Our newly restructured IT degree gives you the flexibility to complete a stand-alone core along with an in-depth specialisation of your choice. You can enrol in electives from across the university, complementing your IT studies to tailor your own unique study plan.

We support you to develop strong communication, academic and problem solving skills; critical attributes for success in the IT sector. You will learn programming skills to facilitate smooth communication with software developers, and explore web design, systems modelling and user experience. All provide you with the foundations to pursue your desired IT career, or to move on to a specialisation.

Participation in our professional engagement course gives you the opportunity to network and enhance your knowledge of the IT industry. You will also build awareness of the latest research and developments, and explore the extent to which IT is embedded in areas as diverse as health, education, industry and more.

Professional recognition

This program holds Professional Level accreditation with the Australian Computer Society (ACS).

Career Outcomes

• Applications developer
• Business intelligence officer
• Communications officer
• Computer engineer
• Computer systems engineer
• Data warehouse administrator
• Database administrator
• Database administrator developer
• Hardware technician
• Information officer
• IT consultant
• Integration analyst
• IT manager
• Multimedia application developer
• Multimedia developer
• Network engineer
• Network manager
• Programmer
• Software engineer
• Support officer
• Systems administrator
• Systems analyst
• Systems designer
• Systems manager
• Team leader
• Training officer
• Web designer

This program will provide you with a fundamental knowledge of IT (along with skills in key areas including cloud computing and mobile application development) and allow you to keep your options wide open in the IT industry.

The flexibility of this program leads to a diverse range of career opportunities, as each student gets to put their own stamp on the program, and as such determine the career path followed. Some students choose to add breadth to their studies, with a wide variety of electives chosen, whereas other students choose to add depth, and choose electives focused in a particular area of interest.