Degree information:

Bachelor of Information Technology

Business systems major

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Information Technology with a major in business systems, students must complete 144 points of study, comprising 96 points of compulsory units and 48 points of other units, as outlined below.

Compulsory units

  • GCO1063 Professional communication (6 points)
  • GCO1810 Business programming (6 points)
  • GCO1813 Information systems analysis (6 points)
  • GCO1815 Computer systems and technology (6 points)
  • GCO1821 Multimedia and internet computing (6 points)
  • MAT1097 Quantitative analysis (6 points)
  • GCO2802 Computer models for business decisions (6 points)
  • GCO2803 eCommerce systems (6 points)
  • GCO2811 Commercial programming (6 points)
  • GCO2812 Computer organisation (6 points)
  • GCO2813 Information systems design (6 points)
  • GCO2815 Database management systems (6 points)
  • GCO3800 Industry project (12 points)
  • GCO3807 Project management (6 points)
  • GCO3816 Information systems management (6 points)

Elective units

Students take at least 12 points of third-year computing electives from:

  • GCO3601 Infrastructure for electronic commerce (6 points)
  • GCO3811 Software engineering (6 points)
  • GCO3812 Data communications and networks 1 (6 points)
  • GCO3813 UNIX system programming (6 points)
  • GCO3814 Human-computer interaction (6 points)
  • GCO3817 Computer graphics (6 points)
  • GCO3822 Multimedia concepts and applications (6 points)
  • GCO3823 Enterprise programming (6 points)
  • GCO3824 Data communications and networks 2 (6 points)
  • GCO3826 Advanced multimedia technology (6 points)
  • GCO3828 Applications of data mining (6 points)

and up to 36 points of electives from a list approved by the head of school. Of the 36 points of elective units, at least 12 points must be in units at second-year level or above.