Bachelor of Information Technology

The course offers you a range of industry-based learning opportunities to further develop your professional IT career, including hands-on practical experience in industry for eligible students. This practical experience enhances your future employment prospects for students without industry exposure, adding experience to your resume and developing your professional networks before graduation.

IT professionals play critical roles across a broad range of industries from health care, education and finance through to government, mining and agriculture. By studying information technology, you will enter a dynamic, innovation-driven industry with expansive employment opportunities.

Deakin's Bachelor of Information Technology offers diverse majors and minors, so you can specialise in the area that interests you most and develop in-demand skills to pursue a range of careers.

We offer a combination of experiential learning and practical exposure, with access to industry-standard resources and world-class facilities. These include our $1.2 million Robotics and Internet of Things (RIoT) lab, dedicated cyber security labs, networking labs, and virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) labs.

Beyond the labs, you will have a range of industry-based learning opportunities, including an IT placement of a minimum of 100 hours. With this extensive hands-on industry experience, you will gain practical expertise and develop valuable professional networks, ensuring you graduate job ready.

Students undertaking capstone units will have the opportunity to develop solutions to real-world problems from industry and learn agile project management methods widely used across the industry.

Our past students have worked on capstone projects such as:

• medical: a mobile app that tracks pupil responses to light
• real estate: a mobile app to track your notes about properties you view
• transport: planning a bus trip with real-time data
• gaming: children's computer game to build their resilience
• architecture: a virtual reality space to assess architecture student projects
• security: voice-activated passwords
• political: developed a secure online voting system
• wellbeing: virtual reality experience focusing on altering moods
• education: online student social network Study Buddy
• security: threat and assessment toolkit for cyber security.

IT is at the heart of innovation and productivity. It shapes the way we live, work, learn, communicate, socialise and entertain ourselves. It's no surprise then that IT graduates are in high demand globally. Information Technology gives you the contemporary knowledge, skills and experience required for a successful and satisfying career as an IT professional.

Career opportunities include:

• application, software or game developer
• augmented reality creator
• mobile and apps developer
• multimedia designer or developer
• network specialist
• project manager
• security architect
• solutions architect
• technical architect
• UX designer
• web designer or developer.

Alternatively, you can apply your skills in non-traditional fields, such as healthcare, education, government and business.

To complete the Bachelor of Information Technology, students must attain 24 credit points, which must include the following:

• DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit point compulsory unit)
• SIT010 Safety Induction Program (0-credit point compulsory unit)
• STP010 Career Tools for Employability (0-credit point compulsory unit)
• twelve (12) credit points of core units
• Three (3) credit points of Information Technology capstone units
• and one of:
  • an IT Major sequence (6 credit points) and 3 credit points of open electives
  • an IT Minor sequence (4 credit points) and 5 credit points of open electives
  • two IT Minor sequences (8 credit points) and 1 credit point open elective
• no more than ten (10) credit points at level 1
• six (6) credit points at level 3.

Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.

The University aims to provide students with as much credit as possible for approved prior study or informal learning which exceeds the normal entrance requirements for the course and is within the constraints of the course regulations. Students are required to complete a minimum of one-third of the course at Deakin University, or four credit points, whichever is the greater. In the case of certificates, including graduate certificates, a minimum of two credit points within the course must be completed at Deakin.

You can also refer to the Recognition of prior learning system which outlines the credit that may be granted towards a Deakin University degree and how to apply for credit.

The Faculty may grant credit towards a Bachelor of Information Technology for previous tertiary study and other approved forms of post-secondary study or experience. This previous study need not have led to a complete qualification; for example, a student may be given credit after completing the first year of a course in another faculty or at another institution. This credit is called Recognition of prior learning. All applications for Recognition of prior learning must be made initially to the Selection Officer who will advise students of the necessary procedures.

All applications are considered on merit and usually no credit will be given for subjects/courses/units completed more than seven years prior to the request. For the Bachelor of Information Technology, the maximum Recognition of prior learning that can be granted is 16 credit points. This may include credit for non-computing studies.