skill score < 42) |
TOEFL-IBT Score (Minimum) | TOEFL – (IBT) 60 (min.18 in writing) |
In general, IT specialists are sought after in nearly every business or organisation and in a range of employment fields from finance, medicine, arts, education, the military, manufacturing to high-tech business. Job opportunities include:
Developer Programmer
Analyst Programmer
Web Developer
Software Engineer
ICT Support Technician
ICT Support Engineer
ICT Systems Test Engineer
Information Analyst Officer