Bachelor of Information Technology
Bachelor of Information Technology
Be at the forefront of a constantly developing industry, ready to help shape the future. With this degree, you’ll achieve a high level of core IT technical knowledge and a major specialisation, ensuring you’re prepared for a career across a vast number of roles and industries. You’ll learn in purpose-built,…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Be at the forefront of a constantly developing industry, ready to help shape the future. With this degree, you’ll achieve a high level of core IT technical knowledge and a major specialisation, ensuring you’re prepared for a career across a vast number of roles and industries.
You’ll learn in purpose-built, industry-leading facilities crafted to reflect genuine workplaces. From our Big Data Visualisation Lab to our virtual reality, augmented reality, gamification and robotics labs, you will have ample opportunity to enhance your learning through cutting-edge technology.
Throughout this degree, you’ll be learning from world-class researchers and lecturers who have sent robots into space and predicted the outcome of federal elections using big data.
Industry and expert connections
What makes our IT degree stand out is the opportunity to put what you learn in the classroom into practice through work-integrated learning. From working in start-ups to large corporations, these opportunities are often a stepping-stone into future employment. Our Apps Factory is another opportunity for you to put what you learn into practice.
We also have a wide range of industry contacts and partnerships that help you build your professional network. Our Industry Advisory Board, which includes members such as IBM and Suncorp, ensures that our degree is focused on what employers are looking for and provides our students opportunities to meet and learn from industry-leading professionals.
Graduate outcomes
Depending on your major, you may find a job as a systems analyst, business analyst, software developer, database administrator, systems administrator, network and security administrator, network architect, technical writer, web developer, app developer, game developer, computer engineer, educator or researcher. You’ll be prepared for a career in commerce, industry, corporate IT, government or private consulting.
Majors: Information Systems; Networks and Security; Software Development.
Flexibility
Take control of your time – This degree has intakes in Trimester 1, 2 and 3. So, whenever you’re ready to study, we’re ready to get you started.
Global Mobility
An array of inspiring overseas study opportunities, ranging from a few weeks to a year, are available for students in this degree. Find out more about going global at Griffith.
MY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Key employment sectors: Computer security; IT support; Software; IS architecture design.
Potential job outcomes: IT support manager; Software developer; Software engineer; Network designer; Business analyst.
REQUIREMENTS
Standard academic entry to our undergraduate degrees requires completion of secondary school comparable to Australian Year 12 or equivalent academic achievement.
English language requirements apply to International applicants and other applicants whose previous study was undertaken in a language other than English. The minimum English language requirements for such applicants for entry to this program are as follows:
- A minimum overall band score of 6.5 on IELTS (Academic) with no sub-score of less than 6.0
- OR a minimum score of 575 on TOEFL
- OR an internet-based (iBT) TOEFL score of 79 (no sub-score less than 19)
- OR no score less than 3+ in each skill of the ISLPR (conducted by ISLPR Language Services only)
- OR a minimum overall score of 176 (no score less than 169) on C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English) or C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English)
- OR an overall score of 58 in the Pearson Test of English (Academic) with no score less than 50.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Griffith University is ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide and strives to create a brighter future for all by prioritising innovation and social impact. We are committed to providing international students with quality education, guidance, and support. With Australia’s most awarded teachers, Griffith University offers a full suite of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees in areas including architecture, construction, and planning; business and government; criminology and law; education; engineering, IT and aviation; humanities, languages and social science; medicine, dentistry and health; music and performing arts; science and environment; visual and creative arts.Â
