Undergraduate · Information Technology
Bachelor of Information Technology
Melbourne Polytechnic, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of IT here runs on 24 subjects total - 14 core, 6 in a chosen major, 4 electives - and that structure matters because it means students commit to a specialisation (Software Development, Network Development or Business Analytics) without locking themselves out of everything else; electives can be pulled from whichever of the other majors interests them, or from other higher-education courses on offer, by arrangement with the head of discipline.
It's ACS-accredited, which for a lot of applicants is the whole point - it satisfies the skills-assessment pathway that migration agents ask about constantly. Melbourne Polytechnic also has the SAS Institute partnership feeding into the Business Analytics major, so students there can walk out with a SAS Academic Specialisation alongside the degree itself, which is a genuine differentiator against similar bachelor's programs at bigger universities that don't have that industry tie-up.
Students who want to leave early - a change of plan, a job offer, a visa issue - can exit after 16 subjects with an Associate Degree, which is a safety net most three-year IT degrees don't build in explicitly.
Cost & duration
English test scores
Course structure
4 terms of coursework
- Year 1: Programming Fundamentals, Database Design, Web Development, Networking Essentials, IT Project Fundamentals, Systems Analysis
- Year 2: major begins - Software Development / Network Development / Business Analytics core units - plus Operating Systems, Data Structures and Algorithms
- Year 3: advanced major units, 4 electives (drawn from other majors or negotiated), industry capstone project
- Exit point after 16 subjects: Associate Degree in Information Technology
Admissions
Year 12 completion or equivalent; VET pathway available