BInfoTech

Credit points

240

Minimum duration

3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

  • Blacktown
  • Melbourne
  • North Sydney

EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:

StatePrerequisites

New South Wales

English (Standard) (Band 2) or EAL (Band 3)

Assumed knowledge: Mathematics Advanced (not Mathematics Standard 2)

Victoria

Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in any other English.

Assumed knowledge: Satisfactory completion of Mathematical Methods Units 3 & 4

International applicants need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2023 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.



Completion requirements

To qualify for the Pass degree, a student must complete 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings:

  1. 220 cp from the Specified Units consisting of:
  2. 160 cp from Information Technology Specified Units (Part A)
  3. 40 cp from Information Technology Electives or from the Schedule of Unit Offerings for any other ACU Bachelor degree courses (Part B)
  4. 10 cp from BUSN113 Managing People and Organisations (Part C)
  5. 10 cp from Community Engagement Unit (Part D)
  6. 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part E)

Progression requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator. A unit can only be classified as an advanced unit if it has more than one prerequisite in hierarchy. Australian Computer Society (ACS) accreditation requires at least four advanced units.

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Schedule of unit offerings

Complete exactly 160 credit points from the following:

  • ITEC100Information Technology in Action10 CP
  • ITEC102Python Fundamentals For Data Science10 CP
  • ITEC200Data and Information Management10 CP
  • ITEC201Fundamentals of Information Technology10 CP
  • ITEC202Data Management and Visualisation10 CP
  • ITEC203Introduction to Data Science and Machine Learning10 CP
  • ITEC204Introduction to Cyber Security10 CP
  • ITEC217Programming Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC311Network Security and Applications10 CP
  • ITEC313Advanced Programming Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC320Work Integrated Learning10 CP
  • ITEC323Web and Mobile Application Development10 CP
  • ITEC325Applied Data Mining10 CP
  • ITEC327Essentials of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning10 CP
  • ITEC330Information Technology Capstone Project20 CP

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • ITEC205Game Fundamentals and Augmented Reality10 CP
  • ITEC310Emerging Technologies of Blockchain and Internet of Things10 CP
  • ITEC328Developing Game-Simulated Environments10 CP

Students can select Elective units from those units listed above or from any other ACU Bachelor degree courses.

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • BIPX202Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities10 CP

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • BUSN113Managing People and Organisations10 CP

    Business Foundation Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

  • UNCC100Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society10 CP
  • PHCC102Being Human10 CP
  • PHCC104Ethics and the Good Life10 CP
  • UNCC300Justice and Change in a Global World10 CP
  • PHCC320The Just Society10 CP


Course map

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Course maps are subject to change. Always check your Course Enrolment Guide before you finalise your enrolment.

Commencing Semester 1

  • Information Technology Specified UnitsITEC100Information Technology in Action

    (Inc: BUSN111, BUSD111, BUSZ111, ITED100, ITEZ100)

    10 cp
  • Information Technology Specified UnitsITEC201Fundamentals of Information Technology

    (Inc: ITED201)

    10 cp
  • Information Technology Specified UnitsITEC200Data and Information Management

    (Inc: DATA200, ITED200)

    10 cp
  • BUSN113 Managing People and Organisations UnitBUSN113Managing People and Organisations

    (Inc: MGMT100, BUSD113)

    10 cp
  • Information Technology Specified UnitsITEC217Programming Concepts

    (Inc: ISYS217, ITED217)

    10 cp
  • Information Technology Specified UnitsITEC102Python Fundamentals For Data Science

    (Inc: ITED102)

    10 cp
  • Information Technology Elective units Elective 110 cp
  • Core Curriculum UnitsCore Curriculum Unit 1See the ACU Core Curriculum page for details10 cp

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in this unit. 

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

Commencing Semester 2

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in the unit. 

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

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