Single degree

• This degree requires 144 units (each course is typically 6 units)
• Typically you will study four courses per semester (total of 24 units)
• You can study a computing major (48 units) or minor (24 units)
• You have 48 units (eight courses) of electives that can be taken from Computer Science or from any other area of the university.

Double degree

• This degree requires 96 units (each course is typically 6 units) from the BIT rules
• Typically you will study four courses per semester (total of 24 units)
• You can study a major (48 units) or a minor (24 units).
• There are no university electives in the double degree.
• You can choose your double degree with BIT from Programs and Courses 

About this degree

Typically you will study 4 courses per semester (total of 24 units) as a full time student giving you a total of 24 courses across your whole degree

• The degree is made up of compulsory requirements  (seven courses) and an additional suite of computing requirements  (nine courses) 
• You can choose to study a computing major or minor – note that completing a major
• In the single degree program you will have 48 units (eight courses) of electives.  You may use these to study further computing courses, courses from elsewhere in the university, or a major or minor from another area of the university.
• In the double degree, you have no electives - your other degree requirements use up all of these. 

Enrolment Status

While it is possible to enrol in fewer courses per semester, which is called studying part-time, it will take you longer to finish your program and get your degree. If you are an international study you must always be full-time

Important things to keep in mind when choosing your 1000-level courses

• When you enrol for the first time you will typically study '1000-level' courses. These courses have '1' as the first number in their course code, such as COMP1100.
• You need to enrol in courses for both First Semester and Second Semester though note that you can change your Semester 2 courses all the way until July.
• You can’t study more than four courses (24 units) per semester, eight for the year, and international students cannot study less than 24u a semester.
• You may take 1000-level courses later in your program. But remember you can’t count more than ten 1000-level courses (60 units) towards your single degree or six 1000-level courses (36 units) towards your BIT half of the double degree.
• In choosing your first year programming courses you will have a choice of doing COMP1030, COMP1100 or COMP1130 in Semester 1, and COMP1040, COMP1100, COMP1110 or COMP1140 in Semester 2. The standard courses are COMP1100/1110 but if you have a strong maths background, and/or significant programming experience, you might like to choose COMP1130/1140. Note that you choose COMP1130 you will be able to drop back to COMP1100 in the first 2 weeks. Similarly if you are not confident in your maths or computing ability, you will be able to enrol in COMP1030 in Semester 1 and then COMP1100 in Semester 2, followed by COMP1110 in Semester 1, 2018.

Majors and Minors

See available majors and minors for this program

You have the option to complete a major as a part of your BIT – note that a major is required for Australian Computer Society Accreditation:

Information Systems Major

Software Development Major

Electives

• If you are in the single degree then in your first year you have two electives to choose.
• To find 1000-level (first year) elective courses, use the catalogue search.
• You have four electives to choose in your first year. These can be additional computing courses (eg: COMP1720, COMP1710, COMP2400, INFS1001),  other electives that may count as COMP courses (MATH1013 MATH1014, STAT1003, STAT1008, ENGN1211), engineering oriented electives (such as PHYS1001 or PHYS1101 or ENGN1218 ).
• If you have an interest in another area (eg management, mathematics, psychology, languages) then you should explore first year courses in these areas and in particular, look at the majors and minors in these areas. These will give you an idea of the first year courses that you should study.
• Students whose first language is not English and who feel they would benefit from not only some additional English assistance but who would like to learn more about the Australian academic style (eg essay structure, oral presentations, critical thinking, plagiarism and poor academic practice), might like to seek enrolment in ESEN1101 Essential University English

Study Options

Bachelor of Information Technology - Semester 2 Commencement

This study plan is for those students commencing in semester 2. Due to the different offering of courses, your study plan is different from those students who commence in semester 1.

Bachelor of Information Technology single degree

Study Options

Bachelor of Information Technology double degree

Study Options

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