Bachelor of Business - Bachelor of Information Technology

A double degree in a Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Information Technology gives you skills to work across all areas of business with the added advantage of being able to utilise technology to improve products and business processes.

The Bachelor of Business offers a broad education across all key aspects of the business environment. In addition to studying the essential core disciplines of accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing, and allows students to focus on their interests by choosing electives from a particular Business discipline.

The Bachelor of Information Technology offers graduates key skills required for any IT professional such as: organisational areas in IT; database management; programming; information systems analysis and design; communications and networks; security; eBusiness; project management; and web-based technology.

 

Course structure

(Current year structure - subject to change)

Course Learning Outcomes

A number of the course learning outcomes in each of these degrees complement and consolidate outcomes in the partner degree. Applied across two discipline areas, the outcomes are achieved at a broader and more comprehensive level.

The outcomes, which are common and consolidated in this joint degree, ensure that on successful completion of the course students will be able to:

CLO	Description
1	Demonstrate sound disciplinary knowledge;
2	Investigate and solve problems using discipline specific approaches
3	Work as part of a team; and
4	Investigate, solve and critically interpret practical and/or abstract problems using mathematical and/or statistical methods, including appropriate software tools.

Course Structure

To qualify for the degree of the Bachelor of Business - Bachelor of Information Technology, a candidate must complete at least 216 credit points made up of:

1. all compulsory (core) subjects in the Bachelor of Business, except COMM113 Business Oriented Information Systems [54 credit points];
2. at least 48 additional credit points from the Faculty of Business subjects, of which at least 18 credit points must be from 300 level Business subjects
3. all compulsory (core) subjects in the Bachelor of Information Technology [96 credit points];
4. an additional 18 credit points from the School of Computing and Information Technology 100- 300 level subjects, of which at least 12 credit points must be from 300 level subjects;
5. no more than 90 credit points shall be at 100 level.
      

Subject Code	Subject Name	Credit Points	Session(s)
Year 1
ACCY111	Accounting Fundamentals In Society	6	Autumn, Spring
COMM101	Principles of Responsible Business	6	Autumn, Spring
CSIT111	Programming Fundamentals	6	Autumn, Spring
CSIT114	System Analysis	6	Autumn
COMM121	Statistics for Business	6	Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021
ECON100	Economic Essentials for Business	6	Autumn, Spring
CSIT121	Object Oriented Design and Programming	6	Autumn, Spring
CSIT115	Data Management and Security	6	Autumn, Spring
Year 2
FIN 111	Introductory Principles of Finance	6	Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021
MGNT110	Introduction to Management	6	Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021
MARK101	Marketing Principles	6	Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021
CSIT113	Problem Solving	6	Autumn
CSIT127	Networks and Communications	6	Spring
CSIT128	Introduction to Web Technology	6	Spring
CSIT226	Human Computer Interaction	6	Spring
Plus at least one subject from the following
ACCY112	Accounting In Organisations	6	Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021
ECON102	Economics and Society	6	Autumn, Spring
MGNT102	Business Communications	6	Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021
Year 3
CSIT214	IT Project Management	6	Autumn, Spring
MATH223	Mathematics for Information Technology	6	Autumn
ISIT204	Principles of eBusiness	6	Spring
ISIT224	Management Information Systems	6	Spring
Plus 24 credit points of Faculty Business subjects
Year 4
ISIT219	Knowledge and Information Engineering	6	Autumn
CSIT314	Software Development Methodologies	6	Autumn
Plus 12 credit points of 300 level ISIT subjects
CSIT321	Project	12	Annual, Spring 2020/Autumn 2021
Plus 12 credit points of Faculty Business subjects
Plus 6 credit points of CSIT or ISIT subjects
Year 5
COMM331	Integrative Business Capstone	6	Autumn, Spring
Plus 12 credit points of Faculty Business subjects

Majors

Majors are not available in the Bachelor of Business course.

The option to complete a major is available in the Bachelor of Information Technology, however students enrolled in this double degree should be aware that undertaking a major may require a long duration and more credit points. Refer to the School of Computing and Information Technology for majors available in the Bachelor of Information Technology degree.

Students can consult with Academic Program Directors in the relevant schools concerning the selection of appropriate subjects.