Bachelor of Information Technology (049940G)

Designed to help students build their 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 students 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.

Students will broaden their knowledge and capabilities further through a wide range of electives, and combine their 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'll also gain access to the expert research centres, including the Centre for Technology Infusion and the 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 analyze IT systems to deliver more efficient and effective IT solutions for their organization.
    
    
• Design
  • Learn about software, system and network design so they 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.