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Bachelor of Information Technology

BInfoTech

240 cp

Minimum duration: 3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at: Sydney (North Sydney), NSW

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Admission Requirements1

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed at least a Diploma in Information Technology undertaken at an Australian Registered Training Organisation or equivalent.

A student who has completed any such Diploma in Information Technology or Advanced Diploma in Information Technology (or equivalent) will be granted advanced standing.

2. Requirements for Completion of the Pass Degree2

To qualify for the Pass degree, a student must complete:

  1. 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
    1. 70 cp from Core units;
    2. 80 cp from IT major;
    3. 40 cp from IT electives; and
    4. 50 cp from Electives;
    and
  2. BIPX100 Professional Experience A.

3. Progression within the Course

In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Co-ordinator and bound by decisions of the Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Core Units

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
BUSN10010Reasoning and Communications
BUSN20210Professional Ethics
ISYS10110Fundamentals of Business IS
ISYS11010Applied Business IS
ISYS20110IT Infrastructure
ISYS20210Business Analysis 1 (Pre: ISYS101 Fundamentals of Business IS)
MGMT30810Project Management (Pre: 80 cp completed)

Information Technology Major

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
ISYS20310Application Development 1 (Pre: ISYS101 Fundamentals of Business IS)
ISYS20510E-business Design (Pre: ISYS202 Business Analysis 1)
ISYS20910Business Analysis 2 (Pre: ISYS202 Business Analysis 1)
ISYS21010Systems Management (Pre: ISYS101 Fundamentals of Business IS)
ISYS30010Application Development 2 (Pre: ISYS203 Application Development 1)
ISYS30110E-business Applications (Pre: ISYS205 E-Business Design)
ISYS30210Current Issues in E-Business (40 cp of IT major completed)
ISYS30510Information Systems Project (Pre: 120 cp completed including MGMT308 Project Management)

Professional Experience

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
BIPX1000Professional Experience A

Electives or IT electives

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
BIPX30110Professional Experience B (Pre: 120 cp completed)
BIPX30210Professional Experience C (Co: BIPX301)

Elective units may be taken from any other disciplines (subject to campus availability and unit limitations, and provided that prerequisite and co-requisite requirements are met).

IT Electives will normally be credited from the student’s prior Diploma or Advanced Diploma in Information Technology or related discipline.


1A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.
2A student who has completed an AQF equivalent Diploma in Information Technology will normally be granted 80 cp in electives, and a student who has completed an Advanced Diploma in InformationTechnology will normally be granted 40 cp in core and/or specialist units and 80 cp in electives.