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Degrees

Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Science

C2003BInfoTech/BSc

Credit points
192
Duration
4 yr full-time
Qualification
Level 7 - Bachelor Degree / Level 7 - Bachelor Degree
Faculty
Faculty of Information Technology
Campus
Clayton

In an age of increasing technological advancements the synergy between science and information technology will only become stronger. IT underpins virtually all areas of science and the world needs graduates who can straddle both. In this double degree course you will acquire creative and analytical skills to use IT to advance science. This could be anything from designing a stunning visualisation of scientific data, to building an app for fieldwork data collection to setting up the business IT processes to deliver a scientific product via the internet. Depending on the IT major you choose, you could: • use your technical skills from software development to create simulations and visualisations for anything from weather forecasting to threatened species population modelling • apply your creative skills and design flair from interactive media or games development to create an app or game that gets kids excited about science • use your practical understanding of business information systems to launch a science-enabled online business • put your networks and security skills to work setting up the scientific instrumentation for tsunami warning or monitoring ice melts in Antarctica.

Structure

You must complete 96 credit points, including all of the requirements in Part A and Part B, for the Bachelor of Information Technology. No more than 36 credit points can be completed at Level 1.

In choosing the 96 credit points of Bachelor of Science listed study over Part A and Part B, you must ensure that you complete six science listed units (36 credit points) at Level 1, and ten science listed units (60 credit points) at Levels 2 and 3 with a minimum of four (24 credit points) at Level 3. You must complete the mathematics and statistics unit requirement within the first 72 credit points of this double degree course. SCI1022 is not available for the Mathematics and Statistics requirement on the Bachelor of Science component of this double degree, as FIT1045 is a compulsory equivalent unit in the Bachelor of Information Technology component. The psychology extended major is not available in this double degree.