Bachelor of Commerce/ Bachelor of Information Technology - MGIT01

Introduction

The Bachelor of Commerce is a versatile course, allowing you the flexibility to tailor the course to meet your interests. The aim of the course is to develop business professionals who are equipped to solve problems in a multi-disciplinary business environment.

Through a combination of core units and a specialist major of your choice from accounting, financial planning, economics, as well as finance and banking, you will be provided with a solid base in commerce which is essential in a wide range of careers.

You will explore your chosen discipline in the context of wider social, legal, economic and political environments. Through a range of work-integrated experiences, culminating in a capstone project, you will acquire the necessary professional skills consistent with industry expectations for your career in the future world of commerce.

The Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) covers the broad spectrum of the disciplines of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Students have the opportunities to study from a wide range of topics with solid theoretical foundations and up to date applied skills, including system analysis, database management, human-computer interaction, software development, games programming, networking, cloud computing, IT management, mobile technologies, and IT support and security. Students also have the opportunity, in the last year of the course study, to conduct industry standard IT projects and engage in internships to learn from real work experience. In addition, the course also emphasises on professional skills such as communication, team work, project management skills, professionalism and social responsibility, with the understanding of the role of professional bodies and societies and the professional code of ethics and conducts. Last but not least, students are also exposed to the ICT professional context, including social and economic constraints, legal and ethical issues, risk and benefit balance, technology availability and stakeholders' acceptance issues.

Graduates will have excellent job opportunities and career perspectives in positions such as ICT consultants, systems analysts and designers, system test engineers, network and communication system designers, software designers, software developer, database programmers and administrators, games developers, web developers, web masters, network and system administrators, ICT security architect, IT strategist, chief technology officers, and business intelligence analyst.