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Bachelor of Information Technology


	2008	2009
Location:	Sydney, Melbourne	Sydney, Melbourne
Intake Session:	July, November	February, July, November
Normal Course Duration:	3 years	3 years

CSU’s Bachelor of Information Technology course is designed to equip graduates with the skills and attributes required to be effective and efficient information technology professionals.

The employment rate for graduates of this course is very high.

The course places particular importance on practical experience, and all teaching involves industry standard hardware, software, methods and techniques, in addition to relevant industry site visits. Students are encouraged to seek relevant paid work experience in vacations.

The Bachelor of Information Technology has been accredited by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) as meeting the academic requirements for full professional membership.

The course requires the completion of 24 subjects in order to complete your degree. The structure of the course is quite flexible. Every student must complete eight core subjects and a major of eight subjects in a specific area of IT.

In addition every student must complete an additional eight subjects as follows: a four subject minor which can be IT or in another discipline area; and four free electives. If desired, these subjects may be an additional major, either in IT or in another discipline area.

The core component covers principles fundamental to the information systems and computing discipline such as databases, data communications, analysis and design and project work plus emerging directions that prepare students to undertake an IT major from a specified list.

Core subjects:
ITC105	Communication and Information Management
ITC106	Programming Principles
ITC114	Database Management Systems
ITC161	Introduction to Information Technology
ITC211	Systems Analysis
ITC242	Introduction to Data Communications
ITC301	IT Project Management
ITC331	Security, Privacy and Ethics

IT Majors:

A major comprises six compulsory subjects in a related area of IT, plus two, either taken from the restricted list associated with each major or as specified by the Course Coordinator.

The IT majors available are*:

Network Engineering
Systems Administration
Online Systems
Information Technology Management

* Not all majors are available for on campus study at all Study Centres.

Network Engineering
ITC233	Network Engineering 1
ITC306	Project Preparation and Professional Practice
ITC308	IT Project
ITC354	Network Engineering 2
ITC355	Network Engineering 3
ITC358	Network Security
and two of:
ITC254	Wireless Networks
ITC333	Server Administration and Maintenance
ITC348	Inside Active Directory
ITC359	Advanced Network Technologies

Systems Administration
ITC240	IT Infrastructure Management
ITC262	Operating Systems
ITC306	Project Preparation and Professional Practice
ITC308	IT Project
ITC333	Server Administration and Maintenance
ITC348	Inside Active Directory
and two of:
ITC233	Network Engineering 1
ITC254	Wireless Networks

Online Systems
ITC206	Programming in Java 1
ITC230	Intro to Web Development
ITC306	Project Preparation and Professional Practice
ITC309	Software Development Project
ITC332	Web Server and Site Management
ITC357	Web Based Information Systems
and two from:
ITC216	Online Multimedia
ITC333	Server Administration and Maintenance
ITC382	Business to Business Systems

Information Technology Management
ITC215	Modelling and Decision Support
ITC240	IT Infrastructure Management
ITC306	Project Preparation and Professional Practice
ITC308	IT Project
ITC374	Information Technology Management
ITC383	Strategic Information Management
and:
MGT100	Organisations and Management
QBM117	Business Statistics

Course start dates and fees
CRICOS CODE	Location	Intake	2008 fees ($AUD)		2009 fees ($AUD)
			(per subject)	(entire course)	(per subject)	(entire course)
045878G	Sydney	Feb/Jul	$1,820	$43,680	$1,930	$46,320
058828K	Melbourne	Feb/Jul	$1,820	$43,680	$1,930	$46,320