Bachelor of Business - Bachelor of Information Technology

University of Wollongong

About

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;

web-based technology;

and professional practice in IT.

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.

Year 1

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
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

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
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

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
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

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
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

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
ISIT219 Knowledge and Information Engineering 6 Autumn
CSIT314 Software Development Methodologies 6 Autumn

Plus 12 credit points of 300 level ISIT subjects

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
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

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
COMM331 Integrative Business Capstone 6 Autumn, Spring

Plus 12 credit points of Faculty Business subjects

Majors

Entry requirements

Information on academic and English language requirements, as well as eligibility for credit for prior learning, is available from the Course Finder.

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.

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