Undergraduate · Information Technology
Bachelor of Information Technology
Torrens University Australia, Multi-campus, national, Australia
About this program
22 subjects, 240 credit points, with one outsized final subject, ATW306 Advanced Tech: Work Integrated Learning, worth 30 credit points instead of the standard 10, effectively a triple-weighted capstone that anchors the whole degree around a substantial applied project rather than treating work-integrated learning as a token add-on.
Coverage spans programming, web development, data management and cybersecurity broadly enough that graduates aren't locked into one specialisation on paper, and Torrens frames the outcome explicitly around software engineering, cloud computing and cyber security demand, three areas where Australian employer demand has consistently outstripped supply. Delivery is online or on campus.
The single heavily-weighted capstone subject is the structural detail worth knowing if comparing this against other providers' IT degrees. Most spread work-integrated learning across two or three smaller subjects rather than concentrating it into one triple-credit unit near the end.
Cost & duration
English test scores
Course structure
4 terms of coursework
- Core: Programming Fundamentals, Web Development, Database Systems, Network Fundamentals, Data Structures and Algorithms, Systems Analysis and Design, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Cloud Computing
- Electives: chosen across software engineering, cyber security or data-focused streams depending on trimester offering
Capstone: ATW306 Advanced Tech: Work Integrated Learning (30 credit points
- triple the standard subject weight)
- Total: 240 credit points across 22 subjects
Admissions
Completion of Year 12 (or equivalent)