Bachelor of Business/ Bachelor of Information Technology - MGIT02

Introduction

The Bachelor of Business will position students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to embark on a career in one of the core disciplines of business, including:
- management,
- marketing,
- service management,
- human resource management,
- entrepreneurship and innovation, and
- international business.

This course will provide managers, and those who will become managers, with a broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge in a range of core areas of business, combined with the necessary skills to be effective in the changing context of work, organisations and business.

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.