Foundation Studies for Business, IT and Humanities (LFSO) (085026J) + Bachelor of Information Technology (SBIT) (049940G)

This Foundation Studies program will allow students to gain direct access into the 1st year of a range of La Trobe Bachelor degrees.

Designed to help them to build there digital future, La Trobe's Bachelor of Information Technology equips them with skills across programming, networking, databases, systems analysis and design, and project management.

Along with building a strong set of core IT skills so they can choose to major in one of several areas aligned to future industry growth including artificial intelligence, cloud analytics, cybersecurity, network engineering or information systems.

Broaden their knowledge and capabilities further through a wide range of electives. Combine there core IT skills with business, social sciences, humanities, web engineering, computer technology, security and information systems analysis subjects. Plus they could develop a software program of their own, which they could present at the annual Engineering and IT Showcase to potential employers.

With industry-based projects and CISCO certification embedded in the course, students will receive professional mentoring opportunities as they build career ready skills. They will also gain access to there expert research centres, including the Centre for Technology Infusion and our state-of-the-art Technology Innovation Lab for the Internet of Things – developed in collaboration with Microsoft and CISCO.

Students will learn:

• Web and software development

Develop and build websites and software. Administer the front end, back end and server side of websites and IT systems.

IT systems analysis and design

Understand and analyse IT systems to deliver more efficient and effective IT solutions for your organisation.

• Design

Learn about software, system and network design so you can contribute to making better programs and infrastructure.

• Programming and networking

Learn the language of computers and how they communicate with one another to create working code and smarter systems.

• Project management, estimation, documentation and report evaluation

IT is more than just computers. Learning to manage projects and communicate effectively is a must in any organisational environment.