Bachelor of Information Technology

On successful completion you will be able to:

1. Apply information technology knowledge and skills, and critical thinking to find practical and innovative solutions for industry problem.
2. Evaluate the suitability of information technology to develop and implement appropriate solutions.
3. Work effectively both autonomously and in collaboration with others to complete information technology projects to professional standards.
4. Apply awareness of the ethical and cultural values to shape the complex professional work of information technology professional.
5. Apply well-developed skills in information technology to find sustainable solutions across diverse business environments.
6. Engage diverse audiences to explain and present ideas and build influential relationships.
7. Apply standards, methods, tools and applications relevant to a specialist information technology area to make appropriate decisions.

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

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

With industry-based projects and CISCO certification embedded in the course, you’ll receive professional mentoring opportunities as you build career ready skills. You’ll also gain access to our 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.

You'll 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.

Recommended study pattern

This degree is an Open Access pathway course, which means there is a recommended series of subjects that, once successfully completed, can be credited towards this degree. To commence the pathway for this degree, simply select subjects identified within the Entry requirements field. 

Students who wish to enrol in a part time load are recommended to enrol in two subjects per study period. Please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook to review the full structure.

Students who are studying and want to take a break (minimum one study period) must submit a leave of absence covering the relevant dates.

Students who have been accepted in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) are required to complete the following 2 modules in their first study period as a CSP student:

LTU0AIM Academic Integrity Module

ABS0WOM Wominjeka La Trobe: Indigenous Cultural Literacy for Higher Education

Award requirements

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Information Technology, students must complete 24 subjects (360 credit points) as follows:

• 8 core subjects
• 8 major subjects
• 8 elective subjects

Students who have been accepted in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) are required to complete the following 2 modules in their first study period as a CSP student:

LTU0AIM Academic Integrity Module

ABS0WOM Wominjeka La Trobe: Indigenous Cultural Literacy for Higher Education

Choose your subjects

Majors

Students must complete a course related major sequence consisting of 8 subjects (120 credit points) from the following majors:

• Software Engineering
• Cloud Analytics

Exit points

Upon completion of Level one 8 subjects (120 credit points), students have the option to exit with a Diploma of Information Technology (SDIT).*

Upon completion of Level one and Level two 16 subjects (240 credit points), students have the option to exit with an Associate Degree of Information Technology (SAIT).*

*Please note that if you are a past La Trobe student who has discontinued study, or if you have been absent without leave, you are not eligible to apply for an alternative exit retrospectively. 

Degrees are usually made up of core subjects and electives. Some degrees include a choice of majors, so you can focus your studies on a specialisation.

This list is a general overview. Download the full Degree Guide for more information.

• Level one core subjects

• Level two core subjects

• Level three core subjects

• Software Engineering

• Cloud Analytics

• Level one and Level two CSE elective subjects

• Level one elective subjects

• Level two elective subjects

• Level three elective subjects

Open Universities Australia is a not-for-profit organisation. You will not pay any fees for using our services.

Indicative total fee $27,051

The amounts shown here are indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.

Fees may vary depending on:

• the subjects you choose
• credit from previous work experience
• your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.

To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.

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Successful completion of two of the following four Open Access Pathway subjects:

• CSE1ICB Introduction to Cybersecurity
• STA1DCT Data-Based Critical Thinking
• CSE1PE Programming Environment
• CSE1IIT Inside Information Technology

Demonstrate proficiency equivalent to Year 12 prerequisites.

Satisfy the academic requirements by completing the STAT multiple choice if you:

• are not currently studying an Australian Year 12 (or equivalent)
• have no prior secondary school (Year 12), VET studies, HE studies or relevant work experience that can be considered for entry, or
• do not meet the minimum academic requirements for the program.

Refer to the La Trobe University STAT page for further information.

La Trobe University will consider applications for advanced standing, or credit for prior study. Credit may be applied to a current degree if you have undertaken previous tertiary study and completed and passed subjects similar in content and standard to those offered at La Trobe, from either another recognised tertiary institution or a different La Trobe course.

Note: Applications for credit will not be considered until you have successfully been admitted to a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) in a La Trobe course offered through OUA.

Assessing whether you should apply for credit for subjects in your course:

Credit may be granted for relevant subjects. The following steps will help you to decide which subjects you wish to apply for:

1. Identify subjects within your course that you think align with subjects you have already studied and have completed within 8 years of your La Trobe University course commencement year.
2. Provide subject outlines with detailed information for each subject that you wish to submit for assessment for credit, identifying which subject within your course that you have identified as a match. Include subject learning outcomes/objectives and subject content for each subject.
3. Provide your academic transcript for your previous studies.

*Note that a subject studied can only be used once for credit